10 Game-Changing Things We Learned At Facing Race 2014
2. Tension is a productive force.
Jacqueline Woodson, Ursula LeGuin Reign Triumphant at the 65th National Book Awards
Out black lesbian Jacqueline Woodson wins in youth fiction, sci-fi gender pioneer Ursula LeGuin takes home an award for distinguished contributions to American letters and skewers capitalism and Lemony Snicket ruins the mood with racist jokes.
Transgender Day of Remembrance: Critique is Resistance; Resistance is Revolution
“It’s all fine that we become aware of our lives but we need more than for you to finally see that we are walking this Earth. We need you to hear us.”
Salem Episodes 1 and 2 Recap: Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Basic Witch
We’ll be covering Salem, a occult-themed historical drama full of canon queerness, witchy TV Tropes, magick panic, and horrible colonial patriarchy.
Get Baked: Pork, Collard Green, and Persimmon Pot Pie
Fall’s favorite orange fruit gets creative (and delicious).
Faking It Episode 209 Recap: Heartbroken and Angry and Really Really Drunk
This week on “Faking It,” Karma is really mad you guys. LIKE REALLY MAD.
Gotham Episode 109 Recap: Holy Lesbosexy Scissoring, Batman!
Renee and Barbara are in love, pass it on.
Notes From A Queer Engineer: On Comets and Caroline Herschel
A Cinderella story, with less bibbidi bobbidi and a lot more astronomy.
So You Can Fuck Us; What’s Next? Going Beyond Sex With Trans Women
The recent cultural trend of supporting trans women has made us highly prized assets; somehow you can prove your radicalness by being the example of someone who has worked through transmisogyny enough to view us as worthy of sex and love. But what kind of love views us as disposable?
Why Lyft and Uber Endanger Both Passengers and Drivers: A Former Lyft Driver Speaks Out
Ridesharing apps like Uber and Lyft are a great idea in theory, but in actuality they’re quite dangerous — for the passenger and the driver. I should know; I’ve been both.
Movie Review: “Life Partners” is About a Lesbian, Not a Man
I know you probably read the longline (Two codependent best friends — one straight girl, one lesbian — and the man who comes between them.) and wanted to shoot yourself, but this movie isn’t about a man at all AND it’s pretty good.
Fool’s Journey: What Do Tarot Readers Do All Day?
Oh you know, we sit in darkened rooms communing with the spirit world. Not really! Here’s a peek at a day in the life of a few professional tarot peeps… and their cats.
The NFL Scores and FIFA Flops: LGBT Inclusion in Sports Organizations Shouldn’t Be Sidelined
The NFL says hi to LGBT businesses, the World Cup may be like Sochi or worse, and queer women in sports continue to be ignored. Go team, go!
Jury Duty For (Anti-Racist) Dummies
If anything good is going to come out of this jury duty business, maybe it’s that I’m about to kick my ass into gear.
How We Survived Lesbian Bed Death
This is not as rewarding as that “spice up your marriage” advice columnist promised it would be.
Playlist: You’ll Be Traveling For Thanksgiving
Because Serial isn’t long enough yet.
Renee Montoya, Steph Brown, Cass Cain and Oracle are Back in DC’s “Convergence!”
Guess who’s back!
Remembering Us When We’re Gone, Ignoring Us While We’re Here: Trans Women Deserve More
As we honor the memory of those girls who have been murdered, ask how you’re helping the living.
MO Governor Jay Nixon Enacts Preemptive State of Emergency, Activates National Guard as Response to Ferguson Activism
While the indictment of Wilson is a powder keg issue that could incite riots, it’s not the only end goal of these massive protests. With that said, one way to ensure that the protests will remain peaceful is to put away the military-grade weaponry and indict Darren Wilson: “No Justice, No Peace.”
This Marked-Up 1998 dELiA*s Catalog Is Everything We’ll Miss About Our Fave Teen Retailer
What better way to pay homage to the demise of dELiA*s than by making me scan an entire 1998 catalog that my friend Loren wrote all over?