Hello Everyone! Bestlittlelion92 is back in action and I knew that my first post would have to be about my opinion of the Same Love performance at the Grammy’s. When my friend first showed me this song and the video, I was impressed that a rapper was willing to talk about marriage equality, but I […]

Read More Grammy Performance Makes History

It’s officially December and holiday spirit is in the air. I have spent most this week listening to Christmas songs. I feel instantly happy listening to Feliz Navidad, I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas (don’t judge), and many many others. One song that no matter how many times I listen to it, still gives me […]

Read More Baby it may be cold outside….. But it is CREEPY in here

Going home for Thanksgiving always presents some kind of tension between my father and me and normally the tension is revolved around my hair.

Read More Your Hair is Breaking Out

So yesterday was Transgender Day of Remembrance and the JMU & Ally Education Program had a vigil to remember and honor the lives that have been lost. It was touching to see the candles slit in the room, but also sad to realize how many people die because of hate crimes towards gender identity each […]

Read More LGBT what about the T?

When I first heard Lily Allen was doing a song that would take shots at Miley Cyrus, cultural misappropriation and misogyny, I was all on board. I was thinking finally a song that I wouldn’t feel bad about listening to, a song that I knew Lily Allen would be perfect at because of her witty […]

Read More Hard Out There (For Intersectionality)

***Trigger Warning*** After reading lfleetwood’s post, I was compelled to further talk about the topic of putting responsibility on women for protecting herself when in actuality there are some things you cannot control. While thinking about this topic I stumbled upon an old episode of Degrassi, back from the early 2000’s to see the similarities […]

Read More Degrassi Keeps it Real!

Now that Halloween’s over everyone is geared up for the next two holidays which break our budgets and also break my sanity. Whenever people ask me what is my least favorite holiday, I say Thanksgiving and they are instantly confused. There’s free food and spending time with the family, what’s better than that. My reality […]

Read More Let’s Give Thanks! (To the Reality of My Situation)

Let’s do the time warp again, but really we should. If you haven’t ever seen Rocky Horror Picture Show, then I would suggest finding the movie watching it, and then come back to this post. So Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, and it cannot be complete without watching the infamous Rocky Horror Picture […]

Read More Let’s Do the Timewarp Again!

In case you didn’t know, October is LGBT History Month and this week in particular is Ally Week. Whenever this week appears in my life, I am conflicted on how an ally is actually defined. The main thing I think of is an ally doesn’t just tolerate the LGBTQ+ community but accepts the community and […]

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“I fail to see how anything that lasts less than five minutes can have such an indelible ethical compact”-  The Purity Myth    I was eager to tell my friend about my weekend adventures. I invited a man back to my apartment and had a night that I rightfully deserved. While conversing with my friend […]

Read More Do you have any dignity?