Merch Alert: Get Ready for Summer With Scissoring T-Shirts!
Good news! Now we can wear scissors on our chests all year ’round!
Things I Read That I Love #174: Characters Arise Out Of Our Need For Them
Topics include Dominique Moceanu, crowdfunding, recording our lives on social media, illness and diagnosis in comics, fan fiction, murder, the end of “bohemian” San Francisco and so much more!
Sleep Tips for Sleepless Queers
Sleep is a gift. A good night’s rest heals the body and soul and is glorious. So, let’s help each other sleep, yeah? I’ll share my tips and you’ll share yours. Then maybe we can have an international spiritual slumber party, but the kind where people actually slumber.
Lez Liberty Lit #71: Books Alter You
Poets to start reading now, what to do about the VIDA results, kids being told to stop reading and more.
A Queer African Tale: On Trauma, Gender Transitions and Acceptance
“Dating broken white women became a way to reprise a powerlessness that years of sexual abuse and generations of blackphobia had tricked me into believing in. I drowned this feeling of powerlessness in weed and seeking out relationships in which I could engage in yet remain completely hidden from view.”
13 Excerpts From Stef’s Super Secret 8th Grade Diary
“Life sucks.. I don’t know what to talk about. This journal is the absolute truth, and I have nothing to say. Sure, all the big stuff happened. I own a cigarette lighter, cut a class, drank a beer, wore blue lipstick, etc.”
The 100 Most Ambitious Places You’ve Had Sex
“Lost in the Dole pineapple maze in Hawaii.” “On my back in a Corolla on a bridge in a Little Bo Peep costume.” “The aardvark exhibit at the zoo.”
Booths for Ladies: An Unauthorized History of the Lexington Club
The idea of this building housing regular, straight people drinking regular, straight drinks was peculiar to me. So I set off into various archives to learn more, uncovering a total of at least eight proprietors of a tavern at the corner of 19th and Lexington that dates back to 1910. To present my findings, I shall now show you 10 reasons that the building is completely 1000% well-suited to be San Francisco’s most loved dyke bar.
Daily Fix: Baltimore Uprising Continues Despite Curfew and More News Stories
Protests continue in the wake of Freddie Gray’s death, the Pope speaks out against gendered pay inequality, Harvard’s poll of young voters, a Republican politician on Grindr, and more!
The New Classic: The Great Outfit You Didn’t Know Was Hiding in Your Closet
One of the best kept secrets of style is how to look “put together” with minimal effort. It’s something I’ve only recently come to understand, and it starts by building an arsenal of basic, goes-with-everything items. This sweet look is a perfect example of how simple and perhaps ordinary pieces can come together for a look that is sharp and pretty damn cute.
VIDEO: Button and Bly’s Travel Show in San Diego, California
Beaches, breweries, Old Town and a secret local sunset spot you won’t want to miss.
Lesbian Sex Gets Women Off At Astronomical Rates, Our Sex Survey Shows
High femmes, women over 35 and people in relationships orgasm a whole lot during sex and other interesting things we learned about how you get off.
Orphan Black Episode 302 Recap: Mangoes Are Not the Only Fruit
Helena and Pupok go on a mango hunt, Alison becomes a pill pusher, Cosima gets sassy with science, and Sarah almost loses Kira again.
The A+ Bee Issue Nineteen: I Feel You In My Heart and I Don’t Even Know You
This issue includes an epic long-spanning interview with Heather’s disinterested cat Quasar, a crossword puzzle that doubles as an eye test, and a Thelma and Louise playlist for riding in cars with girls.
Rebel Girls: 7 Suffragists You Probably Didn’t Learn About in School
I wanted to take today’s lesson as an opportunity to totally school you on the suffrage comrades they didn’t teach you about in school, but there’s a ton, so I picked some of my favorites.
Daily Fix: Taystee’s New Poster, Andrea Gibson’s New Interview, Your New Fave All-Girls Basketball Comedy and Other Stories
Tig Notaro interviews Andrea Gibson, various people interview Kristen Stewart, Cara Delevingne and Queen Latifah, Brittani’s basketball league gets a half-hour ensemble comedy, SVU plans (another) transgender episode and more breaking pop culture news!
It’s All Happening: Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments on Marriage Equality
It has arrived! The day is here! The Supreme Court began hearing oral arguments about marriage equality this morning.
Fun Home the Musical Snags 12 Tony Award Nominations
Here is a run down of the 2015 Tony Award nominations, including 12 nods for the musical adaptation of Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir.
The Inaugural GAYmous EP Is Queer Synth Slut-Step for You, Me, and A Bottle of Lube
PizzaCupcake and FXBoi just wanna “make queer dance music that’s made for queers by queers.” We review their new album and give you a little teaser about their upcoming music video for “Femme on Femme”!
Daily Fix: Baltimore’s State of Emergency and Other News
Gov. Larry Hogan activates the National Guard after calling a state of emergency in Baltimore, Nicoll Hernández-Polanco has been granted asylum, a Nashville landlord refused to rent to a lesbian couple, and more news!