#AutoAri: Ask Questions, Get Answers with Ari Fitz While You Watch “The Real World”
The Real World: Ex-Plosion,set this time around in San Francisco and co-starring the housemates’…
Get Baked: Filipino Chicken Adobo And Leche Flan
Some days when it’s really cold out you just want to put on waffle scented perfume, nibble Oreos,…
“As a woman of color who does not fit into Western Eurocentric standards of what is conventionally attractive, every day I step out and love myself is an act of resistance.”
Cox was absolutely killing it, saying she doesn’t see herself as a “role model,” she prefers the term “possibility model”.
“In Sweden I used to be neighbors with the bass player from The Cardigans,” Bourbon told me. “I went through his paper trash once to see what kind of life he had. I’m ashamed to say I’m proud of that.”
… “People seem to be much more aware of the oppression they are facing than the privileges that they have,” she continued. “I did too. Still do, since it is a never-ending process. I was, for example, seriously not fully aware of my white privilege until some years ago. I thought that being a poor chubby queer/lesbian child of (white) immigrants made me so aware… I’ve acted so badly in so many ways when I have thought that I was being super aware, fair and correct. And I have to take responsibility for that! We all do. We have to take fucking responsibility for our actions. That is the only start that we can have to make a change. In us. In our lives. Really. I fucked up. Several times. And I have to admit to it. How else can I learn and evolve? And it wasn’t until I started taking a good look at my own internalized racism that I somehow understood how ‘all those nice guys’ that I knew so often stepped into the sexism puddle. They just couldn’t see it*… My current strategy is to be patient and tell people where they can educate themselves. And if I feel strong and safe enough I am more than happy to share the knowledge that I have, trying my best not to sound like an arrogant ass.”
Almost Famous: Melissa Laveaux
Melissa Laveaux
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Anonymous Sex Toy Review: Rabbit Habit
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Mend A Thing: Button, Sock and Zipper Fixes
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Last week, I started sewing on elbow patchesto my worn out…
Homespun Love: Burn Some Beautiful Spoons
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Star Trek N00b, Episode 5: The Naked Time (It’s Really Called That)
Honestly, I couldn’t have asked for a better title or description. The instant that I saw this…
Flawless Trans Women Carmen Carrera and Laverne Cox Respond Flawlessly To Katie Couric’s Invasive Questions
On Monday, transgender model Carmen Carrera and Orange is the New Black actress Laverne Coxmade a…
It’s not just about the fact that she falls in love with another girl, but what Utena Tenjou does for those of us who never played by society’s gender rules.
“Revolutionary Girl Utena is pretty essential viewing for the feminist, queer media consumer who wants to learn more about the anime genre. It is the sort of show that will keep you thinking about it for days after you finish it, both because it so often defies explanation, and because what you do understand resonates so clearly with the queer girl experience.”
Liking girls and gender-nonconforming people didn’t explain my unending fascinations with grammar and Guatemala or illuminate my talents in taking warning signs literally, tripping over my limbs on a daily basis, and flailing fantastically in social situations.
"Difference isn’t a deficit."
New Comic Series You’ll Love: Autostraddle’s Own Intern Grace Made “Lumberjanes”
In a very Beyonce-like move, our very own Intern Grace (Grace Ellis) announced that she has been…
‘Saturday Night Live’ Finally Hires A Black Woman, Say Hello To Sasheer Zamata
Following months of dismay about the absence of a black women on Saturday Night Liveand rumors…
