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Geekery TV Reviews

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.

Rose July 28, 2014 86 Comments
Recipes

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.

Fikri July 28, 2014 33 Comments
Gender Travel

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.

Mari Brighe July 28, 2014 35 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

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.

A.E. Osworth July 28, 2014 21 Comments
Geekery

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.

Sara David July 27, 2014 5 Comments
NSFW Sunday

NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Sleeping In

Sex slang from history, whether or not scissoring is a thing, lesbian vampire erotica and more.

Ryan Yates July 27, 2014 14 Comments
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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!

Carmen July 27, 2014 18 Comments
Geekery

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.

A.E. Osworth July 26, 2014 49 Comments
Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Ready For Hillary (And The Weekend)

Dinos, pirates and dildos, oh my!

carrie July 25, 2014 5 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

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.

Emma Eisenberg July 25, 2014 14 Comments
AF+

Interview With My Ex-One-Night-Stand: Fiona

Fiona: Some people are going to be upset by the suckling pig.

Maddie July 25, 2014 16 Comments
Politics + Activism

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.

layla July 25, 2014 2 Comments
Food Lists

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.

Gabriella July 25, 2014 7 Comments
Politics + Activism

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.

Hannah Hodson July 25, 2014 86 Comments
Straddleverse

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.

Ryan Yates July 25, 2014 160 Comments
Literature

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!

Riese July 25, 2014 14 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

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.”

Elena July 25, 2014 7 Comments
Movie News & Trailers

“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.

Mey July 25, 2014 20 Comments
Gender

Supermodel Andreja Pejic Comes Out as a Trans Woman!

Supermodel Andreja Pejic comes out as a trans woman! Yay!

Mey July 25, 2014 28 Comments
First Person

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.

Maggie July 24, 2014 10 Comments
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