If you’re a teen lesbian, you might wanna consider getting the f*ck out of East Texas. Two high school softball coaches out a student to her mother, as well as providing her girlfriend’s name and contact information. Don’t worry, though, the school district is still “confident they handled it the right way.”
After a more-than-slightly-skewed trailer and over a year of Internet buzz, Darren Aronofsky’s latest film, Black Swan, garnered what critics called “a certain lesbian allure” due to what may or may not be a girl-on-girl love scene between co-stars Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis. And although this drove us to the theaters like moths to a flame (a lesbian, lesbian flame), moviegoers who actually witnessed Black Swan found that Aronofsky’s film is about much more. Exploring issues such as body image, pressure, and (yes) sexuality, Black Swan brings to light the societal pressures that create insanity and eventually causes audiences to wonder: is it insanity at all?
Were you aware that out actress/singer/mover/shaker/astronaut Haviland Stillwell has a “honey–dripping Southern accent”? Well, hold on tight, because that’s just the beginning of this coconut we’re crackin’ right open right here. If you live in Georgia you’re REALLY gonna like this, sidenote.
Jane Lynch and Dan Savage speak openly about their frustrations with Obama and the state of the gay union, the White House releases an “It Gets Better” video from gay staffers, Ani Difranco: Then and Now, Lindsay Lohan allegedly attacked a Betty Ford staffer, and Gaga Is Coming.
From one in-between half-adult trying to figure out “the real world” to another, here are ten steps to coping with being a college dropout.
DADT was repealed! Mostly! Now what?
Boy does Google have a treat in store for you word nerds, bookworms and history buffs! Meet the Google Ngram Viewer, a way to search hundreds of years of the written word, or at least 4% of published books from 1500-2008. Not only that, but you can chart words and trends against each other instantly. Be right back, I’ve gotta play with this for 100+ hours.
The 2-minute moment you’ve been waiting for: Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis attend a very psychedelic clambake.
“I think I have too many feelings to participate.”
Belmont University soccer coach Lisa Howe had to resign because she told her team she was a lesbian. Then the students revolted. Then the donors revolted. Then the government revolted. REVOLT NASHVILLE REVOLT!
Eight holiday drinks! One for each night of Hanukkah! Which is already over but don’t let that stop you from celebrating. Later on we can hunt for Easter eggs. What? I don’t know. Aren’t excerpts fun? I learned how to say ‘cheers’ in German!
It’s [day of the week]. We thought we’d share this.
Some very lucky people are going to be bestowed giant awards of great import. Who will win “Best World Cup Anthem” or “Most Ridiculous Moment on Ke$ha’s Debut Album”? These people include Janelle Monae, Girl Talk, Lil Wayne and the entire country of Canada.
why don’t we do it in the bathtub?
Did you think it might turn out to have been not real the next day? GUESS WHAT. IT STILL HAPPENED. Also other stuff! Like Tegan and Sara and a new It Gets Better video and an interview with that cast of Skins and SUBWAY FEMINISM.
WE WON A THING
Advice time! Time for advice! We need you to give all of these girls advice! We trust you and think you’re all very wise, so.
You asked for it, so here it is – the second meeting of the Audiostraddle Record Club. Crystal really wants to discuss Holly Miranda’s ‘The Magician’s Private Library’.
This intern needs an intern to write her excerpts.
“I managed to convince her that it was the wad of $20s I had from selling books in my front left pocket (I dress left), and she radioed back that the “object had been identified” and let me go, but my hands did not stop shaking for a couple of hours.”