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Literature

Rainbow Reading: Give Me All the Queer Paleontology Novels!

Plus, coming out this August, a book that promises “Bridgerton meets Freaky Friday sapphic romcom.”

Yashwina April 20, 2023 9 Comments
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Relationships

Dykes on Dates: Here’s a Picnic Menu That Feels Fancy but Is Cheap and Easy

In which I forget a crucial part of our picnic at home but we still have a lovely time anyway.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya April 20, 2023 12 Comments
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Quizzes

Quiz: Choose Your Home Decor and I’ll Tell You What Movie You Should Watch While Stoned Tonight!

A happy weed day to us all!

Anya Richkind April 20, 2023 23 Comments
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Puzzles

Word Search: You’re a Wanker, Number Nine!

Relive your favorite little queer romcom with this extremely low-stakes word search!

Darcy April 20, 2023 3 Comments
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Food and Drink

Uncommon Pairings: Putting Your Tongue To Work

Welcome to Uncommon Pairings, a new Autostraddle column about wine! Today, we’re learning how to taste.

ashni April 19, 2023 4 Comments
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Life Money + Work

The Guilty Feelings Within My Black Queer Success

I had to choose between rightfully reveling in my success or succumbing to guilty feelings.

Jonathan P. Higgins, Ed.D. April 19, 2023 10 Comments
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Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Halle Berry and Angelina Jolie to Face Off in “Maude v Maude”

Stewie and Sloot win another championship, Pedro Pascal joins Beanie Feldstein’s queer road-trip movie, New Jersey ranks Yellowjackets characters by New Jersey-ness, and more!

Heather Hogan April 19, 2023 7 Comments
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: Where’s the Album Release Date, Janelle?!

Also, Chrishell Stause gets me! (A sentence I never thought I’d say.)

Christina Tucker April 19, 2023 1 Comment
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Puzzles

Mini Crossword Has Dibs on Every Celine Dion Song at Karaoke, Sorry

Having sex in an elevator??

brooke April 19, 2023 4 Comments
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Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Megan Thee Stallion Genuinely Thought People Would Believe Her

It’s rare that we’re able to hear a Black woman speak about her survival with as much breadth, nuance, and abundance of care that we get here. Also, Molly Kearney — SNL’s first nonbinary cast member — calls out anti-trans laws on air, and it’s a must see.

Carmen Phillips April 18, 2023 3 Comments
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Book Features

25 Lines of Poetry I Think About Once a Day

It’s National Poetry Month, so I become a poetry hound, sniffing out new books and revisiting old ones, finding solace, rage, love, and beauty in some of the words crafted by writers I truly admire.

danijanae April 18, 2023 16 Comments
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TV Feature

I’ll Watch Anything Where Survivors Get Revenge, Make Their Own Justice

What I need as a survivor is the knowledge, the understanding, the belief that I’m not in this alone. I was alone in the abuse. I do not want to be alone in the recovery.

A. Tony Jerome April 18, 2023 4 Comments
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Dating

You Need Help: My Partner Won’t Say “I Love You”

Is it silly to be hung up on this?

Drew Burnett Gregory April 18, 2023 14 Comments
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LGBT Book Reviews

Sexy, Ambitious Novel “Any Other City” Explores Transition and Transformation

I don’t remember ever reading such sexy queer sex.

Abbie Jones April 18, 2023 2 Comments
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Puzzles

Guessing Game: Poem Form Preferred By Serial Killers

Why can’t you explain puns to kleptomaniacs?

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya April 18, 2023 17 Comments
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LGBT Book Reviews

“Sizzle Reel” Doesn’t Let Its Queer Romance Be Messy

I don’t want Twitter and TikTok discourse to dictate how books are written.

Christina Tucker April 17, 2023 10 Comments
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Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Suzume Was Almost a Lesbian Love Story, Instead of a Furniture Love Story

Niecy Nash and Jessica Betts will rekindle their on-screen romance this week, Tessa Thompson will play Hedda Gabler, a first look at Never Have I Ever season four, and more!

Heather Hogan April 17, 2023 4 Comments
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First Person Music

Ranking The National Songs by How Much I’ve Cried to Them

Trying to get sober was like pulling teeth.

danijanae April 17, 2023 21 Comments
Breakups

Thank You, Ex: For the Baseball Jersey I Wore Constantly as a Baby Gay

Not everyone was surprised when I came out as a lesbian, but a few people were. Most notably: my boyfriend at the time.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya April 17, 2023 7 Comments
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TV Lists

19 Shows To Watch If You Like “Yellowjackets”

We’ve got great suggestions for how to get your Yellowjackets fix!

Riese April 17, 2023 15 Comments
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