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Faking It Episode 108 Recap: I Know You Felt What I Felt

Welcome to the eighth recap of the first season of Faking It, a police procedural from the network that brought you Trailer Fabulous and Hilary Duff: This Is Now. This is the first season finale, but never fear, there will be a season two!
We open in The House of Jars of Clay, where Karma has reduced Liam to his most essential elements: hydrous aluminum phyllosilicates, iron, magnesium, alkai…

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Trans Woman Held Captive In Horrific Louisiana Human Trafficking Case

Louisiana police are reporting that in an unbelievably extreme and horrifying act of violence, three people in Natchitoches Parish spent years holding a trans woman hostage and enslaving her, as well as torturing and sexually assaulting her. The captive woman escaped from her torturers on May 31, and on June 4th, David Rodriguez, Jr; Christina Marie Harper; and Ambre Lomas were arrested on counts…

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Beyond Definition: On Queer Black Love and My Kaleidoscope Identity

I was reading an article that suggested that partnerships are more likely to last when partners have “unrealistic” views of each other. Possibly like mothers who believe that their children are the most beautiful in the world. That idealistic focus, the impassioned affection is what keeps that parent protecting their child at all costs with a fervor that is difficult to put into words. And this…

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Bonnaroo Bound 2014: Let’s Hang Out Under The Sun

HELLO FREE SPIRITS.
I’m writing to you from the land of Tennessee, where the mountains are smoky, the woods are dolly, and my mother buys us lunch! We’re counting our tarps and bottles of sunscreen in anticipation of leaving bright and early Thursday morning for Bonnaroo, and we were just wondering if maybe you wanted to come hang out with us?
We’re not in this picture, but the monkey really…

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You Should Go: Autostraddlers Are Meetin’ All Over The World for Pride!

Hello, glitterbombs! I just spent a weekend standing outside with my arms outstretched hoping for mardi gras beads and free candy, which means Pride hath officially arrived in my ‘hood. Luckily, the celebration is going on all month long around the world as Autostraddlers come together to meet, fall in love, play board games, and be total weirdos together as part of a month-long pridestravagaynza of meet-ups!

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Joana Estrela Takes Us To Pride in Lithuania in her comic “Propaganda”

Just in time for pride month, I got a chance to read Joana Estrela‘s wonderful, touching and personal comic Propaganda. Propaganda tells the story of Estrela’s time working with the Lithuanian Gay League, helping to organize Baltic Pride and hanging out with friends in one of the most anti-gay countries in the European Union. Having the look and feel of a journal (in the absolute best way), this book really made me feel all the most cliché emotions of a book review: I laughed, I cried, I cheered and I got lost in the story.

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Oh My F*cking God It’s “Orange is the New Black” With Cats

Perhaps the only experience more amazing, addictive, and strangely emotional than watching the entirety of Orange Is The New Black Season 2 in 48 hours is watching a bunch of cats reinvent the entire premise in under two minutes. I honestly think that in watching this I both expanded my ability to love and learned to appreciate the unique contributions of cats to the world (but don’t tell Eli). Plus, even better than that are how great Alex’s glasses look on everyone.

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