Things I Read That I Love #10
Today’s topics include living alone, Grey Gardens, Mary Karr, homophobia at an elite private school in Texas, Victoria Jackson and the influence of Pitchfork.
Adam Lambert Trespasses, Glee Casts, Sara and Cat React and Erin Daniels Stars
Adam Lambert on the FYE to Trespassing evolution, Glee casts Blaine’s borother, Sara Gilbert and Cat Cora react to Cynthia Nixon’s controversial statements, Ingrid Michaelson’s got a new album and the scoop on a new gay drama!
The Comment Awards Are All About The Numbers
2, 4, 6, 8, your comments we appreciate!
VIDEO: L.A. Premiere of “Love Is All You Need?”
Wingspan Pictures’ “Love Is All You Need?” tackles xenophobia and bullying with adorable child actors and big feelings!
Top Ten Things You Can Carry In Cargo Pants Pockets
As if you need an excuse to wear cargo pants.
Spike Lee Goes Off at Sundance
“They know nothing about black people…and they’re going to give me notes about what a 13 year-old boy and girl are doing in Red Hook? Fuck no!”
Arkansas Newspaper Rejects Gay Engagement Annoucement For Dumb Reason
An Arkansas newspaper refuses to run a gay couple’s engagement announcement because the two can’t legally marry. This is obnoxious and ass backwards.
Five Political Podcasts to Make You Smarter
News, commentary, interviews and activism! Being smarter is how you make new friends and have the shiniest hair.
You Need Help: Employment Edition
Get a job!
Jeanne Baret Did It Like a Dude
Laura’s Team Pick: How the first woman to sail around the world did it as a man.
Pretty Little Liars Fashioncap Plus 217: The Gay Blonde Leading the Color Blind
Toby fell off a wall and Emily wore a military style vest. All in all a pretty good episode.
Your State May or May Not Be Binge Drinking By Your Side
Binge drinking is kind of an American pastime right now, according to the Center for Disease Control, and they’ve got state-by-state data that reveals a “binge drinking belt.”
Shiloh Panic! Life & Style Rehashes Fears About Shiloh’s Haircut, Pants, Dinosaur Toy
Once again, Life & Style is freaking out about Shiloh’s deviant “shorter-than-ever” haircut and Angelina’s secret plan to “turn Shiloh into a boy.”
The State of the Union: Obama Shares Feelings and John Boehner Claps Reluctantly
“I will not go back to the days when Wall Street was allowed to play by its own set of rules.”
In Canadian TV Show “Bomb Girls,” It’s Women and Lesbians First
Who’s in the mood for a show about girls working in World War II bomb-making factories and sometimes making eyes at each other? YOU ARE.
Get Baked: Indian Spiced Cauliflower and Potatoes
When a cauliflower and some cumin love each other very much.
84th Academy Awards Nominees or ‘All the Movies We Didn’t See’
The nominees for the 2012 Oscars were announced! Do you have feelings about any of them? I have a few!
Building the Master’s House: How the Construction of Heterosexuality Happened
“Just because something is constructed as a social category, doesn’t mean that it’s not enormously meaningful. It doesn’t mean that we haven’t built a whole damn civilization on it.”
Also.Also.Also: From Minnesota to New Jersey, This Land Was Made For the Gays
Lots of stuff happened to gay people this week! Mostly good, some bad! It’s only Tuesday, but so far, the future is bright.
The 21 Most Lesbianish Cities in the US: The Autostraddle Guide
We did our own highly scientific research to determine where in the country you’re most likely to meet other queer ladies, hang out with other queer ladies and admit that you’re a queer lady in public!