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 […]
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Poem for a Monday Morning: Wild Geese
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!
Sorry, Beyoncè, but Girls don’t actually “Run the World”
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 […]
Putting the “femme” in feminist
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 […]
Pretty Lady: Janelle Monae
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 […]
Poem for a Monday Morning: “Don’t Come Home”
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 this is my life right now
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 […]
What I learned from watching 4 seasons of Mad Men in about as many days
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 […]
A video relevant to our interests
I’ll be back soon with a real post. Watch this video as many times as you need to tide you over!
Pretty Lady: Adele
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 […]
It Gets Better! Plus I won a thing!
A lovely blog called The Well-Read Wife recently ran a contest raising money for The Trevor Project. (If you’ve never heard of The Trevor Project, they are a foundation that provides a 24-hour suicide prevention hotline for LGBT youth.) The Well-Read Wife donated $200 to the project when her post reached one hundred comments, plus […]
Pretty Lady: La Roux
A new PL for today! (Catch up on all the others here.) Who: Elly Jackson, a.k.a La Roux Why she’s beautiful inside and out: La Roux is one half of a British recording duo that makes really fun dance songs, like “Bulletproof” and “I’m Not Your Toy.” One of her hits, called “Quicksand,” has some […]
Where are all the LGBT books?
The first love of my life was books. I was pretty young (three or four) when my older sister first started learning how to read, but I was fascinated by the way little symbols on a page could turn into sounds, then words, then ideas. I would gobble up her Hooked-on-Phonics readers, and those little […]
Pretty Lady: P!nk
Check out our newest PL! (See all the other Pretty Ladies here.) Who: P!nk Why she’s beautiful inside and out: P!nk is an international superstar who uses her voice and platform to support feminist causes. Check out the video for Stupid Girls if you haven’t seen it! More pictures after the jump!
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