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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
Ma and Me by Putsata Reang features a gator and a tiger on the cover. The cover is repeated three times.
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
Photo 1: A white woman and a Black woman stand next to each other during the opening segment of Dyke TV with monitors behind them that say Dyke TV. Photo 2: The Dyke TV logo features magazine letters cut out spelling DYKE TV against a purple background. Photo 3: Cheryl Dunye addresses the camera. Photo 4: Pink text that reads: "Lesbianism what a beautiful choice." Photo 5: The Dyke TV logo features magazine letters cut out spelling DYKE TV against a purple background. Photo 6: The host of Lexa's Lesbian Love Signs poses in front of a horoscope wheel.
TV Feature

What “Dyke TV” Can Teach Us About Independent LGBTQ Media

Created by three lesbian artist-activists in June 1993, Dyke TV was a half-hour public access cable TV program focused on lesbian and feminist activism, community issues, art and film, news, health, sports, and culture.

Lauren Herold August 18, 2022 16 Comments
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Beauty

The Affordable Blushes You Should Buy Right Now

So what’s affordable to me may not be the same for you, and I’ve tried to take that into consideration for this piece. In general, I’m talking about single blushes under $15, or blush palettes under $20.

danijanae August 18, 2022 3 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

“A League of Their Own” Episode 107 Recap: Loud Enough For Ya?

Carson learn the consequences of breaking the rules, Jess and Lupe teach Esti how to drive, and Max has the best 24 hours of her entire life.

Heather Hogan August 18, 2022 27 Comments
TV Show Recaps

“A League of Their Own” Episode 106 Recap: Over the Rainbow

Carson learns about underground queer bars, Max learns how to be herself and not what others expect of her, the gay Peaches learn they have each other.

Carmen Phillips August 17, 2022 42 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

“Motherland: Fort Salem” Episode 309 Recap: Marry Your Gays

In the penultimate episode of Motherland: Fort Salem, we get a moment of (gay) peace at Raelle and Scylla’s wedding.

Valerie Anne August 17, 2022 11 Comments
TV News & Trailers

“Yellowjackets” Casts Adult Lottie, Answering the Very Important Question: Who the F*ck Is Lottie Matthews?

Simone Kessell will play the adult version of the Antler Queen.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya August 17, 2022 3 Comments
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Dating Podcasts

“Wait, Is This a Date?” Podcast Special Episode: Mailbag Minisode #1

From how to have a first lesbian experience to how to be horny and demisexual! If you’re thinking hmm these queers seem to know what they’re talking about then go ahead and send in your own question!

Drew Burnett Gregory August 17, 2022 1 Comment
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Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Queen Latifah Goes Full Mad Max in “End of the Road” Trailer

Tessa Thompson’s puppy interview, the WNBA play-offs kick off tonight, Abbi Jacobson’s got a word for the haters, and more!

Heather Hogan August 17, 2022 5 Comments
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: I Am Looooving Michaela Jaé’s Short Hair Era!

Also, Lesbian Jesus is on tour, and I am happy to see that it is going well!

Christina Tucker August 17, 2022 3 Comments
TV Show Recaps

“A League of Their Own” Episode 105 Recap: Finding a Little Piece of Home

Max finds family that she never knew she could ask for, Greta learns to be vulnerable, and the Peaches get to say arguably the most iconic five words in sports cinematic history.

Carmen Phillips August 16, 2022 30 Comments
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LGBT History TV Feature

How Realistic is “A League Of Their Own”? Let’s Do a Historical Deep Dive!

Join me on a journey deep into herstory while we answer questions on topics including racism in the AAGPBL, whether or not there really were that many lesbians, queer bar culture of the 1940s and the popularity of women’s softball.

Riese August 16, 2022 29 Comments
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Movie Reviews

Rich Friends Turn on Each Other in Queer Horror-Meets-Comedy-of-Errors “Bodies Bodies Bodies”

At a hurricane party gone wrong, increasingly fraught group dynamics have deadly consequences — for people who largely aren’t very used to experiencing consequences at all.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya August 16, 2022 3 Comments
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AF+

Interview With My Partner: Gerrie

“The playlist that was basically titled: ‘I know I said I’m not into a relationship, but I love you.'”

ashni August 16, 2022 5 Comments
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Dating

You Need Help: Is Substance Use a Dealbreaker?

As someone who’s dealt with substance issues, my friends and my therapist told me to cut and run, so I did. And now I regret it.

danijanae August 16, 2022 15 Comments
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