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TV Show Recaps

Glee Episode 517 Recap: Opening Night To Remember Forever-Ever

This week on Glee, “Funny Girl” opened and Santana came back!

Riese April 24, 2014 14 Comments
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VIDEO: “Orange is the New Black” Releases First Scene of Season 2

Check out a sneak peek of the darker second season of “Orange is the New Black” now!

Brittani April 24, 2014 19 Comments
Food and Drink

Liquor In The Tonic: Four Spring Twists on the Traditional Gin and Tonic

There is no drink simpler than a gin and tonic. Which means it’s the perfect opportunity to (easily) get a little fancy.

A.E. Osworth April 24, 2014 33 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

Brittani’s Video Party: “Be Here Nowish” with Kate McKinnon’s “Obvious Child”

There’s a party at cruising altitude with a Kate McKinnon sketch, new webseries episodes, and Jenny Slate’s new movie.

Brittani April 24, 2014 7 Comments
Book Features

Dear Queer Diary: All The Feelings (and Alison Krauss)

When you’re happy/sad/grumpy/giggly/annoyed and you know it, write in your journal!

Maggie April 24, 2014 13 Comments
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Jodie Foster and Alexandra Hedison Got Married, Possibly On the Moon

JODIE FOSTER AND ALEXANDRA HEDISON ARE MARRIED.

Laneia April 23, 2014 21 Comments
First Person

For All The Girls I Loved Before I Knew I Could

Kelly cut off all her hair and started dating Katie. I started chasing around after a guy who looked like Ellen DeGeneres and trying to make sense of the mess in my brain.

Adrian April 23, 2014 115 Comments
Dating

Five Ways to Escape Your Terrible Date

Should I just go to the bathroom and never come out? Should I fake a heart attack? Tell them I got my period and it’s just a beautiful MESS that I need to stop and worship?

gabby April 23, 2014 56 Comments
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Queer Girl City Guide: Charleston, South Carolina

Get to know the Lowcountry!

Paige April 23, 2014 18 Comments
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Excuse Me But These Cats Have Serious Business To Attend To

They are available for endorsements on LinkedIn.

A.E. Osworth April 23, 2014 20 Comments
TV Show Recaps

“Faking It” Episode 101 Recap: Let’s Be Lesbians

In the first episode of “Faking It,” two girls are mistaken for a lesbian couple and they sort of just run with it.

Riese April 23, 2014 65 Comments
Gender

What is Agender? Five Things You Should Know

This will be familiar territory for many of you (and that’s great!), but for anyone who isn’t as well-versed, let the learning begin!

A. Stiffler April 23, 2014 41 Comments
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Queer People Are Organizing in Tech and Other Stories We Missed This Week

We need more queer people in hip-hop and fewer queer people in prison.

Leo April 23, 2014 1 Comment
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Playlist: OMG A-Camp Is In Four Weeks

Camp camp camp camp camp camp camp camp camp camp camp camp camp camp camp camp EVERYBODY

Intern Grace April 22, 2014 10 Comments
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Do Your Damn Part: Subscribe To Your Local Newspaper

“We all, collectively, need to employ the people who report on issues important to us. And whether we like it or not, whether we relate to the general populace in the area where we live or not, those things happening in our most local sectors effect our lives immensely — even more immensely, usually, than national or international issues and news stories.”

A.E. Osworth April 22, 2014 30 Comments
Recipes

Culinary Classics of Crypto-Lesbian Fiction: Fried Green Tomatoes

Fried green tomatoes are easy and delicious and will impress basically everyone in your life.

Varina April 22, 2014 23 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Orphan Black Episode 201 Recap: Nature Under Constraint and Vexed

“Dr. Leekie wants Cosima working for them, and Delphine assures him she’s on it. He tells her to be careful playing for the other team, which is a pretty solid gay/double agent joke.”

Chelsea April 22, 2014 37 Comments
First Person

Lessons Learned From Menstruation Pop Quizzes While Being Intersex

“That being said, I’d like to live in a world someday where people don’t automatically assume my body looks and functions a certain way, that makes room for people like me and my experiences.”

Claudia April 22, 2014 35 Comments
Geekery

Drawn to Comics: Celebrating the Eisner-Nominated Women of 2014

The nominees for the Eisner Awards were recently announced, recognizing the best in the comic book industry. Here are all the women who were nominated.

Mey April 22, 2014 4 Comments
Book Features

National Poetry Month: YaliniDream Opens Spaces and Hearts

I ended up taking advantage of the fact that I was on the margins. I used the power of invisibility to crack open spaces at the edges. The power of performance is impermanence — nobody could catch it and say “here’s proof of what she is saying or doing.”

Adrian April 21, 2014 3 Comments
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