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Ten Pure Poems

Today on the mountain we’re playing the Pure Poetry Challenge. Here’s the ten poems we’ll be paying homage to, all by pure poets.

Carmen May 25, 2013 14 Comments
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See The Fascinating Evolution of Cover Art From 12 Legendary Queer Books

Looking back at a century of cover designs from all over the world for beloved queer books like Tipping the Velvet, Orlando, The Color Purple, Annie on my Mind, Rubyfruit Jungle and more.

Riese May 9, 2013 27 Comments
Book Lists

23 Vintage Young Adult Novel Covers With Major Lesbian Subtext

Nobody was surprised to hear that Mallory hates boys (and gym).

Riese April 10, 2013 59 Comments
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My Top 8 Favorite Authors: Vanessa, Contributing Editor

The writers I like tend to be women who live, or who have lived, in New York, and who write about girls, growing up, and what it’s like to be a human being in this world.

Vanessa January 3, 2013 15 Comments
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My Top 8 Favorite Authors: Rachel, Senior Editor

I like weird books, and these people write them.

Rachel December 28, 2012 15 Comments
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100 Best Lesbian Fiction & Memoir Books Of All Time

You voted and the results are in – the best 100 queer-lady fiction or memoir books of all time!

the team December 11, 2012 61 Comments
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My Top 8 Favorite Authors: Malaika, Contributing Editor

Is it too much to say Pippi Longstocking made me the woman I am today? No, no, it isn’t at all.

Malaika December 11, 2012 21 Comments
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My Top 8 Favorite Authors: Riese, Editor-in-Chief

In which all books mentioned herein were published after 1975 and almost everybody is both female and still alive.

Riese December 4, 2012 34 Comments
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My Top 8 Favorite Authors: Hansen, Contributing Editor

I’m a classics kind of girl. I’ve had the same eight favorite authors since I was 18.

Hansen November 30, 2012 21 Comments
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My Top 8 Favorite Authors: Ali, Contributing Editor

“We are such stuff as dreams are made on / And our little life is rounded with a sleep.”

A.E. Osworth November 28, 2012 35 Comments
Book Lists

Vote For The 100 Best Lesbianish Fiction & Memoir Books Of All Time

Let’s make a list of the 100 best queer-lady fiction & memoir! You can vote! The future is in your hands!

Riese November 15, 2012 41 Comments
Book Lists

14 Girls We Wanted To Be Back Then: Kickass Heroines From YA & Children’s Books Of Yesteryear

We spent the 80’s and early 90’s with our noses in books, dreaming of being Scout or Molly or Fern or Heidi or Ramona or Harriet or so many more! What are your favorites?

Riese September 24, 2012 276 Comments
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Read a F*cking eBook: Best Feminist Titles Under $5

From fiction to history to theory, we’ve got your end-of-summer feminist reading needs covered.

Ryan Yates September 12, 2012 15 Comments
Book Lists

And Yet Another Top 10 Lesbian Romance Novels

The Law and Order Edition.

Crystal September 4, 2012 25 Comments
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Gay YA Novels Reflecting Reality for LGBT Teens, Including Homelessness

“I want there to be more books like The Education of Queenie McBride, and I want there to be more teens able to access them.”

Malaika September 3, 2012 14 Comments
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Read a F*cking Book: 20 Best Young Adult Novels For Queer Girls

NPR’s list of Top 100 Choices For Best Teen Novels lacked proper queeriosity. Thus we present our top 20 picks for Queer Teen Novels For Girls.

Riese August 10, 2012 90 Comments
Book Lists

Yet Another Top 10 Lesbian Romance Novels

Love stories featuring lesbian Secret Service agents, doctors, super spies, life coaches, personal trainers and women of many other professions.

Crystal July 24, 2012 41 Comments
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Read A F*cking eBook: Best Lesbian Titles Under $5

You probably want to read some lesbian and queer books this summer. Here are a few that are under $5.

Ryan Yates July 17, 2012 28 Comments
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28 Books About Gay Geography That’ll Take You On Journeys Through Time and Place

If you like lesbian history as much as I do, then you’ll love all these books about queer life in various towns, states, cities and countries. Your input is welcome!

Riese April 15, 2012 21 Comments
Book Lists

15 Women’s Magazines That Don’t Suck, Are Awesome

Celebrating the women’s magazines that keep pumping out smart, innovative and well-designed stuff against all odds. US Weekly is not on this list.

Riese April 11, 2012 65 Comments
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