But first: pass your Art History final with help from Beyonce.

“It’s important not just to have characters that challenge ideas about gender and sex, but to also have them in realistic settings.”

“This past year of my transition, 2012, has been one of road travel with many miles revisited across numerous American states… Not the least of my concerns was driving my friend Xene’s unfamiliar Prius. Yet, my larger concern was driving solo as a woman.”

“To claim that there is no systemic inequality keeping women and minorities out of those jobs is to claim that men are just naturally better.”

Don’t bother funding research studies! Everyone’s favorite blowhard has your answers.

The Allure “Anti-Aging” Survey found “LGBT Community is More Attracted to People 10 Years Older,” according to a press release we found in our boxes this morning.

This week on NSFW Sunday: lingerie, the best vintage sci-fi porn (now with lesbian dominatrixes) and nation-wide sexual health rankings.

In which we talk puppies, cheese-based religions and collectively gawk at Intern Grace and Gabby.

A state in America has once again tried to eff things up for a same-sex couple!

Who is more fit to raise a child: a convicted murderer or a lesbian mom?

Not everyone’s sick of politics just because the election’s over. Here’s what to get those people who aren’t to hold them over until 2014.

Dexter returns to Showtime for its fourth “killer season,” and, along with other Showtime series like Nurse Jackie, Weeds, and Secret Diary of a Call Girl; begs the question, “It is possible to be a good person who just does some bad bad things?”

It’s a moving picture show on the internet.

Broadway Impact organized a counter-protest today to oppose State Senator Reuben Diaz’s anti-gay marriage rally on 3rd Avenue near Gov. David Paterson’s office. Original Filename: 05-17-2009-Pro-GayRally003.JPG

58754 Mercer; Trenton 1/7/2010 Supporters of gay marriage enter the state house prior to Thursday’s vote at the New Jersey Senate. TYSON TRISH/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Original Filename: 8h600l8m.jpg IPTC record 115: The Record (Bergen Co., N.J.) IPTC record 116: © 2009 NORTH JERSEY MEDIA GROUP

Something is ch-ch-ch-ch-changing over at Change.org, but unlike the Bowie song, someone definitely wants to be a richer man.

Costume ideas that would impress both your childhood self and your 90s lesbian brethren. Who doesn’t want to be Carmen Sandiego, really?

Vanessa’s Team Pick: If I had to choose between Maddow and Ellen I would probably die so it’s a good thing I don’t have to!

Topics include hipster-bashing, Anna Nicole Smith, stolen bikes, writing non-fiction, teaching kids to write, the Gloucester pregnancy “pact” and so much more!

“If you also find yourself shifting between states of “Fuck this, I’m moving to Canada and I’m taking all of the undocumented folks with me! ” and “I fucking love ‘Merica and apple pie,” this playlist is for you.”