Victims/survivors in general are expected to seek help from law enforcement to escape from abusive relationships, but the police are sometimes the most dangerous and threatening forces in the lives of marginalized folks, even those who have an abusive partner, friend, or relative. For that reason, community support is central to assisting victims and survivors of domestic violence.

If you’re just starting now, welcome! It isn’t too late to catch up!

You’ll never guess what’s #1….because you definitely know what’s #1.

From mounting revolutions to redefining realness, these are 25 women who made waves in the world this year.

Come join the Speakeasy Book Club as we quest for literary enlightenment and embiggen our collective minds.

Topics include Jay from the Adnan Syed case, Radio Shack, The Doodler Murders, Sex after pregnancy, “Who’s Afraid of Post-Blackness?” and Dorothy Allison on “A Question of Class.”

Dockers wants men to rediscover manliness and “wear the pants.” We would prefer a pantsless revolution. We got a mini-roundtable together to discuss advertising’s attempt to revive khakis, manhood, and the Dockers brand all at once.

“But unlike the missing 43 from Ayotzinapa, I was going home. And it’s what I store in my memory each time I read an article or update about the disappeared. I am home. They are not.”

Don’t have a gift for the gamer in your life just yet? Luckily all these games are digitally delivered, YAY PLANNING!

Maybe girl-on-girl action is like the antenna that boosts magical Wi-Fi. (That was an alcohol-inspired thought.)

Definitely read these books.

You know when you were bored in middle school math and you just pressed +1 on a calculator for half an hour? Have I got a game for you!

Accepting ambiguity feels like being welcomed home.

Also, Jane the Virgin introduced a lesbian subplot we’ve never seen before.

Clip art mourning, T. Swift-shipping, and a mug of male tears

This week in The A+ Insider, we re-cast Peter Pan starring Alex Vega, Laneia thinks you need a walk, we remember the year that was, and everybody stocks up on Endure By Rachel Kincaid.

Stef almost Stefs-up Christmas, but Lena swoops in to save the day.

Paige McCullers in Santa Boxers is just the right mix of naughty and nice.

“It’s so important to do what makes you feel centered and strong again as a QTPOC trying to deal with this country right now. It would have taken Herculean levels of self-care to come close to what one Speakeasy Google Hangout did for me last night.”

dapperQ showcases “that Philly swag” and the city’s beautiful architecture.