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Becky commented on the post, Girl Power In Eurovision: 10 Songs Charting The...

Yep, I’m afraid that sentence derailed this for me. Who exactly is being accused of what here?

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Becky commented on the post, It's Sunday Funday and We F*cking Love You Homos

The thing with the CofE is a bit frustrating. I know the ban on gay marriage in the church of England in the bill was designed to stop people freaking out and blocking the bill, but the thing is before...

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Becky commented on the post, Home Sweet Homo: Moving Tips for Efficient...

Good luck! That’s one scary packing situation especially if you’re moving a long way away, but don’t panic. My parents and I flew up with 3 suitcases when I first started uni and 2 of them got lost in...

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Becky commented on the post, Three Apps for Working Out Your Hot Hot Bod...

OK, I just downloaded sworkit. Thank you for knowing what I need in my life right now

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Becky commented on the post, Talking About Trayvon

What I can’t get over is how so many people think it’s ‘OK’ to be racist. Yes all white people (probably POC too but that’s a whole other conversation) will have some prejudice based on skin colour...

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Becky commented on the post, "Orange Is The New Black" Episode 109 Recap: The...

I feel like the beauty of OITNB is that no character is without serious character flaws and no-one is without humanity (except maybe Pornstache, this may be an unpopular opinion but I hate him way more...

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Becky commented on the post, Back to the 80's and Section 28: Anti-Gay School...

Hang on, they only withdrew the act in England and Wales in 2003? I always assumed the total omission of homosexuality in areas of the syllabus that should have contained it was my school being...

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Becky commented on the post, Listling With Brief Commentary: Headlines For...

“NSFW Sunday: 50 cute lesbian couples wearing each others’ clothes” OK this is all I want from the world to make up for the terrible month I’m having. Pleeeeeease?

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Becky commented on the post, More Than Words: Pronouns Pt. 3 - They Said/Ze Said

I always used they as singular from when I was little. I don’t know why. It wasn’t until secondary school that people started challenging me on it and I consciously started working at not doing it...

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Becky commented on the post, Team Pick: "Dad Bingo," A Bingo Game Invented By...

My dad’s bingo card would be: 1.Talks to me through the bathroom door when I’m on the loo for no apparent reason. 2. Offers to help with dinner then stands leaning against to wall doing nothing helpful...

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Becky commented on the post, What I Want From My Queer Community: Inspired By...

This makes me even more sad that I couldn’t come to the screen printing Maybe soon I will be permanently settled in London and can try to be part of a community like the one you describe, because you...

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Becky commented on the post, Times A-Changing: Even the Church of England...

OK, I feel like the Church of England is getting viewed in a much more extreme way than it actually is. Because of it’s connection to the state it tends to reflect the muddle of opinions within the...

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Becky commented on the post, Times A-Changing: Even the Church of England...

Well yes, of course it’s hypocritical. This is this the church we are talking about. It’s an ancient institution built on spiritual, racial and polictical conflicts over the course of millennia....

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Becky commented on the post, Drawn to Comics: Princess Princess Makes All...

OK, I read this a couple of months ago and have been in desperate need of somewhere to vent my feelings about Sadie. Sadie is exactly what I needed and never had growing up. When I was little my...

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Becky commented on the post, Drawn to Comics: Princess Princess Makes All...

Link please?

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Becky commented on the post, What Your Favorite Sandwich Says About You (IN BED)

Yes, I’m so sorry, it does Or if you like we can have a meet up and my house full of cats can eat your house full of chickens?

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Becky commented on the post, Dear Queer Diary: Coming Out on Paper

All my diary entries from my teenage years were pretty much me getting my story straight (no pun intended). I noted which boy I was claiming to have a crush on on in exactly the words I would use to...

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Becky commented on the post, You Need Help: On That Younger Possibly-Queer...

I think an assembly is a great idea. I know when I was at school there was just no visibility of queer girls and that would have really helped. I think it was particularly difficult because being a...

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Becky commented on the post, MCALC Knows The Difference Between Gender and...

Yeah, I was going to say, it’s been a while since I used pads but I don’t really remember much pink, mostly yellow, orange and green… I think I used always or bodyform mostly. Maybe it’s different in...

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Becky commented on the post, NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Checking You Out

Yeah, does early twenties put me in the ‘dead category’?

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Becky commented on the post, More Than Words: Dyke Pt. 1 — Baby Dykes

This is always confused me when we were learning about her in school, there are a couple of very different ways of saying (and spelling) her name and no-one ever gave me a satisfactory explanation for...

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Becky commented on the post, Fit For A Femme’s Guide To Dressing Up For A...

Any suggestions for tomboy-femme type going to a formal family new years party and then on to a laid back club with friends? I’m already panicking.

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Becky commented on the post, Fit For A Femme’s Guide To Dressing Up For A...

Thanks guys, this is all really helpful and those photos look gorgeous… not too sure what I can pull off to be honest. My body shape and style sense have changed drastically in the last year and to be...

