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Halloween

I’m Not a Costume: STARS and the Campaign Against Racist Halloween Costumes

A student group from Ohio University decides to launch a campaign against racist costumes — how people have reacted against it and why they’re wrong.

Whitney Pow October 27, 2011 432 Comments
Beauty

Makeup 101: A Reluctant Girl’s Guide to Face Editing

I believe this is what you call “the blind leading the blind.”

Rachel October 27, 2011 122 Comments
Queer Fashion

J. Crew’s Jenna Lyons’ Has a Girlfriend AND a Son With Pink Toenails!

A new lesbian power couple is born as JCrew creative director Jenna Lyons (she of the pink toenail polish incident) shacks up with a lady. Dr.Keith Ablow is really upset about it.

Riese October 27, 2011 35 Comments
Halloween

You Still Have Time for a (Gay) Halloween Costume: Pretty Little Liars Halloween Special

What do you get when you cross a Pretty Little Liars Fashioncap with a dose of You Still Have Time for a (Gay) Halloween Costume? Lady Gaga, Witches, Elizabethan figures and more!

Lizz October 27, 2011 21 Comments
Recipes

Get Baked: Roasted Mushrooms and Asparagus

This is stupid easy and stupid delicious.

Ryan Yates October 27, 2011 24 Comments
Politics + Activism

For The Sake of the Children: Why America Needs to Realize Gay Families Are Real

“Public discussion about American families often assumes the nation is largely made up of married heterosexual couples raising their biological children. Yet less than a quarter of all U.S. households fall into this category”

Rachel October 26, 2011 11 Comments
Comedy

DeAnne Smith and The Feelings

BUT I’M A COMEDIAN! THIS FEELS WEIRD! WHY IS IT RAINING FROM MY FACE? I DON’T LIKE WEATHER COMING OUT MY EYES.

DeAnne October 26, 2011 48 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

So, Lindsay Lohan’s Gonna Be in Playboy! Naked!

Fact, it happened.

Jess October 26, 2011 65 Comments
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

Krisily Kennedy Bisexual: Star of World’s Straightest Reality TV Show Comes Out

She didn’t find love on “The Bachelor” but maybe she could find love in your pants? Just saying.

Riese October 26, 2011 216 Comments
School

On Learning to Be Alone

You know, sometimes I just wake up, look around at my apartment, and think, “god damn it I miss living with 9 other people.”

Carmen October 26, 2011 51 Comments
Politics + Activism

Persephone Takes On “We Are The 53%”

“In other words, that part of the photo is especially ridiculous, too ridiculous to refute. The rest, however, I’m happy to refute – with facts and stuff.”

Laura October 26, 2011 59 Comments
TV Show Recaps

“2 Broke Girls” Reminds Us that Trying is Embarrassing

“We are not gonna bond when we do it. We’re not gonna high five when we finish.” Quote from “2 Broke Girls” or your sex life?

Brittani October 25, 2011 19 Comments
Politics + Activism

“Occupy Tim Horton’s” Protests for Lesbian Couple’s Freedom to Enjoy Coffee, Timbits

“The manager said that our behaviour was inappropriate and that it was a family friendly establishment and it wasn’t acceptable there,” Duckworth said.”

Rachel October 25, 2011 86 Comments
TV News & Trailers

We Are Generation Catalano

Riese’s Team Pick: We’re not Gen X. We’re not Millennials. We’re in our early 30s and we are Generation Catalano.

Riese October 25, 2011 43 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

This Is a Kurt Hummel, P!nk, Rosie, Kelly Clarkson, Uh Huh Her and Steve Jobs Post

The Kurt Hummel/Chris Colfer dichotomy, Pink’s surprise performance at Sleep No More, Steve Jobs’ biography, Uh Huh Her gives girl advice and Kelly Clarkson covers Carrie Underwood.

Jess October 25, 2011 11 Comments
Love + Sex

10 Black Women Teaching Us About Sex

Brittani’s Team Pick: “Desire is natural, but navigating the contemporary world of sex is an acquired skill.”

Brittani October 25, 2011 13 Comments
Politics + Activism

And then Judith Butler Showed up at Occupy Wall Street

“If hope is an impossible demand, then we demand the impossible.”

Jamie J. Hagen October 25, 2011 32 Comments
LGBT Pride Travel

Eat, Drink, Love: A Manchester Pride Travelogue

In which I share the true story of my week-long jaunt to Manchester, UK for Pride, wherein I drink my face off, amongst other adventures.

Riese October 25, 2011 40 Comments
Movie Reviews

Homopiece Theater Presents: The Skin I Live In

“Almodovar leaves the audience without an easy place to rest.”

gabby October 25, 2011 26 Comments
Politics + Activism

You Can Put the Uniting American Families Act on Obama’s Desk

If you sign this petition by October 28, it goes to President Barack Obama’s desk. And maybe that means something.

Carmen October 25, 2011 16 Comments
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