Midterm Election Day 2018: Here’s Your Voting Open Thread!
It’s the day to make your vote count! Spend all day with us and let us know how voting went, what ballot issues and candidates are on your mind, and wait with us for results to come in.
Also.Also.Also: Cargo Pants Are Back in Style, Make Great Gay Voting Attire
Did you hear about the midterms, seeing movies alone, women’s anger, queer music bc I love you, finding a sugar mama, queer food, Grace Bonney, and more!
Netflix’s “Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina” Revels in Darkness, Misandry, and Witchy Fun
Male power is a toxic, predatory force on the show, and the church is consumed by patriarchy that Sabrina tries to push back against, occasionally with the help of her aunts, the bubbly Hilda and the certified Witch Mommi Zelda.
“Supergirl” Episode 404 Recap: Itty Bitty Boxes
Kara is still trapped in a suit, so Alex tries to fight the baddies without her while Lena works to save Supergirl.
GIVEAWAY: Snag the Second Issue of “Good Company,” Featuring Rhea Butcher, Blair Imani, Desiree Akhavan and More!
Want to win a FREE COPY of lesbian-owned magazine Good Company? Come chat among friends about rallying together and conquering our fears!
Monday Roundtable: The Lesbian Style Clichés We’ll Never Give Up
“One time my coworker asked if I could dress any dykier and you know what? I don’t know. It’s pretty gay.”
Stacey Abrams Has Always Shown Up for LGBTQ People, It’s Time to Show Up for Her
Imagine a 2020 campaign where people of color, LGBT people, young people, single women — voters who have been taken for granted for YEARS — get to be the power brokers.
TV’s Favorite Fictional Writers, Ranked From Worthless to Wondrous
“It’s not just sex, it’s love. It’s two people connecting, with four other people, and aliens.”
Sunday Funday Worships With King Princess, Parties (for One) With Carly Rae Jepsen
Plus: Five Black women who can change the face of politics, bisexual women in the midterms, Ring of Keys live, lesbian Harry Potter proposals and more!
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Using Today’s Extra Hour for Lesbian Sex
A suggestion on how to best use DST; why you can’t be ghosted on an app; divorce cake; why breakups are good for you; and more.
Raising Baby T. Rex: How We Learn “Good” and “Bad”
“Good” and “bad” in a very bad world, fall fun, toddler logic, echolocation, fall fun, adults-only Halloween, and a requested cat + baby update.
21 Queer Jews on Why We Love Being Jewish
“The way you can bring together Jews from all walks of life to share a holiday together over a meal made with love and a table filled with candles, wine and challah, and we can join together in song and laughter and interruption and feel quickly like family because, well, we are.”
Yo! That’s Not Cool: I’m For Real. VOTE.
Seriously.
Boobs on Your Tube: “The Flash” Finally Adds a Queer Woman to its Roster!
Plus: Hen gets sucked into 9-1-1’s parade of sadness, Tegan loves Annalise (pass it on), Yaz is surely bisexual on Doctor Who, Sara Ramirez makes her glorious return to Madam Secretary, and more!
Queering the Jewish Holidays: How I Celebrate Shabbat
Last week’s Shabbat was a tragedy. Let us make this week’s Shabbat a space for mourning, for healing, for connecting, for resisting, and for peace. Shabbat Shalom.
The Comment Awards Put a Spell On You
SEXY TAMPONS FTW.
Lupe Valdez Is a Gay Latina Running for Texas Governor; That’s Something at Least
The 71-year-old has prided herself on being a hard worker coming from a humble background and being a champion for the people. But her lackluster campaign and her not-so perfect record as Dallas County Sheriff has dampened Texans’ enthusiasm for her as a candidate, including this queer Tejana.
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: What Message Would You Like to Receive From the Beyond?
I carved a tarot pumpkin (all the tarot suits, not posting a picture because I messed up the Cups) and roasted the pumpkin seeds (not pictured because we ate them before we could photograph them) and asked my new oracle deck if there were any messages I needed to pick up from the beyond. I pulled this card.
Blood Sugar: Letting Type 1 Diabetes Be Sexy
My goal in depicting my sister as a boudoir photographer was to show just how sexy she is — not without her pump, not without her sensor, but with them fully visible, clipped to her lingerie.
Love That Looks Like Me: Finding My Queer, Non-Binary Place in the Wedding Industry
“And there was Susan and Rachel at the heart of it all, dancing to the band Susan had sworn would play her wedding if she ever got married. As they laughed and moved to the music and worked up such a sweat that their jackets had to come off, I saw a glimpse of the future wedding I hope for, marrying someone I love, the two of us not fitting so strictly into the feminine.”