Saturday Morning Cartoons: Ready for Fall
We’re hyped. For Fall. Please insert your Fall feelings here.
Crystal Edmonds is the Second Black Trans Woman Murdered This Week, At Least 21st This Year
Edmonds is at least the 21st trans person murdered in the US this year. We knew of at least 23 last year.
“Carmilla” Returns To Kiss The 2016 TV Blues Away
Carmilla and Laura are back and they can’t keep their hands off each other. Also: summoning circles! And Keith Mars!
Trans Asylee Sues Mike Pence Because Noncitizens Can’t Legally Change Their Names
A trans man from Mexico filed a lawsuit against an Indiana law that prevents noncitizens from legally changing their name, an El Paso man was arrested for the murder of trans woman Erykah Tijerina, a 13-year-old boy was shot and killed by Ohio police, Sandra Bland’s mother receives a million dollar settlement and more news.
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: This Spider Almost Destroyed Me
Everything’s fine but for a moment it was almost not! Life is a highway!! Join me inside for a story about home infestation. (Plus my dog in a wig!)
The Comment Awards Walks On
This week we’ve got meta Oreos, blood wine, imperfect nachos and so much more!
Witch Hunt: Are you New Age, Old Age or Something Else?
My favorite season — “Halloween”, a gay witchy music video, the new Blair Witch movie, taking some time to create, and discussing what it means to be New Agey.
Chelsea Manning Ends Hunger Strike, Makes History as Army Says She Can Access Transition-Related Care
Chelsea Manning’s five-day hunger strike is over as the Army reportedly tells her she can access gender confirmation surgery — but questions remain on how quickly they’ll take action.
Day in the Life: Stuzo With dapperQ at New York Fashion Week
Last week, Molly accompanied LA-based Stuzo to New York Fashion Week’s largest queer fashion show, iD, presented by dapperQ.
Sexts From My Sickbed: How I Learned to Love My Queer Sick Body by Getting Naked
“How could an incapacitated person feel let alone be sexy, I catch myself thinking. Now, when I have those thoughts, I take out my camera.”
Gigi Gorgeous Is a Lesbian: Transgender Youtube Star Comes Out, Loves Her Girlfriend Nats Getty
“I fell in love with somebody, and that person happens to be a female.”
Aesthetic Rising: Your Astrological Fashion Forecast Featuring Virgo
Like the Halloween candy that is already proudly on the shelves in CVS, I’m here to motivate you to get into the ~Fall Spirit~ wildly before it’s necessary with some Pumpkin Spice Horoscopes.
Lez Liberty Lit: What Is Women’s Lit?
Reading bored white girls, queer YA, Power and Magic, what women’s lit is anyway and more.
Pop Culture Fix: Laverne Cox, Angelica Ross, and Jen Richards Want To Be In The Room Where It Happens
Her Story didn’t win an Emmy, but it’s opening up doors. Laverne Cox is really excited about Rocky Horror. NYT is worried there’s not enough TV for white men. Ava DuVernay’s adaptation of A Wrinkle In Time gets its lead. And I don’t want to talk about Sue and Mel leaving Great British Bake Off.
Unbound’s Double Entendre Box Will Start A Party In Your Pants
The Unbound Box is a curated subscription box of sex toys and accessories that arrives quarterly.
Two Weeks
“I think that adopting a dog would make me “less of a sad sack,” according to a journal entry on the day that Marty is picked up by his human mother.”
This Business of Art Fix: “People Don’t Get Suspended in Newsrooms Unless They Plagiarize or Punch an Editor”
The story behind Arianna Huffington’s departure from the Huffington Post, the ladies of The Financial Diet get real about funding for women’s media companies (there isn’t any), Gawker Media clashes with new owner, an interview with Gaby Dunn and so much more!
Foolish Child #5: Labels
When all the right words aren’t the right word for you, which word do you choose?
No Filter: Cara Delevingne Rides Off Into The Sunset
In which Selena Forrest joins Whoopi Goldberg’s extended family, Ruby Rose feels feelings about sports and Jenny Owen Youngs creates dinosaurs with her BRAIN.
Empowering the Feminists of the Future: A Q&A with “Powered by Girl” Author Lyn Mikel Brown
I chatted with Lyn this week about the book, youth activism, and intergenerational activism. She had a lot of amazing things to say, spoiler alert.