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Breakups

For Your Consideration: 30 Slightly Unhinged Post-Breakup Activities That Aren’t Actually That Bad

Embrace a little chaos without getting in trouble with your therapist.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya May 14, 2019 139 Comments
Issues Parenting & Family

My Diné Child Will Hunt, Bead and Everything in Between

“You girls are the talk of the ice-fishing derby!” I get that a lot. When we’re out hunting or fishing, my wife and I are frequently the only women (much less queer women) present.

Nellis May 13, 2019 9 Comments
TV Show Recaps

“Supergirl” Episode 421 Recap: You Are My Sunshine

Alex and Supergirl work together to stop the Red Daughter, and Lena goes to an unlikely candidate for help as things tick down to the final battle.

Valerie Anne May 13, 2019 11 Comments
Book Features

The Perfect Queer Poem: For a Stone Sensibility

Bishop wrote seventeen drafts of this poem, so that’s one hundred and thirty six iterations of master and disaster. The losses pile up in a life, and each time you survive them, you have proven to yourself you can withstand more.

Natalie May 13, 2019 14 Comments
The L Word

“To L and Back” L Word Podcast Episode 106: Lawfully

If you’re in the market a whey protein smoothie, you’re in luck! That’s what you’re getting on this week’s “To L and Back.”

Riese May 13, 2019 16 Comments
Society + Culture

Sunday Funday Celebrates Brandi Carlile’s “The Mother”

Plus: She-Ra season three (featuring Geena Davis), non-binary Android emoji, certified Mommi Diane Keaton wants to play gay, the battle for gender-inclusive passports in the UK, and more!

Ari May 12, 2019 7 Comments
NSFW Sunday

NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Loves Tiny Moments of Mutual Recognition

The importance of small weak everyday social ties, the difference between the narrative you build about a relationship and its truth, why PornHub buying Tumblr won’t save it and more.

Ryan Yates May 12, 2019 1 Comment
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

Are Janelle Monáe and Lupita Nyong’o Dating Or Just Canoodling!!???

WHAT DOES IT MEAN???

Heather Hogan May 11, 2019 20 Comments
Camp

46 Innovative Ways You Giant Weirdos Described Yourselves When Signing Up for A-Camp XI

“If I was a drink, I’d be bagel store coffee: better in the morning, culturally Jewish, a lil dull, a lil sweet, always reliable.”

Riese May 11, 2019 37 Comments
Recipes

Femme Brûlée: Cinnamon Sour Cream Coffee Cake

This would be a solid Mother’s Day breakfast plan if you’re celebrating tomorrow! Otherwise make it anytime but especially for beachside mornings, slow weekends at home, and any day when waking up queer in this world could use a little sweetness.

Reneice Charles May 11, 2019 9 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: The Truth Gets Kissy and Tricky on “Charmed”

Plus updates on: The Good Fight, The Chi, and Grey’s Anatomy!

The TV Team May 10, 2019 15 Comments
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Straddleverse

FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Can Somebody Tell Me How Dating Works?

I need your help. Maybe you need my help. Let’s all hang out and give each other good and bad advice!

Drew Burnett Gregory May 10, 2019 85 Comments
Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Need a Poster of Megan Rapinoe

“If Katie McGrath could spend her one precious month of Supergirl hiatus to go on the other side of the globe, where every spider is a killer, to kiss women on screen again, I can face another day of my gay life.”

Darcy May 10, 2019 24 Comments
Literature

Things I Read That I Love #289: Your Body Turns Off The Gas If You Stop Paying Your Bills.

Topics include Law & Order, LA bookstores, podcasts, Jared’s Galleria of Jewelry, Barilla pasta, the millionaire hermit, the stolen kids of Sarah Lawrence and so much more!

Riese May 10, 2019 6 Comments
Movie Reviews

“Wine Country” Review: A Hilarious Punch Drunk Gal Pal Comedy With a Lesbian BFF

Pell’s Val is a lesbian antique shop owner from Portland with a new set of knees and thirst for young love.

Heather Hogan May 10, 2019 14 Comments
Movie Lists

The 14 Most Heterophobic Movies of All Time

As a queer person, it’s a relief to watch work like this. It gives us permission to just be free, to just be queer, to just be ourselves. That’s what great queer cinema can accomplish.

Drew Burnett Gregory May 10, 2019 30 Comments
TV Show Recaps

“Riverdale” Episode 321 Recap: Help, What Is Happening!!

Distinctly queer camp is increasingly part of Riverdale’s DNA. The gothic-glam horror keeps on outdoing itself.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya May 9, 2019 5 Comments
TV Feature

Fleabag’s First Season Captures the Trauma of Being a Woman

“When it first came out I loved the show for its humor, for its raw portrayal of depression and grief, and because, like any rational person, I’m deeply in love with Phoebe Waller-Bridge. But it wasn’t until about a year into my transition that the show started consuming my thoughts.”

Drew Burnett Gregory May 9, 2019 20 Comments
Movie News & Trailers

Netflix’s “Wine Country” Exclusive Clip: Paula Pell’s Lesbian Val Falls For a Younger Woman

Amy Poehler’s punch-drunk gal pal comedy features longtime SNL writer Paula Pell as a lesbian vintage shop owner with a brand new knee and fresh desire to fall in love.

Heather Hogan May 9, 2019 10 Comments
Issues

Cycling to Know Myself and Other Women: Culture and Colonization in Northern México

What we want is not to be brave, but to be free.

Karla Robles May 9, 2019 5 Comments
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