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Comedy Holigays

13 New Years Resolutions You’re Welcome To Steal

I don’t know when we normalized asking people what their worst habits are, but at some point, we did and now we do it every year! I hate it!

ashni January 3, 2024 3 Comments
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Comedy

23 Low Stakes Personal Growth Milestones I Accomplished in 2023

2. I successfully transitioned my hair from a side part to a middle part. (This was directly inspired by the feature film M3GAN.)

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya December 26, 2023 6 Comments
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Comedy

6 Queer Comedy Specials That Will Restore Your Faith in the Craft

Still, there remains a discrepancy between the public’s perception of modern comedy and the comedy that gives me child-like joy to consume. The difference, I have concluded, is the lack of visibility for diverse comics, and specifically queer and trans comics of color.

Motti December 26, 2023 5 Comments
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Comedy Holigays

25 Things To Do if You Need a Break From Your Family This Holiday Weekend

8. Go down a social media rabbit hole trying to figure out what your favorite high school English teacher is up to.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya December 22, 2023 5 Comments
Comedy Holigays

I Think I Accidentally Bought My Fiancée a Haunted Music Box for Christmas

Who knew the vintage clown music box that inexplicably plays “Memories” from the musical Cats would be haunted?

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya December 21, 2023 10 Comments
Shitty Craft Club: Sam Reece smiles with her eyes closed, sparkly streamers behind her, and home made awards in her hands.
Comedy

Sam Reece on Shitty Craft Club, Coming Out, and What She Shares With Jenny Schecter

“I haven’t even seen some of the absolute queer canon of movies. What’s the one with Cate Blanchett?”

Motti December 12, 2023
an anchovies ornament, a garlic ornament, a groundhog ornament, and an ornament with a photo of the author and her partner Kristen Arnett on it
Christmas Comedy

My Christmas Ornaments, Ranked by Lesbianism

“Owls are the most lesbian bird of prey imo.”

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya November 30, 2023 7 Comments
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Comedy

Getting High With James Tom: Talking Comedy, Transmasculinity, and Taylor Swift

“Does Elliot Page give me notes? Elliot has not given me any notes but I would be open to hearing them.”

Motti November 29, 2023 3 Comments
THE GAME OF QUEER LIFE
Comedy

The Game of Life, But Make It Queer

I’ve created a queer version of the classic board game Life! Let’s play, gays!

Em Win November 25, 2023 8 Comments
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Comedy Halloween

9 Niche Last Minute Queer Halloween Costumes No One Will Understand But You

Option 1: Dress up as your ex using all of the clothes they left behind six years ago.

Motti October 25, 2023 9 Comments
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Comedy

10 Frights Scarier Than Halloween

3. My bank account

Em Win October 20, 2023 2 Comments
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Comedy Health

F*ck It All Fall

Let’s do it, queers. Let’s embrace our seasonal chaotic energy and manifest it into long-term, healthy decisions!

Em Win October 16, 2023 6 Comments
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Comedy Dating

Lesbian Date Ideas Inspired By Stock Images

Out of hot queer date ideas? I’ve got you covered.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya September 28, 2023 13 Comments
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Comedy

Gay Fall Scented Candles That Should Exist

Your Ex-Wife’s Sweater Weather.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya September 25, 2023 11 Comments
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Comedy Dating

All the Chaotic Gay Questions I’ve Asked on a First Date

“Do you have color-changing LED light bulbs and/or light strips?”

Em Win September 22, 2023 2 Comments
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Comedy

Weird Things the Victorians Did, Ranked by Bisexuality

Performing seances is peak bisexual activity, whether you believe in the ghosts or you’re profiting from being a hot person who other people believe can talk to ghosts.

Nico September 16, 2023 2 Comments
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Comedy Movie Features

I Asked a Top About “Bottoms”

In which Kristen Arnett answers important questions, such as: Who were the biggest bottoms in Bottoms?

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya September 6, 2023 9 Comments
Rachel Sennott and Ayo Edebiri in Bottoms
Comedy Movie Features

Rejected Headlines for My “Bottoms” Review

Bottoms Understands What Teen Lesbians Desire: Being Punched By Girls in the Face

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya September 4, 2023 8 Comments
Comedy

Ranking My Butch Girlfriend’s Hats

Plus, a photo of us making out while she wears her literal GAY RIGHTS hat.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya August 28, 2023 25 Comments
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Comedy

Things With Mid-August Energy

25. Atypically high utility bills :(

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya August 13, 2023 5 Comments
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