Helping You Help Yourself #29
Cooking corn on the cob in the microwave, how to be a good listener, being productive when living with chronic illness, treating jellyfish stings and more.
Getting Proud and Staying Proud: Navigating Pride as a Disabled Person
“I like being disabled because I like being myself (which is radical enough for any woman to say). Pride, though, requires an even bigger risk.”
“Orange Is The New Black” 411 Review: “People Persons”
Suzanne’s backstory is so heavy it feels almost unnecessary.
27 4th of July Recipes That ARE NOT Hot Dogs
Look, there’s an American Flag pizza in here. No excuses.
27 4th of July Recipes that ARE Hot Dogs
Everyone loves Hot Dogs, and I mean EVERYONE! I can’t think of a single person who would have any reason not to love them! I know for sure my best friend, Heather, loves them!
“Orange Is The New Black” Episode 410 Review: “Bunny, Skull, Bunny, Skull”
Everyone gets their turn to be totally miserable.
Your Fave Politicians and Beauty Queens Are Gay This Sunday Funday
The first out queer woman crowned Miss Missouri and maybe soon Miss America, a Tory Minister comes out for Britain’s Pride celebrations, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton love you a whole lot, and more good news you can use to soothe your aching soul.
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Cool For The Summer
Queer nightlife in the early twentieth century, taking yourself out to dinner, a herpes vaccine, talking about chronic health problems and more.
“Orange Is the New Black” 409 Review: “Turn Table Turn”
In one sentence Black Cindy sums up the writing of this entire season: “Y’all, we ain’t think this shit through.”
Rally Your Queers With Event Planning Technology
Nine apps and websites to make getting together with the fam a whole lot easier.
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Formal Wear
As a genderqueer human, clothes have always made me feel weird.
Friday Open Thread: Callout Post: I Love My Friends (Let me Know if You Do Too)
It’s Friday Open Thread time, which means it’s time to all compliment your friends!
“Orange Is The New Black” 408 Review: “Friends in Low Places”
Spoiler alert: Piper is the woooorst.
The Comment Awards Loves A Good Frozen Yogurt
This week we have adorable prom stories, comment poetry, arts and crafts, Game of hotness and so much more!
Also.Also.Also: New Yorkers Getting Free Tampons and Gender Neutral Restrooms and Other Stories for Your Friday
LINKS! I’ve got some for you! NYC is becoming a utopia of free tampons and gender neutral restrooms, fat-positivity in reproductive justice, Janet Mock on Stonewall, female graffiti artists, Gaby Dunn loves A-Camp, and mama bears using humans to protect their cubs.
Democrats Sit In Over Gun Legislation while SCOTUS Releases Rulings Left and Right
So much news today! The Democrats’ sit-in in the House over gun legislation, SCOTUS rulings on affirmative action, the status of many undocumented people in the US, the Dollar General case, as well as rulings related to Freddie Gray’s death and trans kids using bathrooms at school, and more.
“Orange is the New Black” Episode 407 Review: “It Sounded Nicer in My Head”
All the women of Litchfield deserve so much better.
This Business of Art Fix #31: Bustle Sure Is Good At SEO and Other Important Stories
Topics include my personal problems with Bustle’s SEO strategy, beating airport boredom, Gawker Media filing for bankruptcy and more!
Lez Liberty Lit #100: One Hundred Bookshelves Full of Queer Lit
Books to read for Pride, searching for representation, cotton candy queer lit, books as taxidermy, books and reading and food and eating, and more.
6 Songs That Prove Baby Boomers Needed “Parental Advisory” Labels Themselves
These songs are essentially our generation’s “feel a little poke coming through” in “Too Close” by Next.