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Hi there, cats and kittens! I’ve been earnestly listening to a lot of Brandi Carlisle lately, which may mean my lesbianism has leveled up.

This week, Riese continued to bring us the queer lady history that we wish we’d learned in school — this time with couples!

Relevant to your interests: we started off the week with an Masculine of Center Roundtable from the team.

You probably don’t have enough pins.

This is smart and hopeful and I can’t remember the last time an album review made me cry: Well Damn, Kesha’s “Rainbow” Is a Complicated Reclamation of Pride and Strength.

Because she read the room, Laura’s here with some beer and wine popsicles to keep our summers going.

I will take all of these joggers in the curvy sizes, please. Thanks, Nora!

Hot. Damn.

And then there were your comments!

On Also.Also.Also: Queer Affection Still Makes Straights Uneasy; Maybe They Should Stare at the Eclipse Instead?

The Kitchen Sphinx Award to Lucia:

Dammit, I’ve got everything BUT the kitchen sphinx…

On “BUTCH”: Photographer Meg Allen On Her Kickass Documentation of an Evolving Community:

The Knockout Award to Chandra:

[Reposts photo, from article, of a butch person with a fade boxing in a blue gym] Scrape. Me. Off. the Floor.

On Pop Culture Fix: And No Lesbian Xena Reboot For You, Bye:

The RIP Rous Award to Rous Rose:

Riese: There is a new season of Top of the Lake. Me: Great, I really like that show. Riese: Nicole Kidman AKA the Mommi you weirdly but fervently crushed on after seeing her in The Golden Compass when you were, like, twelve, is starring in it. Me: Oh my goodness, this is fantastic! I can’t wait to watch it! Riese: AS A N E W L Y O U T F E M I N I S T L E S B I A N Me: *Deceased and buried*

On Well Damn, Kesha’s “Rainbow” Is a Complicated Reclamation of Pride and Strength:

The Avatar: The Last Profile Award to Danielle, Not a Robot, and Lex:

Danielle (whose icon is Godzilla): It also features a love song about Godzilla, so that’s relatable for me. But seriously, this is a lovely album that makes me feel like I’m good enough and that my bad past can fuck right off. / Not A Robot (whose icon is a Dalek: Profile picture checks out / Lex: Suddenly I need to know the opposite proverbial idiom of “the pot calling the kettle black

On Five Kinds of Jogger Pants for Any Occasion:

The My Brother’s Joggers’ Keeper Award to Isabelle:

are you saying it’s time for me to stop stealing my brother’s joggers or

On Masculine-of-Center Roundtable: How We Do It and What It Means To Us:

The Surface Tension Award to Shea:

Also: The “center

On 26 Triumphantly ’90s Lesbian Book Covers:

The Anti-Oppression Olympics Award to Chandra:

Bushfire

And on “American Horror Story: Cult” Centers On Michigan Lesbian Horrified by Donald Trump, A Little On the Nose There Ryan:

The Brokeback Boomerang Award to Carmen Phillips, Carmen SanDiego, and Nina:

CP: Dammit, Ryan Murphy!!! I keep quitting you, but you keep reeling me back in! / Carmen SanDiego: Ryan Murphy is my boomerang. / Nina: *Jack Twist voice* I wish I knew how to quit you {Ryan Murphy}

See a funny or amazing comment that needs to be here? E-mail me at queergirlblogs [at] gmail [dot] com! And thanks so much to the three peeps who helped me out this week! :-*