guest

grown-ups

parenthood

parenting & family

Baby Products I Never Needed: A Minimalist, Freeform Approach to Preparing for a New Baby

How I prepare my home and myself for the experience of birth and new parenthood, with as few products as possible.

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May 8, 2015

crime

Daily Fix

society + culture

Hate Crime Killing On Video: This Still Happens

Two white teenagers in Mississippi beat a black man, then drove over him in a pickup truck.

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Aug 11, 2011

anti-gays

christianity

society + culture

When Will Anti-Gay Conservative Christians Need Us More Than We Fear Them?

“Who will they demonize if not the gays?”

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Feb 21, 2011

cyberculture

Daily Fix

community

Remember That Time I Kissed a Girl on the Subway and Someone Took a Picture? LOL!

I kissed a girl and I liked it and way later, I showed up on a website called “People of Public Transport.”

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Nov 18, 2010

gay bullying

kate bornstein

book lists

10 LGBT Teen Novels that Tackle Teen Suicide & Bullying

A lot of us feel like books saved our life during our teen years; also, though, sometimes books can actually save your life! A list of ten YA novels that…

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Nov 2, 2010

curated

gaming

geekery

Top 5 Gaming Podcasts To Light Your Fire, Stoke Your Escapist Inclinations

The lovely, talented and possibly ambidextrous guest contributor, Danielle, gives us the low-down on the best gaming podcasts so we can all go into tiny escapist cocoons and ride out…

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Oct 2, 2010

Geekery

Nerd Culture

geekery

Guerilla Satire: Masked @BPGlobalPR Tells TED Geeks How to Change the World

The TedxOilSpill conference features a talk by notorious Twitter brand-hijacker, @BPGlobalPR, on the disaster in the Gulf. And how the little guy can piss people off in a big way…

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Jul 2, 2010

Audiostraddle

concert review

music

The Cold War Kids Sell Out Williamsburg Music Hall, Stef Mitchell Shoots.

Aussie photographer and writer Stef Mitchell brings us a review and photos of the Cold War Kids’ sold out concert at the Williamsburg Music Hall.

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Feb 9, 2010

Audiostraddle

interview

music

Tegan & Sara Answer Ten Questions About Love

Have you ever wondered what it takes to win the heart of a Quin? If you guessed “The Boss” or “financial security”, you’re half-way there. Read on to see what…

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Jan 15, 2010

cartoon recap

event

music

How the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival’s Topless Womyn Changed My Lesbian Life Forever

Lesbian Lindsay was a virgin to the The Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival but this year she gave it a shot and it changed her whole life! With recap cartoons provided…

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Aug 30, 2009

girl-on-world

personal essay

travel

Girl-on-Greece: The Incredibly True Adventures of a Gay History Nerd in Love with Mount Olympus

“I wanted to stay there forever and start from scratch. I wanted us to go back and live like these people did because it was just so much cooler. Everyone…

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Jul 19, 2009