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Drawn to Comics: Lumberjanes #6 Asks What’s Up With Jo? What’s Up With Diane? What’s Up With Everything?

Drawn to Comics: Lumberjanes #6 Asks What’s Up With Jo? What’s Up With Diane? What’s Up With Everything?

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Fresh off their four Autostraddle Comic and Sequential Art Awards, Lumberjanes is back and just as great as ever. This comic is seriously on such a great roll right now. Issue #6starts off with the campers going about their daily business just shortly after dealing with a camp-wide dinosaur attack.  Now that the whole camp is dealing with the weirdness that up till now only the main girls previously have been, you might think that the camp would be on lockdown or something, and that’s definitely what Jen thinks. But no, instead they’re playing the coolest looking game of capture the flag I’ve ever seen.

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Let It Go — For the Last Time, Trans Women Were Not “Born Boys”

Let It Go — For the Last Time, Trans Women Were Not “Born Boys”

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As an out-and-proud trans woman and activist, I find myself having a lot of the same conversations about being transgender over and over again. Some of them are pretty benign, like how I chose my name or whose writing was influential in my work. Some just come with the territory, like those about harassment, discrimination, and health care access.

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Do You Take Sugar With That: Coffee Shop Stories and Barista Crushes

Do You Take Sugar With That: Coffee Shop Stories and Barista Crushes

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Coffee and queers go together like espresso and mocha syrup. We are forever thankful for all you baristas out there doing the goddess’ work of caffeinating us day in and day out all while looking hot in a beanie. It’s National Coffee Day and we’re celebrating by telling you our barista crush and coffee shop stories, ranging from Mary Lambert’s “She Keeps Me Warm” music video cute to being dumped at a coffee shop not-so-cute.

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7 Ways To Incorporate Cute Critters Into Your Professional Wear

7 Ways To Incorporate Cute Critters Into Your Professional Wear

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Like Mary Lambert, I’m usually pretty content to rock “mom jeans” and “cat earrings.” My criteria for making fashion purchases are as follows: 1) Does it fit? 2) Is it comfortable? and 3) Can I wear Converse with it?  But sometimes, life requires me to wear things that are “business casual” or “business attire.” As a college kid with little money and a lot of feelings, I am hyperaware of the intersections of capitalism, queerness, and fashion (specific wardrobe components or fashion aesthetics should never be a requirement for inclusion in any community!). As a person who shops in plus sizes, things are extra challenging because the clothes that are marketed for my body are often more expensive than smaller sizes. When I’m shopping for things that might be professional attire, I think it’s less soul-crushing when said items have cute animals on them, OR when I can sneak in accessories with cute animals on them. So without further ado, here are seven exciting ways to make your workwear a little more quirky and nature-inspired.

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32 Reasons the Grain in Spain Falls Mainly On Your Plate

32 Reasons the Grain in Spain Falls Mainly On Your Plate

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Grains! They’re the greatest. Sometimes all you have is a sad little can of beans or a head of broccoli and grains are what save the day to make it an actual meal. Whether they be rice or quinoa or any of a dozen other grains, they’re affordable, nonperishable, and serve you faithfully as side dishes, in salads, in soups, with proteins, in a box, with a fox, etc. There are approximately eight million ways to eat the grains in your pantry; here are a few ideas to get you started.

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Orange is the New Black 210 Recap: The One with All the Flashback Secks

Orange is the New Black 210 Recap: The One with All the Flashback Secks

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Hello and welcome to the recap of the tenth episode of season two of Orange is the New Black, the show that lights a bag of Larry on fire and places it on the doorstep of your heart. I’m your special guest recapper this week, and I will try my best to be a great guest star (like Gloria Steinem on The L Word) and not a waste of screentime (like that chick with the blonde dreadlocks from Betty that got fucked in the cruise ship hot tub on The L Word). #NEVERFORGET.

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bert-and-ernie-are-gay: ““ Jenny Schecter was a mess. There’s no denying it. The writing for her character was so outlandishly inconsistent that you never knew which incarnation you were going to get from one season to the next. She was a duplicitous...
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Jenny Schecter was a mess. There’s no denying it. The writing for her character was so outlandishly inconsistent that you never knew which incarnation you were going to get from one season to the next. She was a duplicitous megalomaniac whose self-indulgent, self-destructive antics knew no boundary. But you know what? So is Don Draper. So was Walter White. So was Dexter and Jack Bauer and Greg House and Tony Soprano. But they’re dudes, so that makes them interesting. Jenny Schecter is a lady, so her deal makes her a cunt. […]

I hadn’t realized it the first time I watched: how righteous her fury really was, how deeply neglected were the wounds of her childhood (one of the show’s many enormous failures was never getting Jenny into therapy), how terrified she was of her own potential for creating chaos, and all the million ways she begged and pleaded and cried out for compassion.

—from “Schecter 3:16 (Or How Jenny Schecter Saved My Life)” by Heather Hogan, 20 January 2012, for autostraddle

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This Sunday Funday, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Chelsea Clinton’s Daughter Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere

This Sunday Funday, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Chelsea Clinton’s Daughter Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere

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Happy Sunday Funday, y’all! Today is a day of rest, relaxation, and good vibes – so go butter your english muffin and get ready for your weekly cocktail of good gay news, heartwarming stories, and adorable animal photos.

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Bisexual Awareness Week: We See Each Other, And That’s Something

Bisexual Awareness Week: We See Each Other, And That’s Something

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The first ever Bisexual Awareness Week ends today. In the last seven days, groups have released illuminating reports about the bisexual community, bisexuality hashtags have popped up on twitter, and people have hosted and attended events around the U.S. Bi people made connections and shared their stories. Robyn Ochs released a new book on bisexual menthat I can’t wait to read. It’s awesome to see so much activity and learn about all the bisexual people who are doing amazing work.

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Saturday Morning Cartoons: Troll

Saturday Morning Cartoons: Troll

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Welcome to Saturday Morning Cartoons, a segment where three artists take turns delighting you with their whimsy, facts and punchlines on Saturday mornings! Our three esteemed cartoon critters are Cameron Glavin, Anna Bongiovanni, and Megan Prazenica. Today’s cartoon is by Megan!

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