phoenix

dear catastrophe waitress

food service

money + work

Weird Shit People Ask Me at This Dumb Restaurant Job

Ha ha! I’m quitting my job next month! Hahahahahaha!

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Nov 24, 2011

Daily Fix

documentaries

movie reviews

SIGNIFIED Continues the Conversation on Queer Spaces

“Man, we gotta stop bitchin’ about this and start BITCHIN’ about this!”

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Nov 18, 2011

documentaries

queer visibility

movie news & trailers

SIGNIFIED: Coming to a (Small, Community-Oriented) Theater Near You!

Katrina’s Team Pick: Something cool, but even cooler if you’re in Washington, DC.

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Nov 8, 2011

occupywallstreet

personal essay

politics + activism

Keeping It Real: Authentic Diversification in Occupy Wall Street

“What exactly does ‘success’ mean for OWS? It could mean giving power to conversations and movements that activists, organizers and thinkers have been having for years.”

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Oct 21, 2011

autostraddle kits

personal essay

travel

Girl on the Run: The Kit

This Megabus is leaving at 9:30am whether you’re on it or not!

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Oct 18, 2011

Lesbian Musicians & Queer Female Artists

team pick

music

Tegan & Sara Boxed a Set: 3 Films + 1 Live Record x Our Hearts = “Get Along”

This trailer will make your day and I like that because I want you to have all of the feelings about Tegan and Sara. Even the cheesy ones.

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Oct 13, 2011

college

documentaries

school

You Need to Watch “Default: The Student Debt Documentary”

Katrina’s Team Pick: “The conversation about student debt is a conversation that everyone who’s in school should be having.”

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Oct 10, 2011

Daily Fix

education

politics + activism

Educar, No Lucrar: Students In Chile Demanding Change

”We do not want to improve the actual system; we want a profound change – to stop seeing education as a consumer good, to see education as a right where…

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Sep 29, 2011

team pick

web

geekery

Where the F*ck is this? Now You Know.

Katrina’s Team Pick: Finally get closure on the Windows XP desktop background circa 2004.

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Sep 9, 2011

album review

hip-hop

music

On Kanye West and ‘Watch the Throne’

Kanye West is seeking redemption — he’s just having a hard time wading through all the diamonds to get there.

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Aug 25, 2011

lesbian health

personal essay

health

How (Not) to Quit Smoking: What Will Occupy Your Lesbian Hands?

Lesbians and bisexual women are 2-3 times more likely to smoke cigarettes regularly than straight people, which might be one of the 46 reasons I’m finding it hard to quit.

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Aug 1, 2011

#firstworldproblems

personal essay

first person

Confessions of a Post-Teenage Runagay: The Future Freaks Me Out

“While this freedom isn’t quite as sweet and lush (nor is it as free as I imagined), I don’t mind paying for my independence. For, me it’s still worth it.”

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Jul 22, 2011