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Becky commented on the post, Dear Queer Diary: Looking Forward, Looking Back

Hmmm…. Gay, graduated, growing. Do I get points for alliteration? It’s been one hell of a year.

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Becky commented on the post, Dear Queer Diary: To Burn Or Not To Burn?

I will never personally burn my diaries but my best friend and I have a pact to make sure that if either of us dies their diary will be burned unread. My diary is for me alone and I hate the thought of...

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Becky commented on the post, Ellen Page Is Gay: Ellen Page Comes Out, Makes...

I actually hugged my computer. She is so awesome.

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Becky commented on the post, BREAKING: Michelle Rodriguez and Cara Delevingne...

I’m sorry but are we really calling the Daily Mail a ‘reputable news outlet’?

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Becky commented on the post, BREAKING: Michelle Rodriguez and Cara Delevingne...

Ah right, sorry, too many 12 hour shifts in a row seem to have made me immune to inflection. Don’t mind me.

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Becky commented on the post, 22 Ways for Eggplant to Help You Make It Through...

This is actually perfect! I just moved in with a vegetarian room-mate and have been totally flummoxed about what I could cook that she would eat. Definitely need to try a couple of these. Thank you!

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Becky commented on the post, Five Queer Cultural Touchstones I Totally Missed

OK, I really have to reread Oranges are not the only fruit. I read it when I was 11. I had read everything in the school library and had taken to picking things at random off my parents’ shelves. Quite...

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Becky commented on the post, Bra Tips and Picks for Ladies with Huge Racks

Definitely wouldn’t trust M&S for fittings but they do make some nice bras. I’m a 36E so I still fit some of the standard bras and the M&S autograph range has some really pretty and supportive...

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Becky commented on the post, Things I Read That I Love #123: I Am Not A...

Note to self, don’t read absurdly articulate essays on female pain while mildly delirious with flu. I may not recover.

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This is cool and everything, but when will there be more Questionable at Best? It is a thing I need. In reply to - Brittani wrote a new post, Comedy Crush: DeAnne Smith is Coming to Your TV This week’s...

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Is it just me, or does Ellen Page actually look different since she came out? Like she’s just so much more relaxed and it makes her whole face and body just look different. Also this was awesome. In...

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That brackets sums me up completely. In reply to - Dani wrote a new post, This Thing Bigger Than Us: Sexuality, Religion and Wellness The crowd of protesters stood alongside the Pride parade route. As...

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Guys - You’re doing great. Your website has been a total and utter godsend to me and I’m sure lots of other lost and confused queer girls. For me, when I first came across this website, I honestly...

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As a girls’ school veteran I can say that no-one in my year came out while they were in school. I wonder how she managed that one. In reply to - Riese wrote a new post, 14 Locations Conducive To...

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Wait, how did I not know that Maria Bello was queer? In reply to - Riese wrote a new post, 9 Famous Queer Ladies Who Figured it Out A Little Later The traditional lesbian narrative goes something like...

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Hahahaha… As it turns out the image of a psycho-killer clown called Kimberley is actually about 10 times more terrifying to me. Who knew? In reply to - Rachel wrote a new post, Top Ten Other Things We...

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Welll… Jokes aside, it’s a take-off of a Shakespeare quote. The word ‘gayness’ has been substituted for ‘greatness’. In reply to - Laura Mandanas wrote a new post, Gallup And Everyone Else Wants to...

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I’ve always had a big problem with the idea that if you weren’t ‘born this way’, it must have been a ‘choice’. I’m certain that some people were born with a preset sexual orientation and some people’s...

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I was having a conversation with my flatmate about this the other day and I think it’s interesting. In the UK most cat shelters specify that the cats must have access to a garden and it’s standard to...

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Oh there was an ice cream with bubble gum in the middle, I can’t remember what it was called but there was a summer when everyone was obsessed with them. In reply to - Riese wrote a new post, Top Ten...

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Oh no, this is such a dilemma… I’m already donating about the amount for bronze membership, but I really want the stuff in silver. I just don’t know if I can justify the cost. Argggghhhh… In reply to -...

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I remember as a young teenager making a huge fuss about how rubbish Xena was, mainly because I was uncomfortable with how much it turned me on. I watched it when I was alone in the house or with my...

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Yes, please do Alex next In reply to - Nina wrote a new post, Rhymes With Witches: Original Degrassi Mean Girl, Tabi Have you ever loved a fictional character so much that their image is so ingrained...

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Oh god. About 18 months ago I told my mum I was meeting a new group of people (autostraddle) in London. A billion questions later I explained it was a magazine for girls who like girls. She asked a...

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Nope, they are making a movie together In reply to - Stef wrote a new post, Wait, Are Evan Rachel Wood Bisexual And Kate Moennig Dating? This past May, Gothip Girl reported that newly single Evan...

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Thank you for this. My parents have thankfully been great about the whole thing in their own quiet way, but I’m spending boxing day with a selection of my most judgemental family members, none of whom...

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