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Society + Culture

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.

KaeLyn June 24, 2016 8 Comments
Politics + Activism

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.

Rachel June 23, 2016 16 Comments
TV Show Recaps

“Orange is the New Black” Episode 407 Review: “It Sounded Nicer in My Head”

All the women of Litchfield deserve so much better.

Ari June 23, 2016 34 Comments
Money + Work

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!

Riese June 23, 2016 12 Comments
Literature

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.

Ryan Yates June 23, 2016 5 Comments
Music

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.

Erin June 23, 2016 50 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Samira Wiley Joins “You’re The Worst,” Talks OITNB Season Four With Everybody

Plus Laverne Cox and Queen Latifah hang out, Person of Interest ends on a kind of happy sapphic note, the actresses who play Daenerys Targaryen and Yara Greyjoy are shipping it too, a new adorable clip from Finding Dory and more queer pop culture news!

Heather Hogan June 22, 2016 34 Comments
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: The Day Leisha Hailey’s Childhood Haircut Broke The Internet

Also, Tegan and Sara are riding a bus filled with twins, Ruby Rose is making dad jokes and Laura Jane Grace is stuck in a freezer.

Stef June 22, 2016 37 Comments
TV Show Recaps

“Orange Is The New Black” Episode 406 Review: Piece of Sh*t

No Hope Allowed.

A.E. Osworth June 22, 2016 20 Comments
Comedy

Lindsay Lohan’s My Avi: More Internet Haikus

Life is but a meme.

Erin June 22, 2016 28 Comments
LGBT History

Rebel Girls: These 6 Queer and Trans Trailblazers Made Political History

In my last installment of Rebel Girls, I briefed you on some of the badass glass ceiling crashers currently serving in office who are queer as f*ck. These six women came before them.

Carmen June 22, 2016 7 Comments
Playlists

Playlist: Queer Summer Suburban Ennui

This playlist accompanies all of the feelings I have being queer in suburbia: gay, lonely, bored, and confused by my neighbors’ dedications to their lawns.

Ari June 22, 2016 41 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Boob(s On Your) Tube: The Mother of Dragons is Probably Totally Bisexual

Is Game of Thrones going there with Yara and Daenerys? Seems like maybe! Waverly and Haught make out twice on Wynonna Earp. Catherine and Marjorie’s story takes center stage on Veep. And Audrey gets A-ed on Scream.

Heather Hogan June 21, 2016 48 Comments
Sarah in Scissoring Tank, Cecelia in Tomboy Femme Crop Top, and all new enamel pins
Community

Summer Merch Is Here: Scissoring Muscle Tanks, Tomboy Femme Crop Tops, & SO MANY Enamel Pins!

We have two new tops to blow your mind in colors that make you wanna eat a popsicle in the sunshine. Plus enamel pins and A-Camp swag!

Sarah June 21, 2016 40 Comments
TV Show Recaps

“Orange Is The New Black” 405 Review: “We’ll Always Have Baltimore”

An over-stuffed episode that needs more Maritza, but excels at its menstrual narrative.

Isabel June 21, 2016 19 Comments
Donald Trump pursing his lips
Politics + Activism

Trump Campaign Faces Firings, Lack of Funds, General Derision

Things aren’t going great for Donald Trump’s campaign this week, the dangerous SCOTUS ruling that says evidence obtained illegally can be used in court, Tamara Dominguez’s murderer charged, and more.

Rachel June 21, 2016 9 Comments
Food Lists

Survive The Summer With 10 Adorable Popsicle Molds

Why work up an (additional) sweat/settle for someone else’s idea of what’s tasty when you can make your very own delicious frozen treats?

Heather Hogan June 21, 2016 5 Comments
Sex

View From The Top: Polka Dots, Packing, and Protocol

We started to turn the top/bottom dynamics in our sex life into 24/7 dominance/submission. It was highly negotiated, mutually consensual, and extremely hot.

Sinclair Sexsmith June 21, 2016 10 Comments
Geekery

Drawn to Comics Thanks the LGBTQ Comics Creators Who Make It Possible

I’m going to talk about how thankful I am for all the LGBTQ people who are making comics and telling stories and creating heroes and showing the rest of us that anything is possible. If you’re an LGBTQ person, no matter if you’re out to the whole world or only yourself, I am so thankful for you and the work that you do.

Mey June 21, 2016 5 Comments
TV Reviews

“Orange Is The New Black” Broke Everybody’s Heart To Teach Idiots A Lesson

If you’ve yet to watch Episode 412 of “Orange is the New Black,” be aware that this post contains epic spoilers.

Riese June 20, 2016 230 Comments
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