First, a history lesson. Yet again, black women don’t get the credit they deserve. This time, its in the realm of working from home. Many laundresses, even before the genius of Clara Brown and all the way through WWII, saw an opportunity to make money AND stay at home. Starting

America is the most…America it’s ever been. For a lot of its citizens, they just don’t feel represented or protected, thus making them feel like it’s harder and harder to celebrate the USA on Independence Day when they aren’t celebrated or truly free. Try these truly representative and actually American

When two wonderful SF institutions get together to throw a block party it’s a great reason to get excited.  KQED has teamed up with Noise Pop and is blocking off the streets in front of its storied SF headquarters and opening up its doors for an all-day, live music-infused, street

Without question TONS of great queer cinema exists: Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The Birdcage, Moonlight, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, Milk, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Out, Brokeback Mountain, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Fire Island, etc. There are also so many great queer characters that

By now, most all y’all know Pride started as a riot in 1970, but most companies didn’t even recognize the existence of the LGBTQ+ community for another 3-4 decades. Thus the mid-aughts brought us pinkwashing, or what is now referred to as, rainbow washing. Essentially, it’s the performative-for-profit strategy and

It’s hard out there to be queer, even in havens like San Francisco, Ann Arbor, Ft. Lauderdale (yes, Florida), or NYC, you’re always going to find anti-LGBTQ+ “humans” and sentiments. But don’t let that stop you from celebrating you and yours. Some of us understand and love that the first

What do techno, funk, and hip-hop all have in common? Deep roots in diversity and Detroit. What have been the pillars of Movement Music Festival starting 20+ years ago? See the sentence before this. If it weren’t for black, Latin, Asian, and queer pioneers most of your favorite genres and

As the world burns and climate change deniers continue to, well…deny it, there’s an uprising in Millennials, Gen Z, and Gen Alpha to change and, hopefully, save (or slow the implosion) of our Earth. If you’re one of these tree huggers, activists, and/or a recently blooming conservationist then the advice

When you think of a festival, especially a very sizable one (40-50k fans a day), you don’t usually expect the progressiveness – or for them to be a community-involved non-profit – that we see from Riot Fest. With that said, plus all of that is going on in this world,