Can Japan Deny Entry To a “Pickup Artist” with a History of Racialized Sexual Violence?
When we discuss this man’s history here in Japan, it becomes difficult to overstate what a truly disgusting individual Julien Blanc is.
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Sober
“Here’s to another week of stickin’ it to the man!”
Transparent Episode 107 Recap: Pink Revisions
Weed! Talent shows! More weed! A dildo!
Hollywood Is Ready For Trans Characters, But Not Trans Actors
Two more films featuring transgender characters will be out this year, but neither of them are played by trans actors. Hollywood seems ready to use trans stories, but remains uncomfortable with trans people on screen.
You Need Help: So Your Girlfriend Never Ever Ever Wants To Have Sex
“Do I continue to sacrifice my own needs in order to stay in this relationship where I am undesired, or do I end a relationship with so much love and care for the other?”
Grey’s Anatomy Episode 1106 Recap: This Could Be Us But You Playin’
In which we scrape the bottom of the Grey’s Anatomy rice pot for the gay pegao.
Movie Review: “Hotline” Is All About Real Human Connection
Hotline is a film about listening as healing work. In this world where we see life through a filter-washed snap posted to Instagram and Facebook, it may take talking to a complete stranger to be heal the isolation and disconnection we are all susceptible to.
The Comment Awards Refuse To Talk Politics
…until Beyonce runs for President.
Street Harassment May Never Disappear, But You’ve Got Rights Too
People surviving street harassment around the world have options. Who knew! 200 plus pages of options, in fact. But one truth remains: all the laws and policies around street harassment haven’t made it disappear.
Things I Read That I Love #152: To Make Thunder Where There Was No Lightning
Topics include “redneck reality TV,” cheerleading, Guantánamo, Reality Bites, rehab, Modern farmer, men and feminism and so much more!
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: So It’s Totally The Holigay Season Now, Right
Are you feeling the Holigay spirit? Do you hate me for even bringing up that the holiday season is upon us? Either way, GET IN HERE and tell me all about it.
You Need Help: Attraction to Women and Feeling Like A “Bad Muslim”
“Remember that everyone around you, Muslim and non-Muslim alike, is grappling with a lot of the same things that you are right now: about what they want “family” to look like and mean to them, about sex and sexuality and learning to live in their bodies, about how to hold onto faith when it can feel like there’s not much going for it.”
It Looks Like Marriage Equality is Finally Headed to the Supreme Court
A federal appeals court ruled today that the bans on same-sex marriage in four states are constitutional. Today’s decision means SCOTUS will have to make a decision on marriage equality.
Orange is the New Black Episode 212 Recap: It’s the End of the World as We Know It and I (Don’t Really) Feel Fine
Lots of super serious things happen in this episode where the metaphor of and literal Hurricane Wanda really picks up speed but all I can do is make fun of Portland and be miserable.
We’re Still Fighting for Reproductive Rights: Keep A Careful Eye On These States
The battle over abortion rights may have ceded its national stage, but it has not stopped raging on.
Brittani’s Video Party: Cara Delevingne and Grumpy Cat Listen to Serial
Cara Delevingne is funny, a video about gender roles, the Grumpy Cat movie trailer, and a Serial parody party to soothing sounds.
Sober in the City: Wake and Shake with Morning Gloryville’s Sober Raves
The party starts at 6:30 am and ends at 10:30 am.
Kacey Musgraves’ Queer Country Anthem “Follow Your Arrow” Wins Song of the Year at the CMAs!
Our favorite queer-friendly country singer is back at it!
Faking It Episode 207 Recap: Lesbians Move Fast
This week on “Faking It,” Amy and Reagan went on a date but then everybody else also came to the date. It was awkward.
Why The Anti-Street Harassment Movement Needs to Involve More Women of Color
While men of all colors perpetrate street harassment, addressing it in communities of color calls for specific intra-community solutions rather than broad condemnations of male privilege.