Mittsy’s new running mate is “thrilling,” “intellectual,” “a firebrand,” and also a regressionist who wants to take America back to 1932.

Having a job, having a family, having feminist principles and having it all.

“When someone takes the time to handcuff someone with a zip tie and carve derogatory comments or words into somebody else’s body, that’s sheer hate and at this point, this is a hate crime.”

Not scared of Mitt Romney yet? Let this new oral history project fill your heart with fear and your pockets with voter registration slips.

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

“Until full and equal rights are a reality for everyone, our work is not done.”

When straight people show us love, we show them love back!

What happens if you’re gay married but don’t want to be anymore? It might be incredibly difficult.

Ridiculously though, it was the best possible result for women.

Sometimes you just want a role model.

“We never ask young people what they are willing to sacrifice to make the world better and that’s one of the biggest problems in this country.”

A ruling by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission means that trans* people actually have legal recourse if they’re discriminated against in the workplace.

A temporary housing network exclusively for trans* people who need a safe place to stay, and YOU can help!

“By taking out the ‘moral’ question of marriage equality and instead communicating it in Republican lingo itself, this campaign may have found a way to get someone to listen.”

“I mean, we would not have violence against women or any issues of women’s rights on the agenda if we had waited for the human rights boys to say it was time.”

Photographs of lesbian, bisexual and otherwise-identified women, 1850-1999. Seriously this is really cool.

This is a great fucking album.

This week, marriage equality is “in the works,” people are coming out as stoners / childbearers / lesbians, and the people who made your calculators are excited for pride. And it’s almost July 4!

How is sexism perpetuated in anime and manga? What is the role of women in geek culture? Just some of the interesting topics covered by my visit to the East Coast’s largest anime convention.

On unchecked discrimination, privilege and ignorance. How do you begin to change a world that thinks it’s already changed?