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Politics + Activism

An Incomplete Guide To the 2014 Midterm Elections: Seriously, You Need To Know This Shit

We’ve talked before about how important local elections are, so put your ballot where your mouth is and get to the polls! Here, we’ve even compiled some information to help you decide how to vote.

the team October 30, 2014 19 Comments
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

A Multimedia Meditation on Keira Knightley Kissing Her Female Prom Date

“I’d been filming Bend It Like Beckham, and I turned up in leather pants and a crop top, and she was a model for a while, and she’d been in Paris shooting something, and she turned up as the boy, so she had a black tie with ripped jeans on.”

Laura Mandanas October 30, 2014 26 Comments
Money + Work

You Deserve a Damn Raise: 5 Tips to Make It Happen

Eventually I realised that work is just this whole other thing in life that isn’t always fair, and so sometimes you’ve gotta ask for what you’re due.

Crystal October 30, 2014 18 Comments
Geekery

Tim Cook Is Gay: Apple CEO Officially Comes Out

“The CEO of one of the most powerful companies in the world, a company responsible for changing the tech industry over and over again, is gay. And he feels good about saying that.”

A.E. Osworth October 30, 2014 8 Comments
Literature

Lez Liberty Lit #58: We Have Always Lived In The Bookshelf

Susan Sontag, LeVar Burton, librarians with algorithms, emotional truths, queer Halloween reads and so much more!

Ryan Yates October 30, 2014 7 Comments
AF+

Interview With My Ex-Girlfriend: Becky

“That’s another thing I don’t miss about you: how you’ll interrupt strangers on the street if you think they’re blaspheming Harry Potter.”

Heather Hogan October 30, 2014 29 Comments
Queer Fashion Shopping

Brrr, It’s Cold Out There: 4 Looks to Usher In Sweater Weather

My resistance to the chill of winter eventually gives way to the realization that I can wear my trusty sweaters again — here are four ways to look great doing it.

Lydia O October 30, 2014 23 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Gotham Episode 106 Recap: Where Does the Good Go?

When a boy steals your girl, sometimes you have no choice but to arrest him for fake murder.

Heather Hogan October 29, 2014 3 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Faking It Episode 206 Recap: Can I Have Your Number I Think We Should Go Out

This week on “Faking It,” Amy goes to a hot underground rave party and interacts romantically with another girl who likes girls!

Riese October 29, 2014 39 Comments
Politics + Activism

New Orleans LGBT Youth Of Color with BreakOUT! Declare “We Deserve Better”

“We are surviving. We are resilient. We are creative and resourceful. We have each other’s backs. We don’t want your pity.”

KaeLyn October 29, 2014 13 Comments
Politics + Activism

Help Support Survivors of Sexual Assault with the Carry That Weight National Day of Action

Campuses across the country are hosting events to “tangibly express their commitment to lift the burden of sexual violence from the shoulders of survivors;” you can find an event local to you on the Carry That Weight website. Participants can carry mattresses or pillows to demonstrate solidarity with survivors.

Rachel October 29, 2014 3 Comments
Food and Drink

25 Pumpkin Beers, Ranked with Commentary

Sisters, All Hallow’s Eve has become a season of boozing, where women drink pumpkin ale and run amok!

Heather Hogan October 29, 2014 45 Comments
LGBT History

Rebel Girls: The Totally Badass Suffrage Exploits of Yore That Gave Us Today’s Voting Rights

A lot of women went through a lot of shit so you could vote, so shut up and do it.

Carmen October 29, 2014 17 Comments
Crafts & DIY Projects

Make A Thing: Leather Strap Drawer Pull

“One of my favorite things is hand-me-down furniture. But when those special pieces come without, well, all their pieces, some DIY elbow grease comes in handy.”

Hannah Clay Wareham October 28, 2014 7 Comments
Music Quizzes

Match These 16 Taylor Swift Songs With Their Perfect Emojis

Love her or hate her, you’ve got to admit she’s got the most emoji-ful discography of all time.

Heather Hogan October 28, 2014 15 Comments
Gender

Check Out Two Trans Youth Who Are Changing the Way America Looks at Gender

Jazz, who recently published a book about her life called I Am Jazz and Zoey, who recently appeared in “Laverne Cox Presents: The T-Word” are two of the trans youth who are making things better for kids across America.

Mey October 28, 2014 9 Comments
First Person

Fumigation: A Love Story

“Delilah takes up mansion-sized space in your head. She bought property the first time you kiss in Adams Park.”

Mónica Teresa Ortiz October 28, 2014 29 Comments
Halloween Movie Lists

5 Halloween Movies From My Childhood Available Online, Thank the Great Pumpkin

Okay, my little ghouls and goblins. LET US REVISIT OUR YOUTH.

Carmen October 28, 2014 42 Comments
Geekery

DC Announces Wonder Woman Movie & Possible Female Director; Marvel Announces Five Female-Led Comics

We’ve got a Wonder Woman movie with a woman director! We’ve got not one, but two POC superhero movies! We’ve got Spider-Gwen, Gamora and Mockingbird! We’ve even got Squirrel Girl!

Mey October 28, 2014 19 Comments
Politics + Activism

Injustice in the Justice System: Two Lawsuits Expose Struggle for Incarcerated LGBTs

These cases could create radical shifts for the experience of incarcerated LGBT people and they raise important questions about what a justice system better equipped to incarcerate LGBT people might mean for our communities.

Maddie October 28, 2014 6 Comments
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