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Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Janelle Monáe Reclaimed Flower Crowns as Queer Culture at the Oscars Last Night

Black femmes won Oscars weekend, starring: Janet Mock, Janelle Monáe, Angelica Ross, Billy Porter, and MJ Rodriguez! Also, links about why we still don’t believe survivors, moms starting a housing rights revolution, and more.

Carmen Phillips February 10, 2020 4 Comments
Society + Culture

Sunday Funday Is Watching Feminist Films With Jurnee Smollett-Bell

Happy Sunday we’ve got awards coverage, movie reviews, remembering the suffragists, sober queer spaces, and pasta!

Ari February 9, 2020 1 Comment
Politics + Activism

Six Key Takeaways From the 8th Democratic Presidential Debate

New Hampshire voters go to the polls in three days. From Elizabeth Warren demonstrating growth when talking about the issues that matter for people of color to Biden’s continued slip away from the pack, here six takeaways from Friday’s debate.

Natalie February 8, 2020 5 Comments
Society + Culture

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.

Carmen Phillips February 6, 2020 34 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Harley Quinn is Confirmed Gay in “Birds of Prey”

Kate McKinnon’s Elsa is also gay, Roxane Gay on Janelle Monáe’s Afrofuture, women characters dominate animated films, Sophie’s season finale move on Gen Q, and more!

Heather Hogan February 5, 2020 14 Comments
Politics + Activism

We Don’t Yet Know Who Won Last Night’s Iowa Caucus Clusterf*ck; Here’s What We Do Know

We’ll update this post, or create a new one, when we have an official winner; until then, here’s our explanation of what went down.

Natalie February 4, 2020 13 Comments
Society + Culture

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.

Carmen Phillips February 3, 2020 11 Comments
Society + Culture

Sunday Funday Loves The Big Game with Ellen and Portia

Happy Sports Sunday! We’ve got gay Super Bowl commercials, queer books that won’t make you sad, parks being named after Marsha P. Johnson, stories about little known queer history, and more!

Ari February 2, 2020 9 Comments
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: We’re Getting a Fisting Emoji in 2020, Goddess Bless Us Everyone

Lesbian beachside weddings, how to delete what facebook knows about your life, queer people want their therapists to call them out, new 2020 emojis are more gender-inclusive than ever, and more news to close out your week!

Carmen Phillips January 30, 2020 20 Comments
Politics + Activism

Respect Your Elders: Tea With Two-Spirit African-American and Haudenosaunee Writer M. Carmen Lane

“Be curious in an intergenerational context, because it doesn’t matter how old you are — if you’re not curious about the other you’re gonna lose some learning, you’re gonna lose connection, and you’re gonna lose the nuance.”

Lou Barrett January 28, 2020 24 Comments
Politics + Activism

South Dakota’s HR 1057 Is a Dangerous Test Case for Blocking Trans Youth from Transition-Related Care

In South Dakota, we’re witnessing an alarming historical precedent: the first test of conservative legislation designed to block access to transition-related medical care, particularly puberty blockers, to trans kids and teens by criminalizing doctors who provide it to them.

Rachel January 28, 2020 2 Comments
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Demi Lovato Sang Her Damn Heart Out at the Grammys, Left Mine in Pieces

Brandi Carlile and Demi Lovato at the Grammys, Angelica Ross is the new face of Louis Vuitton, remembering Gigi Bryant, and more news to kick off the week.

Carmen Phillips January 27, 2020 18 Comments
Society + Culture

Sunday Funday and Sara Quin Love the Grammys

Sara Quin on the Grammys, fat Black femmes on runways, lesbian photography exhibits, ballroom inspired clothing lines, and more! Happy Sunday!

Ari January 26, 2020 4 Comments
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: The Guy Who Pulled Those Hallmark Lesbians Got Fired, We Won’t Miss Him

How to Avoid Someone at a Party, an explainer about why everyone is so mad about the new book “American Dirt”, and more news to help you along into the weekend!

Carmen Phillips January 23, 2020 6 Comments
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Pop Culture Fix

The Heart Is The Podcast Your Queer Ears Have Been Waiting For

The Heart is essential queer podcast listening. Imagine an oozing volcano of punk-infused feminist hauntings and awakenings in your headphones.

Lillian Kalish January 23, 2020 3 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Just a Sweet Little “Wynonna Earp” and “One Day at a Time” Collision

Which She-Ra character should get the show’s only F-Bomb, a lesbian character on Disney’s Diary of a Future President, a queer fave back on Top Chef, and new trailers for Sabrina and Visible: Out on TV.

Heather Hogan January 22, 2020 19 Comments
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: I Can’t Believe Roxane Gay Invented Leather Jackets for This Rihanna Interview

Katie Sowers is the first lesbian to coach in a Super Bowl, San Francisco Pride bans corporations and cops from this year’s parade, and more mid-week reading!

Carmen Phillips January 21, 2020 3 Comments
Politics + Activism

What Can Black Queer People Learn From the Lost Queer Joy of the Civil Rights Movement?

More than anything, this year, I wish black queer and trans people JOY. Martin Luther King didn’t fight that damn hard for us not to have a quality of life that comes with celebrating our joy and humanity first.

Carmen Phillips January 20, 2020 10 Comments
Politics + Activism

Martin Luther King Day Roundtable: What’s In Your Black Justice Toolkit?

Black justice is not the sole responsibility of only black people. We’re asking: What does black liberation look like for you, and what are you prepared to do to get there?

The Speakeasy January 20, 2020 12 Comments
Society + Culture

Sunday Funday Is Waking Up to Hayley Kiyoko

Hayley Kiyoko’s favorite things, gay coffee, San Fran Pride says ACAB, where to be lesbian in LA, and more! Happy Sunday!

Ari January 19, 2020 20 Comments
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