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There are 365 days in a year, which gives us 365 opportunities to recommend sapphic books for you to read! Each day we share a new holiday and recommend three sapphic books that tie into the day’s theme. Will it be lesbian sci-fi for National Science Fiction Day? Or maybe a sapphic office romance for Write a Business Plan month? Check back every day, because every day is special in its own way!
If you have thought of adding a new cat to your family, today is the perfect day. According to the ASPCA, roughly 3.2 million cats enter shelters in the United States every year, looking for adoptive homes. International Rescue Cat Day brings to light these cats, the people who rescue them, and what it takes […]
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Today we celebrate our right to live a full life with dignity. It is more important than ever in today’s world to be aware of discrimination and how to promote inclusion, compassion, and peace. On Zero Discrimination Day, and every day, we can be that movement of change. Not only in our life, but in […]
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On this day in 1914, floral design pioneer Carl Rittner was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Carl attended Boston University before founding Rittner’s School of Floral Design in the heart of Boston in 1947. His birthday was declared a day to honor floral design by Massachusetts Governor William Weld in 1995. One might assume February 14, […]
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Let’s party like it’s 1999! You know what’s great about that opening sentence? Not only is the year 1999 retro in itself, but so is the music of the late, great Prince, whose song 1999 was actually released in 1982. In fact, the whole point of National Retro Day is to spend a little time […]
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According to researchers, fairytales may have been told as far back as the Bronze Age, prior to the beginning of the written record. Fairytales are folk tales that often include folkloric characters such goblins, fairies, witches, and ogres, as well as royalty of far-off lands. There is usually a clear hero and a villain, and […]
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Sword swallowing was brought to us about 4,000 years ago by the same fakirs and shaman priests in India who came up with walking on hot coals barefoot and handling deadly snakes as a test of power and faith. We can only imagine what it must’ve been like to attend a party at their houses […]
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In ancient Rome, Greece, and Asia, bartenders were often the owners of inns and brewhouses, and would likely have been responsible for making the alcohol they served. We’d like to take this opportunity to give a shout out to Femme Bar in Worcester, MA, which is a brand new queer women’s bar and LGBTQIA+ safe […]
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Tennis is one of the most popular sports to play and watch in the world! While it takes little more than a racket, ball, and net to get started, professional tennis courts are generally made of grass, clay, or concrete, and sometimes artificial turf. The game can be played indoors or outdoors, and the rules […]
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Today is especially important to TB and Miranda, who were both born in the Golden State! California is currently the most populous state in the US, a tradition which dates back to pre-European times when one-third of all Native Americans were believed to reside in the region. It’s a land of infinite diversity, from shorelines […]
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Mardi Gras means “Fat Tuesday” in French, and gets its name from the custom of consuming all of the fat-laden foods that will be forbidden after the start of the Christian period of Lent. Lent is a time of fasting and prayer for 40 days (not counting Sundays) that begins on Ash Wednesday. It is […]
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