“Would you believe me if I told you Bob Dylan haunts my daily life? He is my Seinfeld Superman figurine. And no disrespect to those who enjoy his music, but he is my nemesis. This does not stop men from explaining him to me.”
Sarah Paulson is crazy in love with Holland Taylor, y’all. Also: Ellen Page is headlining SXSW, Robin Roberts and Ellen get drunk together sometimes, Finding Dory gets a trailer, Cruel Intentions gets a TV remake, and Lita Ford confesses she quit The Runaways for a minute because everyone was a lesbian.
Topics include how a 12,000-word rape apologist piece got published on SB Nation, HuffPo claims its bloggers enjoy not getting paid, Melissa Harris-Perry’s show gets axed and more relevant stories!
Samira Wiley learns to surf, Angel Haze learns photosynthesis, Janelle Monáe learns face-swapping and we all learn not to sit next to Cara Delevingne at the movies.
Voting for women isn’t all it takes to reach gender parity in politics. Changing our political system from the bottom-up will go a lot further.
A new study debunks the myth that Black people are overwhelmingly homophobic, a new policy in Texas is making it impossible for transgender student-athletes to play on the right team, an anti-trans Lyft driver put Monica Jones in danger when he shared her location with a Facebook group, students in California were asked to remove their anti-gay symbols off their student badges and more news!
On Black Sails, Eleanor is back on Nassau and getting ready to tag-team with Max (in every way); Maggie has kind of disappeared from Younger; and Susanna finally says something real to Luisa on Jane the Virgin.
Here are five ways you can cope with the knowledge that a person you love is making a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad decision.
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Trusting physics, trusting agency, trusting desire, and trusting the people I played with changed everything.
On losing a pet, resilience and vulnerability, human frailty and animal intelligence, and everything that goes into saying goodbye.
“Fresh Romance is pretty and positive and made with a lot of heart. Having it in print will only let the publication grow and expand, and will allow even more amazing creators the chance to tell their stories!”
“If Karma isn’t gay for Amy, why does she act so gay for Amy?”
“When I want to go for a drink at a bar where I know the crowd will be overwhelmingly straight, I take great strides to ensure a look that says I’m both sexually unavailable and I might attempt to convert you to a new religion.”
“I now have a million conspiracy theories in my head about the possibility that maybe the girl I met in person was not the same girl writing me these emails.”
“That’s the price you pay for thinking too far ahead, flying too close to the sun.”
“The day begins when you say it does: I’m not talking about work. I’m talking about the soul.”
“As I write about my name now, I feel strength, and contentment and comfort and home. I feel more like myself than I ever have before.”
“I’ve collected some recipes that (way, way deep down) I think my girlfriend’s cat would secretly like to cook for me.”
Consensual non-consent, an electrosex checklist, tumblr is for porn, two things people in long-term relationships are good at, dating as a transfeminine girl and more.