Fan Fiction Friday: My 10 All-Time Favorite Femslash Stories
What if Mellie divorced Fitz, ran for president, hired Olivia to manage her campaign, and fell in love with her? What a wonderful world that would be!
Things I Read That I Love #161: The Body Becomes A Small Refinery
Topics include diabetes, college parties, Selma, the Kimani Ffriend case, independent living, “Toxic Twitter” and more!
DC Comics Gets More Diverse; the New Power Girl is a Black Teenage Supergenius
Her name is Tanya Spears and she’s here to be smarter, stronger and cooler than all your favs!
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: What’s Your Go-To Snow Day Movie?
Baby, it’s cold outside. Don’t go out there; get in here!
The Things You Say
Was I so far from the idea of trans in her head, that there was no way I could be “one of them”? Or did she refuse to make the association because there was something so wrong with being a trans woman that she could never be attracted to one?
Listening to the Living and the Dead: Ruminations on #justiceforLeelahAlcorn
This post/essay/etc will be an exploration into what justice for Leelah Alcorn might actually look like and some of what is needed to ‘fix society.’
Pretty Little Liars Episode 514 Recap: The Long Goodbye
If you say it out loud — if you say, “I’m gay” — the whole world is gonna change.
Lez Liberty Lit #63: New Year, New Reading Pile
An interview with Daisy Hernández, free ebooks and audiobooks, the end of “sweet, biddable girls” in fairy tales and more.
Salem Episodes 9 and 10 Recap: Free Tituba!
So I know we all watch this show because of Ashley Madekwe’s portrayal of Tituba. And the next two episodes feature this character quite a bit. But holy shit, be ready for a roller coaster of emotions, because Tituba becomes a prisoner of a white bible-thumping, colonial witch hunter.
Rebel Girls: Waiter, There’s Some Theory in My Gender
SPOILER ALERT: Gender is (sort of) a myth.
Badass Blacksmiths: Women’s Work and Transgender Identity
People would look surprised and say, “But…you can’t be a girl. You’re a blacksmith!”
Bombing Of Colorado Springs NAACP Office Results In No Injuries, One Person of Interest
The bombing happened shortly before 11 a.m. with three employees in the building, back for their first day of regular work following the holidays. The building that houses the NAACP office is also home to an income tax center and Mr. G’s Hair Design Studio, a salon with predominantly Black customers.
The A+ Bee Issue Eleven: Bee to the Future
This issue includes reader-submitted Ellen Page poetry, important Netflix announcements, the continuing saga of Choose Your Own Gaydventure and SO MUCH MORE! Get in here!
Patricia Highsmith’s Lesbian Pulp Classic “The Price of Salt” Is Coming To A Theater Near-ish You In 2015
The Price of Salt is the first lesbian pulp to be made into a movie, and one with a multi-million dollar budget.
Trans Lifeline, Suicide Hotline Staffed by Trans People, Is Here For You
In one way, it is incredible that something like this didn’t exist before. In another way, it is all too regrettable that something like this is so dearly needed.
When Two (or More) Become One: Relationship Budgeting for the Financial Planning Adverse
Money makes the world go ’round and also you need it to pay for things because capitalism. So let’s talk about relationship finances after moving in together.
Drawn to Comics: Twelve Things I’m Hoping for In Comics in 2015
All I want this year is more representation, better representation, the return of some of my faves and about nine other things.
Broken Windows is On Hiatus: Community Interventions We Can Enact Now for Real Justice
In addition to fighting for reforms within the prison system, we can keep people out of prison in the first place.
Be A Person Who Gets Shit Done: A Gentle Guide
No new apps, intense #lifehacks or complicated productivity systems here — just solid habits to get into for an ass-kicking 2015.
Hey, Let’s All Read Borderlands/La Frontera by Gloria Anzaldúa!
Come join the Speakeasy Book Club as we quest for literary enlightenment and embiggen our collective minds.