Double Standards

Why is it that people who are appalled by Beyonce’s Super Bowl halftime show have no problem with guys running around in skintight pants that leave nothing to the imagination? To be sure, football pants are functional as well as being form fitting, but still, it’s not like people don’t notice that the tight end […]

archiemcphee: May the force be with you little guy. Remember when we said the world needs more art featuring guinea pigs? Thanks to Neatorama, we found some more: Lesley DeSantis is an artist based in Burlington, MA who has an adorably awesome Etsy shop called… wait for it… When Guinea Pigs Fly where she celebrates cuteness by creating art […]

Stream of consciousness

By the time I finish this amicus brief research, I really am not going to want to think about DOMA and Prop 8 ever again. It’ll be worth it if it helps sway the mind of a Supreme Court justice though. Speaking of which, I have a hard time wrapping my head around the idea […]

We the People, that means you

The President of the United States mentioned Stonewall in his inaugural address. Let that sink in for a minute. Ronald Reagan did nothing about HIV until 1987 because it was seen as a “gay disease” and well, who cares if they’re dying. In thirty years we’ve gone from a president refusing to mention a deadly disease […]