The Comment Awards Are Welcoming Two New Co-Captains, Ahoy!
Things we wrote and the best of what you clever dolphins said.
Formspring Friday Didn’t Know You Could Jump So High
This week you’re helping out with a variety of mom-related issues, girlfriend feelings, touchy feely straight girls, coming out as trans* and a possible stone butch, among other things. Maybe our best FS Friday ever.
Even Exodus International Doesn’t Want to Talk About “Curing” Gays Anymore
Alan Chambers, president of Exodus International and married to Leslie Chambers with two adopted children, now says his group will no longer operate around claims of being able to “cure” anyone.
Things I Read That I Love #31: Working One’s Way Through A Crisis
This week’s topics include bipolar disorder, alcoholism, child abuse, immigration, poverty, deadly amusement park rides and working at the apple store!
Germany Sends Lesbian Refugee Back To Iran With a Little Advice: Pretend To Be Straight
Samira Ghorbani Danesh faces imprisonment and torture if German courts don’t reverse a recent decision.
Gay Rights Are Not Queer Liberation
“I’m not sorry we can now enter the military, and I’m not sorry that we can now marry. But frankly I come from a moment in time, and a radical vision in time, that never made marriage or the military my criteria of success.”
Playlist: You’re My Favorite Book
You know what’s better than a book on tape? A book in a song.
Get Baked: Grill The Rainbow
Did I make this mostly as an excuse to make a sideways Pride flag on my counter? (Spoiler alert: yes.)
Brave’s Unconventional Heroine: What Doesn’t Queer You Makes You Stronger
“This is the kind of movie that needs to be made more often. It’s like Tangled on feminist steroids.”
The SCOTUS Health Care Ruling: What Does It Mean?
The Supreme Court ruled that the Affordable Care Act and its mandate that Americans carry health insurance or else face a tax is constitutional.
What’s It Like Growing Up With A Transgender Parent? Sharon Shattuck Knows.
“I think the one thing that really sticks with me from my childhood is that I felt very alone–I felt like no one else’s family was like mine, so I just sequestered that part of my life and didn’t talk about it with my friends or acquaintances.”
Playlist: Songs I Love That Don’t Have Words
I believed deeply, at one point, that words could do a majority of the communicating I would need to do in my life. I was wrong.
Top Ten Things That Break More Than This Website
Suspiciously enough, “record” is not on the list.
Marriage Equality Not the Same Thing As Divorce Equality for Gay Couples
What happens if you’re gay married but don’t want to be anymore? It might be incredibly difficult.
We are somewhat broken
Today the website broke, and we are sorry.
VIDEO: Our New Webseries “Words With Girls” Is Here, Now Co-Starring Hannah Hart!
Remember that webseries Brittani created and Sarah Croce directed? It’s back. Words With Girls Episode 2 now available for your face with some surprise Hannah Hart action.
Fringe Festivals are Weird in the Best Way
Brittani’s Team Pick: For those of you that haven’t had too many brushes with independent performance art, it usually makes you go WTF in a WTF way but sometimes it makes you go WTF in an awesome way.
Listling Without Commentary: Things Women Said About Lesbianism In The 1976 Hite Report on Female Sexuality
“Sex with a woman for me has involved pressing mound of Venus against mound of Venus on each other’s leg.”
Six Ways that 1950s Butches and Femmes F*cked with Society, Were Badass
“Butches & Femmes paved the way for tons of fantastic lesbians, radical queers, revolutionary feminists, and really awful (and awesome) hairstyles that came after them.”
Renegade Craft Fair: Just As Awesome As You’d Expect
Let’s talk about the Renegade Craft Fair! Because it’s a lot of fun and you should definitely go.