Monday Columnist Roundup

If you haven’t picked up the new issue of Just Out yet — or clicked about online to see what your favorite columnist is up to — here’s a handy all-in-one roundup.

The hydrangea: Madonna, no wanna. Photo credit: Proven Winners.

Sassy Gardener LeAnn Locher wraps up her seasonal column (sad face!) with a love letter to the Madge-hated hydrangea.

Nick Mattos Remembers to Breathe, despite the simmering anxieties he finds boiling just under the surface of “Home Ec culture.”

Have a hanky or three ready for the latest from Petlandia’s Mary Mandeville, who pays her respects to aging pets, and the grace and wisdom they can teach us.

Lady About Town Daniel Borgen turns his pen to the headline-making Mars Hill, and the perspective the mega-church’s appearance gave him on an eventful summer.

And resident panda cub Bennie Tan pulls a “Panda Say What?!” on “Mean Grrrls,” “A Gays” and “A Bears.” Tan Muses of the latter:

I personally think it’s kind of funny how folks are afraid of this term. Just because people consider someone an “A Bear” doesn’t automatically make the person a “Mean Grrrl.” No one is born an asshole—you have to want to be one. While being gay is not a choice, being a bitch is.

Get your read on, folks, and take the edge off your Monday.

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