FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Please Help Me Stop Shopping
I, Carmen Rios, do solemnly swear to stop shopping. Maybe. But only if you come on down and tell me about your life to distract me from the big, bad world of nice, neat, shiny things!
The Comment Awards Adjusts to Humidity and Also Alligators
This week we’ve got vulva cupcakes, the lesbimeter, lesbian sex and so much more!
Playlist: 10 Lyrics to Help Your #BlackGirlMagic Shine
Maintaining your #BlackGirlMagic can be a struggle, but these tracks will help you maintain your daily practice.
Mama Outsider: Reminder Notes to a Dancing Girl
“It is the weekend Beyoncé releases her “Formation” single and a bad queen has just performed it without breaking a sweat. I am watching the queen and learning that the way not to sweat is to move so little that every move seems like drama. I’ve got the not moving part down, which is how I am here at a club with a roommate whose friends want to meet the Black girl she let live in her house.”
The Century-Old Art of Negging Women in Sports
The sexist coverage in Rio joins a rich tradition that dates back over 100 years.
Lez Liberty Lit: Books On A Bicycle
Emojis aren’t destroying language, reading lists of books by indigenous authors, trans women in literature and more.
Witch Hunt: Make a Spell Jar and Turn Your Eyes Toward the Harvest Moon
A City Witch playlist, notes on the Harvest Moon, the celebration Tituba deserves, Spell Jar recipes, an interview with the author of Jailbreaking the Goddess, thoughts on Halloween prep, and so much more!
The Best Olympics Commentary From My Sports Newbie Girlfriend
“Remember when you started crying when that girl won air rifle? We didn’t even watch air rifle.”
Every Way To Find A Date, Ranked By A Shane
“First comes Twitter, then comes Snapchat, then comes texting nudes to a complete and total stranger.” Patty-cake to that one, kiddos.
You Need Help: How Do I Break Up With a Casual Someone?
So you want to break up? Don’t be mean. Be honest.
Kristen Stewart Tells The New York Times About “Harnessing A Fluid,” If Ya Know What I Mean
Kristen Stewart has been hiding a private Instagram account from me THIS ENTIRE TIME.
43 Horrifying Life Lessons I’ve Learned from Watching Every Episode of “Forensic Files”
As a woman don’t work at night but also don’t be home at night but also don’t be out at night.
Campership Alert: We’re Sending a QTPOC to A-Camp with Travel!
Okay QTPOC, you’ve got until August 25th to apply! We want each and every single QTPOC who wants to be at Camp to be there, and maybe it’s you! Seize the day! Catch the worm! Apply! Apply!! Apply!!!
Foolish Child #3: Eleven Children with Taylor Hanson
“I realized I’m gay. And worse than that, it’s not going away!”
Rebel Girls: The Rio Olympics Are The Most Feminist, Inclusive of Them All
We’ve come far. But there’s a long way to the promised land, and if we’ve learned anything in Rio it’s that the literal century-old fight for women’s full inclusion in a historic event isn’t over yet.
No Filter: Did Demi Lovato Wash Her Hands Or What?
Also, Ellen Page is hangin with beavers, Jiz Lee is doing EVEN MORE SPORTS and Samira Wiley has been a cartoon character this entire time.
Business of Art Fix #34: FIRST
Univision buys Gawker, Arriana Huffington leaves The Huffington Post, Laur M. Jackson on “citation as a loving practice,” NPR shuts down comments, the worst clickbait headlines and so much more!
Donald Trump’s Dropping in the Polls; How Good Can We Feel About It?
We’ve all seen headlines that say Donald Trump’s poll numbers are dipping, but it’s also hard to put stock in anything this election cycle. How heartened does it make sense to feel by that news?
Digital Mixtapes and Protests: Oh, To Be A Queer Black Millennial
“For a moment, I forgot about the summer of 2015. I forgot about the panic I experienced, the insomnia, the depression. We watched the new season of Orange is the New Black together and by the end of episode 12, it suddenly all came back.”
We Messed Up
We published a positive review of the queer Latina representation in the new Seth Rogen animated film, Sausage Party. It was a big mistake. Here’s an explanation of how it happened, why it happened, and what we’re going to do to make sure it never happens again.