first person 24 Incredible Personal Essays We Published This Year We told so many amazing stories this year, we really gave Storytelling Time in kindergarten a run for its money. Riese — Dec 25, 2013
music Top Ten Questions for Beyoncé re: “Beyoncé” Question: Tell me what you think about, B? You buy your own diamonds and you buy your own rings? Lauren — Dec 14, 2013
christmas Holigays 2013 Gift Guide: 25 Sweaters With Cats On Them This is a list of 25 sweaters with cats on them. Not to be confused with cats in sweaters. Lizz — Dec 4, 2013
movie lists Top Ten Movies That Would Have Been Better If They Were Gay What if everyone really was gay? Movies would be so much better, that’s what. Dannielle — Dec 3, 2013
first person Fat-Booty Butch Wears Leggings — Confuses World, Confronts Self “Form-fitting feels different than tailored and my form is something I’m super protective of — so why the fuck did I decide to wear leggings today?” gabby — Dec 2, 2013
celebrities (vapid fluff) Top 15 Mostly Queer Most Critterish Humans Of All Time A critter is someone who does things that normal people do in a way cuter than the average person. Riese — Nov 25, 2013
lgbt history 18 Keen Insights On Lesbian Sexual Activity From 1966’s “The Lesbian Handbook” “It is true that sapphism is also to be met with in quite young girls, but only if they live in houses of prostitution or in girls’ colleges.” Riese — Nov 24, 2013
politics + activism American LGBT Workers of Color Are Part of a Broken Bargain For queer women of color, intersectionality isn’t just a “concept” or a “framework” for theorists to use for mind exercise — it’s a lived experience. Carmen — Nov 21, 2013
music 25 Explanations For Why Kanye’s “Bound 2” Video Is What It Is Yeezus Christ. the team — Nov 19, 2013
first person I’m Not Broke As F*ck Anymore, Does This Mean I Made It “It’s like you’re so good at your weird, low-cost lifestyle, but you know nothing about the real world.” Carmen — Nov 15, 2013
lgbt history 16 “Hard-Core Facts” About Lesbians From 1963’s “A New Look At The Lesbian” Conversations among their own group consist of sexual gossip, certainly in excess of what we might have designated as “good taste.” Riese — Nov 14, 2013
lgbt history Masters of Homosex: 9 Vintage Books That Lied About Lesbians Are you the college girl, the office girl, the career gal, the prostitute, the matron, the man-hater, the bohemian, the frigid wife, the dull dyke or the unsuccessful heterosexual? Riese — Nov 5, 2013