A+ Podcast Episode Three: April 2015
Hey get in here and listen to the love letters we wrote to The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Tegan and Sara, Drake, James Tiptree Jr., Harriet Hayes and Liza Minnelli!
Things I Read That I Love #172: A Life Not Quite Mine
Topics include The Bachelor, supermax prisons, Robert Durst’s futon, Brittney Spears, being a black cop, working at Hardee’s, Comcast, murder, Flawless and moar!
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: I Just Started Using Spotify; Tell Me Your Fave Albums From the Days of Yore
It’s Friday and I’m giving you the chance to listen to embarrassing music from your youth. Get in here!
Fan Fiction Friday: 7 Fried Green Tomatoes Stories to Wet Your Whistle
“Ruth lifts her head, smiles demure and sweet, her lips swollen with kissing. ‘Can’t miss a chance to minister to a heathen like you, Idgie.'”
10 Theories About How Lesbians Have Sex From Straight People In History
“Probably the devil is involved”
Also.Also.Also: Millennials Are The Gayest Generation and Other Stories
Monica Lewinsky is guest hosting on The View, GammerGate assholes have a new target, Grace Jones is getting a biopic, President Obama knows we need women on our money, the one Mad Men think piece you should definitely read, and a monkey petting some puppies.
Pretty Much Every Manischewitz Product, Ranked
“It’s like biting into a decorative soap. Whoever decided this was an acceptable form of dessert was a sadist of the highest order. If anyone ever offers you one of these items, escape immediately; this person is trying to kill you.”
Visiting Family After Marrying my Wife, Part 1: Packing My Suitcase
“Since the wedding has made me come out to more people than I had ever intended, this trip back to my place of origin makes facing their reactions inevitable. Will my physical presence stoke the intensity of their opposition?”
It’s All The Rage: Arkansas Joins Indiana In The Abyss Of “Religious Freedom” Bills
Arkansas and Indiana legislatures both passed revised versions of their “religious freedom” bills this afternoon. They’re still terrible.
Lez Liberty Lit #69: Feminism In Alphabetical Order
BOOK IT, forgotten feminist epics, recommended books by trans women, diversity and more.
Why Indiana’s RFRA is a Special Legislative Snowflake and What It Means for Religious Freedom Laws
“When a conservative pundit tells the media, “I don’t know why people are so upset. This law has been on 19 state books for years,” he is assuming his viewers/readers/listeners are all idiots who can’t do their own research on the matter. So let’s prove that guy wrong.”
The Women of the 2015 Trans 100 Speak Up About Supporting Trans Women
The Trans 100 list is back to show us a bunch of awesome and inspirational trans women.
Ruby Tandoh Is Gay: Food Writer and British Bake-Off Contestant Comes Out, Already Has A Toaster
Ruby Tandoh came out today and probably wants you to celebrate with eight of her most delicious recipes, as chosen by me.
Campership Alert: OkCupid Is Sending a Lucky Soul to A-Camp and It Could Be You!
All you have to do is believe (and make a profile).
Daily Fix: Religious Freedom Restoration Acts Suddenly Less Popular and Other News Stories
A hunger strike at an immigration detention center in Texas, a veritable cornucopia of RFRA news, water in California, Purvi Patel’s sentence in Indiana, a good day for a cat, and more.
It’s Official: We’re Becoming A Religion
Sisters, won’t you step into the light with us?
Salsa y La Naturaleza: How a Willie Colón Song Taught Me About Queerness and Love
“If Simón was a girl, then I was a dyke and if my father let the song play, then maybe I could sing to him and we’d finally be able to speak to each other.”
The A+ Bee Issue Seventeen: I Want to Beelieve
This bee is brought to you by aliens, MC hammer pants and Peggy Olsen, and we hope you enjoy every second of it.
Pop Culture Fix: The Bisexual Stoner Loner, Ellen’s World Takeover and Other Very Important Stories
The future of Lexa on The 100, Going Clear, a new bisexual character of color on a sitcom, K-Stew & Alicia Like Old Marrieds and more!
“Fresh Off the Boat” Balances Stereotype and Authenticity in a Very Gay Episode
“I laughed a LOT, and it didn’t make me feel weird or mean-spirited afterwards.”