Jazz Alford is the 22nd trans person to be killed this year, the man who shot a teen lesbian couple in South Texas is charged with capital murder, Polish women shut down an abortion ban, and more news.
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“that is the most beautiful woman i have ever seen”
i say aloud to dana
she turns to look – turns back at me
“that’s ivanka”
Topics include Sea World Ohio, “Fixer Upper,” Blue Apron, Bret Easton Ellis, the Golden Suicides, a con-woman, this really cool essay about ambition and SO MUCH MORE!
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Kate Brown, Oregon’s current governor, has already made a mark in history; she’s one of the few openly bisexual women in public office in the US. This week, she came out as a survivor of domestic violence during a debate with her Republican opponent, Dr. Bud Pierce.
“Love in partnership as colonized/racialized bodies is courageously undressing the walls we have built to survive and showing others the chaos that war has left behind.”
“This issue is not about white people and their delicate, settler privileged feelings. This is about the people of the Standing Rock Sioux Nation. This is about the people of the Cheyenne River Sioux Nation. This is about part of a larger movement for the rights of all Indigenous People in the U.S. and across the globe.”
“Being queer, Asian-American, femme, and gray ace — this is my identity and I get to choose what that means to me.”
Queer Fashion Week in Oakland, CA was full of beautiful humans and powerful fashion. Take a look!
“I’m psyched that I invented a thing, and I don’t wish to make money from it. I just want to try to retain a little influence over it with the support of fellow taboo-busters so we can make some changes around here.”
Also, Cara Delevingne and Annie Clark totally broke up because love is a lie, Brittani Nichols shined her bright light upon a queer haunted hayride and Lindsay Lohan lost a finger in a boating accident. For real.
Topics include a new movie about forbidden lesbian love from Rachel McAdams and Rachel Weisz, Suicide Kale, a superfan who managed to get her idol to leave her boyfriend for her, Grace Dunham, queer ghost hunters in Ohio and so much more!
“I’m not like everybody else, and I can’t do what everybody else does. But they can’t do what I can do either.”
“Submitting is something I do, not something done to me.”
Also: 3D printed clitoris models, algae fuel, and scholarship opportunities.
“I’m entirely lost. Which direction should I be heading in right now? Where is my path leading? What should I be putting most of my energy into to one day become an independent and successful person with a flourishing career?” A tarot reading to explore possibilities.
“Simply put – it’s more than a show; it’s a movement.”