Queer 90s Fashion With Accidentally Lesbian Celine Dion
“If Rachel Maddow ever hits Dinah Shore karaoke party in a three-quarter-length leather coat and leather pants, it will look like every performance on this live album.”
The Woman in the Rainbow Tallit Was the Actual Rabbi
I wanted to wear my own history again, this time supported not only by my Jewish ancestors, but by my queer ancestors.
Monday Roundtable: The Lesbian Style Clichés We’ll Never Give Up
“One time my coworker asked if I could dress any dykier and you know what? I don’t know. It’s pretty gay.”
Blood Sugar: Letting Type 1 Diabetes Be Sexy
My goal in depicting my sister as a boudoir photographer was to show just how sexy she is — not without her pump, not without her sensor, but with them fully visible, clipped to her lingerie.
Controlling the Image: Obsessive Compulsion and the Closet
“When I asked my friends from high school if they remembered me ever mentioning my records, most of them had no idea. Just as most of them had no inkling of my queerness before I finally came out.”
But Make It Fashion: A Letter From Your Editor
“But Make It Fashion is a collection of essays about our weird bodies and genders and desires and what we choose to put on top of all those things every day.”
Why Did You Betray Your Own Heart, Cathy?
“Last week I found one of those butter-coloured strands on my dress, and wondered. Then I realised it was one of my own, greying hairs. Ten years have passed, and she’s straight now, living with the boyfriend I introduced her to nine and a half years ago.”
I Am a Sex Idiot
I feel nothing and everything when I’m with her and I want that more than I want to protect myself. I know this will hurt me, but pain is part of my life, so I allow it in bursts I think I can control.
How “Bad Girls” Made a Good Girl Gay
“The first time I left my mom in the county jail, the only person more surprised than her was me.”
A+ Roundtable: Forgiven but Not Forgotten
Forgiveness may be an attribute of the strong, but we also have the memory of an elephant.
Evening Walks
“My brother would wander toward the TV to watch some movie, and I’d go straight for the computer and open two tabs. In one, YouTube. In the other, fanfiction.net, where I tweaked the character filters so I could read about Santana and Brittany falling in love for the thousandth time.”
I Don’t Want to Be Your Friend Anymore
I couldn’t deal with the love-hate whiplash anymore. I may have been patient, but I had my limits.
15 Ways to Stay Out of Trouble According to a 1950s Reverend-Doctor
Don’t be a frigid bitch, but don’t be so un-frigid that you murder your husband with sex.
Monday Roundtable: I’m Not Gonna Do It
It’s not gonna happen, buddy.
Something Wild
“When her body shook I was filled with a fullness that almost made me cry. For me, in that moment, Dan wasn’t even in the room.”
PHOTOESSAY: Going Nowhere
“It’s about breaking the rules just a little bit.”
A+ Roundtable: The Things We Did for the Money We Needed to Survive
Capitalism! So neat!
How to Behave at Boarding School
“Boarding school teaches self-possession repeatedly and thoroughly, because it teaches you how to be in control when you’ve made every effort to be out of it.”
The Nothing Between Your Legs
“She’s a tomboy,” your mother says, frustrated. “I’m sure she’ll grow out of it when she gets interested in boys.” “More dolls,” repeats Mrs. Morris. They plan to doll this little problem out of you.
Don Draper vs Jenny Schecter: The Sexist Battle of the TV Anti-Heroes
Even now, almost a decade after The L Word’s final season, with LGBTQ+ representation at unprecedented heights, we still hold Jenny Schecter up as our ultimate villain. Her name is a curse, a swear, a shortcut for derision. She is a model of bad behavior.