Results for: be the change
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Grrrls! Grrrls! Grrrls!: What I Learned From Riot
Riot showed us what revolution could look like. We had a new concept of what power could be. We could find it within ourselves and in each other — and we didn’t have to ask.
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“United in Anger” Shares History of ACT UP Through Original Footage
“The birth and life of the AIDS activist movement from the perspective of the people in the trenches.”
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Glee 320 Recap: Props Are Wicked Lame
This week’s episode of Glee was all about props! Not like congratulations, but actual physical stuff. Like fake knives and emotionally vulnerable back-up singers.
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28 Books About Gay Geography That’ll Take You On Journeys Through Time and Place
If you like lesbian history as much as I do, then you’ll love all these books about queer life in various towns, states, cities and countries. Your input is welcome!
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Study Supporting “Ex-Gay” Claims Finally Retracted to Much Rejoicing
“For all this concern about how I damage people, where is the damage?… don’t you think there’d be a busload of people who are damaged?” Yes.
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Get Baked: Fava Bean Falafel
Falafel is for lovers.
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Also. Also. Also: Additional Stories Relevant To Your Interests, Like This New Gay Sitcom
What we missed this week: topics include Ryan Murphy’s new show about gay white men, Girls, Downton Abbey, transgender anti-discrimination bills, Quidditch and so much more!
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Queer Girl City Guide: Chapel Hill, North Carolina
“Carolina girls are the best in the world.”
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Dinosaur News! Were Your Favorite Prehistoric Beasts Actually Aquatic?
Lizz’s Team Pick: What if dinosaurs all lived in the water? WHAT IF?!
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2012 Autostraddle Hot 100: Vote For the Hottest Queer Ladies In The Galaxy
This year, like every year, we’re doing things a little differently. So ladies, hop on in and vote for who you think are the hottest queer women in the entire world!
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Six Ways that 1950s Butches and Femmes F*cked with Society, Were Badass
“Butches & Femmes paved the way for tons of fantastic lesbians, radical queers, revolutionary feminists, and really awful (and awesome) hairstyles that came after them.”
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You Need Help: You Just Graduated From College and Everything Is Awful
Moving back in with your parents after college because you’re unemployed can feel like the end of the world, but is probably not actually the end of the world.
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The Lesbian Herstory Archives: A Constant Affirmation That You Exist
“I wish that people thought of it as a place to come on a Saturday afternoon, because it is important and it’s special. It’s not just about the things. It’s about having this home.”
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Tomorrow ACT UP! And OWS Join Forces, Ask Lawmakers to Give Wall Street the FiST
By which they mean a Financial Speculation Tax (Fi.S.T.)
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Autostraddle Calendar Girls 2013: Mollie is Miss June
Mollie is a voice for Marriage Equality, she’s starting a nonprofit to promote positive visibility of the LGBT community and she has an interesting tattoo. Oh, yeah, and she’s pretty smokin’ too.
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A-Camp Recap #1: Movin’ On Up (The Mountain)
In which we recap the days leading up to A-Camp and the first day of A-Camp, which was a bit of a saga.
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Black Lesbian Movie Earns Sundance Acclaim. Will “Pariah” Change the World?
“Pariah: The Movie” is a hit at Sundance. It’s written/directed by queer women of color and it’s about queer women of color and THIS IS F*CKING AWESOME YOU GALS
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“Gay Propaganda” Law Passes in St. Petersburg, Is Completely Terrible
“No legal experts seem able to explain how this law would be applied in practice… The language of the law is so vague that it could apply to any kind of public discourse, any discussion of gay issues, in almost any venue.”
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5 Good and 5 Terrible Book-to-Film Adaptations
The trailer for “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” debuted yesterday, and thinking about it made me think about all the other times a film put my love on the line — what are your favorite (and least favorite) adaptations?
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Real L Word 304 Recap: Scissor Sisters Meet Tongue Twisters
This week on “The Real L Word,” various lesbians sat at tables and talked to each other!