• The Real L Word Dictionary, Part 1
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  • The Dinah 2010 extra: the earthquake edition
  • More “The Dinah” 2010 Coverage. Yes, more!
  • Daytime festivities Day 3 at The Dinah, including the wet t-shirt contest

Grace Underfire

About Grace Underfire


Profile:  Resident Beer Expert and full-time dissertation slacker, Grace Underfire hails from Southern California where she skateboards on the beach/streets with her longboard, stays strong as one of the couples married before Prop 8, and hangs out with her wife and west highland white terrier. Underfire has lived in Northern California, Western New York, and Iowa. She drinks, she eats, she repeats.

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Website:  Letters From The Lesbian Underground

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Posts on Grace The Spot by Grace Underfire:

A Guide to Pride: SoCal and Midwest

By Grace Underfire in Pride

In SoCal or the Midwest? Here is Grace Underfire’s Guide to Pride! Haaaaaay!

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Happy Memorial Day: THE GRACE THE SPOT COLD 100

By Grace Underfire in Food and drink

Maxim, FHM, AfterEllen and Autostraddle published their Hot 100 list a couple of weeks ago. Here is our own list: The Grace The Spot Cold 100. Happy Memorial Day!

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Grace The Spot’s Midwest Beer Summit Team lists its summer beer picks

By Grace Underfire in Food and drink

Summer Beers. Just the sound of those two words sends the hear aflutter. Oh beer, how I love thee! Let me count the ways – with a SUMMER BEER RECOMMENDATION LIST! HELL YES! Since Grace Fox and Yip are both members of the Grace Midwestern Beer Summit Team (almost complete with shirts), I have asked them to join me on this post.

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Welcome, Jennifer Knapp!

By Grace Underfire in Culture, Music

There are quite a few of use who have endured the struggle of growing up in a religious dogma that is politically and socially judgmental. You are definitely not alone. Oh Jennifer, we couldn’t be happier to have you on our lovely card-carrying-lesbian side.

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Grad School Survival Guide Part -40.77772

By Grace Underfire in Education

Grace Underfire pokes her head out from a stack of esoteric texts to complain about said texts. This is her grad school survival guide.

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Don’t get drunk and do these things at work

By Grace Underfire in Awkward, Mindless chatter

After the eggnog at the party, or the extra shots you have been sneaking out of your bottom desk drawer, you might want to consider NOT doing these things at work. I repeat, do NOT do these things at work. Although, if you do, please consider posting your reactions from doing these things at work, even though I have warned you NOT to do these things at work. I repeat, post if done, but don’t do them, but post if you do them.

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Beer management tips from our resident beer expert

By Grace Underfire in Featured, Food and drink

I am able to manage two things: 1) Finding excellent beer locations in the United States and 2) increasing my chances of free beer and excellent service at these locations. Since I am in the giving mood, I thought I would share my beer travel tips with all of you. While I don’t guarantee total success for everyone, I have used these techniques for years. I guess it could be the ol’ Grace Underfire charm, but I hate to waste my powers by not sharing them with the world.

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All right. Maine’s marriage equality fight went kablooey, but at least we are seeing CHANGE.

By Grace Underfire in Featured, Politics / Current Events, Serious Post

Chin up. Maine went to the haters yesterday, but eventually justice will be on our side. The youth are growing and voting. It’s going to be one hell of a time to live through. We are seeing change. We are seeing people love us and support us. We are seeing people get angry for us. We are seeing CHANGE. I have always said I wanted to be alive in the 1960s and see civil rights in action. I feel like I got my wish.

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Costume ideas for the 2009 gay

By Grace Underfire in Culture, Mindless chatter

Take advantage of a day you can fully be free of your mortal coil. Bring down the people who cause you grief in life through comedy and costume. Release the inner spirit of mirth. Come out into the darkness of the night LESBIANS. Double double toil and trouble fire burn and cauldron bubble…muahahahaha. Costume ideas for the 2009 gay!

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Blah blah blah-ing on reality television?

By Grace Underfire in Dating, Non L Word TV

Grace Underfire and her wife submit themselves as candidates for a reality television show about squabbling couples. Was this a bad idea? A really bad idea? Or a really really really bad idea?

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