Things I Read That I Love #324: You May Call It Dirty, But I Call It Home
Topics include kids who play with toys on YouTube, the Brooklyn Nets, the price of being single, NFTs, LuLaRoe, weight loss camp, debt, a Home Makeover Horror Story and more!
No Filter: Hayley Kiyoko in a Bodysuit With a Circle Cutout?? Incredible Work!
Plus, I am, as ever, thrilled to see Kate Moennig in a leather jacket.
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What Elmo’s viral moments tells us about how parents watch kids TV, and Linktree is kicking sex workers off its site.
I Asked a Bunch of Queer People About Their Pubic Hairstyles — Here’s What They Said
It turns out that queer and trans people are pretty utilitarian when it comes to crotch maintenance.
Style Thief: How To Dress Like Taissa From “Yellowjackets”
Rock teen Taissa energy by day and adult Taissa energy by night.
Cozy Socks I Want to Own
Why socks? Here are five reasons, brainstormed 100% from the top of my head right now, why cozy socks should be queer culture.
“Euphoria” Episode 202 Recap: We Tell Ourselves Stories In Order to Live Through High School
Rue narrates that she has everything she could ever wish for. And this is all I’ve ever wanted from this show, so why does it feel so bad??
“Yellowjackets” Episode 110 Recap: Unsolvable Mysteries
I hope Yellowjackets keeps teasing us, keeps planting “character Easter eggs” rather than plot ones, keeps revealing things that ultimately are easy to predict but difficult to swallow.
Pop Culture Fix: Tig Notaro and Dakota Johnson are Making That “Lesbian Falls for Her Best Friend” Rom-Com You’ve Been Waiting For
Alia Shawkat is a cult classic, HBO Max orders a whole new Degrassi, Marvel just keeps letting us down, and more!
JOIN US NOW: Come To Our A+ Yellowjackets Virtual Watch-Along!
Hang out with our managing editor Kayla and A+ members on a special pop-up Discord Server while we watch the Yellowjackets finale! Plus: get buzzzzed on themed cocktails (and mocktails).
Watch Ariana DeBose and Kate McKinnon Feel Witty and Pretty and GAY Together on “SNL”
Kate McKinnon has been freed from her Verizon 5G prison!
Quiz: Which “Yellowjackets” Character Are You?
What choices would YOU make if you existed in the season’s buzziest 90s teen girl survival horror show?
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Episode 1402 Recap: Making HIStory
The long-overdue addition of trans women to Drag Race is not about inclusivity — it’s about returning an artform to its inventors. Welcoming a cis straight man to the show undermines that fact.
Ava DuVernay’s “Naomi” Is Here and Queer (and Absolutely Gorgeous)
It’s not the first time DuVernay has added queer characters to a pre-existing canvas: in 2016, she added Nova Bordelon, a bisexual journalist/activist, to the world Natalie Baszile created in Queen Sugar. The goal, the creator told television critics earlier this week, isn’t representation, it’s normalization.
Boobs on Your Tube: “Nancy Drew” Is Back With Shenanigans and Queer Kissing
Also, an update on the final season of Claws!
Suranne Jones and Rose Leslie Make Out, Solve Murders Together on “Vigil”
The UK hit is now available to stream on Peacock in the US.
Sex With An X: The Perils Of Performative Spelling
Inclusive spellings have a long, meaningful history, but the current usage, especially replacing certain vowels in words with an “x,” leaves much to be desired – and might actually be actively harmful.
The Comment Awards Are Arguing Over the Gayest American Girl Doll
“I humbly submit for consideration Molly’s extended meditation on why her teacher’s hair is so shiny.”
Revisiting the Trans Metaphors, Fashion, and Horny Action of the Original Matrix Trilogy
Drew and Kayla discuss why they love the sequels, the first times they watched these movies, and the fact that Reloaded is the horniest Matrix installment.
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How to succeed at failure, why making friends in midlife is so hard, LEGO is getting sued over a leather jacket, and 22 books by Black authors to read in 2022.