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I Spoke to 2,500 Sluts on Saturday: Why We Need to Start Talking About Consent, Sex Ed, etc.

Slutwalk DC: “I was standing right in front of the Washington Monument. My name tag said “Carmen (Fucking) Rios,” and I had cut my shirt into a crop top tank top, and I was still wearing my aviators. Then I gave a speech and I want to share it with you.”

Carmen August 15, 2011 23 Comments
Money + Work

How Not to Flirt with Your Boss

Brittani’s Team Pick: I want you to know how to flirt with your boss and get fired at the same time.

Brittani August 15, 2011 18 Comments
Society + Culture

We Should Talk to Each Other Poolside This Sunday Funday

Let’s cuddle and enjoy lesbian books, community building on behalf of gays everywhere, Jane Lynch in a suit, Rose McGowan’s lesbian posse, and a two-piece swimsuit.

Carmen August 14, 2011 17 Comments
Society + Culture

The Last Days of Gay Rutgers Student Tyler Clementi: New Questions, Some Answers

Dharun Ravi wants all charges against him dismissed — and the papers filed in his defense offer new insights into what happened to Tyler Clementi.

Riese August 14, 2011 51 Comments
Sex

The Ethics of Lust: Your Dildo Might be Illegal

“With all these dildos piled high around me, I think it’s a good time to discuss the laws surrounding the purchasing of sex toys.”

Queerie Bradshaw August 14, 2011 47 Comments
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Internet Withdrawal Inspires Panic, Insanity, Despair and Other Hyperbolic Feelings

“Unplugging my Ethernet cable felt like turning off a life-support system.”

Rose August 13, 2011 48 Comments
Politics + Activism

Coptic Church Defends Students’ Rights to be Homophobic

“We don’t discriminate, we just don’t believe in homosexuality.”

Laura August 13, 2011 17 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Pretty Little Liars Fashioncap 209: Uncomfortably Accurate Gay High School Poker Attire

Let’s break it down by uncomfortably accurate fashion stereotype. High school students listen up — this is relevant to your interests.

Lizz August 13, 2011 17 Comments
TV Reviews

The Playboy Club: 4 Things Lesbians Need to Know About NBC’s New Show

NBC’s “The Playboy Club” starring Amber Heard is allegedly totally degrading to women but also has a lot of homosexy stuff going on, like The Lesbian Activist Bunny!

Riese August 12, 2011 59 Comments
Movie Features

The Real Help

Domestic workers deserve rights too!

Jezebel August 12, 2011 6 Comments
Society + Culture

Also. Also. Also: Anti-Gay GOP Debate Rhetoric & Retro Homophobia to Tickle Your Funnybone

So many things, like Staceyann Chin and New Balance and an old documentary and an article from yesterday about how the teevee made you gay and all the GOP debate anti-gay stuff in 2mins and really just so much. Just read it!

the team August 12, 2011 22 Comments
Straddleverse

Hey! Did You See That Comment? Friday!

In a desperate bid to craft a clever excerpt, I turned to my rhyming dictionary. Unfortunately, it’s a useless rhyming dictionary as Friday doesn’t actually rhyme with “Heidi.”

Laura August 12, 2011 7 Comments
Movie Features

Movie Night: E.T.

Cocktails, pizza, Reese’s Pieces and a Steven Spielberg classic! We understand you on a deep, personal, almost telepathic level. We’ll be right here.

abby August 12, 2011 9 Comments
Relationships

In the Pool With Cougar, Scaring the Straight People, Getting The Homophobia

Sometimes we are reminded we live in a heteronormative world in the unlikeliest of places.

Bevin August 12, 2011 43 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Pretty Little Liars 209 Recap: Picture This Poker Face

In which Emily licks her in the front and pokes her in the rear. Well, not exactly. I just wanted to say that.

Riese August 11, 2011 41 Comments
Society + Culture

The Bravest Woman in Seattle In Her Own Words

Rachel’s Team Pick: “What I really want, I now realize, is peace. And I know now, after this trial, that justice does not bring peace. It only brings justice.”

Rachel August 11, 2011 17 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

Adam Lambert is Behind the Music & Naya Rivera is in Front of the Camera

Wanna hear Adam’s Burning Man story again? Plus, Jill Bennett likes labels, Gaga works the drag on her “You & I” cover, VMAs will include a social activism category this year, the 30 page Real Word contract is semi-fascinating, and Naya Rivera goes glam.

Jess August 11, 2011 29 Comments
Society + Culture

Hate Crime Killing On Video: This Still Happens

Two white teenagers in Mississippi beat a black man, then drove over him in a pickup truck.

guest August 11, 2011 51 Comments
Queer Fashion

The Terrible Side of Terrible/Awesome ’90s Fashion

Emily’s Team Pick: There were some awesome things, there were some not-so-awesome things (but actually still kind of awesome).

Emily August 11, 2011 36 Comments
Music

OPEN THREAD: What Are You Listening To?

We need new music. Tell us what’s been good to your ears.

Crystal August 11, 2011 358 Comments
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