Monthly Archives: July 2013
Cedric The Entertainer Takes on Lesbian Wedding
July 31, 2013 | ELIXHER
In tonight’s episode of “The Soul Man,” Cedric The Entertainer’s character agrees to marry a lesbian couple but his congregation disapproves. Check out the clip on ELIXHER.Read More
Balancing Acts: Being Queer in Gay and Straight Spaces
July 30, 2013 | ELIXHER 8
Does embracing sexual fluidity ever make you feel like the odd (wo)man out? One woman finds it hard to navigate her all-lesbian and all-straight circles. Read More
Wanna Change the Face of Media?! ELIXHER’s Hiring West Coast & Southern Regional Editors!
July 29, 2013 | ELIXHER
ELIXHER is currently seeking enthusiastic West Coast and Southern Regional Editors to join our fast-growing website and digital magazine. Trans, bisexual, and masculine-of-center women strongly encouraged to apply.Read More
PO(P)LITICS: How Spike Lee Killed Crowdfunding
July 29, 2013 | ELIXHER
Spike Lee recently launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise $1.25 million for his next feature film. ELIXHER columnist AJ Farrar explores how the filmmaker has broken some fundamental rules of freeloading and wonders if Spike feels any responsibility to artists with less access. Read More
What You Missed This Week
July 26, 2013 | ELIXHER
Check out this week’s top stories! Autostraddle spotlights six badass sci-fi women of color you should know; “Blurred Lines” remake tries to subvert misogyny but does it succeed; and skin bleaching models get banned from Dakar Fashion Week but should they be?Read More
Robert Pruitt’s “Women” Exhibit Explores Black Womanhood
July 25, 2013 | Tie
Houston-based artist, Robert Pruitt’s new exhibit “Women,” currently showing at the Studio Museum in Harlem, examines the cultural and social constructs linked to being a Black woman.Read More
Staceyann Chin Continues to Document Motherhood Journey
July 25, 2013 | ELIXHER
It was a no brainer for author and activist Staceyann Chin to grace the pages of our digital magazine. In a recent Huffington Post piece, Chin continues to document her motherhood journey.Read More
Orange Is The New Black and its New Black Trans Narrative
July 24, 2013 | ELIXHER
Although OITNB treads the line of racial stereotype, the show is redeemed by the ways in which it depicts female sexuality. For the most part, all of the women in the prison are represented as having control of their sexuality despite their reality of incarceration. Read More
VIDEO: Wanda Sykes Stars In The OWN Parody ‘Iyanla: Fix My Flat’
July 23, 2013 | ELIXHER
In this parody from “Wanda Sykes Presents Herlarious,” a very devoted “Iyanla” takes on another broken guest… a flat tire in Chicago.Read More
How a Dancing Preschooler Reminded Me of the Revolution Still to Come
July 23, 2013 | ELIXHER
While babysitting a carefree and spirited 4-year-old, ELIXHER contributor Sydney Magruder is reminded that despite being inundated with messages that take quick, deep shots at their self-worth, there is still hope for little brown girls. Read More
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