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Dickens is looking on their phone and reflecting how powerful it is to see people manifest good things on social media. Their friend Saira recommends Dickens manifests things with their "little cartoons" instead.
Webcomics

Foolish Child #102: Manifestation

.“And to think, you could be manifesting all kinds with your little cartoons.”

Dickens August 25, 2021 2 Comments
Supergirl 608, THe Danvers Sisters: Alex plays with Kara's ponytail and smiles at her lil sister. Kara smiles back.
TV Show Recaps

“Supergirl” Episode 608 Recap: I Am Trash!

Kara has a Take Your Dad to Work Day as the Superfriends (INCLUDING Lena) try to stop a trash monster; Kara and Alex deal with their Phantom trauma.

Valerie Anne August 25, 2021 11 Comments
Jojo Siwa sits on a couch laughing with her girlfriend Kylie
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

JoJo Siwa and Her Girlfriend Kylie Want To Tell You Absolutely Everything About Their Courtship

If your heart has ever erred towards icy, I invite you to warm it up by witnessing the unbridled, starry-eyed joy of two girls in love who have only ever had one (1) fight and it was about Legos.

Riese August 25, 2021 12 Comments
A collage of Black and White photos of actor Beanie Feldstein, first on the cover of W magazine in a close-up of her face, then sitting on a stool displaying her legs, and finally in a strapless dress.
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: Have You Taken the Time Today to Think About How Stunning Beanie Feldstein Is?

Leisha Hailey, I mean… come on with this baby dyke excellence. And much like Hayley Kiyoko I cannot express enough how much “taking a shower and lying on floor” is like… my entire personality.

Christina Tucker August 25, 2021 8 Comments
Mae Martin and Elliot Page pose with their matching coffee cup tattoos. Both are wearing face masks.
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Elliot Page & Mae Martin Got Matching Tattoos, So UMMM 👀

Who gets to be a femme? How Sony tarnished Jeopardy! and Alex Trebek’s legacy, Josephine Baker be honored with a Panthéon burial, and the many faces of women who identify as witches.

Carmen Phillips August 24, 2021 11 Comments
Black woman with curly medium length hair sits on a bed, wearing jeans and a white tee, hugging herself with her crossed arms, looking away from the camera as though in thought.
Lesbian Sex

You Need Help: My Ex Got Mad That I Didn’t Want To Have Sex, Now I Can’t Trust Anyone

I have to start by getting this out: “Fuck your ex. FUCK THEM.” You are not to blame.

KaeLyn August 24, 2021 2 Comments
Work in Progress Season Two Review: Abby McEnany looks off in a close up
TV Reviews

“Work in Progress” Season Two Reaffirms That Mentally Ill Queer Dykes Are Enough

If the first season was a spiral, the second seems to be about the mundanity of doing okay. And like the first season, its humor, its pathos, its power is found in its casual, low-key specificity.

Drew Burnett Gregory August 24, 2021 11 Comments
a black Subaru is parked on an open road with a blue sky with perfect white clouds above it
First Person

I Spent the Summer Screaming in My Car, What About You?

When the sound of a scream leaves my throat, it is a choice. I am never accidentally screaming. I scream in the car and it is on purpose.  

Vanessa August 24, 2021 20 Comments
Illustration of a bag of Flaming Hot Cheetos on a background of single cheetos with scattered dust on a yellow background.
First Person

Hot Cheetos: A Chorus

Even years after we graduated high school or left our hometown or eschewed processed snack foods, we couldn’t deny the evidence of our former appetites, each of our fingers a flapping red flag.

K-Ming Chang August 24, 2021 7 Comments
all illustrations for this series by A. Andrews
First Person

Welcome To The Dinner Party

I’m hungry to throw a dinner party. For now, there’s this. DINNER PARTY—a series of micro essays on food.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya August 24, 2021 7 Comments
Legends of Tomorrow 613: Avalance, Ava and Sara look suspicious
TV Show Recaps

“Legends of Tomorrow” Episode 613 Recap: Identity Crisis

Ava and Sara try to figure out what game Bishop’s playing while the Legends prepare for Mick to give birth to baby aliens.

Valerie Anne August 23, 2021 3 Comments
Podcasts The L Word: Generation Q

“To L and Back” Gen Q Podcast Episode 203: Luck Be a Lady

“In Gigi’s head she’s always calculating everything and very aware of everyone’s emotions and very aware of her own emotions and then does the chaotic thing anyways. And that’s how I live my life and I love to see it on TV in someone so hot.”

Analyssa August 23, 2021
Stephanie Beatriz attends the 2021 Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Stephanie Beatriz Is Your New Animated Batwoman (And Also Robin Is Bisexual)

Gabrielle Union and Billy Porter are teaming up for a new queer teen comedy, Rachel Maddow is basically taking over MSNBC, lots of gay babies being born, and more!

Heather Hogan August 23, 2021 4 Comments
Two people baking and forming a heart with the batter. One person's hands surround the other's hands.
First Person Gender

Change Is Magic: On Cooking and Bodies

Science fiction taught me that any sufficiently advanced science is indistinguishable from magic. In the kitchen, my girlfriend is a witch.

V. S. Wells August 23, 2021 9 Comments
Five dental dams in different colors (blue, red, yellow, purple, and green) are against a white background. Water droplets appear in the upper left and lower right corners of the image.
Lesbian Sex

Yes, Some Of Us Use Dental Dams (And They’re Hot)

I attended the Chicago Pride Parade, where safer sex advocates tossed dental dams in shiny squares of plastic from a float. Thrilled, I swept them up, put them in my bag and promptly put them to use.

Ro White August 23, 2021 6 Comments
Cards from the Moonchild Tarot spread out on a white background, with the Hermit and crystals pulled forward.
Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft

Queer Tarotscopes for Virgo Season 2021: Where Are You Craving Awareness and Change?

After Leo’s season of sunshine, courage, and loving boldly, Virgo is here to help us refine and perfect, clarify and crystalize.

meg August 22, 2021 1 Comment
a tweet that says "sectionals. best. episode of. glee. ever!!!"
Quizzes

Personality Quiz: Which Kayla Kumari Tweet From When She Was Closeted Are You?

These are my real tweets from 2009-2012.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya August 22, 2021 18 Comments
Bunny Adler, Lucy Kills
NSFW Sunday

NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Turning On Read

What’s up with OnlyFans and MasterCard, why to turn on your read receipts, how to have boundaries if you’re starting to date again and more.

Ryan Yates August 22, 2021 1 Comment
3-part graphic: Finley and Sophie, Micah and Maribel, Gigi and Bette
The L Word: Generation Q

The L Word Generation Q Episode 203 Recap: Luck Be a Ladykiller

This week in Episode 203 of The L Word Generation Q, Bette Porter looks at art and yells at Gigi, Dani gets a penthouse, Angie meets her half-sister, Micah gets a new job and Sophie and Finley are faced with the very real possibility that they’ll need to invest in a new kitchen table.

Riese August 20, 2021 73 Comments
Ruby and Scarlett kiss post-kill. Scarlett wears the rubber suit and Ruby holds a bloody knife.
TV Show Recaps

Boobs On Your Tube: American Horror Stories Ends as Atrociously as it Started

Plus! Things are going really well for Jukebox on Raising Kanan — until they’re not! And Motherland: Fort Salem is prepping for the plague. Relevant!

The TV Team August 20, 2021 4 Comments
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