A+ Roundtable: Our Sports Stories
“I mean, my first AIM screen name was SprtsFreek1224.”
You Need Help: Can I Go Through this Heartbreak Again?
In order to work through problems in a relationship, both parties must be present, willing, and able to do the work required. It’s a little like you’re sitting side by side in a rowboat, each holding one oar. When one person does all the rowing, you’re only going to go in circles.
The Five “Fast Car” Covers that Helped Me Get Free This Summer
The thing about our favorite songs – those that help us breathe and feel seen – is that when we love them, we shout our praise from the rooftops, we play them on repeat, and some of us (the bravest of us all) honor them with our own renditions.
If My Clit Were Lost in the Woods, the Aer Would Still Find It
I’ve tried a lot of suction sex toys — here’s how the Aer compares.
Pop Culture Fix: JoJo Siwa Unleashes Her Inner Softball Dyke at the MLB All-Star Game
How Ms. Marvel explored family trauma and India’s Partition, Craig of the Creek has Black American Sign Language rep, and BBC is looking for someone else to make Gentleman Jack magic with.
They Created the World They Wanted to See: The Radical Possibility of FaT GiRL Zine
“This was a noninstitutionalized reaction. This was political, intentional, we’re gonna be fat and queer and creative and sexy and empowering and a collective action.”
Nicola Griffith’s Spear Is a Gender-Bending, Queer Arthurian Adventure
There’s magic! There’s sword fights! It’s Mulan meets Merlin with a healthy helping of sapphic romance.
Fletcher’s Song About Becky With The Good T-Shirt, Explained
A small clip from Fletcher’s new song “Becky’s So Hot” — which she wrote about her ex-girlfriend Shannon’s now-girlfriend — has set lesbian TikTok ON FIRE.
Quiz: Which Fictional Heroine From a Classic Tween Book Are You?
If your tweenhood was anything like mine, you spent a considerable amount of time reading books about girls your age going through the same stuff you were.
Five Outfits for Being Hot and Absolutely Unapproachable at the Reunion
Whether that means family reunion or alumni weekend, what you wear is a great way to communicate. Maybe you’re the hot gay aunt. The cool gay sibling. Maybe you were drunk for most of college and have come back to show how much you’ve grown.
There Will Never Be Another Wishbone
The best episodes of Wishbone impressed on me the importance of storytelling and listening to other people’s stories.
Baopu #101: Effortlessly High Expectations
How do you balance effort and expectations? You gotta meet yourself half way… or not.
Boobs on Your Tube: Each New Episode of “P-Valley” Is a Chef’s Kiss, Bon Appétit
On P-Valley, Mercedes once again has had the rug yanked out from under her by someone who professed to care. Plus updates from All Rise, The Chi, Roswell, New Mexico and For All Mankind.
“Good Trouble” Episode 411 Recap: The Year of Yes
Am I a little sad that Alice didn’t use this opportunity to find out more about Sumi’s feelings and what sparked their initial break-up? Yes, but the biggest impediment between Alice and Sumi has always been the lack of trust. This is how you build it back up.
Obsessed: The Stayner Family’s Real American Horror Story
Hulu’s “Captive Audience” is one of the most intense crime stories I’ve ever heard, and it starts with the kidnapping of a seven-year-old boy and ends with a serial killer in Yosemite park.
So You Want To Go To The Beach
This is a packing list for VACATIONS. The ones where you aren’t really doing anything, just reading a ton of romance novels between dips in the ocean and playing board games while drinking wine at night.
The Comment Awards Are Racing Rainbow Road
“MAKE TRANS ICON BIRDO A MAIN PLAYABLE CHARACTER IN MARIO CART, YOU COWARDS!”
Chris Belcher’s “Pretty Baby” Examines the Power of Shame in Our Culture
You don’t have to look very closely to see that shame is one of the foremost organizing principles of our society.
Into the A+ Advice Box #64: BREAKING UP
Breaking up with a queer anti-choice friend, your partner isn’t over their ex, and more!
Three Sober Queers on Their First Drinks and Workplace Drinking Culture
“It’s funny, much like coming out, I always look back on these moments and think ‘Ah that’s when I should have known I had a problem’.”