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Taste the Rainbow

May 28, 2011

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Taste the Rainbow


By Viola

So, sweet heterosexual stranger, remember that time when you started noticing the opposite sex, and one day you were taken aback by the tingly feeling in your pants?

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Pissing on the Oyster

March 19, 2011

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Pissing on the Oyster

By Viola
There are certain pillars of the kink/BDSM/fetish/leather communities that have been pushing the following message:

“Queer organizers realized that if someone knew a gay or lesbian person, they were less likely to discriminate against them. The problem was that most people didn’t know an openly gay person.

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Okay, Cupid!(and other horny people on the internet)

February 2, 2011

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Okay, Cupid!(and other horny people on the internet)

By Viola

I am on OkCupid. While I don’t specify that I’m poly, I list myself as “available” instead of “single” and made a point to answer all of the kink-related questions so that the little picture of the dominatrixesque butt shows up on my profile to act as a filter. I specify “no men, no couples.”

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Year of the Queer: Glee, Dan Savage, Jane Lynch, and Newsweek

December 28, 2010

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Year of the Queer:  Glee, Dan Savage, Jane Lynch, and Newsweek

By Viola

He created the ‘It Gets Better’ video campaign. She stars in ‘Glee,’ the gayest show in the history of network TV. So we thought: who better to ask about the gay lay of the land?

–Newsweek

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Wet

October 7, 2010

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Wet

By Viola

When I was in college and stuck in the middle of writing a paper, I would take a shower. I liked showering in the elegant bathrooms in the dorms – the stalls themselves were beautiful, white and gray marble that echoed the splattering of water, the black and white basket-weave tile carefully preserved on the floor. Each shower-head had a plastic card hanging from it with instructions on how to perform a breast self-exam.

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Deviant: A Reflection

September 6, 2010

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Deviant: A Reflection

by Viola

I find that the gym is a great place to think.

Perhaps it’s because I’m competitive – if I can’t run faster or longer than the sweaty guy two treadmills away, I could be more productive listening to podcasts, which were either recorded graduate-level critical theory lectures, or Dan Savage. That’s right, marathon runner, I’m just as awesome.

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Independently Owned and Operated

July 18, 2010

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Independently Owned and Operated

by Viola

A few days ago, my partner and I went to Provincetown, Massachusetts for a day trip. For those who aren’t familiar with the queer fabulousness that is P-town, it’s a picturesque Cape Cod resort destination that caters to the LGBTQ crowd. When you walk down the main street, it looks like it’s Pride weekend, but it’s not – just rainbow-tastic.

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My Freak Flag is at the Dry Cleaners

July 15, 2010

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My Freak Flag is at the Dry Cleaners

by Viola

I’m pretty normal. Contrary to the popular belief of the general populus, I didn’t pop out of the womb a freak, nor did I become one.

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