My favorite thing about this upcoming American holiday is when people who’d originally said they weren’t going to make [X Traditional Food Item] decide, at the eleventh hour, to 100% totally make that thing. It’s the giving in! The reckoning! Raw human honesty distilled into one beautiful cheese ball! It’s beautiful.
Stay hydrated out there and remember: it’s never too late to be honest with yourself about what you want and need!
Queer as in F*ck You
+ Support Abeni’s surgery fundraiser! Everyone who wants boobs should have boobs. That’s the future liberals want. Read Abeni’s work on Autostraddle right here!
+ I’m a Trans Teenager in Northern Ireland, Where Bigotry Is Taught in School.
+ EU Fails to Identify and Protect LGBTQ Asylum Seekers.
+ How Two Reverends Are Queering the Modern Day Church.
+ Turkish Capital Bans All LGBT Screenings, Exhibitions, and Events Over Public Sensitivities. Ban straight people.
+ Showtime’s ‘The L Word’ Revival Finds Its Showrunner.
+ Protest, Marriage Equality, and the Future of Activism.
+ Seven Trans Women Share the First Makeup Product They Wore.
Welcome to the Hellmouth
+ ‘Christian Values’ Leader Helped Cover Up Alleged Assault Committed by Closeted Anti-Gay Lawmaker. A doozy!
+ I Spent My 20s As an Obama Speechwriter. Here’s What He Taught Me About Growing Up. Related:
Doll Parts
+ NYT White House Correspondent Glenn Thrush’s History of Bad Judgment Around Young Women Journalists.
+ Woman Targeted By Sheriff For ‘Fuck Trump’ Decal Says Fuck That Guy, Too. Beautiful.
+ Nigerian Bobsled Women Qualify for Winter Olympics.
+ Why We Need to Talk About Violence Against Women When We Talk About Cervical Cancer Prevention.
+ Scandal Paved the Way for Imperfect Black Female Protagonists.
Keep Up
+ Jeffrey Tambor is Leaving Transparent.
Saw This, Thought of You
+ An Unabashed Appreciation of Smitten Kitchen. Yes.
+ How Culinary Propaganda from a Women’s Magazine Made Thanksgiving a Thing.
+ So You’ve Sexually Harassed Or Abused Someone: What Now?
+ The Motherboard Guide to Not Getting Hacked.
+ Airbnb Is Making Travel More Accessible.
And Finally
Meet Doug Jones, One Of The Biggest Movie Stars You’ve Probably Never Seen. Hi IT’S THIS DUDE:
