Girls In Tech Become Women In Tech: The Girl Scouts Get a Video Game Patch
LA’s getting a Video Game Design Patch, y’all! Be prepared for our younger generation to take on STEM fields!
Clicks on a Keyboard: Dungeons, Dragons, and Trans-Feminism
This begins with me already being a feminist, but ends with me making peace with being a woman.
Crystal’s Track Stop Is A Master Hunter
Hot new songs from Laura Marling, Florence + the Machine, Polica + Justin Vernon, plus a few special words from Carmen Rios about Drake.
Ode to My Pantry: Soy Foods
I bet you have soy feelings. Why not let them out in limerick form for Soypreciation Month?
Glee Episode 419 Recap: Sweet Dreams Are Not Made Of This Episode
This week on Glee, The New Rachel dreamed a dream that Glee was good again and Marley-Kate wrote some songs with Lord Tubbington and Finn missed sociology!
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Will Make You Blush
The surprising similarities between feminist pornographers and anti-porn feminists, The Adipositivity Project how to have better orgasms and more.
It’s Sunday Funday and Last Week’s Officially Over!
This week’s going to be a billion times nicer than last week. I pinky promise. Here’s some animals, a big ol’ bowl of pasta, and a street wedding to prove it.
21 Vintage Ads & Books For and Against Marijuana For 420 Day
Happy 4-20!
New Research Suggests Homophobia Linked to Overachieving As Well As Misery
A new study purports that gay boys in homophobic environments pour their attentions into their studies and sports instead. Why is this, and does this apply to queer girls too?
One More Terrible Thing That Happened This Week: Let’s Talk C.I.S.P.A.
CISPA could mean the end of internet privacy for many. It asks that age old question: which is more important? Freedom or security? And where is the line between the two that we can comfortably walk without compromising our priorities as a democracy?
Glee Renewed For Two More Seasons, Fuck Me In The Ear
I’d like to thank Teen Jesus, who I have prayed to every night for additional seasons of this occasional hellscape.
The Comment Awards Are Holding Your Hand
Better than the news.
Montana Joins the 21st Century, Decriminalizes Gay Sex
Wait, so this hadn’t happened yet?
You Can Take It With You: Tomato and Feta Couscous
This week we’re making couscous, a food I’ve never had before because I can be a little stubborn about food.
Things I Read That I Love #72: Even If She Was Gay Emotionally
Topics include Gia Carnagi, Jenna Lyons, Dodd-Frank, solitary confinement, day care, Q*bert, Khadijah Williams, Prom 1995, Shutterbabe and more!
Community and Country Owe Change to LGBT Elders of Color
A new report on the well-being of LGBT people of color reveals the disparities they face and recommends solutions that we can be a part of.
Butch Please: Butch Gets Dressed
I want to talk about shape-shifting, and clothing, and being a butch who wears things, because so much of butchness is tied up in the things we put on our body.
This Week In Abstinence: Ohio and West Virginia Really Seem To Hate Sex Education
This week Ohio and West Virginia attempt to take us back to 1050 A.D., retro style. Ohio is trying to restrict sex education to abstinence-only and a West Virginia high school tries to punish a student for protesting a slut-shaming assembly.
Lez Liberty Lit #18: Lesbian Literary Detective Work Is Overrated
Topics include finding quality queer books, the Pultizers, Maya Angelou, a big week at the Lesbrary, SO MANY EVENTS and what we’ve been reading.
The Pansy Project: Responding To Hate With Beautiful Resistance, One Flower At A Time
Artist Paul Harfleet has spent the past seven years responding to experiences of homophobic harassment with small gestures of quiet resistance, one planted pansy at a time.