Q-Taku: Animesque Web Series RWBY is Everything Wrong With “Strong Female Characters”
Don’t listen to the fandom on Tumblr and TVTropes: There’s nothing in this popular web series for discerning feminist or, really, any viewers.
Get Baked: The UK Farewell Tour
If it’s something this country does right in the culinary department, it’s Nigella Lawson. And then cake.
Please Step Over Here: The Perils Of Traveling As A Trans Woman
Transgender people face enormous difficulties whenever they travel, from dealing with the TSA to finding a safe bathroom.
Confused Cats Against Feminism Saves Me From Defenestrating Myself
This whole “women against feminism” thing makes me want to launch myself into the sun. This makes it a little better.
There Was a Pride Parade in Final Fantasy XIV and You Should Care About It!
The largest group of LGBT gamers gathered for a virtual pride parade in Eorzea to celebrate Square Enix’s decision allowing same-sex marriage in FFXIV.
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Sleeping In
Sex slang from history, whether or not scissoring is a thing, lesbian vampire erotica and more.
Have Your Gay Wedding At My Birthday Party This Sunday Funday
Now that I’ve set the tone for our good gay news today, let’s dive right in to all this weekend has to offer queer people that is vaguely positive or fuzzy!
How To Ditch iTunes in 7 Easy Steps
You’re moving in a week and packing boxes is getting tedious. You need something to focus your energy on that is not packing boxes and is not productive for you in the slightest. Plus you think iTunes is ugly. Now you are ready.
The Comment Awards Are Ready For Hillary (And The Weekend)
Dinos, pirates and dildos, oh my!
Barbie Doesn’t Earn Feminist Empowerment Badge for Becoming A Girl Scout
By creating this “For Girls” section of their site and featuring the Barbie products, the Girl Scouts have made a dramatic shift in their branding and in the language they use to describe their girls, which up until now has been pretty conscious of making the “girl” in Girl Scouts mean a lot of different things.
Interview With My Ex-One-Night-Stand: Fiona
Fiona: Some people are going to be upset by the suckling pig.
No Man’s Land: The Limbo Of Florida’s Latest Court Ruling On Gay Marriage
Florida’s recent gay marriage ruling is not definitive but it raises the question of when this issue will reach its way up the the Supreme Court and also makes me consider how strange it is to be in this inbetween time where it is legal in some places and not in others.
Wilder Hungers: Picnics and Homemade Herb Pasta
This is going to sound a lot more complicated than it really is, but making pasta from scratch is super easy. You will feel like a badass. I promise.
Cards Against Harassment Creator Better at Recognizing Sexism Than Institutional Racism
One woman’s well-intentioned crusade to end street harassment has some racially insensitive side-effects.
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: How Do You Prefer to Spice Up Your Life
Ain’t no party like a Spice World party ’cause a Spice World party mixes up her ’90s pop culture references.
Things I Read That I Love #137: We Don’t Do Dumb Things Like That To Start The Day
Topics include the case for reparations as explained by Ta-Nehisi Coates, AM Homes, a Vine romance gone wrong, how to be a writer, turning 30 and more!
San-Diego Comic Con Uses Minor Policy Changes Against Sexual Harassment: It’s Super Ineffective
“This is what happens when the patriarchy dons a cape and a cowl.”
“Painkiller Jane,” Woman-Directed Bisexual Woman Superhero Movie, Announced While Marvel and DC Twiddle Thumbs
The Soska sisters, a pair of female directors were announced to be helming a brand-new “Painkiller Jane” movie, based on the comic book about a bisexual superpowered cop with healing abilities.
Supermodel Andreja Pejic Comes Out as a Trans Woman!
Supermodel Andreja Pejic comes out as a trans woman! Yay!
Dear Queer Diary: Notes From An Inveterate People-Watcher
Some of my favorite places to people watch include the grocery store, where I am fascinated by the contents of people’s carts, and the airport, where I have been known to spend layovers wondering where that man in the three-piece suit is going and what possessed him to wear a vest in the middle of July.