Results for: representation
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Hearts and Crafts: Jessica Buie, Where Art Meets Science
Jessica Buie’s art combines cultural theory and scientific concepts and an amazing eye for design. Also, she designed special stickers for us!
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The Bechdel Files Are Basically Everything I’ve Ever Wanted From The Internet
Does it count if it’s Scully talking to Queequeg? Important questions.
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Bollywood’s More Gay-Friendly Than Ever — So Where Are All the Queer Women?
While queer visibility is rising in Bollywood films, there is still a long ways to go for queer women.
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Once Upon A Time Recap, Just The Queer Parts: Mulan Is in Love With Sleeping Beauty and It’s Awesome
Are you interested in seeing this, but don’t really want to sift through 50+ episodes just to find the cute bits? You’re in luck! I mined this series and all its queer gold and put the shiniest pieces in this post.
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Lez Liberty Lit #29: Against Stupidity, Apathy, And Zombification
This week in queer lit: women winning prizes, discussions about diversity, library-related crises, an excerpt from Sarah Schulman’s “After Dolores” and more.
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Also.Also.Also: Most Women Are Totally Broke and Other Stories We Missed This Week
Reporting live from the cutest puppy-filled pumpkin patch of all time, with help from Louisiana’s new gay lawyers and vigilantes from around the globe.
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More Than Words: The F-Word (Pt. 1) — Féministes
The first self-defined feminists, boobs, and a lemonade ocean.
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Orange is the New Black: 7 Things We Should Talk About
It’s important to be super fucking aware of why this show resonates so deeply with people, and I wanna know what y’all think. [SPOILER ALERT: all the spoilers]
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We’ve Got 12 Loyal A-Campers and They’ve Got 12 Reasons To Attend A-Camp
Listen to 12 campers who have been to all three A-Camps and are signed up for October when they tell you how camp changed their lives and why you definitely wanna be on the mountain for A-Camp 4.0
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How Do We Solve A Problem Like “Queerbaiting”?: On TV’s Not-So-Subtle Gay Subtext
Once upon a time, gay subtext was a revolutionary act in media. But is it still all that progressive?
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American Horror Story 305 Recap: Burn, Witch, Burn
“Just when all hope seems lost, Zoe beheads the zombie while wielding a motherfucking chainsaw! Look who just became an interesting character!”
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Team Pick: 100 Most Stylish dapperQs Features Autostraddle’s Gabby, Katrina & Kate!
Mondays are really hard so let’s all take a break and enjoy the glorious gift that is The 100 Most Stylish dapperQs.
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Queer Your Tech: Why I’m Addicted to Fallen London!
Fallen London! is a text based game that centers around a protagonist (you) who winds up in Neath, which is basically London except one mile under the earth’s surface, in a world where death is semi-permanent, devils are accessible and corpses sometimes have tea with you.
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The Mako Mori Test is Here to Fill Another Spot on Your Feminist Film Criticism Toolbelt
For a long time the Bechdel test has seemingly been the only tool we have to examine sexist trends in Hollywood. Now, thanks to Pacific Rim, the Mako Mori test is here to help.
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Soldier Tried for Wikileaks Involvement Comes Out As Chelsea Manning
“As I transition into this next phase of my life, I want everyone to know the real me. I am Chelsea Manning. I am a female… I hope that you will support me in this transition.”
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Those Shady Gays: A Reflection on Mad Men, Downton Abbey and Revenge
The untrustworthy homosexual is a lazy way to add ‘diversity’ to your television show. Let’s talk about it!
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Glee Episode 506 Recap: Movin’ Out Of F*cks To Give
This week on Glee, everybody sang Billy Joel songs and everything hurt!
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You Should Go TODAY: La Chica Boom performs FML at the Fresh Fruit Festival
La Chica Boom is showcasing a live theatrical version of her short film, FML, for the Fresh Fruits Festival at The Wild Project. So I’m gonna be there and fanqueer the fuck out.
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At Last, Obama Gives America Some Real Talk On Racism
On what Obama said (and didn’t say) this morning when he surprised everybody with a speech expanding on his thoughts about the Trayvon Martin ruling.
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Lez Liberty Lit #19: Strong Coffee, Stronger Bourbon
Queer Covers, Cristy C. Road, learning to be a lesbian writer in a feminist bookstore, Michelle Tea on trans* and bisexual representation and so much more!