Pure Poetry #3: Anis Mojgani
“I was here. I was here motherf*cker. And ain’t none of y’all can write that in the spot that I just wrote it in.”
Pure Poetry #2: Eileen Myles
“Every time I read a new Eileen Myles book, I ended up carrying it on me for weeks. I think I’m going to end up with a good collection. I would never lose it.”
Obama Administration is Over DOMA (UPDATED: Sen. Feinstein Will Now Introduce DOMA Repeal Legislation!)
In which Barack Obama declares that he officially has our backs, seemingly out of nowhere.
Pure Poetry Week Starts Now! With Pure Poetry Post #1: Def Jam
We have declared this week Autostraddle Pure Poetry Week, when we are going to talk about poets we like all the time! First up is T.S. Eliot. Just kidding it’s Def Jam.
Lady Gaga Makes Sh*t Happen, Demands Target Play Nice With the Gays
Lady Gaga lays the smackdown on Target and demands that they support the LGBT community if they want a piece of her Born This Way action.
What It Feels Like For A Lesbian Household: Recent Studies On Gay Families
Lesbian families are a thing – but to the scientific community, they still sometimes seem like an enigma wrapped in a mystery wrapped in Melissa Etheridge. Here are some of the hard facts.
Rosie O’Donnell & Girlfriend Split, More Importantly Rosie Joins Twitter
Rosie and her girlfriend break up, Rosie joins Twitter, and you can watch “Who Do You Think You Are?” in which Rosie hunts down her family tree from Jersey to Montreal to Ireland.
How to Be Gay When All Your Friends Are Strai But Probably Love You Anyway
Tips for introducing that girl you’ve been dating to your uber-hetero friends. Plus how to throw a gin bucket party! So much relevancy to so many of your interests.
Riese’s Team Pick: Waiting for Superman & The Lottery
These documentaries will teach you more about the American Public Education System than the American Public Education System will teach you about calculus, or something.
When Will Anti-Gay Conservative Christians Need Us More Than We Fear Them?
“Who will they demonize if not the gays?”
Happy Presidents Day! Here’s the Women Who Did All The Work.
The Top Ten bestest first ladies of all time, including the semi-lezzer and a Michelle Obama appreciation collage.
Crystal’s Team Pick: Thom Yorke Gets His Groove On
Don’t be fancy just get dancey.
NSFW Sunday Keeps Your Sex Toys a Secret
“Why, yes, my new belt is fabulous! You should feel it whipping across your back.”
Lindsay/Sam “Lesbian Affair” Thing Will Outlast The Heat Death Of The Universe
Here’s to hoping we never reach a day when we can’t headline a post with Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson. In other news, this is probably one of the best Sunday Fundays of all time.
Hey Oscar Why Wasn’t “For Colored Girls” Enuf?
“Her man throws her kids out of the f-cking window. Shouldn’t that get a chick an OSCAR NOM???? “
House Votes to Pull Federal Funding from Planned Parenthood, Does Not Know How to Treat a Woman
The bill will never pass the Senate, but the message to women is hard to mistake: your government doesn’t care about you or your right to reproductive health services.
Congresswomen Try to Save Planned Parenthood With Honesty, True Stories, Facts
“But for you to stand on this floor and to suggest, as you have, that somehow this is a procedure that is either welcomed or done cavalierly or done without any thought is preposterous.”
Riese’s Team Pick: “Runway Revolution” & Some Fat-Positive Fashion Tumblrs
Plus-sized clothing model Pippa J wants to showcase “wealth of beautiful imagery, videos and other marketing ephemera created showing models over a size 10.” Also, our own list of fat-positive fashion tumblrs AND a sexy video! Happy Friday!
Facebook Adds ‘Civil Union’ Relationship Status (and Don’t Kill Me But I Don’t Like It)
When I hear the words “Civil Union” or “Domestic Partnership,” I think “inequality” and “separate but equal.”
Step Out of Your Egg & Receive Your Comment Award!
So many awards, so little time.