“Mother Blaming” Is Bad Journalism, Shaky Science
Last week, Nature published an excellent editorial calling for more responsible discussion of scientific findings relating to pregnancy. The article, authored by Harvard associate professor Sarah S. Richardsonand a panel of six academics, cites multiple examples of gross exaggeration, stunning oversimplification and flagrantly improper contextualization by the media. Over time, the cumulative…
The Lesbians On “Masters Of Sex” Sure Are Good Friends
Hello and welcome to another rousing discussion of just the lesbian parts (more or less) of Masters of Sex!
First of all, can we all agree this season is really weird? Last season was all about how the study came to be and how all these sexually repressed people were learning things about themselves and how hard it was to conduct such racy experiments in conservative times and what a total…
I’m pretty sure that for a solid twenty minutes this morning Home Depot was playing an autostraddle playlist. It was beautiful.
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Likes Your Boobs
Welcome to NSFW Sunday!
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Seppo – Low Key Portrait by dsa157
+ AlterNet has nine actually useful relationship tips, including giving compliments, making each other feel special and valued, being independent, being interesting and more:
“‘In my study, when couples said they were in a relationship rut or felt bored, they were less happy over time,’ says Orbuch. So escape…
Sunday Funday is Wishing Brittney Griner the Best Marriage of All Time
Happy Sunday Funday, y’all! Question: Was there ever a week where we needed good gay news more than this week? Probably not. And unless you’re like me and you react to bad news by buying new trousers online, that means you probably really need this right now.
Brittney Griner is Engayged!It’s both your greatest fantasy and your worst nightmare: Brittney Griner is off the market, but in an…
Vicky Beeching Is Gay, Hopes to Inspire Young LGBT Christians
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Vicky Beeching, a British Christian rock singer, theologian and commentator, came out as a lesbian in an interview published in The Independent. In the article, Beeching talks about her experience managing her attraction to women while establishing herself in the contemporary Christian rock scene.
As a kid, I picked up on the queer subtext in my Most Favorite Show Of All Time, Sailor Moon. I UNDERSTOOD it DEEPLY even if there was a lot about it I didn’t understand. And so, it confused and secretly frustrated me that they made not-cousins Haruka and Michiru straight, when it was so clear Haruka was the surly soft androgynous butch to Michiru’s stoic and cool ocean-femme, meanwhile all the inner senshi had Haruka’s name shamelessly scribbled in their Lisa Frank diaries and on their Angelfire pages. As did so many of us fans. I remember being in my preteens and comparing notes with other sailor moon fans—yeah, this was totally homo, wasn’t it? These characters performed their gender and expressed themselves in ambiguous and non-conforming ways, huh? We totally know about Kunzite and Zoisite, right? Right. The piss-pour attempts to cover it through voice over choices and omitting of scenes wasn’t fooling anyone, no, not even kids.
Briana Urena-Ravelo, “Bubbline Is Canon, Commence Freakout, Ya’ll“ in Autostraddle, 15 August 2014
(via femmerosa)30 Cat Fonts, Because Those Exist
The internet is made of cats, and thank goodness, because that means we get to have approximately nine million cat fonts. That’s an estimate, but I bet I’m pretty close. I rounded up 30 free cat fonts because you need them in your life, and with that many choices, you can have your pick of the litter. You’re welcome.
1.Vamp KittenI can’t say for sure why this kitten is a vampire, but she…
The Comment Awards are Actively Listening to You
Hello readers! I’m so excited that all of your lovely comments are being entrusted to me for the next couple of weeks! I have been immersed in my third year of Resident Advisor training at school where I am learning and re-learning all kinds of good things (active listening! planning fun programs! mediating conflicts!), and reading your comments has given me great joy.
Bubbline Is Canon, Commence Freakout, Ya’ll
That’s right, folks, it’s for serious. Olivia Olsen, the voice actress for the Marceline, the babely bass-bearing Vampire Queen of Adventure Time, openly confirmed what we all knew deep in our little queer fandom hearts to be true at a book-signing in LA recently, Princess Bubblegum and Marceline totally had like, a romantical thing-thing. Yeah girl, you know what I’m talkin’ about.
Ever since…
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Summer Lovin’ – Are You Having a Blast or Nah?
Yo, feliz Friday, oh most fierce, hyper-intelligent and oh so sexified children of love. Did you get all that? That was a lot for a greeting but you already know, I meant every word. It’s that time of the week again also known as the Friday Open Thread where we share our deepest secrets and favorite selfies and I know this open thread situation is for everyone but can I just say that I really…
A+ Bee Issue Two: It’s the Cat’s Meow
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Issue two is here! Download the PDF, print it out, and hold it in your actual hands like we live in a weirdo commune and Grace, resident paperboi, dropped it off of your doorstep in the night. Don’t forget to post pictures of yourself reading in the Bee out in the world on Instagram using the hashtag #aplusbeephoto! We will be publishing the winners in the next Bee.
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Rhymes With Witches: Poor Little Rich Girl Mary Crawley
My (totally one sided) love affair with Downton Abbey’sLady Mary Crawley began the second I saw a gif set of her on this brand new website called Tumblr. It was my second year of college and I pretty much retreated from any form of human contact aside from the nice lady at the Taco Bell drive-thru window. This meant that I spent an embarrassingly large amount of hours investigating any gif set…
