Short Fiction Collection “Girlfriends” Presents Expansive, Nonlinear View of Transition and Dysphoria
The trans women in Girlfriends often find themselves stuck in the spiderweb of someone else’s drama or self-implosion.
Sapphic Yearning, Horror, and K-Pop Blend Perfectly in “Gorgeous Gruesome Faces”
I’ve never really been a horror girlie, but in recent months, I’ve found myself intrigued by YA books that have a horror element.
“Yours for the Taking” Review: Matriarchy Won’t Save Us
The novel explores queer romance, corporate feminism, and reimagined community at the end of the world.
Queer Desire Is Feral in K-Ming Chang’s Bloody, Spitty “Organ Meats”
Here is an expansive tale of inherited and constructed mythology, queer magic, and gothic girlhood.
“He/She/They” Is a Helpful Guide and Call to Action for Allies Everywhere
I’d recommend suggesting it to as many well-meaning cis people as you possibly can.
“Love at 350º” Is a Sapphic Romance for Us Gays Who Spend Saturdays Baking Pies
Baking aside, my favorite thing about Love At 350° is the fact that the main characters are women over 40.
“People Collide” Throws Everything You Thought You Knew About Body Swap Stories out the Window
Isle McElroy’s new novel provides a nuanced approach to gender within its body swap premise.
“Fair Play” Reflects on the Origins of the Trans Sports Debate and How We Can End It
Throughout the text, Barnes reminds us over and over again: “What began as a good-faith discussion about policy and physiological differences between sexes has given way to a level of intolerance and discrimination that is simply unconscionable.”
Andie Burke’s “Fly With Me” Takes Sapphic Fake Dating to New Heights
Yes, there’s grief. But Fly With Me is one of the swooniest, funniest, sexiest books I’ve ever read.
“Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh” Is a Fun Time-Travel Sapphic Romance
Can you fall in love with a girl when there’s a 200 year barrier between you?
“The Third Daughter” Is Sapphic Slow-Burn Fantasy and Feminist Rage
What turned it into an auto-buy was the Post-It note attached to the shelf. A flimsy lime-green placeholder for one of the voicey, detailed recommendation cards that are always tucked around the shop, with three words scrawled on it: “magical furious lesbians.”
“Free Them All” Makes a Feminist Argument for Prison Abolition
Gwénola Ricordeau has written an ideal academic text. It is, at once, simple to read and complex in its ideology.
YA Favorite Jennifer Dugan’s Queer Thriller Debut Is a Lesson in Trauma
The Last Girls Standing gave me big Yellowjackets vibes.
Jenn Shapland’s “Thin Skin” Will Make You Believe Another Life Is Possible
Shapland never purports to have all of the answers here, and why would she?
Cleat Cute’s Sapphic Soccer Romance Will Fill the World Cup-Shaped Hole in Your Heart
It can’t be good for your body to cut off lesbian soccer drama cold turkey.
“Working It” Says the Quiet Parts Out Loud About Sex Work
Before I was a sex worker, I was a proud sex worker ally.
In “Pageboy,” Elliot Page Gets Vulnerable About Gender Dysphoria, Trans Joy, and Much More
Like a lot of millennials my age, I grew up watching Elliot Page’s films and his ascent to stardom
Leah Johnson’s Middle Grade Debut Will Take You Right Back to Seventh Grade
Ellie Engle Saves Herself isn’t solely for children. If you’ve ever found yourself on a journey of self understanding, you will see yourself in Ellie.
Sarah Viren’s Memoir Is A Compelling Exploration of the Nature of Truth
When we live in a society where truth matters so little, what are we supposed to do with it once we have it?
Moby Dyke Is a Fresh Take on the Old Conversation About Disappearing Lesbian Bars
I didn’t go to my first lesbian bar until I was in my early twenties.