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OPEN THREAD: The 2014 Academy Awards Liveblog aka Ellen DeGeneres Hosts a Thing!
OPEN THREAD: The 2014 Academy Awards Liveblog aka Ellen DeGeneres Hosts a Thing!
Welcome to the 2014 Academy Awards where, unlike the Golden Globes and the Grammys, nothing is made up and the points actually, technically matter!
Just kidding! It’s still a room full of rich people giving awards to other rich people. At least everyone is really well dressed! Plus this year we get a real live lesbian hosting! That’s right! Ellen DeGeneresis here to make squeeky clean jokes that…
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Will Have You For Brunch
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Will Have You For Brunch
Welcome to NSFW Sunday!
+ At Refinery29, naked lady and writer Stoya discusses rule 34, approaching neurotypical sex partners when you have Asperger’s, grooming and the semantics of “coming”:
“The origins of ‘cumming’ or ‘coming’ in a sexual context are murky. According to Mark Steven Morton’s The Lover’s Tongue, ‘come’ as a euphemism for orgasm has…
Sunday Funday’s Sippin’ a Politini at Disneyland with Mary Lambert
Sunday Funday’s Sippin’ a Politini at Disneyland with Mary Lambert
It’s Sunday Funday and today I don’t feel like doing anything, so let’s read stories about people doing things instead. Happy ones, too!
WATCH: Politini Goes Live on the GrioDanielle and Aisha Moodie-Mills, everyone’s favorite lesbian power couple, have made it to the big-time: they’ve got a new show on The Grio.
Married politicos Danielle and Aisha Moodie-Mills of the weekly politics and pop…
Five Ways to Make Your Old Computer Feel Like New
Five Ways to Make Your Old Computer Feel Like New
Money doesn’t grow on trees, amirite? Neither do computers. Because my backyard contains neither one of these magical, mythical, fictional trees, I am constantly maintaining my household technology to get the most out of it. Here are some things that I do that you might want to do too!
1. Upgrade Your Hardware If You CanGenerally there are two pieces of hardware that are…
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Pittsburgh
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Pittsburgh
Welcome to Saturday Morning Cartoons, a segment where four artists take turns delighting you with their whimsy, facts and punchlines on Saturday mornings! Our four esteemed cartoon critters are Cameron Glavin, Anna Bongiovanni, Megan Prazenica and Sarah Rosenblatt. Today’s cartoon is by Megan!
Glee Episode 509 Recap: Frenimies Forever!
Glee Episode 509 Recap: Frenimies Forever!
Welcome to the ninth recap of the fifth season of Glee, an American Western comedy series about the fictional “Bar None Dude Ranch,” staffed by the children of former astronauts who sport alternative lifestyle haircuts, are addicted to Diet Coke, and enjoy painting each other’s toenails with watercolors. The show includes singing, square dancing, smizing, sploshing, boyfriend jeans, patriarchal…
Hungry, Poor Queer People to Become Hungrier, Poorer after Food Stamp Cuts
Hungry, Poor Queer People to Become Hungrier, Poorer after Food Stamp Cuts
A new analysis by the Williams Institute indicates that in the U.S., LGBT people experience disproportionately high levels of food insecurityand participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (aka SNAP or food stamps). This data complements other recent studies showing that the queer community experiences disproportionate amounts of poverty, homelessness and discrimination, and…
Dattch: New Lady-Dating App That Could Change Everything Launches in US
Dattch: New Lady-Dating App That Could Change Everything Launches in US
I gotta be honest with you guys — it’s pretty hard out there for a single weirdo on the Internet. When it comes to online dating, a queer lady’s options are limited in terms of what works and what doesn’t. Autostraddle has written extensively about OKCupid’s triumphs and failures, and some of my fellow writers and I spent the last two weeks putting together an all-star post (coming soon!) about…
Here’s The Real Story of How Oscar Nominee Jared Leto Got Called Out for Transmisogyny At The Virtuosos Awards
Jared Leto made news and incited discussion in queer circles for his portrayal of Rayon, a trans woman, in Dallas Buyers Club when it came out months ago. Many found the fact of a cis man portraying a trans woman fundamentally offensive, even before Rayon’s less than empowered storyline was taken into account. Leto made the situation worse when his speech at the Golden Globescentered anatomy and…
The Comment Awards Want To Take Off Their Mittens
The Comment Awards Want To Take Off Their Mittens
Hello there, chicken wings! Does anyone living in a warm climate want to trade apartments for a month or forever?
Things are looking a little brighter on the Texas gay marriage front this week and Arizona also came back from the brink of an outrageously discriminatory law.
Now let’s talk numbers. We have 10 reasons Michelle Rodriguez and Cara Delevingne are the gayest couple ever, Nicki Minaj has…
Pretty Little Liars Episode 421 Recap: She’s Come Undone
Pretty Little Liars Episode 421 Recap: She’s Come Undone
Welcome back to a show about teenagers dealin’ with things way beyond the scope of what’s normal. Let’s all watch as they skip-hop along down a deep dark path.
We begin with Aria telling the Liars every detail about Ezra and the ski lift episode. The Liars are more into finding out who A is or if Ezra knows A or what the hell is going on, which, well, can you blame them?
Read A F*cking Book: 5 Truths About Sex Work I Learned from “Playing The Whore”
Read A F*cking Book: 5 Truths About Sex Work I Learned from “Playing The Whore”
For too long, groups on all sides of the sex work debates have excluded the opinions and voices of sex workers themselves – so Melissa Gira Grant has come forward with her own perspective in Playing the Whore: The Work of Sex Work. In the new Jacobin Series paperback, Grant breaks down the discourse around sex work and smashes our notion of what the sex work industry looks like, reframing the…