Grease Bats: Bath Time
“We’re warm, we’re drinking and best of all we’re naked!”
Geekery
Baopu #77: Internal Soundtrack
Finding the soundtracks that have been there all along, making room for new sounds.
Foolish Child #80: It Never Ends
Well yes. It turns out the apocalypse creeps on you slowly, starting oh — in about March 2020, who would’ve guessed?
Reine #12: Take A Sip, Babes
Are you a “finish your seltzer” gay? Or a “let your seltzer get flat & warm and make your partner finish it for you” gay?
The Lakeview Crew #6: Reunion
In an abolitionist dream of the future, Celeste is reunited with her formerly incarcerated mom.
Foolish Child #79: Comply
“I really don’t need to be in my house simmering over the racist comments on violence against Black people.”
Grease Bats: Gratitude
“What’s the point of podding if I can’t fix your unhappiness?”
Baopu #76: Lost, With Directions
I’m searching for the right person who can help me go through all this confusion.
Foolish Child #78: We Got Jokes
“You know I can’t tell when you’re making Black people jokes!”
Reine #11: Heat Wave
One hot, queer week in the summer of 2020. From face masks, to protests, to cats sleeping on ice packs to beat the heat.
Foolish Child #77: Black Lives Matter Isn’t a Trend
What’s the point in arguing with a world that will always devalue Black skin?
Grease Bats: TikTok Goals
“Obviously I’m joining #FEMMEARMY”
Baopu #75: Hitting a Wall
A surreal exploration of tackling a mental road block. The other side might be a very different perspective.
Foolish Child #76: You Don’t Need to Justify Your Grief
“What right do I have to feel grief over this? It’s not my loss.”
Reine #10: Building A Kinder World
We are going to build a kinder, safer world.
“The Last of Us Part II” and the Never Ending Endings of Endlessness
I did my best to not let my lurking paranoia get in the way of being happy during certain portions of the game but it was an ever present feeling. Even now, having finished the game, it is still there. The few times I forgot about it I found myself taking comfort in two women deeply in love, in the shit together.
The Lakeview Crew #5: Thoughts on “Asians For Black Lives”
Aiden contemplates what it means to identify with the phrase “Asians for Black Lives.”
Foolish Child #75: The Instructions Are Right There, People
Trying to erase the past doesn’t HELP Black folks.
Queer Flagging 101: How to Signal the Sex You Want Using the Hanky Code
While we’re figuring out how to communicate six feet apart after months of cruising Lex, I figured it’d be a good time to share my zine Yes I’m Flagging: Queer Flagging 101.
Baopu #74: Radical Reconsiderations
As a queer Asian woman, I’m asking questions and finding my place in activism beyond self-love.
Foolish Child #74: Karens Don’t Get It
“Karen” is a whole conversation about: white fragility, white privilege, white women weaponizing their tears against Black people when we don’t comply.