“The Duke Of Burgundy” Is The Lesbian BDSM Film You’ve Been Waiting For
Bondage, butterflies, and zero men.
Fan Fiction Friday: A Whole New World of Disney Princess Femslash
Shining, shimmering, splendid.
2015 Oscars Liveblog and Open Thread
Pull up a chair, pour yourself a whiskey, and let’s talk about the whitest Oscars in decades.
Queer Rebels Illuminate Our QPOC Present with Their ANCIENT FUTURES
“In ANCIENT FUTUREs, we see queers shaping their own realities. It’s a vulnerable moment to have in such a public place. It is anxiety-inducing and paralyzing. It is exhilarating, rewarding, life-giving, but in the end, it is a risk.”
VIDEO: “A Kiss From Your Lips” Tells a Totally Gay Love Story
“This is a Valentine for people whose stories haven’t yet been told.”
Fan Fiction Friday: 10 Valentine’s Day Stories to Warm Your Heart and Your Pants
Ooey gooey romantic fluff with a sprinkle of smut on top.
Movie Night: Moulin Rouge!
Chill at home, make dinner for your someone special, and watch Moulin Rouge! for Valentine’s Day.
Noreen’s Got A Big Fat Lesbian Crush On Marcia Brady
How the Pathetic Lesbian trope managed to scare me straight while making me laugh.
Girls Ain’t Afraid of No Ghost: New All-Women Ghostbusters Lineup Announced!
“Do you believe in UFOs, astral projections, transmisogyny, ESP, bisexuals, spirit photography, the feminist movement, full trance mediums, the Loch Ness monster, and the theory of Gender as a Social Construct?”
The 2015 Oscars Will Finally Honor Straight White Men
If you want to see women or people of color being celebrated, you’d better hope the 2014 awards are still on your DVR.
Patricia Highsmith’s Lesbian Pulp Classic “The Price of Salt” Is Coming To A Theater Near-ish You In 2015
The Price of Salt is the first lesbian pulp to be made into a movie, and one with a multi-million dollar budget.
Listling Without Commentary: 27 Excerpts From 1-Star Reviews Of Bad Lesbian Movies
“The Republicans are funding terrible gay movies to make the entire population straight!”
“Regarding Susan Sontag”: A Style Guide for the Young, Queer, and Whipsmart
Nancy Kates’ new documentary, now airing on HBO, is a portrait of the queer woman who made knowledge sexy.
Here’s Your Christmas Movie Drinking Game
Get your eggnog and whiskey-cider and gather round the television to get really drunk watching Hallmark Original Movies about how to save Christmas!
40 Movies About Space, Ranked
This past week I saw both Interstellar and Theory of Everything. One was really good and the other reminded me of all the bad space movies I’ve ever seen.
Movie Review: “Life Partners” is About a Lesbian, Not a Man
I know you probably read the longline (Two codependent best friends — one straight girl, one lesbian — and the man who comes between them.) and wanted to shoot yourself, but this movie isn’t about a man at all AND it’s pretty good.
Hollywood Is Ready For Trans Characters, But Not Trans Actors
Two more films featuring transgender characters will be out this year, but neither of them are played by trans actors. Hollywood seems ready to use trans stories, but remains uncomfortable with trans people on screen.
Movie Review: “Hotline” Is All About Real Human Connection
Hotline is a film about listening as healing work. In this world where we see life through a filter-washed snap posted to Instagram and Facebook, it may take talking to a complete stranger to be heal the isolation and disconnection we are all susceptible to.
8 Pretty Great Lesbian Movies You Haven’t Seen Yet
Lesbian movies are notoriously terrible, but these are some real diamonds in the rough. It’s getting colder and darker so there’s no day like today to curl up with a girl-meets-girl-and-shit-gets-complicated film!
The Speakeasy Reacts to “Dear White People”
“Dear White People is not a how-to guide on ways to avoid performing acts of microaggressions, or why it’s bad to appropriate black people’s culture. Instead, it’s an examination of the importance of support systems, the difficulty of being an outsider, and how one uses identity as a tool of protection.”