How The 2016 Election Is Still Fucking With Our Mental Health
Why does an event like the election so profoundly affect marginalized people, while allies can almost avoid it?
Holigay Gift Guide 2016: Gifts for Your Friend with Benefits
Maintaining the balance between “I like you and think you’re cool to hang with and sometimes bang” and “we’re dating” is tough, but these gifts will help you out.
Holigay Gift Guide 2016: (More) Books for the Queer Academic
What do you get for the person who is perpetually tired, underpaid, and overworked? More books, obviously.
Okay What Is Actually Going On With All The Recounts
Between the blocking of the recount in Michigan and the partial recount in Nevada, what’s going on?
Lez Liberty Lit: The Premise for Empathy
Stealing diaries; the oldest library; a conversation on women, bodies and writing; a peek at Roxane Gay’s forthcoming book; “The Lottery” in Stars Hollow and more.
“Dishonored 2” Review: The Beautiful Chaos Of A Magical Lady Assassin
Right now I’m a girl fighting a girl arch-nemesis and my headquarters is a ship with a girl captain and a girl mad scientist and I feel real good about everything besides my chaos level and the fact that I think my next mission is to rescue a boy from a boy.
Holigay Gift Guide: Grease Is The Word For Updating Your Style
If you’re looking for a way to retool or update your aesthetic, there’s no better inspiration than Grease.
The Sims For Twitter: More Internet Haikus
This round we cover unfriending, chatting with bots, wacky 404s, the #UNameItChallenge and more.
Aesthetic Rising: Your Astrological Fashion Forecast Featuring Sagittarius
Honestly, we just need a good old “Fuck You, I Survived 2016” rager to close out this dumpster fire of a year. Let’s come together and celebrate the strength it took to make it this far. Hopefully these horoscopes will help you figure out how you deserve to celebrate this month.
Good Morning, Baltimore! This Is Your HAIRSPRAY LIVE! LIVEBLOG!
Join Alaina and Cecelia as they talk you through NBC’s latest holiday musical extravaganza!
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!
How Bad Can Trump’s Administration Fuck With LGBT Legal Progress?
“The potential for such a regressive Federal government seems so disheartening because of the tremendous progress over the past few years, but the administration does not control and cannot contain the progress.”
Bury Your Gays Merch Alert: Dead Lesbian Society Enamel Pins
Immortality, my darlings.
“San Junipero” Is A Beautiful, Haunting Queer Love Story With Mixed Messages About Disability
Black Mirror found a loophole through the Bury Your Gays conundrum but skirted near one of the most frustrating disability tropes in the process.
Rebel Girls Gift Guide: What to Buy Your Favorite Feminist for the Holigays
If there is anyone in your life currently in need of a truly empowering and also on-brand gift which to utilize to further the progress of our nation or look woke AF, it’s the feminist you know and love.
18 New Donald Trump Person of The Year Covers: An Art Therapy Special
In which we deal with the ongoing reality of Donald Trump by drawing all over his face in Photoshop like GROWN-UPS.
PHOTOESSAY: The KKK Counter Protest That Scared The Racists Away
Molly went to North Carolina to expose a KKK rally disguised as a Trump victory party and found a counter protest that sent the cowards scurrying.
Foolish Child #11: A Box Full
This is my box full of insecurities. I’m letting as many of them go as possible before 2017 because, well, you know.
No Filter: Laura Jane Grace Goes To Live Among The Sand People
Also, Rhea Butcher went to Jurassic Park, Jiz Lee met some jellyfish and Holland Taylor and Sarah Paulson got dessert.
Holigay Gift Guide 2016: Stocking Stuffers for the Cat (Lover) in Your Life
When shopping for gifts for your cat-loving friends, it’s best to keep that idea in mind and buy things that not only are for the cat-lover but are also for the cat.