Author Ashley Obinwanne
This piece includes spoilers from the fourth season of Orange is the New Black Poussey Washington (played by Samira Wiley) was a sweetheart. She was funny, adorable, endearing, and kind. These qualities made her stand out from the rest of the characters… Continue Reading →
Description: Local lesbian goes out and sees what her city has to offer. Local lesbian writes about it. Dyke Day LA is a cool, fun, and free alternative to LA PRIDE. It is sponsor-free, organized entirely by volunteers, and has been in… Continue Reading →
I, like most others, woke up to tragic news on June 12th, 2016. The first thing I saw when I went online was an article about the mass shooting that occurred at a gay bar in Orlando, Florida the night… Continue Reading →
Let me start this off by saying that lesbians are not somehow immune to the messages that are fed to all people by the societies that we happen to find ourselves in. We, like most others, internalize harmful messages about… Continue Reading →
Description: Local lesbian goes out and sees her favorite band. Local lesbian writes about it. In February, when Tegan and Sara announced that they would be playing a few intimate shows one month before their new record Love You to… Continue Reading →
Bit says: Lesbian is a difficult word. It has too many syllables. It’s a word full of aggressive buzzes and ugly bumps. Most same-sex-attracted women my age prefer the word “queer.” It has one syllable, it’s vague enough to… Continue Reading →
Being the only lesbian around is a pretty isolating experience. Hanging out with straight or het-partnered people all the time gets exhausting after a while. Finding women who are like you helps remove that sense of isolation or that feeling of being… Continue Reading →
Have you ever watched several seasons of a TV show you don’t particularly like just because said show happens to have one lesbian in it? Are you sick of watching the few lesbian characters we have on TV get killed off… Continue Reading →
Description: Local lesbian goes out and sees what her city has to offer. Local lesbian writes about it. It was Easter and my plans for the day included sleeping in and then binge-watching a new show on Netflix. So when… Continue Reading →
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