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Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: A Queer from North Carolina Gets Real With You and Other Stories for Your Weekend

A cat is skiing, abortions are happening or not, Uggs still, this radical doula I love, eat these things before you drink alcohol, we are buying so very much legal weed wow, Murder House could be yours, Laura Jane Grace talks about titles, Mallory Ortberg writes relatable perfect things, I’m afraid of panthers maiming me and so very much more!

Laneia April 1, 2016 37 Comments
Playlists

Playlist: You Asked Out a Straight Girl

This happens to a lot of us — like, a lot a lot of us. And we’ve got to laugh it off, what else can we do? I mean, it’s likely to happen again.

Mey April 1, 2016 53 Comments
Politics + Activism

Mississippi Passes US’s Most Sweeping Anti-LGBT Rights Bill with HB1523, Strikes Fear into Hearts

Mississippi makes anti-LGBT history with HB1523, police who killed Jamar Clark won’t be charged, new studies about Islamophobia, surveillance and more, and lots on the aftermath of HB2 in North Carolina.

Rachel March 31, 2016 16 Comments
TV Reviews

Supergirl’s Feel-Good Feminism is a Bright Spot in a Bleak TV Year

Supergirl’s feminism is definitely 101, but we all had to start somewhere.

Heather Hogan March 31, 2016 36 Comments
Gender

A Day of Visibility: Jen Richards Gets Deep and Personal About North Carolina

“I fire off a series of tweets to Governor Pat McCrory, as well as the North Carolina Values Coalition and some public supporters of the bill. The few replies I get make it clear that my arguments have zero impact. This issue will consume my consciousness for the following few days.”

Mey March 31, 2016 24 Comments
Movie News & Trailers

You Should Go: The “Suicide Kale” World Premiere Is This Weekend!

Brittani Nichols, Jasika Nicole, Carly Usdin, Robin Roemer: Literally everyone you’ve ever loved made this movie.

Heather Hogan March 31, 2016 10 Comments
First Person Gender

Skydiving in Two Genders: An Essay on Trans Visibility

“I decide I’ll test the durability of a BB cream by Tarte at thousands of feet in the air, then feel ashamed at worrying so much about how I look, then feel the dread again, that all this might go completely wrong, not because I’ll fall to my death, but because I’ll be reduced to my past.”

Gabrielle Bellot March 31, 2016 19 Comments
Literature

Lez Liberty Lit #94: How To Find Queer Books

How to find queer books, the new VIDA count, Eileen Myles and literary fame, the singular “they,” experimental feminist reading suggestions and more.

Ryan Yates March 31, 2016 11 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Faking It Episode 303 Recap: I Love Everybody Being Totally Over Me!

This week on Faking It, everybody reads Amy’s diary and you’re probably going to end up in compost detention.

Riese March 30, 2016 22 Comments
Gender Politics + Activism

Rebel Girls: Three Dismal Truths We Hold to Be Self-Evident About Women Political Leaders

Here are three completely undeniable and incredibly depressing facts about women, executive political power, and glass ceilings — and cliffs! — around the world.

Carmen March 30, 2016 16 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: These Two Sitcoms About Lesbians of Color Though

Gosh, so much! Like Amandla Stenberg and Rowan Blanchard being “The New Activists,” two TV pilots centered on lesbians of color (one is a Wanda Sykes project!), the history of burying your gays, girls posing as ’90s teen idols and you know, like I said, a lot of things!

Riese March 30, 2016 41 Comments
Money + Work

This Business of Art Fix #25: Totally Prepared For The Digital Apocalypse

Topics include Gawker losing the Hulk Hogan case, digital media’s lack of geographic diversity, analytics-driven content production, Genius annotating personal sex stories, drinking with your clients and other crucial stories!

Riese March 30, 2016 11 Comments
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: Tegan And Sara’s Cats Can’t Possibly Be Real

Why would Tegan and Sara lie to us about their cats, Angel Haze isn’t LL Cool J, Jiz Lee isn’t eating a burger and Brittani Nichols (probably) isn’t arresting you.

Stef March 30, 2016 18 Comments
Gender

A Day of Visibility: Mey Rude Feels Lucky to Call Trans Women Her Community

“I feel like every single trans woman of color I know is gorgeous and beautiful and so knowing that I’m one of them, that I’m a part of that community makes me feel infinitely more beautiful than I’ve ever felt in my life.”

Mey March 30, 2016 27 Comments
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

Kristen Stewart And Soko: A Romance For The Ages

Everything we know so far about the most important romantic entanglement of 2016.

Stef March 30, 2016 22 Comments
Politics + Activism

Georgia Governor Nathan Deal Listens to Large Corporations, Vetoes Anti-Gay Law

Georgia Governor Nathan Deal will veto a “religious freedom” bill; a trans woman is sexually assaulted at Stonewall Inn; the ACLU and Lambda Legal are suing North Carolina officials; Corey Lewandowski, Donald Trump’s Campaign Manager, was charged with battery and more news.

Yvonne March 29, 2016 10 Comments
First Person Gender

On Performing in The Vagina Monologues When You Don’t Have a Vagina

“There’s an annoying song that’s only playing all the way through all day long on some days. Others, I can barely hear the chorus, and others I can’t hear it all. But every day, I know that that song will be there again one day, maybe even tomorrow, maybe even later that same day. And I hate this song.”

Mey March 29, 2016 45 Comments
TV Show Recaps

The Fosters Episode 320 Recap: The Unbearable Brallie-ness of Being

It’s the season three finale and Stef’s breast cancer didn’t kill her at all! Not even a little bit!

Heather Hogan March 29, 2016 64 Comments
Gender

A Day of Visibility: Luna Merbruja Loves Her Self Love

“My self love is my favorite thing about myself right now. Seeing my sometimes dry, sometimes crusty-eyed face first thing in the morning and automatically thinking, “Damn, you’re beautiful” is a joy I never thought I would experience.”

Mey March 29, 2016 14 Comments
Lesbian Sex

View From The Top: Dividing Acts and Power

“What if the person who is strapped-on is tied to a bed, blindfolded and ridden, not allowed to come? Who is really in charge then?”

Sinclair Sexsmith March 29, 2016 20 Comments
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