“The Peculiar Kind says something a lot of us already know but few of us ever really talk about: the fact that activism can look like anything, that we feel for our work and fight for our causes, but we also find comfort in each other.”

Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus (“The Nanny Diaries”) re-imagine the story of how Britney Spears ended up under her father’s permanent legal control in their new novel.

Today’s topics include audiobooks, long-distance running, exotic pets, murder, Steve Jobs and plagiarism!

It’s okay to watch this episode just to get a glimpse of Emily’s back.

Honey honey up in the trees/ Fields of flowers deep in his dreams/ Lead them out to sea by the east/ Honey honey food for the bees

NPR Morning Edition: Major New York LGBTQ Film Festival, Newfest, Goes Virtual Autostraddle film writer Drew Gregory appeared on Morning Edition to discuss Newfest’s online festival. Study Hall: Corporate Folly and the Collapse of Queer Media GayTimes+ followers in the footsteps of two queer, feminist publications, Autostraddle and Bitch Media, that have built durable brands […]

“To push for peace is ultimately a personal sacrifice, for leadership is not easy. It is born of a passion, and it is a commitment.”

Marriage equality comes to Maryland! Also in Maryland: a priest officiating a funeral denies the deceased’s lesbian daughter communion, walks out during her eulogy and skips final blessings altogether.

Get the low-down on Emily’s only leather jacket and Maya’s adorable datewear.

Stop by Tulsa on your next cross-country adventure for a surprisingly good time!

This week’s episode of Glee was all about props! Not like congratulations, but actual physical stuff. Like fake knives and emotionally vulnerable back-up singers.

It’s a new tour dates / albums / video extravaganza!

Six sinfully good recipes made from history’s most innocent cracker.

“You learn, through how you live your body in the world, how power operates and how institutions reproduce oppressive forms of normativity.”

After 20 years out of the public eye, the legendary tomboy actress has come out to support kids who feel bullied or different.

Actually, this post contains Top 10 Candy Situations You Can Buy at a Drugstore and 6 Underrated Candy Situations, so the headline doesn’t even approach the amazingness of this post.

This ain’t your mama’s high school production of Oklahoma! Camp Wanatachi is a new musical that’s taking names and kissing girls in the name of Jesus H. Christ.

From “Boston Marriages” to Second Saturdays at Machine, the Boston area has always been kind to the Sapphicly inclined.

Kara Walker fills rooms with larger than life cutouts depicting scenes of power, racism, misogyny and sexuality. She might just be your new hero.

In which I respond to a BBC interview featuring yours truly on the matter of “booth babes” and call for a better apology from Gary Shapiro, all-around really influential technology guy.