femme on a mission

Hi! Who doesn’t love a Pretty Lady? (Click here to see more PLs!) Who: Margaret Cho Why she’s beautiful inside and out: Funny and fearless, Margaret has been a successful comedian, actress, recording artist, and all-around badass since the early nineties. She is openly bisexual, Wikipedia says that 15-20% of her body is tattooed, and […]

Hi everyone! I’ve been at my parents’ house for the month of June; I’m in that awkward phase post-graduation where I am ready to break free and start my own life and my parents are still clinging to the last strings of control. It hasn’t been an environment very conducive to writing a lesbian blog, […]

In the spirit of graduation and saying goodbye to many people I love, here is “One Art” by Elizabeth Bishop. This has long been one of my favorite poems; I memorized it in high school and used to write it over and over in my notebooks when I was bored in class. Though Bishop says […]

So it’s graduation weekend and I’m super busy entertaining the fam. Tonight I am going out to dinner with my immediate family and bringing my partner. Always an intimidating experience!

It’s a new PL! I’m sort of obsessed with burlesque/performed femininity right now so here is Dita, the queen of it all! Who: Dita von Teese Why she’s beautiful inside and out: Dita wields her femininity like a weapon. Though she is constantly an object of the male gaze, she is so hyper aware of […]

Happy Monday everyone! Here, read a poem about loving and accepting yourself. It’s by Mary Oliver. She’s a gay!  Read the poem after the jump!

Beyoncè’s new video is great, but I’m pretty sure girls don’t actually run the world, as I just talked about yesterday. I mean, Beyoncè does, but not girls in general. Maybe the song is supposed to be a sort of call to action rather than statement of fact? Anyway, it’s fun to watch. Video after […]

Hi everyone! How are you? Are you ready? Let’s talk feminism! It’s gotten a bad reputation over the years; I know growing up in my family it was certainly a dirty word. Mainstream media tells us that there is no need for feminism anymore, that the battle for gender equality has now been won, men […]

You guys, it’s a new PL! (For more pretty ladies, click here!) Who: Janelle Monae Why she’s beautiful inside and out: Janelle is an incredible singer, song-writer, and performer.  I dare you to watch this video and not dance! Also she bravely embraces androgyny, which immediately put her on my radar. Additionally, her skin literally […]

This poem is from my favorite book of poems ever, titled Yellow Rocket. The poet is Todd Boss, and he is a badass. This particular poem feels so relevant to the LGBT experience – how many of us have been told “Don’t come home”? (The numbers of LGBT homeless youth are scary.) If you prefer, […]

Hi everyone! I just wanted to let you know that I haven’t forgotten about you. I have been doing schoolwork for the past week; finals are kicking my butt. Trust me I would much rather be writing about lesbian things than my Religious Studies exam. In a perfect world, studying for exams would look like […]

These are ten things I feel confident in taking away from spending my life watching Mad Men at the expense of my blog and/or health and/or academic future. I know it is fiction but, as they say, art imitates life or vice versa or something. Either way it feels necessary to analyze what I did […]

Read the poem after the jump!

I’ll be back soon with a real post. Watch this video as many times as you need to tide you over!

It’s a new pretty lady! (Want more pretty ladies? Click here!) Who: Adele Why she’s beautiful inside and out: Adele and her incredibly soulful voice are dominating the charts with the release of her sophomore album, 21. Aside from her powerful vocal and lyrical ability (check out “Rolling in the Deep”), Adele is also to […]