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Art Has Its Own Power Outside of the Systems That Profit From It

Music is a way for us to tell the truth. To feel our souls inside our bodies. The novel ‘Long…

Gen

Aug 7, 2026

Heavyweight: A Family Story of the Holocaust, Empire, and Memory by Solomon J. Brager

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The Holocaust Doesn’t Exist in a Historical Vacuum

As Solomon J. Brager implies in their new graphic memoir, Heavyweight: A Family Story of the Holocaust, Empire, and Memory, Holocaust memoirs have been part of our global literary culture…

Stef Rubino

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Jul 30, 2024

The Miseducation of Cameron Post, I Can't Think Straight, Disobedience, Can You Ever Forgive Me, The Hours, Rebecca, The Color Purple, and Fingersmith

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Which of These Books Are Better Than the Lesbian Movies Based on Them?

I think we can all agree there should be MORE queer film adaptations of queer (or queer-coded) books! Here are 32 from 1940 to now.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Jul 24, 2024

Olivia Laing's The Garden Against Time

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‘The Garden Against Time’ Asks, Who Gets To Live in Paradise?

I didn’t grow up knowing anyone who had a traditional garden. In South Florida, where the heat is relentless and the storms are unpredictable, it takes a special kind of…

Stef Rubino

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Jul 22, 2024

Lesbian Potentiality & Feminist Media in the 1970s

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Looking Back on 1970s Lesbian Feminist Film and Sci-Fi To Reimagine the Future

“I mean props to those who are three years old and are like, ‘I’m gay.’ But some of us have to meet some gay people, and sometimes those people are…

Lauren Herold

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Jul 13, 2024

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Things I Read That I Love #337: Getting Your Ex Back, Trendy Baby Names, Subway Commercials, Etc

Topics include the rise of romance bookstores, the rise of the get-your-ex-back industry, the first celebrity chef, Subway commercials, the Hard Rock Cafe, trendy baby names and more!

Riese

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Jul 12, 2024

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Growing Up Queer With a Narcissistic Mother Was Its Own Special Hell

The twisted protagonist’s mommy issues in Elle Nash’s ‘Deliver Me’ were far too relatable for comfort.

Nico

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Jul 11, 2024

3-picture collage: Bunny by Mona Awad, Big Swiss by Jen Beagin, You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat

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Feeling Feral? Here’s 17 Novels For The Weird Girls

I love a fucking weirdo narrator — a strange girl who’s always on the outside of things, always looking too closely at everything around her, drawing conclusions nobody wants to…

Riese

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Jul 10, 2024

A triptych of the All-Night Pharmacy cover against an off-white textured background

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‘All-Night Pharmacy’ Is a Bisexual Neo-Noir About Addiction, Psychics, and Intergenerational Trauma

In this fresh take on the mystery novel, what needs to be solved is not a murder — it’s not even a missing sister or the truth of a psychic…

Drew Burnett Gregory

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Jul 9, 2024

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