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• David Levithan and Billy Merrell are putting together an expanded edition of The Full Spectrum and are looking for essays about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, questioning and other queer identities by writers under 21.  If you have a story you want to tell, go to www.queerthology.com for details on submitting.  Deadline is August 1st!

•  I loved this: photos of the onscreen and real-life wedding dresses of 13 movie stars, in Vogue. Emma Thompson, Grace Kelly, Julie Andrews, Keira Knightley, etc.

•  If you have 15 minutes to watch a video: Sydney Opera House / Living Mural. “A global animation project by Universal Everything, collaborating with over 20 different animation studios worldwide to create a living mural on one of the world’s most iconic buildings.” In other words: lights and pictures specially designed to be projected onto the Sydney Opera House. Pretty cool.

• From the Huffington Post: “Laverne Cox’s Reaction To Caitlyn Jenner Reveals The Impossible Expectations Trans Women Face.” A lot of food for thought.

• A WONDERFUL blog post by renegademama. “Hey Teenage Girls: YOU ARE NOT THE WORST.”

•  Love these photos of dresses from an exhibit at the Museum at FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology) in NYC. The slideshow, at W Magazine, is actually rather aggravating, but check out that BIG BOW in the fourth picture. Yowza.

• In Cosmopolitan, I enjoyed “12 Things Every Twentysomething Woman Needs to Do to Get a Bikini Body,” by Lane Moore, and before you think I’ve gone to the dark side, the subtitle is, “Spoiler: You already have one.” Number 11 is, “11. Realize you already have a bikini body because you have a body and a bikini can physically go on it. Also, I have literally never seen a woman and thought, Ugh, she doesn’t belong in a bathing suit, because I am not human garbage. And I like to think most people aren’t either.”

• At mic.com, “These Stunning Photos Shatter Society’s Stereotypes About Dancers’ Bodies.” Beautiful fat dancers.

• From @TechnicallyRon on Twitter, a sample of Ron’s new erotic novel, “Love in the Time of Autocorrect.” I suppose this is, technically, safe for work, thanks to autocorrect :o).

• Do you ever look at Flipboard’s Pictures of the Week? It’s a stunning range of photos from around the world.

• Finally, from The Guardian: “Love wins: America celebrates same-sex marriage ruling — in pictures.” Some of them may make you cry.