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Fool’s Journey: I Feel Anxious and Stuck and I Don’t Know Why

“You are rich (as you know) but in your anxiety, you give away so much of your strength. Right now, it’s okay to hold close to you what you value and what makes you feel strong.”

Beth May 4, 2016 7 Comments
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: Samira Wiley And Rose Rollins Smile Together, Angels Sing

We’ve also got Ruby Rose dressed as a tree and Kate Moennig dressed as a terrifying clown.

Stef May 4, 2016 20 Comments
Geekery Queer Fashion

Notes From A Queer Engineer: “Tech White Tie” And Other Fashion Tech Links

“Making bra is like building a bridge.”

Laura Mandanas May 4, 2016 53 Comments
Politics + Activism

Reecey Walker, Black Trans Woman, Becomes 10th Trans Person Killed This Year

Reecey Walker was killed in her own home in Wichita, Kansas. A 16-year-old boy was arrested and charged with her murder.

Yvonne May 3, 2016 6 Comments
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A+ Inbox LIVE! #6: Two to Three Seconds Between Pops

It’s a special *Voicemail Only* show and we’re discussing sandwiches (but not really!!), beginning to make friends after depression and with anxiety, and the joys of a world that looks and acts just like A-Camp. Special guest barks: Tungi!

Laneia May 3, 2016 24 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Boob(s On Your) Tube: Happy Person of Interest Day, You Gays!

Pippy and TMI get another small side story on Rosewood, Nyssa pops by on Arrow, Orphan Black gets gag-y gross, and two more queer women have bitten the TV dust.

Heather Hogan May 3, 2016 35 Comments
Politics + Activism

Ding, Dong the Anti-Trans Bathroom Bills in Kansas and Rockwall, TX Are Dead

A city in Texas debates a bathroom ordinance similar to North Carolina’s HB2 and it dies without a votes but there’s no telling what’s gonna happen in the state’s legislature in 2017; the FDA launched a multi-million dollar campaign aimed at LGBT young adults to quit using tobacco; women feel sexiest in their mid-thirties a new study says and more news.

Yvonne May 3, 2016 10 Comments
Health

Top 10 YouTube Videos That Did Not Teach Me How To Dance

Is it possible to learn hot dance moves and wow all your pals on the dance floor just from watching YouTube videos? I decided to find out.

Riese May 3, 2016 35 Comments
TV Reviews

Veep’s Unlikable Feminist Hero Shines Bright In The Year of The Woman Card

On HBO and in the real world, Americans often choose to engage with female politicians as nothing more than bitches.

Heather Hogan May 3, 2016 34 Comments
Lesbian Sex

Bottoms Up: Bottoming and Butt Sex

I want to submit — to the right person. And the right person — with whom I have a deep level of trust, with whom I can relax — will fuck me in the ass.

Ari May 3, 2016 15 Comments
Geekery

Drawn to Comics: In Praise of Patreon

Patreon is sort of like a virtual tip jar, or a Kickstarter that keeps on going each month, and it lets you support all your favorite creators so that you can let them know you appreciate them and so that they can keep doing what they do.

Mey May 3, 2016 10 Comments
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

Kristen Stewart Spotted Walking Alone; Stop the Presses

She told French Marie Claire that she hates being gossiped about, so here we are. Gossiping about it.

Stef May 2, 2016 36 Comments
Comedy

5 TV Specials in the Spirit of TLC’S ‘My Husband’s Not Gay’

“Hi, Linda, how are you?” “Hi, Erin. My husband’s not gay.”

Erin May 2, 2016 45 Comments
Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft

Satellite of Love: Queer Horoscopes for May 2016

With several planets traveling through Taurus this month, we’re attuned to a slower pace and a sweeter sense of life.

Corina Dross May 2, 2016 14 Comments
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Label-Free Fluidity is the New Chill and Other Stories You’ll Live Through

The care and keeping of lost baby birds, restaurant regulars, education spending in the US, Obama wasn’t joking, tampon tax, women in academia, I propose a Kissing Jessica Stein Addendum, viral trans bathroom selfies, that Michelle Tea piece, talking cats and so so much more!

Laneia May 2, 2016 61 Comments
First Person Health

Tattoos and Disability: Surviving An Experience Not Everyone Can Handle

“I made a choice about how I would look, and didn’t realize until I’d done it how unprecedented that was.”

Carrie May 2, 2016 35 Comments
Food Lists

22 Smoothie Recipes To Freeze (And Fuel) Your Brain (And Body)

Nothing is better than cold fruit giving you a brain freeze on a warm day. It makes you feel alive and invigorated!

Ari May 2, 2016 8 Comments
House & Garden

Helping You Help Yourself #26

Good coffee for lazy people. accomplishing things while you’re depressed, putting the duvet cover on your comforter, and more.

Rachel May 2, 2016 30 Comments
Society + Culture

Lily Tomlin and Viola Davis Rip North Carolina’s Anti-Trans Laws This Sunday Funday

Gay marriage is finally official in Colombia, two Italian women just adopted each other’s kids, the Dems are fighting for the Equality Act and Sioux Falls is stepping up, and everyone (still) hates North Carolina’s HB2.

Carmen May 1, 2016 4 Comments
NSFW Sunday

NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Will Meet You Inside

Non-monogamy gets bigger than ever, everything you’ve always wanted to know about fish orgies, what to say if someone might be flirting with you and more.

Ryan Yates May 1, 2016 16 Comments
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