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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: Hey Samira Wiley, Where’d You Get That Shirt?

Samira Wiley is rockin’ a pretty familiar-looking shirt, Tegan and Sara finally learned how to communicate with animals and check out this SPICE GIRLS REUNION.

Stef August 31, 2016 9 Comments
Webcomics

Foolish Child #4: The Straight Parents’ Guide To Explaining Gay Things To Children

“How do I explain anything not heterosexual to my definitely heterosexual children?”

Dickens August 31, 2016 21 Comments
TV Reviews

“Take My Wife” Is Unprecedented TV In Which Lesbians Laugh, Don’t Die

Rhea Butcher and Cameron Esposito’s new show is truly delightful.

Riese August 31, 2016 35 Comments
Politics + Activism

Hillary Clinton Unveils a Promising Plan to Improve Mental Health Care

Clinton’s new plan calls for prioritizing mental health care and putting it on par with physical health care when it comes to access or quality of treatment. For LGBT people, who are more likely to suffer from mental illness compared to straight people, this is a really hopeful announcement.

Yvonne August 30, 2016 6 Comments
Culture

A Lesbian Etiquette Guide to Stealing Rural Farms

Now that everything’s been made public, the roll out on this is going to be quick. What rural town from which you’ll steal land is best for you? Should you diversify and steal from multiple areas? Should you stake claim on your new land by driving a dildo into the ground?

Erin August 30, 2016 45 Comments
Lesbian Sex

View From The Top: Playing Through Depression

It’s almost impossible to master while grieving. When that grief turns into a depression, is it even M/s anymore?

Sinclair Sexsmith August 30, 2016 11 Comments
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20 Excerpts from Kayla’s Elementary School Journals, 1998-2003

With illustrations!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya August 30, 2016 27 Comments
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5 Portable Card Games to Play Anywhere, Anytime

My favorite card games to play with queers in parks and bars in honor of the brand new Oregon Trail card game.

A.E. Osworth August 30, 2016 26 Comments
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Drawn to Comics Retrospective: The Top 10 Drawn To Comics From the First 3 Years

I can’t believe I’ve written around 150 of these????

Mey August 30, 2016 61 Comments
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Countdown to Baby T. Rex: The Seven Stages of Waiting (41 Weeks)

Our Leo/Virgo cusp baby is definitely moving into Virgo territory.

KaeLyn August 29, 2016 51 Comments
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Fall 2016 Book Preview: 48 Queer and Feminist Books To Add To Your Reading List

Welcome to your list of queer and/or feminist books coming out in fall 2016. New Zadie Smith, Ivan Coyote, Anne Carson, Margaret Atwood, Bae Suah and more.

Ryan Yates August 29, 2016 28 Comments
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Love Letters Across the Atlantic: How Distance Changes Your Relationship

“To date long distance then live with the other in person is to be in two versions of the same relationship. One wishes desperately for the future and is fueled by daydreams of the past; the other tries to make every waking moment something special and ignores the fact that time is passing, whether we like it or not.”

Tierney Nash August 29, 2016 11 Comments
Movie Reviews

Clea DuVall’s “The Intervention” Is Fun But Flawed (And Super White)

It’s wonderful to see two queer women dealing with complex and honest relationship problems that are treated with the same nuance and depth as those of the straight couples on screen, but DuVall never quite manages to step out of the shadow of The Big Chill.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya August 29, 2016 8 Comments
Queer Fashion

Stylish-of-Center: Back to School Tomboy Butch Looks for the Fashionably On Time

One morning I woke up and realized I was completely unsatisfied with (almost) my entire closet, and have since been on a journey to find my style-of-center, mixing Goodwill finds with brand-name bits from the sale rack.

Abby August 29, 2016 42 Comments
Food Lists

I Promise You’re On the Right Side of History: 23 Things to Eat if You Do Like Potatoes

I’m from Idaho and in Idaho we learn that you can survive on just potatoes and butter? All the nutrients you need are in potatoes except for a couple, which are all in butter. Is that true?

Mey August 29, 2016 31 Comments
Food Lists

I Promise You’re Not the Only One: 23 Things to Eat if You Don’t Like Potatoes

Every time they offer me a potato chip or french fry, it’s like a well-meaning relative insisting that “you just haven’t met the right guy yet.” Sorry, Aunt Helen, but it’s not a matter of the right guy or the right potato.

Carrie August 29, 2016 27 Comments
Society + Culture

Sunday Funday Celebrates Bea Arthur’s LGBT Shelter And Pride Month Forever

Bless Bea Arthur, bless lesbian farmers, bless pride, bless BeLL, bless pro-LGBT lawmakers, BLESS IT ALL.

Carmen August 28, 2016 7 Comments
NSFW Sunday

NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Talking Politics And Pleasure

Queer porn, feminist porn, politics and pleasure, being a good submissive, gender equality and sexual education and more.

Ryan Yates August 28, 2016 10 Comments
Geekery

5 More Apps To Make You Better At Money

These apps will make managing money less scary and stressful. Plus a bonus budgeting podcast by Gaby Dunn!

A.E. Osworth August 27, 2016 15 Comments
Webcomics

Saturday Morning Cartoons: Identity

What about you? How do you identify?

Archie August 27, 2016 97 Comments
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