Sometimes you just want to have sex with your friends, and not have it be anything else. But friends with benefits isn’t the same as no-strings-attached sex. You’re friends, not strangers. Something besides sex brought you together and tied you there. Here’s how to keep it that way.
Bad Reputation reminds us that people with a knack for keeping their cool during trying times aren’t apathetic. Sometimes, they’re exactly what we — and our headphones — need.
This round we cover Benzos, google doodles, tide pods, venmo emojis, and more!
“People are usually surprised to hear things about my past, like how I was a cheerleader, and in a sorority, and a dancer, and in musical theatre.”
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Join me, my purple lipstick, my long tangled hair (and, let’s be real, my fucking Bullet Journal) as we take charge and live our best lives.
Facebook’s new algorithm has the potential to badly affect us; here’s how you can help!
A wedding moment…no…experience…that you need to watch, queer Asian filmmakers telling their own stories, Rainbow Voices Mumbai, and the rebel cow who parties with bison.
What “marriage is work” means, what to do when pleasure brings up trauma, how to be direct, poly people on poly, electrosex and more.
You sent your Yes/No questions and now I’m answering all of them!!! Do what I say!!
Don’t doubt yourself.
And Ximena smooches Callie right on her mouth!
What was your favorite thing from this week?
“Tag yourself — I’m ‘not sure who is supposed to make the first move.'”
The statistics on acceptance of LGBT people were generally staying the same or improving, until last year — when, as GLAAD CEO Sarah Kate Ellis puts it, “the acceptance pendulum abruptly stopped and swung in the opposite direction.”
Being a Queer Lady Magician to me means sharing the truths of our lives in unexpected, thought-provoking ways, instilling a sense of wonder, expanding our imaginations around what is possible.
A rundown of the more effective products I’ve tried, plus some common treatments that just did not work.
“I don’t know who you are but I’ve never believed in anyone’s ability to reach peak mommi more than you”
It’s okay if your end result isn’t completely bare and minimal and perfect; the most important thing is feeling in control of the spaces you create.
“I realized all the lesbian sex photos were hiding where they usually do: in Close Female Friendship City.”
Eat all the citrus and fight off all your colds this winter!!