Obituary: Del Martin, lesbian hero, dies at 87 by Elizabeth Koke 08.27.08

This morning in San Francisco, a pioneering lesbian activist passed away. Del Martin, along with her partner of 55 years, Phyllis Lyon founded the Daughers of Bilitis in 1955, the first known lesbian organization in the United States. Del and Phyllis both worked on The Ladder,the very first nationally distributed lesbian publication, and were [...]

Keep Your Faith Away From Mine

If another politician claims that Jesus is their Savior, I’m going to scream. What exactly is Jesus going to save you from? Is he going to save you from that pesky red guy waiting to pitch you in the ass with his fork because you decided to keep soldiers in Iraq for another 100 years? [...]

Sera Femme Music Festival, 2008

The 4th annual 2008 festival
Sunday, August 17th, 2008 from 2pm - 8pm in the West Hollywood Park
located at 647 N. San Vicente Boulevard.

Amy Ray More Than Delivers on Didn’t It Feel Kinder

Amy Ray always inspires her listeners to reconsider outmoded ways of viewing or doing things. Before she sets out to turn your thinking on its end, she first sweats her own drops of blood over it all. In her songs, she lays out her own human struggles with the topics she brings to the table [...]

Piracy 101 or Hey Ladies! Here’s How To Shoot Yourself in the Foot! By Anna Romer. 08.02.08 Pics courtesy of POWERUP

If aliens were to land on this planet, they would gather from our films that women lose all value after the age of 25, and their sole purpose in life is to be fuckable. They do not get angry unless there is something chemically imbalanced in what little brain they have.

You and God… and Everyone Else

Imagine the personal prayer you made to your Godhead broadcast across the Internet. Just be glad you are not the most popular American presidential hopeful the world has ever known because everything you do will be scrutinized. Last week a yeshiva student quickly swiped Obama’s prayer right after he inserted it into the Western Wall. [...]