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Darby Ratliff February 12, 2024 1 Comment
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Friendship

I Unicorned for a Couple at a Quirky Rural Swingers Club

I wasn’t going to turn down the chance to explore a massive swinger lodge that’s been in operation since the 1970’s.

Nico February 11, 2024 7 Comments
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Quiz: What Queer Memoir Could Change Your Life?

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“Clone High” Season Three Is Worthy of Its Frida Kahlo/Cleopatra Lesbian Romance

Clone High’s third season is able to escape the confines of that dreaded “revival series curse.”

Rendy Jones February 10, 2024 1 Comment
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AF+ Crossword Would Sit on the Bisexual Sofa

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“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Episode 1606 Recap: Come On, Barbie

Plane makes a crack about Morphine’s stomach which is rich coming from someone so desperate for curves she’s confused her breastplate for a personality. 

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TV Show Recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: Abby McEnany and Robin Weigert Are a Lesbian Couple on Network TV???

Someone gave Abby McEnany and Robin Weigert the prime post-Super Bowl spot this Sunday, and you’re gonna fall in love immediately. Also updates on: Death and Other Details, La Brea, and Hightown!

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February 9, 2024 5 Comments
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The Traitors 207 Recap: Parvati Shallow Has a Predatory Headband

That’s always a tension in these kinds of competition reality TV shows: do you want to sacrifice your integrity, and win, or maintain your integrity, and lose?

Anya Richkind February 9, 2024 1 Comment
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Julie Delporte Wanted To Be a Lesbian Even Before She Was Sexually Attracted to Women

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I’m a Stone Butch Top Who Can’t Bring Myself To Penetrate Anyone Else

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Cecilia Gentili Showed What It Means To Care About Sex Workers, Immigrants, and Trans People

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Stef Rubino February 9, 2024 5 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

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Literature

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Patricia Lockwood meets the pope, Leslie Jamison has a baby and gets divorced. Also: going to Disneyworld but not giving up your data, the reborn doll community, the Iron Claw, the tyranny of a mother’s vanity, how group chats rule the world and more!

Riese February 9, 2024 6 Comments
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Emet Ozar February 9, 2024
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Book Features

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Rather than focus on individual, exceptional figures of toxic masculinity, Hammer wanted to explore masculinity as a cultural form that people of all genders can embody.

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Valerie Anne February 8, 2024 8 Comments
TV Show Recaps

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Gabe Dunn February 8, 2024 16 Comments
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