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When I finally got up the courage to meet with him face-to-face, he mostly talked about how he was worried that I was a “secular humanist” who didn’t believe in God. After I assured him that I still believe in Jesus, he started talking to me about how God created marriage for one man and one woman and how some parents complained about me working with the youth, so if I wanted to keep serving in any ministry, he and I would have to have many more meetings before that could happen. He also said that he would have to talk to the church elders and parents before deciding if I was going to be allowed back. Going to church was suddenly less fulfilling and a whole lot more conditional.

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A seriously good read about being oneself living the fabulous awesome life one wants to live but struggling with the people one is surrounded by. 

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fuckyeahautostraddle: “You definitely see androgyny coming up over and over again but I think it’s something that’s recycled over and over again and we’re just in the period of that upward trend. But I think Marimacho’s not just part of a trend,...
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You definitely see androgyny coming up over and over again but I think it’s something that’s recycled over and over again and we’re just in the period of that upward trend. But I think Marimacho’s not just part of a trend, we’re part of a movement for queer visibility. For fashion that goes beyond gender and these polarities. Traditionally when you think of masculine fashion, not only do you think of men, but when you translate into queerness you think butch women. But all kinds of folks can dress in masculine attire or can play with menswear. I find that now we’re trying to push those boundaries — your dress doesn’t have to represent a very specific identity. It can become all identities and none. It can be all possibilities. That’s kind of where we’re headed with Marimacho; we’re unapologetically political. - Ivette González-Alé via Marimacho Showcases Under-the-Sea Styles for Grrls and Bois at NYFW

You should go check out this post because everything is beautiful, including Lizz’s hair.

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Movie Review: “Concussion” Knows Sex Is Never Enough

The first thing you should know about Concussion is that Robin Weigert has sex. A lot of sex. With a lot of women, no two of them alike.

Actually, maybe that’s all you need to know. But I’m mad at myself for saying so, because that really shouldn’t be true — the presence of a scene in which women have sex (or even just kiss, or maybe hold hands in an evolved way) shouldn’t still, in 2013, be a good enough reason to see a movie. And by suggesting that it is, I feel like I’m complicit in the fetishization of lesbian sex or the general objectification of women or some other -ation or -ism or -ickiness.

But, well, in the cinematic landscape, lady love scenes are still few and far between and as difficult to find as Heisenberg’s meth-money burial sites. That’s not my fault.

The good news is that Concussion itself doesn’t think the sex is “enough”: the film aims to prod all the regions of your brain, not just the pleasure centers. Despite being very, very, very (VERY) much “about” lesbian sex in particular, Concussion is also about human things in general. Some of the human things are interesting and some of them are irritating, but they all feel real, despite the occasional plot contrivance.

Beauty is truth and truth beauty and all that, but in Concussion, lesbian is human, and that’s really all you need to know.