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Gender-Queering Halloween

Gender-Queering Halloween

I’m into Halloween. Always have been. I love playing dress up; I love picking out a character to emulate; I love getting drunk in a wig. All good things.


When I was younger, I dressed up as boys a lot....

The Big Time-Sucking Black Hole of Internet Dating

The Big Time-Sucking Black Hole of Internet Dating

Sometimes I think the best part of OkCupid is rejecting people.

 

Let me clarify...I hate rejecting people face-to-face, and I hate rejecting people once I’ve gotten to know them at all. But the skeezy guy who sends me a gross or pointless message because he happens to see I’m online at 7:00pm on a Friday? I love how easy it is to shut that down.


Occasionally I get a message that’s actually crude or offensive. Much more often I get...

Invisible Triumphs: the Quieter Heroism of Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Invisible Triumphs: the Quieter Heroism of Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Invisible Triumphs: the Quieter Heroism of Buffy the Vampire Slayer

by Tess Adair

 

(Warning: if you haven’t seen Buffy the Vampire Slayer, you should. Also, this will pretty much spoil the episode Anne.)

 

During my recent craft day [link?], I decided to keep Buffy the Vampire Slayer running in the background. Even though I’ve seen it so many times I recite the lines under my breath before they tumble from the screen, it’s still my favorite show in the whole wide world.


And while I watched the third season opener, Anne, I remembered all the reasons why.