16 Fictional Queer Redheads You Can’t Handle
Carol Aird knew what she was talking about when she said you can’t handle a redhead.
The Complicated Nature of Sex for Asian Women
Our trans subject editor Xoai Pham speaks to Jayda Shuavarnnasri, Thai-American sexuality educator and resident #SexPositiveAsianAuntie, about sexual violence, myths about polyamory, and what it means to take up space as Asian women.
“Supergirl” Episode 607 Recap: Nightmare Before Hiatus
In the mid-season finale, Lena and Kelly join Alex and the team and face their worst fears as they make one final push to save Kara.
Ellen DeGeneres Is Ending Her Talk Show Amid Endless Backlash (But Reportedly Not Because of Backlash)
I’m grateful for Ellen. And I hope she does continue to try to do as much good as she can in the world. I also hope, along the way, she learns that calls for civility have most often been used to silence the oppressed, that kindness is not justice, and that being nice isn’t enough.
No Filter: Well, I Was Unprepared for Ali Krieger’s Mom to Be Hot
Alright, let’s bring on the hot moms!
Pop Culture Fix: Margot Robbie Wants to Kiss on Poison Ivy in the Next Birds of Prey
Aubrey Plaza will play cartoon Satan’s mom, Laverne Cox will anchor E!’s red carpet, Mare of Easttown’s bad hair rule, Freeform’s queer summer shows have premiere dates, and more!
Also.Also.Also: Demi Lovato’s Going UFO Hunting, Wants to Believe
Plus: The story behind Stacey Abrams fiction career, the WNBA’s 25 firsts on their 25th anniversary, Tumblr is trying to win back queers after driving them away, what does “cancel culture” even mean anymore, and more!
You Need Help: I Thought We Were Both Switches, but My Girlfriend Won’t Touch Me
It sounds like your idea of your sexual dynamic with your girlfriend isn’t lining up with the reality of it.
When Love Is A Matter Of Desperation
Loneliness is an old bedfellow of mine; despair, my oldest friend. If I can come to embrace those parts of myself I’ve always tried to push away — perhaps, that is the only lifelong love I can count on.
“Pose” Episode 303 Recap: A Tale of Two Mothers
Elektra remembers her fraught relationship with her own mom, and how she became the mom her children needed.
“Four More Shots Please” Season Two Was a Betrayal
Four More Shots Please wants to broach serious issues relating to gender and sexuality but puts in no work to actually address them in any kind of meaningful way and opts for superficial declarations of feminism, instead.
It’s Your Anniversary: The Craft Was a ’90s Guide to Reclaiming My Power
“Watching this fierce pack of teenage girls punish those that harmed them resonated with me. I too sought catharsis for the trauma that I’d endured — I began to realize that forgiveness was not a requirement of me.”
“Batwoman” Episode 213 Recap: Get a Clue
Mary, Ryan, and Sophie go on a hijinks-filled crime-solving mission in one of the greatest superhero team-ups ever.
“Legends of Tomorrow” Episode 602 Recap: Burgers to Die For
Ava and the Legends follow an alien lead back to the 50s while Sara finds herself on a strange planet with Gary and…Amelia Earhart.
Pop Culture Fix: Kate McKinnon Can’t Stop Clowning on Kate Winslet
SNL parodies Mare of Easttown, Azie Tesfai in her Guardian suit, MJ Rodriguez and Maya Rudolph are teaming up, Apex Legend’s Valkyrie is queer, and more!
Talking with Alison Bechdel about Feminist Martial Arts, Lockdown, and Her New Book “The Secret to Superhuman Strength”
“My bookish exterior perhaps belies it,” write Alison Bechdel in The Secret to Superhuman Strength, “but I’m a bit of an exercise freak.” That is, it turns out, an understatement. Alison Bechdel shares her process of writing this latest book over the last ten years, collaborating with her partner, and the “huge blossoming of lesbian culture.”
Samira Wiley and Lauren Morelli Welcome Baby Girl George Into the World!
Welcome to the world, George Elizabeth, and congratulations on being born after TikTok has erased all traces of heteronormativity; you’ll never know a time when everyone wasn’t already just gay!
Which Inanimate Object Is Actually Your Gender?
You probably didn’t learn this in your Gender Studies class, and that’s because I made it up.
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is a Temporary Creature
Love is true and temporary, queer erotica about how hot it is to watch porn with a partner, post-pandemic summer safer sex and more.
Nutshell Studies of Quarantine: Part One, January 2020
“What’s your anxiety at?” “A Ten.”