17 Totally Inspiring Books With Great LGBT Lead Characters

Here’s your queer reading shopping list. I'll Give You The Sun, Jandy Nelson What it's about: A story that follows the relationship between fraternal twins Jude and Noah, the latter of whom falls in love with the boy next door. What readers say about it: "Even as a lesbian myself, I’ve never been all that into LGBT books. However, I found myself drawn into the book immediately,...

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What's Your Harry Potter Roller Derby Name?

Are you more Hermione Mangler or Professor RumbleMore? Click to get your name. Re-roll it if you don't like what you got! Have a better idea for a name? Let us know! Warner Bros...

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We Know How Long You'd Survive "The Hunger Games" Based On Your Zodiac

Let the games begin...

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The House Points In "Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone" Are Bullshit

#NotAllSlytherin I'm a Harry Potter fan, you're a Harry potter fan, we're all Harry Potter fans. The books-turned-movies are representations of our childhood and we cherish them dearly. Warner Bros. Pictures / Via giphy.com Quick recap: the house points are an accumulation of each of the four houses' good behavior, good deeds, and academic accomplishments awarded in point...

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23 Things Only People Obsessed With Chapters/Indigo Will Understand

*grabs book and sits down for 5 hours* Ahhh, Chapters/Indigo. Indigo? Chapters? Whatever it's called, it's perfection. BuzzFeed Canada You walk in and feel your cheeks flush with excitement. You take off your coat so you don't get overheated, and then you know, it's time. *whispers under breath* Honey, I'm home. BuzzFeed Canada You didn't even need a book, but here you are...

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9 Times Rocket Scientists Failed Harder Than You

They might be rocket scientists, but they had some pretty epic fails. NASA / Alex Kasprak / BuzzFeed / Via drewexmachina.com Once, a prestigious German rocket club accidentally blew up a police station. In 1931, a film crew arrived to shoot some footage of a German rocket club for a newsreel. Excited to show off their skills, they quickly set up a launch. The small rocket...

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This May Just Be The Saddest Brag Tweet Ever

Not exactly something for the United Nations to be proud of… If you're an organization that's almost constantly under fire for being a place where dictators and war criminals are represented equally with democratically elected leaders, having a book on avoiding prosecution is kind of a bad look. Sony Pictures When BuzzFeed News reached out to the UN, a spokesperson was unable...

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Emma Watson Is Starting A Feminist Book Club And Wants You To Name It

Are you ready for the “fEMMAnist book club”? Emma Watson, Goodwill Ambassador For UN Women and all-around ~magical~ lady, is starting a feminist book club. Emma Watson / Via Twitter: @EmWatson For the record, Bell Hooks will of course be on the reading list. Emma Watson / Via Twitter: @EmWatson But, team, she needs help naming it. "Emma Watson's Book Club" or "Feminist Book...

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