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Geekery

Drawn to Comics: Lumberjanes Reminds Us that All Hardcore Lady Types Are Welcome

This credo has been hammered home in a recent issue where Barney, who was once a Scouting Lad, joins the Lumberjanes and the book starts clearly using they/them pronouns for them.

Mey September 13, 2016 6 Comments
Gender

Black Trans Woman T.T. Murdered In Chicago, Is At Least the 20th Trans Person Murdered In 2016

While we don’t know the exact number and almost certainly never will, we know that she is at least the 20th trans person murdered this year, most of them being Black and Brown trans women.

Mey September 12, 2016 10 Comments
Politics + Activism

Deplorables, Ranked

Big week for deplorables.

Heather Hogan September 12, 2016 65 Comments
Music

VIDEO: Dorian Electra’s Queer History of High Heels Features Our Own Cecelia and is EVERYTHING

The queer aesthetic here is so strong and bold and aggressive. It looks you straight in the eye turns you queer. It’s a queer gorgon. It’s queer medusa.

Mey September 12, 2016 9 Comments
Food Lists

33 Bowl Recipes to Keep Your Belly Full and Life Easy

The bowl: an unassuming mix of a protein, veggie and grain, perhaps with some kind of sauce, quick to cook and eaten all in the same dish. (Not a smoothie bowl. Those are bullshit, sorry.)

Rachel September 12, 2016 14 Comments
Crafts & DIY Projects

How To Make A Cute Dopp Kit For Your Overnight Essentials

Carrying around a Whole Food’s tote stuffed with a change of undies and a toothbrush won’t last forever. You deserve better. What you really need is a Dopp kit to keep all the essentials on hand to keep you lookin’ your best for that new babe.

Katie September 12, 2016 12 Comments
Queer Pregnancy

Countdown to Baby T. Rex: Remi is Here, Labor is Hard, and Mesh Undies Are Glorious

Welcome to the world, Remi!

KaeLyn September 12, 2016 148 Comments
Society + Culture

Sunday Funday is Going to the Kiss-Fest, You Should Come Thru

South Africa doesn’t want this anti-gay preacher to come to town, LGBT athletes are taking over college sports, a kiss-fest in defense of lesbian love, and more good gay news!

Carmen September 11, 2016 3 Comments
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NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Going Down

The astrological signs most and least likely to be polyamorous, going down on a vulva, false balance in sex reporting, how to live past age 100 (by having lots of sex) and more.

Ryan Yates September 11, 2016 19 Comments
Geekery

6 High-Quality Wireless Headphones For Different Budgets

Apple’s iPhone 7 is ditching the headphone jack. Here are some wireless headphones to pair with your sleek new technology.

A.E. Osworth September 10, 2016 27 Comments
Webcomics

Saturday Morning Cartoons: Seasons Change

“As we usher in September, change is in the air and a new season begins…”

Megan Praz September 10, 2016 19 Comments
Politics + Activism

Largest Prison Strike in US History Hopes to Expose Injustice and Suffering

Incarcerated people across the nation are striking today to disrupt the profitability of the prison-industrial complex, California might end their statue of limitations on sexual assault, Airbnb announced new policies to address racial discrimination, and more news

Yvonne September 9, 2016 8 Comments
Straddleverse

FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: I’m Never Gonna Stop Sweating

Are you sitting in a pool of your own sweat because even though it’s September and you willed it to finally, please, for the love of everything, to just be Autumn already, it’s still averaging 90º every day? Me too! Let’s talk about it in this week’s open thread!

Ari September 9, 2016 153 Comments
Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Gets a Goal

This week we’ve got allergies, The Babysitter’s Club, throwbacks and so much more.

Bren September 9, 2016 6 Comments
Literature

Things I Read That I Love #210: The New Sofa Has Nothing To Fear From Me

Topics include Flint, the framing of a PTA mom, perfume, Roger Ailes, the true crime genre, the Upright Citizens Brigade, Miss America, domestic spheres, Winona Ryder and more!

Riese September 9, 2016 4 Comments
Queer Fashion

A Special Film/TV-Inspired Edition of “What I Wore: Navigating the Heteronormative Patriarchy”

This week I channel women in film/TV to navigate the comedy show, a rock concert and the sport bar.

Erin September 9, 2016 13 Comments
LGBT Book Reviews

Read A F*cking Book: M-E Girard’s Novel “Girl Mans Up” Powerfully Explores Minefields of Gender

“Girard’s writing is special in the way it speaks the language of our lived experience of moving through and within gender — inching, painfully slow, changeable, delightful, sexy, and made manifest in a thousand tiny ways, often between people and between words, unspoken.”

Emma Eisenberg September 8, 2016 7 Comments
Queer Fashion Shopping

You’ve Got This in the Bag: Our Fave Bags and Backpack Picks for Fall

Find your next favorite bag, backpack tote or clutch in here.

the team September 8, 2016 24 Comments
AF+

Things Men Tell You When They Think You’re One of Them

“It was a predatory smile that he flashed at us, the rest of his pack, expecting us to become predators with him and start howling along.”

Mey September 8, 2016 25 Comments
Politics + Activism

5 Things We Learned from the Commander in Chief Forum with Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton

Donald Trump has a secret plan!!!! What could it be???

Rachel September 8, 2016 5 Comments
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