Results for: love is a lie
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“Master of None” Roundtable: Sparks of Queer Black Brilliance in an Unsatisfying Story
“All around I wanted something sweeter. We so rarely see two BLACK women loving each other I was hoping it would be triumphant. I get that love and relationships are complicated but I feel like you can portray that in more interesting ways.”
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These Fictional Straight Women Should Divorce Their Husbands (And Marry Me)
“Tami Taylor put on those aviator sunglasses and I was like, girl you need me. She flipped her hair to the side and I was like, girl you need me. Her y’all drawl? Girl. You. Need. Me.”
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The Straight TV Couples We Won’t Apologize For Loving
“Because I never want to be enemies with the love of my life, that’s why.”
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“And Just Like That” TV Team Roundtable: On Che’s Comedy Concert, Miranda’s Queer Awakening, LTW’s Jumpsuit and More!
The TV Team weighs in on all our feelings about Sex and the City reboot And Just Like That’s first season: the good, the bad and the Che Diaz.
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Always Be My Baby: Our Semi-Professional Opinions on What Keeps Queer Couples Together
“I think there’s an idea out there that love just HAPPENS to you and it’s magic and not something you have to nurture to ensure it grows and thrives. That’s… a lie.”
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What Songs From Gay TV Episodes Make You Cry in Public?
“I used to joke that it’s the song I want to get married to. And maybe I’m not joking.”
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What 4 TV Shows Do You Love More Than Anyone Else?
“These roundtables are fun, because sometimes I’m answering and I’m like GOD I’M SO MYSELF and I feel that here. Not just because I feel anxious about whether I really can claim to like these more than anyone I know, but also because my answers are just so aggressively me.”
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Describe an Iconic Gay TV Show You’ve Never Seen
“Stephen Universe is a cartoon show about a little boy with a large mouth who wears flip-flops regardless of weather or situation. Rebecca Sugar made the show and she is bisexual. Stephen has imaginary friends who live in a big jewelry emporium in outer space famous for its ability to fuse different types of gemstones and rocks into each other.”
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She-Ra and the Princesses of Power’s Final Season Gives The Gays Everything They Want
“Even after all the growth and apologies, all the blushing and teasing, all the conversations about what they both want, I couldn’t let myself believe it. I was so afraid to be let down. But holy shit y’all, THEY DID IT.”
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Monday Roundtable: What’s Your Age Again?
“I used to lie about my age to get deals off the kids’ menu. Like, why would we pay an extra five dollars when we all know I’m about to get chicken tenders and it’s only an appetizer if I’m over twelve??”
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Monday Roundtable: Sign of the Times
Nothing stays the same forever, and that includes our bods; here’s the Autostraddle team talking about how they’ve noticed their bodies aging and what that’s like.
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“Orange Is the New Black” Changed Everything We Thought We Knew About Queer TV
As “Orange is the New Black” wraps up its seven-season run, our TV team weighs in on the show’s legacy — the good and the bad.
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A+ Roundtable: Our Favorite Mistakes
“I don’t really view those choices and connections as mistakes, because anything I did that I overall don’t regret isn’t really a mistake.”
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Monday Roundtable: The Style Icons Who Inspired Our Gay Style
“My style icon is Nancy Meyers’ interpretation of a middle-aged white woman after she’s decided to pull herself together sometime in the second act. Wow that is… I feel very called out by own self.”
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Monday Roundtable: The Jewelry We Wear Every Day
“My favorite thing in the world is when people ask if it’s a mood ring so I can say yes.”
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Monday Roundtable: Still Holding On
We’ve packed and unpacked these items through several apartments, hung them up with care, and regularly touch the sleeves contemplatively although today could be the day. Reader, it’s not going to be the day! The day is not coming. Yet we can’t let go of these garments. Why not!
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A+ Roundtable: Forgiven but Not Forgotten
Forgiveness may be an attribute of the strong, but we also have the memory of an elephant.
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Monday Roundtable: Breaking Up and Fucking Up
Just some of the many ways we ruin our lives after a breakup.
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A+ Roundtable: If I Could Take It All Back
“I never went into it planning to be a monster, and I think that actually always made it worse.”
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TV Team Roundtable: Just Some “Jane the Virgin” Petramos True Believers Over Here
“Nothing the show will throw at me will ever doubt my faith in the foundation of their love. NOTHING!! So don’t even try it, Jane the Virgin. This is an official warning.”