Results for: be the change
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Christmas at the Coterie: “Good Trouble” Celebrates the Holigays with Stef and Lena
While the return of Stef and Lena Adams Foster to our TV screens was always going to be a cause for celebration around here, their presence — and the presence of six (!!) other LGBT characters — on Good Trouble’s two hour holiday special seemed particularly poignant in the wake of Hallmark’s bigotry.
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I’m Not a Fabulous Queer
Being invisible is in some ways a privilege. QTPOC who are visible are subject to scrutiny at best and violence at worst. I don’t want to talk about visibility. I’m still ashamed of the lonely, aching part of me that longs for recognition.
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NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Ducking Loves It
Why does autocorrect think you want to sext about ducks? Is Peloton porn about to take off? How do you tell a partner you don’t like their style?
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Ferguson and Community Trauma: Defining Peace For Ourselves
We see violence not only in the crimson of blood spilled far too many times but also in the varying shades of brown on the skins of people of color. To be a person of color in the United States, and in the global narrative, is to be the shadow of violence.
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S L I C K: A Date To Remember
I watched the way Dee moved as she went to the bar for our drinks: the confident swagger was there but I also noticed a slight hesitation as she placed down my wine glass. When she came back with our second round of drinks, I reached into her lap and cupped my hand over the shaft of her strap-on.
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You Need Help: A Non-Binary Woman Working Through the Gender Feels
“Sometimes, when we allow ourselves to open a door, to open a possibility, the weight of that possibility and that choice is damn heavy – and overwhelming.”
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9 90s TV Lady Crushes Who Changed My Life for the Gayer
Let’s take a Skip-It down memory lane and explore my 9 most influential telecrushes from the 90s.
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Anatomy Of A Mango: Seed
Because of the positive affirmation I received during sex, I began to believe it was all I was good for. When people wanted me, I assumed it was my job to provide joy for other people. I gave myself to a lot of people in that way. I had to remember that I had a right to pleasure as well.
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NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Responsive and Spontaneous
What it means to have a sex drive, why the widespread idea of how the vibrator was invented is rooted in patriarchy (also, wrong), the story of LA’s trans-inclusive strip club night and more.
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“Riverdale” Episode 403 Recap: The First Rule of Riverdale Is Don’t Talk About Logic on Riverdale
The show has all the subtlety of a freak show. It’s horror-camp. It’s musical theater. And I absolutely mean all of those things as compliments.
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When Walking It Off Stops Working
This was the way we found power over pain: Move.
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One Day at a Time Showrunner Gloria Calderón Kellett on Season 4’s Pause, Elena and Syd, and Reopening Hollywood
“Watching season four episodes — the feeling of normalcy, of connection, of being able to laugh. I’m so grateful to be with our fans and live-tweet. It’s almost like Tuesdays are the only time I know what day of the week it is! I put lipstick. I feel like a real person, just to sit in the before for just a second.”
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Jillian Mercado Is Queer: Model, Activist and Gen Q Actress Comes Out on Instagram
“Being a woman, having a disability, being Dominican, and finally I can add to that magical layer being queer.” — Welcome to the Magic Club, Jillian!
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A Tale of Two Mommies (Or Who Wore the Maternity Pants?)
“She would have loved to carry our child. Would have met the body changes with joy. That she was physically barred from being pregnant did not make the situation easier. She hid it well. But now I understood why she looked forward to the birth with such clear-eyed intensity.”
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There’s No Right (or Wrong) Way to Go Home for the Holidays
No matter what happens, this is a firm truth: You deserve to be seen, affirmed, and loved for exactly who you are.
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Boobs on Your Tube: That “Vagrant Queen” Slow Burn Got Turned All the Way Up
Plus updates on Betty, Burden of Truth, The Baker and the Beauty, In the Dark, and Siren.
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Coming Together, Staying Apart: What Taking Care and Taking Action Look Like on HIV/AIDS and COVID-19
Talking to survivors and caretakers of the HIV/AIDS epidemic about what we can learn from the past about our present.
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A New Year’s Tarot Spread: How Far You’ve Come, What Lies Ahead
Rather than seeing the cards in this simple spread as predictive, by leaving them open to interpretation and revisiting them throughout the year, we create space for these ideas to expand and build upon each other, allowing for growth, new perspectives, and the shifts that 2020 may bring.
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Be The Change: How to Make a Mind Map for Activism
This mind map exercise will help activists create achievable goals to avoid burnout.
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Is the Resurgence of Feminist Bookstores in the South a Moment or a Movement?
Visit five feminist bookstores across the south east that are creating community building and political organizing space as well as curating feminist literature written by authors from different backgrounds holding often marginalized identities.