Who’s got two thumbs and just bought a big-ass split-leaf philodendron for her living room??! THIS GAL. Hey on a related note, if you have tips for keeping a philodendron alive longer than a couple of weeks, please feel free to share. So far she seems to really like sitting next to the sofa and watching HGTV with me?
You Should Go or Do or Give
HELLO ARTISTS here’s an announcement just for you: MIDOMA Gallery in Midtown Manhattan is currently accepting submissions from LGBTQ artists in the New York area. Chosen artists will showcase their work September 17 to October 21st as the backdrop for a very important fundraiser “Upstate Meets Downstate — Take 2”, helping raise awareness and funds for The Q Center located in Syracuse, NY.
The Q Center is a safe space for LGBTQ youth ages 8-26, their parents and allies. They provide support groups, healthcare, housing help, GED support, college scholarships, food and crisis help.
This will be an open submission process and those interested should email at least three samples of their current work to Drea Saenz at andreasaenz529@gmail.com.
Go get ’em!
Queer as in F*ck You
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+ French Singer Songer Soko On Moving Past Your Wild Misconceptions
+ Radio Menea is the Queer Latina Feminist Podcast All Music Lovers Need.
+ I Need the Help of White LGBT People to Protect My Black Body.
+ Defying Doctrine, Methodists Elect Lesbian Bishop.
+ Pride in a Small Town: Emerging Signs of LGBT Equality.
+ Coeur de Pirate Talks About Coming Out as Queer.
+ 50 Questions Doctors Ask Instead of Just Asking If I’m Gay.
+ At Stonewall, Public Land Conservation Meets LGBT Liberation.
+ Celebs On What They Bought Online. In which:
Get your matching Gal Pal T-Shirt ASAP!
Doll Parts
+ What Mass Killers Really Have in Common.
+ Five Feminist History Reasons to Visit Cleveland — whether you’re protesting, attending, or working the Republican National Convention.
+ All-Woman Exhibition Explores Art as Activism.
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+ Free From the Haze of Nostalgia, the New Ghosbuters Soars.
+ In case you somehow missed this last week: Inside the World’s Chicest Cult. Be blessed.
Saw This, Thought of You
+ Meet the 18 Year-Old Black Lives Matter Protester Who Closed Oxford Street.
+ The Wellness Movement Has a Race Problem.
+ Goth at 40: The Enduring Appeal of Bleakness and Black Lipstick.
+ Who Was the Baby on Aaliyah’s “Are You That Somebody?”
+ Inside the Playlist Factory: The Unsung Heroes of the Music Streaming Boom.
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+ Why 30 is the Decade Friends Disappear — and What to do About It.
And Finally
“I bought a T-shirt that says Gal Pal on it”
Ya’ll this is the internet equivalent of the queer head nod. Samira Wiley is on the other side of the street acknowledging that we exist. She SEES us.
Last night I had a nightmare about someone forcing me to watch the last two episodes of Orange is the New Black Season 4 (which I really am refusing to watch)…. it’s so nice to see Samira Wiley’s beautiful smile and hear about her excellent taste instead!
I guess I should consider myself lucky I’ve never had that ridiculous Doctor issue. My doctor, who is male, asked me once of I was sexually active and then followed with “are your partners male or female?” Then he gave me a very competant rundown of what health issues were of particular concern for lesbians.
That sounds lovely. My doctor said “oh! great! …So, dildoes, huh?”
Wut
I DREAM of this kind of doctor!
I really hope Samira Wiley reads Vapid Fluff.
Come you know she’s a big fan of FOT and really cares deeply about us.
Come to think of it, she probably can’t wait for Mondays for the recipe list so she knows what cute meal to cook with her gf. If I had to guess this week she may surprise Lauren with a French Silk Pie or a Schichttorte.
i like your thinking
Also: EVERYBODY GO SEE GHOSTBUSTERS. Playing Holtzmann, Kate Mackinnon literally traveled back in time and became my root.
LMAO!!!! Best review of the movie yet.
(I AGREE! EVERYONE SEE GHOSTBUSTERS!! MCKINNON IS SUCH A HEART THROB!)
YES! GHOSTBUSTERS WAS AMAZING. <3
Samira!!! I can’t wait to see it pop up on her instagram.
“I Need the Help of White LGBT People to Protect My Black Body” is a good article–it makes good points, though I wish the author had been more concrete in terms of what she wants white LGBT to do in support–but, MY GOD, it has gotten some terrible toxic comments! So depressing.
Thank you for the warning on the comments – I was just about to read that article.
Can’t believe I hadn’t heard of the podcast Menea before! Thanks for introducing me
Wait, why does the t-shirt link in the post about Samira not go to the AS store?
But it does…
It does not, actually!
it’s not the store.autostraddle.com address, but it goes to the same store hosted on hellomerch.
Oh gotcha! I was worried there was a copycat out there :)
But, OMG SAMIRA HAS A GAL PAL SHIRT!!!
Does this mean we finally get the AS/ Samira interview that we have all been dreaming of?? I feel as if she keeps circling our orbit and gets closer and closer, but I’m still dreaming of her actual moon landing.
That said, I’ve always waffled back and forth about buying a gal pal shirt of my very own, but no more! Today is the day! Supporting my favorite website AND dressing like my favorite celebrity? All about that life.
I’m just going to pretend this means that Samira Wiley has given some of my comments thumbs ups before.
Yep. Truly.
Samira should get the scissoring shirt for her girlfriend
Is it possible to track whether sales go up as a result of Samira Wiley’s endorsement? Because I hope you are rolling in the dough right now.
Just a heads-up the pride in a small town link isn’t working.
fixed! thank you!
If you want less police violence, abolish the police.