Most Important Ugly: Becca, Bekah, Angels and Masks
“You can take makeup off or pile it on, and it can mean so much to you and how you see yourself. That’s powerful. That’s very potent. That’s witchwork.”
45 Recipes Good Enough To Grill For
From appetizers to kebabs to fish to steak to chicken to tofu to veggies to dessert, we’ve got you covered.
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is A Vagician
Asexuality, taking dirty pictures, why sex education should include masturbation, and more.
On Sunday Funday, We Wear Pink
Would you like some good gay news or quixotic queer updates on this fine morning? PERFECT, ’cause I have a bunch of ’em for you right here!
“R&B Divas” Star Monifah Carter Marries Longtime Girlfriend, Makes History
“Since most music industry folks go to great lengths to hide same-gender loving artists, it was great to have the opportunity to see how industry insiders on the show reacted to the relationship between Monifah and Terez. Their overwhelming support showed that people were not as unwilling to accept a season finale in which Monifah Carter had a same-sex relationship as many think. The stereotype of the homophobic R&B community was breaking down before our eyes.”
Angel Haze and Ireland Baldwin Are Officially Together, Not “Just Best Friends”
Just in time for Pride, two extremely attractive people are officially in love. Also, they send each other OITNB sexy puns over social media.
Without a Safety Net: Talking Women-Owned Tech Startups with Section II’s Allie Esslinger
“Start-up culture is odd. There’s a lot that I struggle with — it’s not something particularly designed for anyone who isn’t already privileged. It’s hard to go into it without a safety net. There’s a certain element of romanticizing struggle that is hard to internalize as a woman, a queer woman, and/or a woman of color. “
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Radical Roots
In which we talk about Pride and activism.
Things I Read That I Love #133: I Cannot Confirm or Deny That I May Have Kissed Two or Three or Maybe Even Five of Them
Topics include Vintage Black Glamour, Dov Charney & Terry Richardson & Vice, hospice care, The Mighty Ducks trilogy, summer matinees and more!
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: I Want To See The Pictures You Took This Week!
Let’s play show and tell.
My Little Sister Fights The Patriarchy Like A Girl
As a teenager, I reeled from the shift in the how society now viewed me: as a collection of body parts for anyone and everyone to comment on. Today, watching my teenage sister on social media gives me hope.
The Comment Awards Are In A Summer Daze
Berries, buffer zones and your relationship in a .gif
5 Ways To Try Out Kinky Headspace for Beginners, Experts, and Everyone In Between
How to play with that kinky infinite-floaty space that seems boundless and fills our heads with the same thing as chocolate and wine.
GIVEAWAY: Dattch Wants To Woo You For Pride With An NYC Hotel Room and VIP Party Tickets!
Dattch is offering our readers the chance to win a pretty sweet setup for the most intense day of NYC Pride. They’re offering VIP tickets to one of the biggest Pride parties in the USA, plus a gorgeous hotel room to crash in afterwards.
Lez Liberty Lit #49: Spend More Than 19 Minutes Reading
Why queer characters and themes in YA hasn’t translated to mainstream fiction, literature as propaganda, the Beyoncé of poetry, a discussion of systems of oppression and more.
Pretty Little Liars Recap 503: Coincidences Happen
“i swear to god i thought hanna was about to come out in this episode” – Forever Intern Grace
Wilder Hungers: Balsamic Strawberry, Rhubarb, and Chia Pudding
My recipe today is for a balsamic strawberry, rhubarb, and chia pudding! It’s adapted from this recipe from The Year in Food and it literally tastes like summer. It also tastes like you are eating big spoonfuls of jam, so how can that be bad?
New York State Sued Because Trans-Exclusionary Medicaid Regulation Has Got To Go
“This is a regulation that the New York State Department of Health has the power to change. It’s discriminatory and has direct consequences for our community members.”
The People’s History: The Birth of the New Feminist Army in Texas
“An entire year has passed since the shouts heard around the world reverberated throughout the Texas Capitol and forced the state legislature to come to a screeching halt. Rise Up/Levanta Texas formed in late June 2013 as a grassroots response to a growing awareness that our bodies, stories, and voices were being made invisible within the larger narrative surrounding reproductive rights and HB 2.”
Dear Queer Diary: Notes from The Road
By which I mean I am tapping this into an iPhone note on a bus jostling through the English countryside.