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Literature

Things I Read That I Love #221: I Should Very Gladly Have Portrayed Myself Here Entire and Wholly Naked

Topics include Anna Nicole Smith, the DeVos family, Stephen King’s IT, Will & Grace, MURDER, Snow White’s Scary Adventures, miniatures, people who remember everything and more!

Riese February 10, 2017 16 Comments
LGBT Book Reviews

Roxane Gay’s “Difficult Women”: The Necessary Ugliness in Getting There

Gay is far more honest than most about the weird ways we actually solve for love. The necessary ugliness in getting there.

Aisha February 6, 2017 3 Comments
Literature

Lez Liberty Lit: Wonder and Humility

Reading as a cure for monotony, boredom, and almost-death; books about living in oppressive religious cults; what Roxane Gay is reading right now and more.

Ryan Yates February 2, 2017 5 Comments
Book Features

Gaby Dunn And Allison Raskin Hate Everyone But You

Check out this rad new queer YA book by your fave YouTube odd couple, Gaby Dunn and Allison Raskin!

Ryan Yates January 31, 2017 9 Comments
Book Features

Women and LGBTQ People Will be Hit Hardest by NYT’s Decision to Kill the Comics Best Seller Lists

This is a big blow to a part of the publishing world that is often regarded as “books for kids” or something less than “real literature.” It’s an especially big blow to marginalized people.

Mey January 27, 2017 3 Comments
Literature

Things I Read That I Love #220: The Jaws That Closed Only To Chew Gum

Topics include Jared Kushner, Mike Pence, Trump Country, health care, CULT MURDERS, The Spur Posse, Tiffany from America’s Next Top Model, Sqirl and more!

Riese January 27, 2017 2 Comments
A woman reading on some stone steps
Literature

Lez Liberty Lit: The New Comics Sans

Black artists and America, (your) feelings about typography, writers resisting, a history of feminist bookstores, representation in comics and more.

Ryan Yates January 19, 2017 6 Comments
Book Lists

8 Lesbian BDSM Novels to Curl Your Toes (and Maybe Melt Your Heart)

Spend an evening with a good book and a paddle.

Casey January 18, 2017 16 Comments
Book Lists

45 Queer and Feminist Books You Need To Read in Early 2017

Everything you want to read.

Ryan Yates January 16, 2017 9 Comments
Literature

Things I Read That I Love #219: We Were Good As Married In My Mind

Topics include ’90s nerd masculinity, One Day At A Time, a grandmother who liked poison, Backpage, the Gawker lawsuit, Donald Trump in 1999, John Waters’ childhood home, corporate vet clinics, puppy mills and so much more!

Riese January 13, 2017 21 Comments
The cover of the new book "American Hookup: The New Culture of Sex on Campus.": A red and pink background with the title splashed in black letters vertically across the page.
LGBT Book Reviews Love + Sex

“American Hookup” Trades Moral Panic for Real Talk About Sex in College

This book is a must for college students, sex nerds, and activists alike — especially if your Trump resistance involves sex education, sexual assault prevention, or reproductive rights.

Carrie January 13, 2017 6 Comments
Book Features

“Goodnight Moon” Is Gay: Margaret Wise Brown Was A Bisexual Badass, Y’all

Goodnight Moon started out as a sad gay love poem.

Heather Hogan January 10, 2017 46 Comments
Literature

Lez Liberty Lit: Being Difficult

Love for Roxane Gay, Joan Didion’s literary descendants, the end of the 2016 book lists, a cheat sheet for your ereader and more.

Ryan Yates January 5, 2017 10 Comments
LGBT Book Reviews

Rebel Girls: “The Crunk Feminist Collection” is the New Year’s Read Feminists Need

This is the year the resistance takes shape. And for feminists looking for a roadmap, The Crunk Feminist Collection is the newly-printed guidebook that sets the path.

Carmen January 4, 2017 6 Comments
Book Lists

Top 10 Queer and Feminist Books of 2016

Read these f*cking books.

Ryan Yates January 2, 2017 20 Comments
Literature

Things I Read That I Love #218: Like Flirting With A Sad Encyclopedia.

Topics include Supreme streetwear, covering the Donald Trump campaign, yearning to leave the suburbs, Monica Lewinsky, David Foster Wallace, exotic dancing and more!

Riese December 30, 2016 143 Comments
Book Lists

9 Lesbian Romance Audiobooks To Warm Your Heart On Chilly Nights

Looking to listen to some lesbian romance as you travel (or don’t) this week? Need to take a break from it all and escape into your headphones? Here are the 9 lesbian romance audiobooks you’ve been waiting for!

Casey December 23, 2016 16 Comments
Literature

Lez Liberty Lit: Reading Fever

What counts as trans literature, the Baby-Sitters Club’s feminist legacy, weird stuff in old books, a guide to being a tomboy and more.

Ryan Yates December 22, 2016 2 Comments
Book Features

Walking and Talking, Kicking and Screaming: An Interview with Ruth Curry of Emily Books

“If I saw my writing career through the eyes of a mediocre white man I’d be, like, that dude would be fucking high on himself constantly.”

Aisha December 19, 2016 5 Comments
Literature

Things I Read That I Love #217: Outcasts, Weirdos, Dweebs, Punks, Shy Kids, Cartoon Fanatics, and Serial Fidgeters

Topics include sleep, “my president was Black,” farm-to-table restaurants, Betsy DeVos, Pee Wee Herman, Journey into the Imagination, Chicago State University and so much more!

Riese December 16, 2016 13 Comments
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