Things I Read That I Love #20: Happy Birds
Topics include “a Web Site named Livejournal”, Münchausen by internet, the publishing, industry risky writing, teaching film in prison and Angry Birds.
Meet the Woman Who’s Poised to Become America’s First Openly Gay Senator
To me, there is something quintessentially Midwestern about her: She’s polite, she’s reasonable, she’s serious, and she’s incredibly hardworking.
April Showers Bring Whiskey Sours (For All The Comment Award Winners)
Runner-ups for rhymes include: graham flours, kilometers per hours, artificial flowers, ivory towers and nuclear powers.
Working It: Lesbian Professionals Out On The Job
Overwhelming evidence that shows that diverse workplaces are more innovative than their heterogenous counterparts!
Also.Also.Also: Trans Miss Universe Contestant And Other Stories We Missed This Week
Donald Trump does something not-awful for once, Bully gets a PG-13, Alaska votes against being nice to gay people, and other stories we missed this week.
DOMA Faces Challenge to its Constitutionality, Appears Increasingly Unpopular
A federal appeals court in Boston is considering whether it’s constitutional to deny same-sex married couples equal rights under the law.
Brittani Does Dinah Shore 2012, Remembers Some Of It
I went to Dinah Shore 2012. I hope you will still take me seriously as a person.
Military “Investigates” Gay Pride Flag Raising in Afghanistan, Surely Has Something Better To Do
Because supporting gay pride is very much like burning the Koran, somehow?
Playlist: Broadway Breaks Your Heart
I dreamed a dream in time gone by…
Here/Queer: Two Years as a Lesbian Expat in South Korea
“Within the violence of invisibility there was also a sense of liberation and expansiveness, like we could just make everything up as we go along.”
VIDEO: Texas High School’s Anti-Bullying Lip Dub Video Goes Viral, Is Super-Cute
The cuties at Cypress Ranch High School made the best anti-bullying video of all time!
Neon Looks Awesome, Won’t Make You Cry
Oh, I’m sorry, did you think neon went out with the 80s? You’d be wrong.
Looking into Writers’ Bedrooms, Personal Style, Lives
Carolyn’s Team Pick: Flannery O’Connor’s looks like it would be good for napping.
Top Ten Fictional Female Crime-Fighters
“I am addicted to any television show, movie franchise or book series that features a gun-toting badge flashing power suit-wearing female crime-fighter who hunts down baddies for a living.”
Queer Harlem: From LGBT Icons of the Harlem Renaissance to Invisible Me
Even when someone doesn’t know the range of the artistic revolution that was the Harlem Renaissance, they know the name. They know writers like Claude Mckay or singers like Ethel Waters but they may not know them as Queer Black Americans. Why is this?
Get Baked: Tofu, Mango and Eggplant Satay
They say a colorful plate is a healthy plate.
Everyone Should Bind Their Own Books, I’m Serious
Intern Grace’s Team Pick: The other kind of binding.
The Award For Most Male Nominees Goes to The National Magazine Awards
The NMA nominees for Reporting, Features, Profile, Essays or Columns are ALL MEN! Every single one of them! Let’s investigate.
New Studies Say LGBTs Suffer Anxiety, Depression, and Substance Abuse, Oh My
Studies reveal that queer people spend a lot of time experiencing “intense anxiety” and abusing substances.
Dinosaur News! Were Your Favorite Prehistoric Beasts Actually Aquatic?
Lizz’s Team Pick: What if dinosaurs all lived in the water? WHAT IF?!