Results for: be the change
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50 Ways to Deal with the Aftereffects of Trauma
“The day begins when you say it does: I’m not talking about work. I’m talking about the soul.”
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The Pace of Queer Time
“I’ve been thinking recently that queer time for me is a self-declared snow day. A chance to stay in bed and explore ourselves unhindered by the outside world. A chance to exist, to play — free from the hetero pillars of career, marriage, and lineage.”
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Technology for Your New Year’s Resolutions
Are you making New Year’s Resolutions this year? Here’s some technology that can help with learning languages, getting organized and budgeting!
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Indie Journalists Revolt, Convince GLAAD To Bring Back Indie Journalist Award
In which GLAAD messes up and independent media strikes back so now other indie blogs will get a chance to get their hands on this very heavy trophy.
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How Did South Dakota Become a Living Nightmare for Transgender Kids?
“These lawmakers don’t say that they’re trying to address a problem that actually exists, but instead are supporting the bill in order to fight off transgender boogeymen that live only in their heads.”
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President Obama’s Last State of the Union Calls for Cooperation, but Not Compromise
In his last State of the Union ever, Obama reaches across the aisle but isn’t interested in backing down on any of what he’s worked for during his presidency.
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This Business of Art Fix #22: 100 Years Of Buzzfeed
The Most Innovative Companies of 2016, a deep look into the annals and corridors of Buzzfeed’s present and future, popular sites that are also ugly, millennial money, MTV News, The Independent’s digital-only future and like ten billion more important stories.
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FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Revival, Reduce, Reuse!
I turned 30! I climbed a waterfall! I got a chance to feed a miniature pony a carrot but then a turkey stole it and ran away! I met my dead grandmother! Get inside and help me!
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Conservatives Are Out of Control with Rampant Anti-Trans Legislation
There’s more anti-trans legislation this year like never before a new report says, what happened with Hillary and Bernie in Nevada, a Yelp employee was fired after penning an open letter to her CEO about her unlivable wages, anti-gay protestors showed up at the Arizona high school where two teen girls died in a murder-suicide, and more news!
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A Day of Visibility: Jen Richards Gets Deep and Personal About North Carolina
“I fire off a series of tweets to Governor Pat McCrory, as well as the North Carolina Values Coalition and some public supporters of the bill. The few replies I get make it clear that my arguments have zero impact. This issue will consume my consciousness for the following few days.”
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Countdown to Baby T. Rex: Embracing Queer Family and Adorable Dino Couture (35 Weeks)
I asked Waffle to curate a gallery of favorites from our very expansive dino-themed baby wardrobe. I didn’t have to ask twice.
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How Road Salt And Environmental Racism Caused A Crisis In Flint
How do we learn from this and prevent it from happening again?
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Georgia Goes to Town with Anti-Gay Bills, Blocks LGBT Public Accommodations Protections
Georgia really wants to protect religious leaders from having to perform same-sex marriages, a rundown of the New Hampshire primary, a transgender lesbian couple faced constant harassment and vandalism at their home so they installed cameras to stop the culprits, hackers leaked info about the biggest police union and more news!
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Sew You Want to Learn to Sew: All About Sewing Machines
Ready to start sewing? You’re gonna need one of these — let’s figure out what you should be looking for.
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Liquor In The Winter: The Abbey Longs for Springtime
Seasonal but hopeful for Spring? The Abbey is delightful and orange and has your back this February.
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Pop Culture Fix: Clea Duvall and Natasha Lyonne Play a Lesbian Couple Again and Other Stories
Clea Duvall debuts her film “The Intervention” at Sundance, also “The First Girl I Loved” is a Sundance debut relevant to your interests, also Ellen Page on being a gay actress and Gaycationing, also the Academy makes moves towards being less white and awful and also other stories too!
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Business of Art Fix #24: You Can Call It Gossipy, He Just Likes To Call It True
Topics include Instacart’s impending apocalypse, Gawker vs. Hulk Hogan vs. Misogyny, Kinfolk magazine, the re-boot of Tiger Beat, racism at Squarespace and more!
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Ding, Dong the Anti-Trans Bathroom Bills in Kansas and Rockwall, TX Are Dead
A city in Texas debates a bathroom ordinance similar to North Carolina’s HB2 and it dies without a votes but there’s no telling what’s gonna happen in the state’s legislature in 2017; the FDA launched a multi-million dollar campaign aimed at LGBT young adults to quit using tobacco; women feel sexiest in their mid-thirties a new study says and more news.
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The Comment Awards Goes to a Newtist Colony
We’ve got feelings about Carl Sagan, Donald Trump, Beyoncé and so much more.
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Long Live Zoë Quinn, The Nerd Hero We Deserve
“Over here, in our tiny corner of the internet, I want us to stand in solidarity with the witch who wouldn’t burn, the one who triumphed in her way over G-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. Long Live Zoë Quinn; best of luck as she levels up.”