Sunday Funday’s Having Brunch with Miss Spain, Mindy Kaling’s Lesbian Rival, and George Takei
Let’s read some good gay news before breakfast!
Please Go Watch “The L Word Mississippi: Hate The Sin”
I have to come to expect that kind of technicolor Sapphic unreality in all of my Chaiken programming, which is exactly why I did not expect L Word Mississippi: Hate The Sin. And I’m glad I didn’t, because this is a documentary worth seeing on its own terms.
Two Trans Women Shot in Detroit, Local Media Misgenders and Misrepresents Them
Two trans women were shot in the Palmer Park Neighborhood of Detroit this week. The local Detroit media repeatedly misgendered them and erroneously implied that they may have been sex workers.
I Am Struggling With My Opinions Regarding The Following Technology
Three pieces of technology for which I just can’t decide whether I’m Team Yay or Team Nope. Please send opinion-building help.
Dapper Brunch Style Served Six Different Ways
The term “brunch style” does not automatically imply a specific level of formality. My suggestions would depend on the occasion (Meet the parents brunch? Wedding brunch? Date brunch? Hungover with your friends brunch? Autostraddler meet-up brunch? Hip-hop party brunch?) and the venue (Five star restaurant? Pub? Trendy café?).
Femme Brunch Style: Casual Glam to Fancy Formal
Alright. You’ve found the brunch meet-up in your city, you are super excited to eat (and eat and eat) but one MAJOR thing stands in your way. You. Still. Need. To. Get. Dressed.
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Welcome to the Brunch Appreciation Society
I wanna know everything about your brunch plans. Get in here!
Lauryn Hill Breaks Down the Protests in Ferguson with “Black Rage”
The track finally puts to rest the empty calls for “peace” amidst ongoing protests in Ferguson, Missouri since the killing of unarmed teenager Michael Brown.
Six Reasons to Stop What You’re Doing and Watch “Lyle”
There is a new horror movie out right this very minute called Lyle that takes its cue from Rosemary’s Baby, and you must see it as soon as humanly possible.
Things I Read That I Love #141: Just Give Me Room To Exist Both In The Shit And Stars
Topics include Hook, The Ivy League, Rachel Kaadzi Ghanash, sex work, crossword puzzles, Gurl.com and moar!
Wilder Hungers: In Defense of Brunch
“Why? Because I WANT to eat pancakes at 2 pm without feeling like a complete waste of human life.”
Top 17 Books Autostraddlers Bought This Year
Boy do y’all love to read about rope bondage!
Essential Brunch Recipes: Fluffy Pancakes, Home Fries and a Bacon Bloody Mary
It’s so fluffy, I’m gonna diiiiie!
Top 11 Gayest Things Lucy Lawless Has Participated In
The shiniest things you need to know to enhance your (already excellent) crushing on Lucy Lawless.
We Won A Thing: Federal Judge Strikes Down Florida’s Marriage Ban
Y’all, if Florida can do it…
It Appears I Have Joined A Special Masturbation Society
“Almost immediately Linda is convulsing, and getting red in the face, and moaning in a way I’ve never heard a lady moan before. Little short bursts of air. She is making spirit fingers in the way I imagine they are meant to be done.”
Playlist: Brunchtastic
2.5 hours of tunes, because we know how long brunch takes.
Lez Liberty Lit #53: A To-Read Pile To The Moon
Highbrow and lowbrow literature, visualizing characters, an excerpt from “bad Feminist” and more!
Pretty Little Liars 509, 510 and 511 Extreme Mega Recap Blast
With one episode to go before the mid-season break, we catch up with the Liars as they almost make out with each other for three straight episodes.
How to Trick Everyone Into Thinking You’re a Celebrity at Brunch
Here’s how I pull off false célébrité to ensure that when I go out to eat, I’m at the VERY LEAST treated like a rich white woman.