Dear Queer Diary: It’s Our Very Own International Handwriting Day!
Revel in the oddities of graphology and share your undoubtedly gorgeous pen(wo)manship with the world!
Dear Queer Diary: Let the Moleskine Wars Begin
“Prepare yourselves for the ferocious arguments that will take place in the comments, and the relationships that will founder on the rocks of disagreement. Today, we discuss the Moleskine notebook.”
10 Things I Learned At My First Big Queer Conference
Ever wonder what happens when you put a bunch of queer folks in a room and tell them to get shit done? Here’s my recap of the IvyQ 2014 Conference and a few things I learned along the way.
High Femme: What We Talk About When We Talk About Weed
So consider this a primer on the origins of our most basic weed words, or as I like to think of it, a stoned version of More Than Words.
Team Pick: qu.ee/r Magazine Wants Your Submissions, Ali and Hansen Are Editors!
qu.ee/r Magazine is a brand spanking new literary magazine accepting fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and visual art submissions both for their first issue titled “The Call to Adventure” and year-round!
Here’s A Chance to Share Your Very Own Memoir With The World
I’m going to participate in The Memoir Project and of course I think you should too.
College Lesbianage Class of 2016: NaNoWriMo Hopes and Dreams
Are you NaNoWriMoing? If you are, you’ve got something in common with Lesbianagers Kate and Nita!
A Much-Needed Primer on Cultural Appropriation
I bought tiny dreamcatcher earrings from a Navajo woman when I recently drove through Navajo Nation on a road trip. Am I unconsciously promoting cultural appropriation because I like the way webs and feathers look dangling from my ears?
That’s Not Who I Am: Calling Out and Challenging Stereotypes of Asian Americans
Asian stereotypes are everywhere. Let’s talk about them, yell about them and do something about them.
10 More Lesbian and Queer Tumblrs to Follow
Tumble with us through the tumbleweeds of lesbian tumblerhoodism!
Be a Novelist by the End of November
Because “I’m working on a novel” is the best pick-up line EVER.
Carolyn’s Team Pick: National Novel Writing Month
You could be the next Sarah Waters!
Don’t Want To Be Part of the Problem: A Field Guide to Airborne Homophobia
Is it possible to be a radical queer feminist and still overhear conversations, maintain friendships and interact in public with unradical non-queers, without screaming at everyone or compromising your identity? A case study.
Don’t Call Me A Dyke! by Effing Dykes
Krista from one of our favorite blogs called “Effing Dykes” has a question for you! It’s about reclaiming words and who has a right to do so. EFFING DYKES ON AUTOSTRADDLE. THIS HAPPENED.
What’s So Unsexy About “Asexual Chic”?
Critics don’t like Ellen Page’s “asexual chic” in Inception. Why couldn’t she dress sexy like that other girl with the fancy shoes? Well, MAYBE WE THINK “ASEXUAL CHIC” IS SEXY. And maybe we’re not alone.
Why Lesbians Won’t Give Up the Hipster
She’s not butch, no. She’s not even dykey. But damn that girl looks good in a tie and skinny jeans. Who is she, and how do you know that she’s not just a cute hipster straight girl? Luckily for you, Dr. KC Danger just received her degree in lesbian hipsterology, and she’s here to give you a lesson in herstory, hipstory, and why the lesbian hipster is more than just a cultural one-night-stand.
“We All Have That One Girl We Notice, Right?” : Lesbian Sydney’s Sly Foxes and Snatches
“Upon hearing that I’m not a regular, she is quick to whip out some Sly lesbian folklore; her ex-girlfriend alleges she once saw Ruby Rose and Jess Veronica make out in the very spot that we were standing. Her ex was probs also at Woodstock.”