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FemmeCast Video Podcast: Activist Stretches

As I work out the learning curve on a new editing program for FemmeCast: The Queer Fat Femme Podcast Guide to Life, I have started to produce some video podcasts. The first one is me (Bevin Branlandingham) and Taueret (Ferocity Correspondent) doing some activist stretches. Sometimes the holidays give you The Rage and you just gotta stretch it out.

Corn, southern style

Several apologies are in order – the first being that I do not post here even half as much as I should. Second being that I have mostly posted recipes. Thirdly that I rarely include photos in my posts. Sorry!
Now folks, I realize that femmes aren’t the only people who cook. For me, however, cooking [...]

The girl sews!

Why is it only called “crafts” if women do it? I’ve been on a rampage for the last few days sewing rolled cases for such items as knitting needles, crochet hooks, makeup brushes and the like. There is a wonderful tutorial here which made things a lot easier through the first project. The first one [...]

Lemon Pineapple Cake and Frosting

On our anniversary in March, Dana and I went across the bridge to a little downtown shopping district and found a mom-and-pop bookstore. The only thing I bought that afternoon was a book called Small Batch Baking by Debby Maugans Nakos. She gives instructions on how to assemble your own small baking containters out of [...]

Yummy Vegan Pumpkin Soup

I threw this together last night and it was pretty dang yummy, to my surprise! 
Ingredients:
2 T Cooking Oil (I used EVOO)
1 clove garlic, minced
1/4 cup chopped bell peppers (any color)
1/4 cup chopped green onions
2 1/2 cups cut carrots
4 small cut potatoes
1 large can 100% Pure Pumpkin
2-15.5 oz cans Garbanzo Beans (Chickpeas)
Handful of pine nuts, pan [...]

Spanish Bean Soup

My mother gave me a recipe book including all of my family’s favorite dishes as a gift for my graduation from college (last week!). Tonight I made “Spanish Bean Soup” (alternately, Garbanzo/Chickpea Soup) in less than an hour. As I understand it, the soup originated in Tampa at Columbia Restaurant which features Spanish cuisine in [...]

Queer Fat Femme Guest Post from Stacy Bias

Let’s talk about HWP. You craigslist junkies will likely know what this means, but for those who haven’t had the pleasure, I’ll expand the acronym. HWP = Height/Weight Proportionate. In other words, it’s a socially acceptable way to say “No Fatties.”

Culinary Comfort: Curry Bake

Whenever I mention I am going to make curry bake on twitter I always have people asking me about what’s in it and how to make it, especially after I made it for Kyle and he raved about it on his blog (it may be the cure to hangovers according to him).
The sauce is rich, [...]

The Great Panty Fling Boogie

Last week… no, make that for the past two months… I’ve been on a cleaning, de-cluttering, organizing rampage. You wouldn’t know it from the looks of my house, but I work slow, okay. Just because I work slow doesn’t mean I’m not getting anything done! I went through my panties for the first time in over a year to take out the ones that are no good. So, here are some rules for thinning the crops!

How to Become a Knitter or a Crocheter

Knitting is not just for femmes and girls! Anyone can be a knitter, all you have to be is willing to try, humble enough to be taught, and not worried about making mistakes. Get your needles ready, and let’s go change the world, one scarf at a time!
Step One: Meet a Knitter: This may be [...]

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