team pick

homophobia

LGBT youth

community

Let’s Get This Queer Non-Profit to Warped Tour

Guess how many gay/queer non-profits exist at the Vans Warped Tour? None. This is how we change that.

Alex —

Jun 20, 2012

awkward black girl

issa rae

tv reviews

Awkward Black Girl is Back, Still Awkward

Did you see the second season premiere of “The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl”? Yes? Good for you. No? Get with it, bub.

Brittani —

Jun 20, 2012

alcohol

team pick

book features

Emily Dickinson At Last Call, and Other Delightful Drunk Texts

Rachel’s Team Pick: Drunk texts from Sappho!

Rachel —

Jun 19, 2012

team pick

the speakeasy

movie news & trailers

Dear White People Trailer Storms (Parts of) the Internet

Brittani’s Team Pick: “The amount of black friends required to not seem racist has now been raised to two.”

Brittani —

Jun 14, 2012

feminism

lesbian movies

movie news & trailers

Check Out Bitch Flick’s Open Call for LGBTQI Submissions!

Share your thoughts, feelings, and feminist critique of LGBTQI film and television with the internet today!

Jamie J. Hagen —

Jun 14, 2012

body image

team pick

visual art

Alexa Meade Turns Realism On Its Head

Laura’s Team Pick: This stuff takes that whole “life imitates art” thing to the next level.

Laura —

Jun 13, 2012

laura jane grace

team pick

music

Against Me! and Joan Jett Cover “Androgynous” In Queerest Moment Ever

Lemon’s Team Pick: I have so many feelings about these humans, this song, and these humans performing this song.

Lemon —

Jun 12, 2012

fiona apple

new music

music

Fiona Apple’s “The Idler Wheel…” Is Streaming on NPR, Probably You Should Listen

Rachel’s Team Pick: Preview Fiona Apple’s new album and swoon a little!

Rachel —

Jun 11, 2012

alison bechdel

team pick

book features

Alison Bechdel Talks In Speech Bubbles With The Rumpus

Rachel’s Team Pick: “You look a lot more friendly in person than you do in your comic.”

Rachel —

Jun 6, 2012

photography

team pick

visual art

“A Girl And Her Room” In Four Parts

“This project is about teenage girls and young women at a transitional time of their lives, alone in the privacy of their own personal space and surroundings: their bedroom, a…

Riese —

Jun 6, 2012

kanye west

team pick

music

“Life In The West” Lets You Sit On Kanye’s Throne, Is My Current Obsession

Carmen’s Team Pick: I wake up in the morning feeling like Kanye West. You should, too.

Carmen —

Jun 4, 2012

michelle obama

obama 4ever

politics + activism

VIDEO: Michelle Obama Questioned About Same-Sex Marriage, Answers Correctly

“For Barack and me, it really comes down to the values of fairness and equality that we want to pass down to our girls.”

Riese —

Jun 1, 2012