Instead of subtle sabotage and psychological spiraling, Birds of Paradise is more like these rival lesbian ballet dancers slapping, tackling, wrestling, clawing at, and punching each other in the face. Until! They get assigned to their dorm room! AND THERE’S ONLY ONE BED!
1998 called — they said sorry for pushing stereotypes about nails and queer sex. Shelli and Ro are here to set the record straight.
I understand. When I was in my late 20s, I felt like some kind of Jane Austen heroine, like, “A woman of seven and twenty can never hope to feel or inspire affection again!”
“Sepideh Moafi’s tongue is acting. Her tongue has more compelling storylines this season than many of the core characters, I would argue.”
As a woman who has been known to describe herself as a “coatsexual,” it was incredibly challenging for me to not select upwards of twenty coats and jackets here.
Also! Margaret Cho and Mae Martin join The Flight Attendant, Indya Moore joins Aquaman, Stephanie Beatriz busts bisexual myths, the holy calling of lesbianism, and more!
If you ever wanted to know more about what it was like during Tumblr’s heyday — the good and the bad — Tumblr Porn is an excellent little primer from a very-invested insider.
Cats are Halloween-ish right? Doesn’t matter. The main thing is cats are universal and eternal and you’re lucky to be compared to one.
What it’s like to go to a queer sex party for the first time, why go on a break when you can just break up, how to find a way through conflict gridlock and more.
I have three journals. I no longer have my dad. I’ll write this story for the rest of my life.
If I had a time machine, I’d use it to go back to a breakfast. The problem: I don’t know where or when I was.
Finally we return to the stuff everybody REALLY misses from the original series, like vague dialogue, bats out of hell and funding the CAC
Work in Progress, Vigil, American Horror Story, Raising Kanan, NCIS: Hawai’i, Our Kind of People, Roswell New Mexico, Queen Sugar — and Merry Christmas from Niecy Nash!
Topics include Aldi Supermarkets, Whitney Houston, McDonald’s, Brazilian Butt Lifts, The Rosie O’Donnell Show, COVID in Kirkland, restorative justice and more!
“Anne Lister is haunting my house! I should probably start writing more of my journals in code.”
It sounds like Britney is indeed getting a prenup, Lynda Carter wishes you a happy Bi Visibility Day, Jamie Clayton, and TWO essays by Roxane Gay! Lucky you!
A Countess challenges her newest trans maid to make a sopping wet gamble. “The Countess said she could use whatever means necessary, and Myra had assumed she meant some form of corporal punishment. But the Countess was going to pee on her.”
“I didn’t want a divorce, didn’t want to open our relationship, didn’t want to start dating other people — I just wanted to own this piece of myself that I’d spent a lifetime denying.”
“I am excited… but also filled with a little dread?”
What is Black enough? What is queer enough?