Results for: representation
-
Sunday Funday’s Reflection Shows Who We Are Inside
It’s March and we’ve got Mulan news, IG book accounts, These Thems, trans olympians, and more! Happy Sunday!
-
Also.Also.Also: Stormé DeLarverie, Layleen Polanco and Whose Names Are Said
How NYC’s jail policies are being changed in response to Layleen Polanco’s death, the highs and lows of last weekend’s NWSL Challenge Cup, Sonia Sotomayor’s legacy of standing against systemic racism on the Supreme Court, and more.
-
Also.Also.Also: Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird Will Be the Sexiest Hosts in ESPY History
Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird keep taking their cute couple act on the (virtual) road! Plus, Christian Cooper — the survivor of that racist verbal attack in Central Park — is already a black gay icon, sex workers in favor of you using hand sanitizer, and so much more!
-
Also.Also.Also: Rest in Infinite Power Trans Latina Activist Lorena Borjas. We Will Continue Your Work.
LeVar Burton is bringing back Reading Rainbow when we need it most, remembering lesbian singer Lesley Gore and the anthem that powered “The First Wives Club,” and friends don’t let friends cross picket lines.
-
Also.Also.Also: Young M.A Is Making a Strap-On Starter Kit. This Is Not a Drill (Or Is It)
Meet the trans woman making professional soccer history, talking about the behind-the-scenes fashion that makes Killing Eve so hot, plus how to combat those “Sunday scaries” and more!
-
Also.Also.Also: 49ers Lose Super Bowl, but Lesbian Coach Katie Sowers Is Still a Winner, Baby!
Demi Lovato on coming out to her parents, softbois, making queer history at historically black colleges, and it’s time to get ready for the Iowa Caucus.
-
Also.Also.Also: Jameela Jamil Came Out Yesterday, and Yeah it’s Really Complicated
Rachel Maddow gets stronger by drinking the tears of her haters, Rosa Parks was a radical and don’t ever forget it, and more news to send you into the weekend.
-
Sunday Funday Is Glorifying One Day at a Time’s Latinx Supergroup
Plus: Janelle Monae opens up about being a black queer woman, Lena Waithe pens an op-ed in Time about Hollywood’s black renaissance, Sara Ramirez is going to bat for #20BiTeen on Twitter, Kristen Gillebrand is fighting for trans service members, Carol and Therese art for Valentine’s Day, and so much more!
-
Sunday Funday Is Getting Emotional With Janelle About All Queer Grammy Noms
The Grammy Awards are extra queer, Ellen Degeneres is doing stand up again, trans folks speak out, and more!
-
Sunday Funday Is Blessed by Janelle Monáe, Shimmering With Hope
Some good news and hope to fill your week: Taiwan’s Pride Parade, new queer movies, Raveena celebrating queer brown love, Janelle Monáe, and queer polyamorous foster families!
-
Pop Culture Fix: LGBT Faves Dee Rees, Rachel Morrison and Yance Ford Make History With Their Oscar Nominations
Kate McKinnon is as good at being Robert Mueller as you knew she would be, St. Vincent covers Sleater-Kinney, some gay news from Sundance, updates on The Bold Type and grown-ish, and more!
-
Sunday Funday Is Speculating About Cynthia Nixon’s Run for Governor
Bisexual flowers pollinated by newly revived bees, hot older ladies on television, really cool stuff in the UK, and Rojo Caliente tugging at our heartstrings! It’s Sunday Funday!!
-
Pop Culture Fix: Ruth Negga and Natalie Portman Almost Make Out On The Cover Of “W” For Some Reason
Also Ruby Tandoh’s book is out in the U.S., Ben Affleck’s first short film had a HILARIOUS name/premise, everybody’s getting in on Stef’s Kristen Stewart beat and more!
-
Pop Culture Fix: Kate McKinnon Will Obviously Be Playing A Witch In Her Very First Very Own Movie
Plus also St. Vincent scored Kristen Stewart’s new short film, Tumblr knows your life, Sense8 is getting a Christmas special, Gaby Dunn is on a NYT best of 2016 list, and more queer entertainment news!
-
Trump Went Apeshit Anti-Science This Week, Let’s Fight Back
They want to overwhelm us and exhaust us with the chaos. I reject that. Here’s a recap of every anti-science action Trump’s administration made this week and some ways to fight back.
-
Rebel Girls: How Quota Systems Across the Globe Count Women Into Politics
“Whereas some political systems are centered around equality of opportunity for women in politics — basically, the system we have in the US that (in theory) gives women the chance to run for office and be elected to office just like men, nothing different and nothing more — a growing number of nations and political parties have opted instead to make broader representation of women in their governments an explicit political goal using quota systems.”
-
Rebel Girls: 16 Women and Girls Who Shook the World in 2016
Here’s 16 women or groups of women who gave me and you and everyone we know some life in this, the darkest of years.
-
Pop Culture Fix: The Great British Bake Off Returns Tonight And That’s All You Need To Know
Plus Cynthia Nixon as bisexual babe Emily Dickinson, Sarah Paulson can’t get enough Ryan Murphy, Alia Shawkat and Aubrey Plaza are Hamilton and Burr, Megan Rapinoe isn’t happy with Hope Solo and much more pop culture news!
-
Pop Culture Fix: Laverne Cox, Angelica Ross, and Jen Richards Want To Be In The Room Where It Happens
Her Story didn’t win an Emmy, but it’s opening up doors. Laverne Cox is really excited about Rocky Horror. NYT is worried there’s not enough TV for white men. Ava DuVernay’s adaptation of A Wrinkle In Time gets its lead. And I don’t want to talk about Sue and Mel leaving Great British Bake Off.
-
Meet The First Four Women Who Moderated Presidential Debates
What does a female moderator actually do to shift discourse? What impact have they had? It turns out, looking at their stories and experiences, that gender still permeates the debates — and their ability to have an impact on the conversation.