Let’s take a few minutes to talk about something unpleasant: Breaking up with your girlfriend. Especially around the holidays, break-ups can send you into the deepest, darkest pits of your soul, holding your happiness captive. Sometimes break-ups are messy, and people get hurt. You invest so much of your time,…
For as long as I can remember, I’ve preferred my own company over the company of others. Some of it is anxiety, I’m sure. Some is probably insecurity. But so much more of it is simply because I’m an introvert. I spent a lot of my childhood trying to fix…
It should go without saying, but… This post is gonna have some spoilers in it. Just getting that out of the way ahead of time. The past few years have been a miracle in terms of queer representation on TV. More and more shows are starting to include (or at…
Let’s face it: We’ve all had a crush on a straight girl at some point in our life. Sure, sometimes we convince ourselves that she’s not really straight, or that we’ll be the exception, or any number of things we tell ourselves so we feel just a little bit better.…
Rebecca Black, who shot to fame in 2011 after her original song “Friday” went massively viral, has come out as queer. While appearing on podcast Dating Straight, the influencer and singer, told hosts Jack Dodge and Amy Ordman of the split and insisted she previously made a conscious decision not…
In a recent interview, Kristen Stewart talks about how she was previously warned to hide her sexuality to further her career, being told: “If you just, like, do yourself a favour and don’t go out holding your girlfriend’s hand in public, you might get a Marvel movie.” In a new interview…
She and her wife, Del Martin, were activists and mentors before there was a movement or community, said a longtime friend Pioneering lesbian activist and civil rights giant Phyllis Lyon died Thursday, officials said. She was 95. Lyon, who was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, moved to San Francisco. There, she…
The co-stars of Céline Sciamma’s sumptuous period romance discuss the intimate – and political – nature of the film. Noémie Merlant & Adèle Haenel are interviewed for their movie Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Portrait de la jeune fille en feu) which is written and directed by Céline Sciamma.…
Batwoman may have just arrived here in the UK but the future of season 2 looks uncertain. It’s safe to say that the TV series Batwoman has not had the easiest starts in its short lifespan to date. Now fresh doubt seems to be creeping into the show’s fanbase as many are now…
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True story; You meet a girl, befriend her, grow close to her over a period of time, become best friends and one day realize you’re perfect for each other. In a way, it makes sense: she listens to your pointless rants and remembers your birthday, and you obviously enjoy hanging…
My girlfriend leaves her phone hanging around all the time. Every time I see it when she’s out of the room, I know, instinctively: her whole life is in that little black box. And yes, I do get suspicious. We all do, right?! We want to keep tabs on our…
I want to take a few minutes to talk about something that’s deeply personal to me, and to many other women (and men) across the world. It’s estimated that one in four women will be victims of sexual assault at some point in their lives, but most cases don’t even…
Have you ever wished you could see a remake of one of your favorite movies, but without the heteronormative relationships thrown in? Me, too, trust me. That’s why I’ve decided to make this list of 33 movies that really, really need a lesbian remake already. Who’s going to make these…
Aquarius: Rachel Maddow The highly-cerebral Aquarius needs someone who is educated and opinionated. You enjoy having a good conversation and debating your beliefs, and you need a partner who knows how to turn on your brain before anything else. Thankfully, Rachel Maddow is a smart and savvy political commentator who…
Getting ready to enter a long-distance relationship? Make sure you’re remembering these 17 tips first. 1. See it as an opportunity. Truly, there isn’t much that challenges a relationship quite as much as going long-distance. If you look at this challenge as a test of your love, it might even…
It might be 100 years since the first British women won the right to vote – even if only women aged over 30 who owned property could vote in 1918 – but the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements serve as a reminder of how much further there is to go…
When trying to turn on the woman you love, sometimes a simple look can hold all the answers. For many women, the idea of arousing their partner can be difficult to manage. Sometimes, she’s stressed out and really not feeling the idea of intimacy. Sure, you love each other –…
Are you using the wrong pick-up lines to get a date? With the increase in online dating, it’s no wonder that women are getting easier to find. However, just because they’re easier to find doesn’t mean that they’re easier to date – and in fact, their options have opened up…
Stop wasting your time looking for love – you won’t find it that way. Some time ago, I found myself pining for some female attention. I didn’t really care where the attention came from, really; I was just recovering from a long relationship (four years together, seven years involved) and…
Is it easier to come out via social media, or is it just more instant? What a time to be alive – social media makes it possible for us to express our thoughts simultaneously to all of our friends and family, as long as they’re on our social media accounts.…
We’ve all been there – that one person you don’t want to give up on. We need to realize that this is probably not the healthiest approach to our love lives. Every now and then in every woman’s life, there’s going to be one (or more) partner that you just…
Fetishes and fantasies are sort of an unspoken thing among people. Surely, there are as many fetishes as there are people – and they cover a wide variety of topics. Usually, in order to be considered a “fetish”, it must involve sexual gratification linked to a particular item of clothing,…
In this day and age, it’s common to meet someone who hasn’t been entirely truthful with you. That’s not necessarily to say that they can’t be trusted; sometimes it’s hard to share the intimate details of your life with someone you barely know. However, over time, your partner should be…
There’s a myth that we, as lesbians, automatically know what our sexual partners want – but it’s exactly that, a MYTH! Sometimes when we’re with someone for awhile, we tend to think that we can predict what they’ll like in the bedroom. This is sometimes true, for partners who have…
Before delving into the specifics of this article, let me make a quick disclaimer. I do not consider myself to fall under the label of a “femme”, although I do often present myself as feminine when I am out in public (especially if under the request of my partner). For…
Is it a flaw in our society that we find our dates on the internet these days? In the last few years, the prevalence of online dating has increased dramatically, with an average of 10% meeting their current partner on the internet in 2015 alone. These amounts vary greatly depending…
When you go through a break-up, it can be an intense process filled with a bunch of emotions. There’s undoubtedly going to be a bit of hurt from whoever was dumped. At least one of the partners could still be emotionally attached to their ex, whether consciously or subconsciously, and…
Some time ago, I was dating a girl who I thought was perfect for me. We had been friends for most of our lives, and I found myself incredibly attracted to her. I knew all about her troubled past, but I was willing to look past it because I also…
When it comes to lesbians, there are typically two main categories that we’re broken into: That would be, studs and femmes. However, many lesbians choose to stay somewhere in the middle area – I like to call that stem territory. (Stem = stud + femme, for those who weren’t aware.)…