Lez Liberty Lit #58: We Have Always Lived In The Bookshelf
Susan Sontag, LeVar Burton, librarians with algorithms, emotional truths, queer Halloween reads and so much more!
Interview With My Ex-Girlfriend: Becky
“That’s another thing I don’t miss about you: how you’ll interrupt strangers on the street if you think they’re blaspheming Harry Potter.”
Brrr, It’s Cold Out There: 4 Looks to Usher In Sweater Weather
My resistance to the chill of winter eventually gives way to the realization that I can wear my trusty sweaters again — here are four ways to look great doing it.
Gotham Episode 106 Recap: Where Does the Good Go?
When a boy steals your girl, sometimes you have no choice but to arrest him for fake murder.
Faking It Episode 206 Recap: Can I Have Your Number I Think We Should Go Out
This week on “Faking It,” Amy goes to a hot underground rave party and interacts romantically with another girl who likes girls!
New Orleans LGBT Youth Of Color with BreakOUT! Declare “We Deserve Better”
“We are surviving. We are resilient. We are creative and resourceful. We have each other’s backs. We don’t want your pity.”
Help Support Survivors of Sexual Assault with the Carry That Weight National Day of Action
Campuses across the country are hosting events to “tangibly express their commitment to lift the burden of sexual violence from the shoulders of survivors;” you can find an event local to you on the Carry That Weight website. Participants can carry mattresses or pillows to demonstrate solidarity with survivors.
25 Pumpkin Beers, Ranked with Commentary
Sisters, All Hallow’s Eve has become a season of boozing, where women drink pumpkin ale and run amok!
Rebel Girls: The Totally Badass Suffrage Exploits of Yore That Gave Us Today’s Voting Rights
A lot of women went through a lot of shit so you could vote, so shut up and do it.
Make A Thing: Leather Strap Drawer Pull
“One of my favorite things is hand-me-down furniture. But when those special pieces come without, well, all their pieces, some DIY elbow grease comes in handy.”
Match These 16 Taylor Swift Songs With Their Perfect Emojis
Love her or hate her, you’ve got to admit she’s got the most emoji-ful discography of all time.
Check Out Two Trans Youth Who Are Changing the Way America Looks at Gender
Jazz, who recently published a book about her life called I Am Jazz and Zoey, who recently appeared in “Laverne Cox Presents: The T-Word” are two of the trans youth who are making things better for kids across America.
Fumigation: A Love Story
“Delilah takes up mansion-sized space in your head. She bought property the first time you kiss in Adams Park.”
5 Halloween Movies From My Childhood Available Online, Thank the Great Pumpkin
Okay, my little ghouls and goblins. LET US REVISIT OUR YOUTH.
DC Announces Wonder Woman Movie & Possible Female Director; Marvel Announces Five Female-Led Comics
We’ve got a Wonder Woman movie with a woman director! We’ve got not one, but two POC superhero movies! We’ve got Spider-Gwen, Gamora and Mockingbird! We’ve even got Squirrel Girl!
Injustice in the Justice System: Two Lawsuits Expose Struggle for Incarcerated LGBTs
These cases could create radical shifts for the experience of incarcerated LGBT people and they raise important questions about what a justice system better equipped to incarcerate LGBT people might mean for our communities.
10 Tegan and Sara Halloween Costumes To Make Everyone So Jealous
Pick your favorite era, your favorite song, or just the one that matches your current hair.
League of Ladies: The Feminist Superheroine Underwear You’ve Been Missing
The League of Ladies was “born from a dissatisfaction of the portrayal of female superheroes and disempowering slogans on contemporary underwear.” The lookbook celebrates four historical heroines, including Frida Khalo and Harriet Tubman modelled by “real-life superheros” who embody and reflect the traits of the superheroines they are wearing.
40 Ways to Say Yes Please to Mac n’ Cheese
Mac and cheese from scratch: because you’re worth it.
50 Halloween Candies, Ranked in Order of Deliciousness
Handing out candy corn to trick-or-treaters makes you a monster.