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Here’s everything you need to know about Ladyfest Atlanta
In less than three months, Ladyfest Atlanta will once again take over a handful of venues throughout the city. From May 16 until May 21, the festival will feature the work of women and gender...
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Review – Cherub's Den: Dromez, Rin Larping, Chelsea Dunn, and Celines
Relatively recently, I posted Pauline Oliveros' 1970 New York Times article “And Don't Call Them 'Lady' Composers” on my Facebook page, garnering some interesting conversation. The place of...
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History Repeats: Civil Rights and the Failure of the State
So the machinery of the state grinds away, chipping at hard-won freedoms in the endless dance against progress—two steps forward, one step back.The First Amendment Defense Act (FADA), a cleverly named...
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Meow Mixtape: Women Beyond the Mic
I’d be hard pressed to find a female musician that has not encountered the incredibly offensive “surprise” of someone learning that you are more than a vocalist. Not to dismiss this skill whatsoever,...
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don't touch me: a reflection on patriarchal spaces
I'm having a full blown panic attack while driving down I-575 because I can’t stop thinking about the asshole in the pink polo from last night. I can't stop thinking about how many times I had to...
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Lenses without Borders: Bringing the world to the 40th annual Atlanta Film...
ALEX JAMES, ALYSSA ARMAND, CHRISTINA HUMPHREY, KRISTY BRENEMAN In a world where anything is possible behind the lens and Atlanta is re-imagined on film as frequently as condos go up in this city, it...
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Regarding Your Facebook Status and How You're An HIV Stigmatizing Douchebag
Several people have asked me about my thoughts on a regular PrEP user acquiring HIV, since I'm a big PrEP advocate.Generally speaking, it was always expected: 99% effective meant 99% effective, and...
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Important Life Lessons from 'Troop Beverly Hills'
My adoration of cheesy 80s/90s movies, especially set in LA, is rooted in some kind of wishful escapism from my pine-trees-Georgia childhood. My mom’s side of the family is comprised of blue collar...
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A/T/L/S/L/U/T: M4M Seeking Super Gonorrhea
I’ve recently found myself often wondering what’s the deal with these super STIs that keep popping up in headlines all over my Facebook page. As a self-proclaimed slut, I’m honestly not too terribly...
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ANOHNI's "Drone Bomb Me" Video Features a Tearful Naomi Campbell
Praise Her. ANOHNI (Antony & the Johnsons) has released a powerful music video for the new single "Drone Bomb Me". The video features supermodel Naomi Campbell delivering an emotional lipsynch of...
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WUSSY Poppers: 3.10.2016
Welcome to WUSSY Poppers: A weekly pick-me-up of all our new favorite things.Get comfortable, breathe deep, and let us know if our picks suck. MUSIC of the WEEK (HRO)Troye Sivan’s Pop Heartache...
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A Bootless Inquisition: How the American Education System is Massively...
“You have oftenBegun to tell me what I am, but stopp'dAnd left me to a bootless inquisition,Concluding 'Stay: not yet.'”- Miranda, The Tempest~I think the first time I caught a genuine glimpse of my...
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WUSSY Talk with Max from RuPaul's Drag Race
jon dean photo In February, one of our favorite season seven sweethearts from RuPaul's Drag Race flew down to Atlanta for the Legendary Children: Black Hearts Ball. That night, Max and the local LC...
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24 Hours a Night: Lovers
Introducing a new monthly comic, 24 Hours a Night, by artist Joshua Jarrett!Where are we when we daydream about where we aren't? Who are you who belongs where he doesn't belong? Joshua Jarrett is an...
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Abdu Ali on Truthful Living and the Black Diaspora in America
Lee Andrew Since the first time I saw Abdu Ali Eaton a couple years ago at Hangfire in Savannah, he has been a beacon of unapologetic blackness in my knowledge of artists and activists on the East...
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FANNIE4U: HBIC Meow MixTape
Welcome to a very special edition of FANNIE4U! Fannie will be one of the radical HBIC DJ's this Friday night at our monthly dance party, Powder Room. Be sure to come out and support!My femme identity...
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House passes FADA, Queer Georgia bites their nails
The circus that is the Georgia legislature has been in town since January 12th, and in that time, they’ve managed to put the fear of god and guns in queer Georgians several times this session. From...
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PWR BTTM on the ugly side of politics and the pretty side of damn good music
Andrew Piccone Photography Flipping open the most recent issue of Do Savannah, I was supremely disappointed to see the writer reviewing PWR BTTM made only a partial effort to recognize Liv and Ben’s...
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Sister Louisa's (G)rantings: FOLLOWER/NOT FOLLOWER
Welcome to Sister Louisa's Daily (G)rantings. Every day leading up to Easter Sunday, Grant Henry, owner of Edgewood hotspot CHURCH (it's a bar!), will provide us with one daily rant/affirmation.All of...
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Pee-wee Herman: Queer Icon. Forever Twink. ASEXUAL HERO!
Okay, so I was watching "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" the other day, and I thought to myself, Pee-wee Herman really makes the world a better place for everyone. He was a hero to all of us who felt we...
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