ive been thinking abt that “being a lesbian is just constantly the cant relate meme” and its actually so true it makes me sad lmao.  like my friends can rant for five minutes about how badly they want to suck some dudes dick but i feel uncomfortable even mentioning that im slightly attracted to some girl. so much of “girlhood” or “womanhood” thats portrayed in mainstream pseudo feminist media, or even coming of age literature is about the heterosexual experience; about a women coming into her (straight) sexuality and thats just so frustrating.  little women was hailed as one of the first books to write about girlhood and growing up and a lot of it involves all the girls falling in love with men.  also honestly the whole “sex positive revolution” thing is annoying and exclusive too lmao.  i read an article that cited sex and the city, 30 rock, magic mike (??), and amy schumer, as “sex positive media” thats contributing to a “more open discussion” on “female sexuality”.. while literally none of these are in any way relatable to the lesbian experience.  im forever grateful to alison bechdel, and anyone else who is making space to talk about the lesbian coming of age experience because we literally have nothing at the moment and it fucking sucks.

hi this is a post that I (a lesbian) made about my experience as a young lesbian.  arguably the most alienating thing about being a lesbian is our lack of attraction to men and that combined with dealing with our attraction to women is what this post is about.  dont rb if ur not a lesbian. 

Tessa Thompson photographed by Shaniqwa Jarvis

Have you got family? No. Lost them a long time ago.

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sandra oh really did lose that emmy even after all this…….

SHE’S HERE

this watered my crops, cured my anxiety, cleared my skin, and fixed my sleep schedule

Tbh im kinda pissed im not asleep in bed next to the love of my life in a cottage with no obligations other than watering my vegetable garden

oh to be a small clothed animal from a beatrix potter book, living in a cottage on the countryside kneading bread and such.

The dream

not to be gay but i desperately want to be doing something soft with a girl right now

one of the funniest things about being gay is when u accidentally become homonormative in your head and assuming everything is gay like ill be listening to a love song and im like “wait… is she singing about a guy?? why would she wanna do that” bc i forgot about the concept of heterosexuals and that being straight is considered the default by most people lol

Also related: automatically saying “that’s gay” when anything cute and romantic happens even if it’s a straight couple

Bi/pan women are not, nor have they ever been, nor will they ever be, the enemy of lesbians.

i don’t get how ppl can hate the rain ? like…..the ocean came all this way to give the world tiny kisses & u treat her like this ???

People took to the streets in celebration in India after its Supreme Court struck down a 157-year-old colonial-era law, “Section 377,” that criminalized all sexual activity apart from heterosexual sex as “against the order of nature.” Judges described the law as “arbitrary” and said that freedom could only be fulfilled where the LGBT community possesses equal rights.( Getty Images)

Trump didn’t win the election because of Russian interference. He won the election because the United States has a long, deeply ingrained white supremacist history and an anti-democratic electoral system that allows the candidate with fewer votes to win the presidency. A handful of Russian hackers leaking DNC documents is a drop in the ocean.

Mitski photographed by Daniel Dorsa for Brooklyn Magazine