We’re so excited about this Monsters of Talk episode with Tegan and Sara! Listen here or on itunes!

The new Monsters of Talk is amazing!! Paul Foot is my favorite!!

. If you missed any of Margaret’s blogs around the web this week, here they are! Huff Post Gay Voices: Michelle Shocked Me Huff Post Gay Voices: Lt. Dan Choi on Trial XOJane.com: MARGARET CHO TALKS ABOUT HER PRIDE IN BEING CALLED A “QUEER ICON” IN LIGHT OF MICHELLE SHOCKED’S ANTI-GAY RANT Jezebel: In a Room Full of [...]

I got in “trouble” for outing someone. I don’t really feel like explaining it. It is much better if you actually just watch the video: I got in big Twitter fights about it. (If you want to see them, they can be viewed here.) Twitter fights are kind of unfair, because there’s not enough ammunition in [...]

from Salon.com Excerpted from “No Kidding: Women Writers on Bypassing Parenthood” edited by Henriette Mantel. Available from Seal Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group. Copyright 2013. I don’t have children, and I am not sure if I have wanted them or never wanted them. It’s weird not to be able to decide. Kids are great, and [...]

I deeply respect runners. I can’t go more than say, 10 feet without totally winding myself, coughing and sputtering, red faced and sweating, staggering to my own imaginary finish line. It must be incredible to actually complete a marathon. To challenge your body to go that far, like Pheidippides, running on, to what might feel [...]