Have you done your homework?

Read these f*cking books.

Here is what to do.

Make your own cheap, easy PVC flogger!

Limitting a tasting to one specific distillery is like reading something you like and then picking up every book the author ever wrote. Becoming familiar with one distillery’s whiskeys gives you the chance to talk about their body of work as a whole.

“There was a deep sharing of emotion and feelings and we planned the future and organized and then shared opinions about finger-fucking and chlorine you know, very loudly, next to some children. “

If you’re looking for a quick recap of some of Autostraddle’s trans coverage from the past year, look no further.

After eleventy hundred years of being pregnant, Daya finally has her baby.

“I’m not stuck somewhere in the middle of being a boy and a girl. I’m not two people. I’m not some binary. I am an experience.”

“Humans are humans, and when you connect with somebody on a spiritual level it doesn’t matter.”

A rundown of everything that happened at the University of Missouri and the #ConcernedStudent1950 movement, the Mississippi Supreme Court issues its first gay divorce, the Nebraska Health and Human Services will list the names of same-sex spouses on birth certificates and more news!

There is a power in building communities on our own terms as marginalized people. There is a freedom in escaping, even for a moment, the weight of oppression and the burden of society’s expectations for who we should be. And there is a revolution to be had in building better, more inclusive spaces for marginalized folks.

“My wife Kristie and I gleefully registered for all kinds of wedding gifts prior to our ceremony two years ago, from a vacuum cleaner to a camping tent. I was looking forward to unwrapping the mixer most of all, however.”

Here’s a mega photoessay of Comic Con with highlights from panelists talking about women in comics, diversity in comics and LGBT representation.

Time for a pop quiz! JK, it’s more like trivia night.

Soon, many of you will be piling into cars together to make your pilgrimage to The Mountain for A-Camp. Here are some questions to help you learn each other.

If you’ve ever wondered what happens when a big ‘ol group of queers and otherwise-identified humans taste test and evaluate six brands of string cheese accompanied by boxed wine, then today could very well be the greatest day of your life.

Despite tepid reviews for most of this fall’s new shows, we’ve got plenty of new and returning lesbian and bisexual characters to be very excited about as well as quite a few lady-helmed productions.

Plus: Nicki Minaj is getting her own ABC Family comedy, Carol is “flawless,” Ellen Page’s Lioness snags a female director, the trailer for Jessica Jones is here, and even more pop culture news!

Cooking al dente pasta, what to do when you get into a car accident, finding your keys, instant noodles, looking cool with a deck of cards, and more!