Maggie Gallagher Is a Loaded Diaper

Maggie Gallagher, founder of the National Organization for Marriage and all-around bigot, wrote an opinion article for uExpress about the recent Starbucks annual shareholder meeting. Not one to bury the lede, she titled her piece “DUMP STARBUCKS.” Obviously she’s got a thing or two to learn about subtlety.

She name-checks a Baptist preacher, then goes on to say that one of her minions, Jonathan Baker, attended this meeting and asked if the board really approved the statement that gay marriage is “core to the Starbucks brand.” She reports that Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz replied in the affirmative, and was applauded. Continue reading →

Dance Moms Recap: The Passion of the Melissa

Previously on Dance Moms! Holly flipped out and got expelled (but not really). Paige had a medical emergency and the doctor told her she might not be able to dance again! (Not really) Kendall danced with Skee-lo! (Not really, but close) What’s gonna happen next?! Join me after the jump! Continue reading →

Project Runway All Stars: The Party’s Over


The final episode of this special season starts with our boys leisurely dressing themselves and Mondo sniping at Austin. A quick trip in what looks like a light spring rain (when was this filmed? 2010?) and “je suis arrivee” at Gotham Hall, which we last saw in the season finale episode of Chris March’s reality design show, Mad Fashion. We’re sure there’s a Weinstein connection here somewhere. As always, there’s spoilers after the jump, so go on. Spoil yourself. You can do it. Continue reading →

Project Runway All Stars Liveblog: Finally The Finale Edition

Do you remember those beautiful innocent sunshine-filled days? The days before Lifetime wrought upon us this travesty of an “All Stars” season of Project Runway? We were brimming with hope, with joy, with possibility; all of it now dashed against the mossy river stones of Reality River. What is that I hear? Is it the short, sharp breaths of the injured but still living?! There is still hope, then, as hard as it is to believe–and that hope is in Mondo’s talented fingers. Will we finally get justice for (vom) Wretchen’s win? We’ll find out tonight, won’t we? Continue reading →

A Brief History of Contraception

Today is the fortieth anniversary of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Eisenstadt v. Baird, a decision that barred states from denying birth control to unmarried persons. Unlike its predecessor, Griswold v. Connecticut, Eisenstadt is a relatively uncelebrated decision, though with it, the Court validated what is now a thoroughly modern mindset about sex: that sex can be fun, and it isn’t necessarily all about baby-making. The decision extended the right to privacy to include single persons– using an equal protection argument that claimed that states cannot discriminate against unmarried people when it comes to laws restricting access to birth control. It was a victory for single men and women. Continue reading →

Republicans Try to Create Their Own “Sandra Fluke” Moment

In the wake of the lessons learned from Sandra Fluke, what the Republicans seem to take from it all is not to be apologetic or remorseful of the wrongdoings of one of their sycophant, mouth pieces, but to find ever inventive ways to recreate the media firestorm that followed Rush Limbaugh’s vitriolic, odd, predatory, and cruel comments about Fluke, a private person speaking publicly about a national issue — but to their advantage. Continue reading →