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Friendship

You Need Help: Do I Owe a Girl From My Past an Apology in the Present?

Treat people better than you did in your early twenties, and eventually you’ll realize that you have nothing to feel guilty about anymore.

Abbie Jones August 23, 2022 16 Comments
Geekery

Flirt With the Cute Video Store Clerk and Deliver People’s Mail in Cozy Game “Lake”

Have you ever wanted to play a mail delivery simulator that moonlights as a wholesome version of Grand Theft Auto? Lake might be for you!

Julie Gentile August 23, 2022 6 Comments
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Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft

Queer Tarotscopes for Virgo Season 2022: How Can You Create The Space You Need?

After months of historic heat waves, we’re eager to feel the promise of autumn and (hopefully) cooler weather, with the transition from fiery Leo season to our last sign of summer: cool, earthy Virgo.

meg August 22, 2022
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Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Aubrey Plaza Is Giving “A League of Their Own” on “Celebrity Sluggers”

The best LGBTQ+ anime, Hayley Kiyoko on the origins of Lesbian Jesus, Sue Bird makes history AGAIN, and more!

Heather Hogan August 22, 2022 13 Comments
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Queer Fashion

Five Outfits for Being the Main Character in a Lesbian Romantic Comedy

This lead is sexy, vibrant, maybe a little clumsy, and heartwarming. If you don’t fall in love with her, you definitely want to be her. 

danijanae August 22, 2022 7 Comments
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Book Features

Author Lydia Conklin on Being Queer in the 90s and Writing Characters in Transitional Moments

“Somebody told me that pretty much everyone who grew up queer, especially in our generation, is a secretive person or has an ability for secrecy.”

Annie Liontas August 22, 2022 1 Comment
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Beauty

Put This on Your Face: Lashes

From primers to mascaras to falsies, here’s a quick guide to what to do with your lashes if you’re feeling overwhelmed by how many products there are out there.

ashni August 22, 2022 5 Comments
Cool For The Summer by Dahlia Adler, Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera, Melt With You by Jennifer Dugan, In The Key Of Us by Mariama J. Lockington, This One Summer by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki, The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin, Island Time by Georgia Clark, and Florida Woman by Deb Rogers
Book Lists Quizzes

Quiz: What Queer Book Should You Read To Extend Summer?

Do you need a summery queer book to pack in your beach bag?

Casey August 21, 2022 21 Comments
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Food and Drink

Juicy, Dripping Tomatoes Are the Stars of Late Summer

Tomato season and Leo season overlap slightly, which honestly makes perfect sense. Tomatoes are bold, demanding to take up space whether we like it or not.

ashni August 21, 2022 15 Comments
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Beauty

AM/PM: A Skincare Routine For the Mom Friend On Vacation

Just a 14-product vacation routine from your favorite mom friend. You’ll like it — it’s sweet.

Christina Tucker August 20, 2022 6 Comments
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Book Lists

10 Books for Dungeons & Dragons Queers To Read Between Adventures

All of these stories feature: magic and/or melee, quests, chosen families, and queer characters.

Heather Hogan August 20, 2022 26 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

“A League of Their Own” Episode 108 Recap: The Ninth Inning

In the Season One finale, Max starts a new beginning and the Peaches meet the Blue Sox in the World Series.

Carmen Phillips August 19, 2022 57 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: “The Undeclared War” Is Queer and Scarier Than Any Horror Movie

Plus updates on Raising Kanan, Reservation Dogs, Rap Sh!t, Hotties, American Horror Stories, Roswell, The Chi, Only Murders in the Building, and The Ms. Pat Show!

Natalie and Valerie Anne
August 19, 2022 1 Comment
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TV Show Recaps

“Good Trouble” Episode 416 Recap: Chosen Family Among Friends

Alice and Sumi end up in a sexual pleasure workshop, much to Alice’s chagrin and Sumi’s delight.

Natalie August 19, 2022 2 Comments
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Sports

Obsessed: The Manti Te’o Documentary Reveals That Nobody Handled It Well

Netflix’s new Manti Te’o documentary casts a different light on the “hoax” surrounding the football player’s fake online girlfriend and my lord is there a lot to unpack here!

Riese August 19, 2022 15 Comments
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TV Feature

P-Valley Has Changed the Rules of Black Queer Storytelling

A roundtable between four queer black writers about THEE show of the summer that united exceptional storytelling, with blackness and queerness and southernness, in ways we’ve never seen before.

Natalie, A. Tony Jerome and Carmen Phillips
August 19, 2022 3 Comments
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Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Swinging for the Fences

“‘A complete homosexual extravaganza?’ Sounds like I finally got an answer to what I want to be when I grow up!”

Darcy August 19, 2022 4 Comments
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AF+

Into the A+ Advice Box #66: SKINCARE

In which our team answers our members’ questions about the care and keeping of their skin!

the team August 19, 2022 17 Comments
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Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: A Queer Timeline of ”The Baby-Sitters Club,” Annotated

A flowchart for reading about abolition, reclaiming summer as a fat brown babe, and is it ever OK for straight actors to play queer roles?

Carmen Phillips August 18, 2022 8 Comments
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LGBT Book Reviews

Putsata Reang’s New Memoir Fills In the Gaps of Lost Family History

Putsata Reang’s memoir “Ma and Me” grapples with what it means to carry intergenerational trauma not only as an Asian American, immigrant, and refugee but also as a queer person.

himani August 18, 2022 5 Comments
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