Helping You Help Yourself #44
Tater tots! Determining your immigration status! Secret CIA tape for your mail! And more!
Trump Is Scared of LGBT Activists and Mike Pence Just Proved It
Trump and the Republican Party have been gobsmacked by activism since the inauguration; the last thing they want is to have to go up against LGBTQ people who boast one of the most organized, well-funded, successful, and popular activist movements in modern history.
How To Be Disabled, According to Stock Photography
“Gaze out the window or exist in silhouette as often as possible.”
Roxane Gay’s “Difficult Women”: The Necessary Ugliness in Getting There
Gay is far more honest than most about the weird ways we actually solve for love. The necessary ugliness in getting there.
Sunday Funday Is Taking Kate Brown and Her Hella Supportive Grandma to the LGBTQ Dance Protest Because F*ck This Bullshit
Kate Brown is leading Oregon’s resistance, this grandma made her bisexual granddaughter a rainbow sweater, and more gay dance parties surround Mike Pence and Donald Trump!
Handväska! For When You Just Need To Hit Some Virtual Nazis With a Purse
And all the profits from this game are going to CUNY-CLEAR right now, too.
NSFW Sunday Is About To Have Morning Sex
A new dating app that lets you meet people who hate the same stuff you do; BDSM as moments of holding intensity; mental illness and dating; the most popular time to have morning sex; and more.
Kristen Stewart Is “Like, So Gay Dude” On SNL And We’re All Dead
YO WHAT’S GOING ON BACK THERE WITH THOSE TOTINO’S PIZZA ROLLS???
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Done
I’ve been very gentle the last few years about people adjusting to my name change.
This Sure Feels Like the Beginning of the End of Net Neutrality
Today, Trump’s new FCC chairman went to town on net neutrality and decided that four companies (AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Comcast) have a total pass to divide up the internet.
How I Escaped Christofascism and Other FAQs From You, Answered
After I wrote “I Was Trained for the Culture Wars in Home School, Awaiting Someone Like Mike Pence as a Messiah,” readers had a lot of questions for me. While I’m working on follow up pieces, I wanted to answer some of the most common questions and provide some explanation.
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: We’re In the Eye of a Hurricane So Just Chill Out With Me
I wanna’ know how you’re doing, friends, and what you’re up to, and everything about your life! Come hang with me! (And, yes, there are baby dino pics in here if you were wondering.)
The Comment Awards Might Know the Meaning of Life
Queer pirates, spooning, Harry Potter puns, A-Camp virgins, and your gorgeous kitchens!
Relevant To Your Interests: You, Too, Can Paint Minis for Gaming and Escapism
Combat the doldrums by painting tiny people and buildings!
What I Wore: Navigating the Heteronormative Patriarchy, Pt. 9
This time I cover Trump’s America: Day 1, Day 2, and End of Week 1.
Queer Crip Love Fest: I Wanted This Country to Be Better
“After any terrorist attack, we’re all sitting on the imaginary couch together being like, ‘Please don’t be brown, please don’t be brown, please don’t be brown.’ And it’s not even a joke.”
Brianna Wu Is Here, Queer and Running for Congress in Massachusetts
“In the Trump era there’s no room for benchwarmers. Seven out of nine of our representatives are white men in a supposedly progressive state. I think we can find room for a feisty feminist.”
“Nurse Love Addiction” Is An Adorable Queer Nightmare
“There are mysteries, superpowers, violence, cosplay, and potentially even some romantic cannibalism if you make the wrong (right?) choices.”
Playlist: Black Queer Music History Pt. 1 (Early 20th Century)
Black queer artists have been killing the game forever. Check out what they were doing in the early 20th century.
Lez Liberty Lit: Wonder and Humility
Reading as a cure for monotony, boredom, and almost-death; books about living in oppressive religious cults; what Roxane Gay is reading right now and more.