Recapping the feminist victories of the week, a badass Black queer woman is running for the Florida legislature, North Carolina’s getting called out, the trans ban in the military is officially ancient history, and more good gay news! Also, some fan art of me because I think you’re gonna like it a lot.
Sexting and insecurity, the future of porn, casual sex, pubic hair habits, how to recycle sex toys and more.
Furbies are awful, Furby Connects are worse. Here are five tech toys that aren’t Furbies.
“Can you talk in a whisper? I’m suffering from a bad Pride Hangover.”
To The Toast!
Happy Canada Day! Happy July 4 weekend! Let’s hang out and celebrate!
Plus Marjorie and Catehrine are the only people who come out on top of Veep, The Fosters subdues its active shooter, and let’s finally talk about the Orphan Black finale!
Topics include Judith Butler, domestic goddesses, the for-profit prison industry, what Uber drivers make, Abigail Fishers, sexism, sad girl fashion and more!
This week we’ve got dinosaur onesies, angry octopi, Alice Motes and so much more!
“Call your heart back. Gather yourself back into the warmth of your deepest loves. Find out what you need to feel safer, to know that we have your back, that we will do our best to keep you with us.”
You could call these mushrooms anything really but the fact that you’ve introduced them as “tender” means she must respect them, and you.
“I want to make out with my bestie. I love her dearly, but I don’t think I’m in love with her—I don’t want to be in a whole relationship thing with her or anything.”
Misty Snow and Misty Plowright are changing the world, gun and anti-terror legislation in the wake of Orlando, hate crimes in the UK after the Brexit vote, and more.
Y’all, I hate being bad at things. And I truly truly thought my first batch of Kouign Amann would be inedible. But it wasn’t!
“Life is hard and you should just do what you want to do. Luckily the things that I want seem sort of selfless because of my identity. If I was the aforementioned straight, able-bodied, cis, white guy, my career goals would be boring and unnecessary which is why I think they should all get out of entertainment.”
A love story for the ages!
This issue contains a haiku about Sarah, our new Design Director, a word search AND a mystery solvers, and a guest playlist about cats. Get in here!
Ellen Page and Evan Rachel Wood are sitting in a (house in a forest of) tree(s) in “Into the Forest,” looking at a post-Twilight Kristen Stewart, Tegan & Sara queering Toronto pop music and so many other stories that will touch you deeply in important and meaningful ways.
“These women are angry, and rightfully so. They aren’t treated like humans. Their lives are taken away from them, sometimes literally, and they don’t even have names. They tried a peaceful protest and someone was killed. Their riot is righteous, but at the end of the day, they’re going to be the ones punished. There is no justice.”
Some strategies to make sure your cat allergy doesn’t come between you and the cats in your life.