Results for: be the change
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“Black Lightning” Episode 109 Recap: Don’t Dim Your Own Bright Light
Thunder’s theme song isn’t about her. It’s about us. It’s about a community of black women, about our magic. It’s about the lives we have lost. Our pain.
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Begging to Be Sterilized
“It seemed at the time to be exactly what life was about, and only just barely staying alive, curling up in corners of lonely, unclean rooms in shaking fits of sadness too raw to keep inside my head, screaming into my bent knees.”
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What It Means To Call Ourselves Non-Binary: An Autostraddle Roundtable
Non-binary does not mean the same thing to a single one of us. We’re all super nervous to talk about it in public, though!
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13 Ways to Be a Good Woman, According to the Bible
“I derailed Bible study tonight and Pastor Daniel ended up delivering a lecture about the danger of Britney Spears; specifically, Crossroads. He said she’s scandalous.”
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Also.Also.Also: Lilith Fair Is 20, Amelia Earhart Maybe Survived and Other Stories You Need
Climate change in Louisiana, one transgender child on growing up, Juno and Jupiter, straight people cannot be helped, Amelia Earhart again, Lilith Fair, Kesha, a special pause for that fucking Boston Globe trash fire, and so much more!
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“Black Lightning” Episode 112 Recap: A Bullet-Proof Black Lesbian On TV Is Oh So Sweet!
I’ll cut the mushy feelings for now and save the rest for next week — when we will come back together for the BLACK LIGHTNING SEASON FINALE!!!!
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Sasha Wall Is the 8th Trans Woman Murdered in the US in 2018
The 29-year-old Black trans woman was shot and killed in South Carolina.
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Want to Organize a Protest? Here Are 9 Things You Need to Know
We’re going to need to use our bodies and our voices as weapons against the Trump administration. We’re going to need to be brave.
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Lesbian and Bisexual Superhero Cheat Sheet: How to Get Caught Up on CW DC TV Before Batwoman Arrives
Alex and Sara and Anissa and Nyssa and Betty McRae, oh my!
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Spring/Summer 2018 TV Preview: All the Lesbian and Bisexual and Trans Women TV Characters Your Heart Requires
It’s gonna be cool for the summer with all these TV shows featuring lesbian, bisexual and queer female characters.
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The Good China
“We rarely left the bedroom and when we did, we quickly returned. We called in to work and on one occasion we both no showed. It was heavenly, but as the old adage says all good things must come to an end.”
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100 of My Favorite Poets For Your Survival Pack
In an unsafe world, we have to make our own survival packs. Carry the words of these 100 fierce poets in yours.
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Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be (Lesbian) Cowboys
“I wanted her to smile at me that way. I wanted her to say my name. This turned out to be easy.”
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I Love “Black Panther” with All My Heart, and I Deserve to See My Queer Self in It Too
The very premise of Wakanda is based on imagining new black realities. Creating new legends, tales of heroics that aren’t predicated on whiteness. Stories of community and strength. Liberation and stardust.
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Sunday Funday Is Trolling Mike Pence And Kissing Girls At Midnight
Mike Pence got a gay welcome from his neighbors, lesbian couple wins against bakery homophobes, trans military ban goes bye-bye, why we kiss at midnight on NYE, PA and AZ voters are pro-LGBTQ, and some self care tips for the new year. Smooches!
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Every Lesbian, Bisexual, Queer And/Or Trans Woman Running for US Office in 2018
There’s rainbow wave of LGBQ candidates running for office. All of them are dissatisfied with Trump’s status quo, have strong convictions, and to make the world a better place. Here are their stories.
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Some Answers to Some Things You’ve Been Asking Us #19
“I’m going to make a shirt that says Rachel Is Right or maybe Listen to Rachel.”
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FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: The Stories We Tell Ourselves To Live
What stories do you tell yourselves in order to do what needs to be done?
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Not Just Murder Victims: A Plea on Trans Day of Visibility
“If we are going to mourn our lost trans siblings, family and community members publicly, we need to do right by our community and contextualize their deaths with accuracy and intention.”
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Shall We Talk About This Extremely Gay Scene From “Shall We Dance” (2004)?
I was just a closeted teen lesbian, wishing on every star in the galaxy that I could one day waltz with Jennifer Lopez!