FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: It’s Time to Play a Round of “Tell Me Everything”
I’ve been watching a ton of Netflix and taking damn good care of myself. How about you? I missed your faces, so come on down and tell me everything!
How To Cure Your Consumption By Laying In A Ditch and Other Witch Home Remedies
“Every morning cut up a little turf of fresh earth, and lying down, breathe into the hole for a quarter of an hour.”
Also.Also.Also: Rachel Maddow Is Everywhere and Other Stories for Your Weekend
Some Black History Month goodness, Rachel Maddow all of the place, sustainability, a reflective Ellen Page, horror ASMR, bullshit transphobic laws, on calling yourself bisexual, Sally Ride chatting it up with Gloria Steinem, Robin Roemer being cool, more lesbian haikus, and other links to cram into your life!
10 Movies That’ll Make You Pleased To Be Single On Valentine’s Day
“First everybody chews spaghetti really loud.”
Sew You Want to Learn to Sew: Fabric, Patterns, and Resources, Oh My!
What kind of fabric should you use? Where do you get it? What about a pattern? Get all your answers here!
“I Sit on Her Face All Day”: A Conversation on Sex and Wheelchairs
Exploring the erotic significance of wheelchairs is an opportunity to refuse the limited choices available for sexual narration.
Abby Wambach Barbie: 15 Gay Barbies She Can Invite To The Dreamhouse Potluck
Don’t worry, somebody’s definitely bringing hummus!
2016 Already Deadly for Trans Women; At Least 48 Murdered in Brazil
At least 48 trans women have been reported killed in Brazil just in 2016 so far, India’s Supreme Court will reconsider the criminalization of homosexuality, DeRay is running for mayor of Baltimore, and more!
Lez Liberty Lit #90: 1,000 Books
1,000 books about black girls, a new Didion thinkpiece, earning a living wage when writing, literary binge reading and more.
Get Baked: Homemade Sparkle Truffles
Because my main objective in life is to make things as gay as possible, I coated these truffles in a form of edible glitter known as “disco dust.”
Pop Culture Fix: Queer News Is Weak This Week, Let’s Talk About Gilmore Girls
Plus: Advertisers are ready for your gay dollars now, Lady Gaga will take over the world this month, the first trailer for Broad City S3, and The DuVernay Test.
Pretty Little Liars Episode 614 Recap: Ask Not For Whom The Emoji Tolls (It Tolls For Thee!)
Emily almost gets some action but then discovers the girl she’s wooing doesn’t have a TV and calls the whole thing off.
No Filter: Bette And Shane Celebrate Dana Being Miraculously Alive
Breaking: Kreayshawn has a time machine, Hannah Hart made Ingrid Nilsen a very sweet birthday tribute post, and Lena Waithe is still a babe.
This Business Of Art Fix #21: Nothing Is Off-Limits, Everything Is Content
How to be a person and/or a brand and/or a confessional female memoirist, Huffington Post Gay becomes Queer, optimizing your to-do list, a reporter in trouble at The Intercept and more pressing stories from the edge of your supportive office chair!
So You Love a Sports Fan
“Here are some strategies that I’ve developed in order to survive each new season of bodies doing things inside of lines.”
When Real Life’s Getting More Like Fiction Each Day
When I say I was obsessed with RENT, I mean obsessed. I grew straight out of American Girl Magazine into the world of wildly risqué musical theatre. My mother tended to encourage the things I was interested in, but this one… well, it baffled her a bit. How could a good church girl from the suburbs of Connecticut relate to this musical?
Rebel Girls: 5 Times Women Swayed Presidential Elections
When women won the right to vote in America, they changed the entire political and cultural landscape that surrounded their lives.
View From The Top: I Started As A Bottom
Started as a bottom, now I’m here.
The Fosters Episode 312 Recap: O True Apothecary
Stef’s not dying of her cancer. Yet.
20 Feminist, Queer, Body-Positive and Otherwise Radical Coloring Books
Want to combine your values and your hobbies with some feminist coloring books? We’ve got you more than covered.