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TV Show Recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: Welp, Tess Pearson Is Dating Now! Those Baby Gays Grow up So Fast!

Plus a fully jam packed round-up, including updates on: All Rise, Genera+ion, Charmed, Nancy Drew, Legacies, and Station 19.

The TV Team March 19, 2021 7 Comments
Literature

Things I Read That I Love #317: One Moment Could Be Ecstatic and The Next Perilous

Topics include reviewing the book review, TikTok aesthetics, Choose Your Own Adventure books, Soho House, private school, “A Teacher” and so much more!

Riese March 19, 2021 13 Comments
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Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Having the Nicest Gay

“Say you were on a panel and the question came up. How would you explain it to Brie?”

Darcy March 19, 2021 6 Comments
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AF+

Into the A+ Advice Box #31: Yours Truly, Gay Panic

Breaking your roommates’ Covid precaution agreement, long-distance relationship panic, formalwear, should you break up with your partner when they’re going through a rough time, and more!

the team March 19, 2021 25 Comments
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Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Stop Asian Hate

I am f*cking tired of white men killing people. I am f*cking exhausted of all the white supremacist violence my body, and our bodies, have been forced to withstand in such an already exhausting pandemic year.

Carmen Phillips March 18, 2021 8 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

“Good Trouble” Episode 305 Recap: Because, Men

BOUNDARY SETTING IS ADORABLE, Y’ALL!

Natalie March 18, 2021 1 Comment
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Recipes

Maybe You’re Observing Lent, or Maybe You Just Want This Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free Filet-O-Fish Recipe

Whether you’re observing Lent right now or you’re just a fan of the Filet-O-Fish, you can make this sandwich at home.

Ro White March 18, 2021 8 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

“Riverdale” Episode 508: Let’s Have a Key Party

Cheryl Blossom outdoes herself by throwing a vengeful key party. You read that correctly!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya March 18, 2021 17 Comments
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Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: What Do You Mean a Zarlie Kiss Was Cut From Legends of Tomorrow?!

Demi Lovato announces a new album, Shonda Rhimes and Ava DuVernay have had it with the Golden Globes, Cara Delevingne still sometimes struggles with internalized homophobia, and more!

Heather Hogan March 17, 2021 6 Comments
Marriage or Mortgage lesbian couples include Whitney and Alex, a pair of adorable nurses.
TV Reviews

Is Marriage or Mortgage a Reality Show About Crime Girlfriends or What?!

This business model is very f*cked up and sometimes it even works! Nichole and Sarah are also clearly constantly trying to slyly top one another.

Stef March 17, 2021 16 Comments
Two queer characters from Genera+ion lie on a bed and look at each other, about to kiss.
TV Reviews

HBO Max’s Genera+ion Should Be Every Gay Middle Schooler’s New Obsession

If Euphoria is a teen show for teens, then HBO Max’s Genera+ion feels like a teen show for middle schoolers. And I think that’s great.

Drew Burnett Gregory March 17, 2021 3 Comments
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LGBT Book Reviews

The Audacity of Melissa Broder’s MILK FED

Broder’s coming-of age-tale MILK FED is at turns funny, poignant, and squirm-in-your-seat sexy.

Kate Gorton March 17, 2021 13 Comments
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: Don’t Mind Me, Just Adding “Have Batwoman Sing Me to Sleep” to My Vision Board

Let’s start placing our bets on how many deeply gay bops and ballads we’re gonna get on this Demi Lovato album? Also: Jamie Clayton, Hari Nef, and Kate Moennig’s dog always knows how to find the camera.

Christina Tucker March 17, 2021 4 Comments
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Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Elliot Page Embraced Being Trans in Quarantine, Highly Relatable Content

What we mean when we say “Don’t Forget Breonna Taylor,” how to properly hold your keys in your hand when you’re walking home alone at night, and surprise! surprise! the Vatican remains homophobic as always.

Carmen Phillips March 16, 2021 9 Comments
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Movie Reviews

On “High Art” and Being Young and Gay

Age gap relationships have always been and will likely always be a part of queer culture.

Drew Burnett Gregory March 16, 2021 13 Comments
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Straddleverse

You Made the Seemingly Impossible Possible: Thank You from the Senior Team

You are better than magic, you are real, and without you none of this would be possible.

The Editors March 16, 2021 20 Comments
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Gender

You Need Help: How Do I Navigate Femme Invisibility Without Changing Who I Am?

“You mention that you don’t want to shout that you are a lesbian from the rooftops, and of course, there are places that would be unsafe to do that — but you might consider the possibility that there are more opportunities to do so than you think.”

Christina Tucker March 16, 2021 10 Comments
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Straddleverse

Get Over 50% Off All Our Fundraising Perks To Celebrate Meeting Our Goal!

For one 24 hour period only, we are having a huge sale so that you can get more of these perks at a reduced, celebratory rate!

Nico March 16, 2021 9 Comments
Straddleverse

Are These Queer Word Magnet Expansion Packs The Coolest Things We’ve Ever Sold?

Did you know that Daniel Lavery, Emily m danforth, Esmé Wang, Gabrielle Korn, Grace Lavery, Kamala Puligandla, Leah Johnson and Roxane Gay gave us a list of their favorite words and we turned those words into magnets and now you can own them????

Riese March 16, 2021 1 Comment
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Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Stephanie Beatriz and Daphne Rubin-Vega are Confirmed Girlfriends in “In The Heights”

The Grammys were extra gay this year, and Beyonce became the most Grammy-winning woman in history. Russian Doll is coming back for season two. And The Wilds’ Mia Healey would like to see more lesbians on teevee please.

Heather Hogan March 15, 2021 9 Comments
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