Meet Loretta Lynch, Our New Attorney General: Where She Stands on 5 Big Issues
Get to know Loretta Lynch, the first black woman to ever hold the office of Attorney General.
Read a F*cking Book Review: “She Speaks Poetry” Is a Book for the Revolution
“These poems are middle fingers to the law, to the man, to history, to the future, to the people who continue to fight us for our lives.”
Grey’s Anatomy Episode 1121 Recap: All Doctors Go to Heaven
Well, goodbye, Derek! Say hello to Tara and Maya and Toshiko and Leslie and Bullet and Cristina and Silvia and Shana and Kenya and Tara and Naomi and other Naomi and Cat for us!
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Wants To Eat You Like Ice Cream
How to ask for things in bed, relationships and money, developing a kinky identity, why people make so many noise complaints about loud sex and more.
It’s Sunday Funday, Hence the Good News About Laverne Cox, Big Freedia, and This Feminist Ghost
Laverne Cox wins an Emmy, Loretta Lynch makes history, Conchita Wurst debuts a new video and more good news!
A Few Things You Should Know About Coding Boot Camps
If you’re thinking about making a career shift or adding new skill sets to your resume, then here are some factors to consider during your search for a boot camp and upcoming application prep.
Bruce Jenner Is Transgender: Let’s Talk About The Coming Out Interview
“For all intents and purposes, I’m a woman.”
Saturday Morning Cartoons: The Phantom Menaces
“You have to at least pretend to hate the new trilogy.”
Mama June and Pumpkin Are Bisexual: “Here Comes Honey Boo-Boo” Stars Come Out on “Inside Edition”
Pumpkin came out and then outed her mom, in an interview that will air tonight.
The Comment Awards Are Breaking Up and Making Up
41 flavors of scissoring
For Us, By Us: These Apps Are What Happens When Girls #HackForGirlsRights
Girl coders from around the world accepted a challenge in February to design websites or apps that increase girls’ access to safe spaces online and in their physical communities. Here’s what they came up with.
Here Are Your Very Queer Underwear-Wearing Habits
The Ultimate Lesbian Sex Survey knows what you’ve got on underneath those jeans, and how that relates to your gender identity and presentation.
Also.Also.Also: Tori Amos Tortures Straight Men, So You Don’t Have To and Other Stories La La La
This rewilding farm in Sussex, Maria Bello on labels, why we need to stop abusing “the tone argument,” a list of good podcasts you will enjoy, Mara Wilson helps you breathe, and other stories you’ll be like, “oh I’m glad Laneia shared this” about.
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Let Me Make You a Motivational Poster
What do you need? A reminder that you’re loved? A push to get outside a take a walk? Some courage? Some hope? Get in here and tell me.
Campership Alert: One Lucky Mexican@ Gets to Attend A-Camp!
One generous queer donated a campership to send one lucky Mexican / Mexican-American to A-Camp!
Visiting Family After Marrying my Wife, Part 2: In the Safe Zone
“I felt I was gradually becoming like those newly married Indian women with henna on their hands at JFK or Heathrow… Of course, I didn’t look anything like them and my wedding bowtie was probably the only equivalent to their bridal henna, but I couldn’t help noticing parallels.”
Pick A Take, Any Take
No matter what kind of take you were interested in on that issue — you know the one — you’ll find something that works for you here.
A Fragile Dance: Queer Brown Futures (Or Lack Thereof)
“Why do we only collect coming out stories, it-gets-better stories, these stories that are set in the past, that tell of a particular set of experiences that not everyone can relate to? Stories that treat the future as if it doesn’t come with a problems of its own.”
Glory Johnson and Brittney Griner Arrested, Charged with Assault and Disorderly Conduct
Last night, Brittney Griner and Glory Johnson were arrested at their home. Johnson’s sister called the police after a fight between Griner and Johnson became physical.
You Should Go: Come Talk About Queer and Feminist Media With Us at UW Madison!
Next Tuesday, any of y’all who live in or around Madison, Wisconsin are in for a real treat.