Grease Bats: Not My Jam
“Dating. Sex. Romance. It’s not my jam.”
Oh, Hey! It’s Alyssa #44: Ink
“There are very few things I love more than being tattooed.”
Drawn to Comics: Grace Ellis’ “Moonstruck Vol 1” Is as Magical and Uplifting as a Levitation Spell
What at first seems like a pretty straightforward coffee shop fantasy love story quickly becomes a daring adventure about embracing and celebrating diversity and the things that make you unique.
Some Things: Fair Warning
We all have things we’d go back and tell ourselves.
TDOV Spotlight: Annie Mok’s “They Say That I’m A Witch”
“Traveling back in time to school days, and getting to confront one’s bully, hit me viscerally. I found myself going through the game over and over.”
6 Video Games For Springtime’s Short Attention Spans
Hi hello and welcome to springtime, when the weather has no predictable pattern and neither does my attention span. Here are some games I’ve picked up for five minutes or thirty minutes or maybe even an entire hour at a time lately.
Drawn to Comics: Legend of Korra Turf Wars Pt. 2 Stays as Gay as Ever
“I was about to write, “this book almost seems like fan service,” but, nope, it doesn’t just seem that way, it is fan service.”
Yo! That’s Not Cool #9: Broken Resolutions
“Spend less money? Nope!”
Oh, Hey! It’s Alyssa #43: LDR
Sometimes you find yourself navigating the dreaded territory of a long distance relationship.
Drawn to Comics: 6 Women Superheroes Who Should Come Out as Lesbian or Bisexual in Their Next Movie
Recently we’ve had queer women in Jessica Jones and Marvel’s Runaways, but Marvel and DC’s cinematic universes are still disturbingly straight.
Baopu #44: My Self-Doubt
It’s hard for me to believe in myself, 200% of the time.
“Butterfly Soup” and “GENDERWRECKED” Are the Queer Indie Games You’re Looking For
These days, I constantly crave queer ass stories about queer ass characters. Luckily for us all, there are some incredible indie game creators who are here to give the people what we want: gays!
Drawn to Comics: “A Quick and Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns” Is Quick, Easy and Spectacular
If you’ve got people in your life who could use some help, Archie Bongiovanni and Tristin Jimerson have a brand new book that will explain how to use they/them and other gender neutral pronouns, and also why it’s so important.
“Lost Wage Rampage” Is Your Morning Coffee Spite Play, Highly Recommend
Friedhoff games always give players a space to vent rage without real-world consequences; Lost Wage Rampage is no exception, and whoo boy, do we got a lot of rage.
Grease Bats: Heartbroken
“The first girl I loved punched me in the face at recess in fourth grade.”
“Lesbians Who Tech” Is Back at It Again With the Badass Queers and a Lot of Good Ideas
Tegan and Sara’s keynote speech, a Desi feminist and DJ from Harvard samples some beats off my her phone, how augmented and virtual reality can be used in politics, how tech is helping the resistance and much more from Lesbians Who Tech!
Oh, Hey! It’s Alyssa #42: Too Much
“I’ve been thinking a ton lately about internalized ableism and homophobia.”
Drawn to Comics: “Dating a Trans Person Changed My Partner’s Life” Starts a Good Discussion About Trans Life and Love
“The joy these people are feeling for having found happy, loving and affirming relationships is radiating off of the page. These are clearly trans people who have found happiness with who they are and where they are in life, and the art goes a long, long way to show that.”
9 Ways Being a Junior Developer Is Like Being a Baby Gay
You’re almost too gay to write a function.
20 Afrofuturist Songs, Books and Artists to Help with Your “Black Panther” Withdrawal
Let’s fill that Black Panther-shaped hole in your heart.