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TV Show Recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: Lesbian Love Persists on “Younger” and “Ackley Bridge”

Plus: Updates on General Hospital and Younger; and Insatiable is as horrifying as you’ve heard.

The TV Team August 17, 2018 18 Comments
Straddleverse

FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Do You Believe In Curses Because I Sure Do

Today, I want to talk about curses. I want to talk about whether or not you believe in them, the last time you experienced a Cursed Time in your life. And I want to talk about that because I am experiencing what I think is a curse right the fuck now.

A.E. Osworth August 17, 2018 37 Comments
Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Brewing Beer to Make Men Sad

Every day we stray further from Darren.

Darcy August 17, 2018 44 Comments
Literature

Things I Read That I Love #270: You Will Be Left With Nothing But Blank Flat Envy

Topics include the future of reproduction, getting sober and realizing that you’re trans, rape kits and rape culture, the McDonalds Monopoly heist, high-brow true crime, tiny hotels, food delivery theory and so much more!

Riese August 17, 2018 5 Comments
Movie Features

“The Miseducation of Cameron Post” Director Desiree Akhavan Makes Queer Women’s Movies Because She Just Loves Queer Women

“I want to prove that money can be made off of women’s sexual stories. It’s not just a queer thing. It’s about women receiving pleasure, and giving pleasure. It’s still completely taboo.”

Heather Hogan August 17, 2018 19 Comments
Queer Fashion

Bra as a Top: When It’s Too Hot to Wear an Entire Shirt

You have two options: duct-tape a bunch of ice packs to your torso, or wear a bra as a top.

Riese August 16, 2018 30 Comments
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Issues TV Lists

TV Team Roundtable: Our Favorite Lesbian and Bisexual Girls Behaving Badly

“My armor was a smile, Santana’s was an insult. And bless her for it.”

The TV Team August 16, 2018 59 Comments
Literature

Lez Liberty Lit: Literary Manspreading, Now for Women Too

Fighting words about literary organizational systems. Plus animals that break into libraries, writers on the books that inspire them, new poetry from Indigenous women and more.

Ryan Yates August 16, 2018 4 Comments
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She Never Liked Me Anyway

Dementia used to be called madness, I was told.

Kunzes August 16, 2018 9 Comments
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Straight People Watch: Summer 2018

It’s dark in here and I’m scared!

Erin August 15, 2018 123 Comments
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I Made All My Friends Reenact The Planet from “The L Word” Again and Can Whoever Killed Jenny Please Come Kill Me

Mamma Mia, here we go again! It’s season two of The L Word and I want to die!

Stephanie Ritter August 15, 2018 19 Comments
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No Filter: Cara Delevingne’s Other Big News Is She’s Joan Collins’ Goddaughter, Apparently

Also, Stephanie Beatriz glams out in front of some shrubbery and Janelle Monáe is here to ruin your afternoon.

Stef August 15, 2018 24 Comments
AF+ Lesbian Sex

A+ Sex Diary: FaceTime Fucking and Feeling the Distance

In this queer sex diary: long-distance FaceTime fucking, a dish rack full of sex toys, feeling sad, feeling S.A.D., and feeling goofy and good.

Guest August 15, 2018 5 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: “Marvel’s Runaways” Season 2 to Feature Just So Much Lesbian Canoodling

Also: Tessa Thompson is your favorite cocker spaniel in the new Lady and the Tramp, Shonda Rhimes really wanted Callie back for Arizona’s last episode, Ruby Rose quit Twitter over Batwoman backlash, Sarah Paulson and Sandra Oh finally met and chatted about how brilliant they both are, and more!

Heather Hogan August 15, 2018 11 Comments
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

BREAKING: Cara Delevingne and Ashley Benson Are Definitely Dating, Kisses! -A

Ashley Benson and Cara Delevingne have gone from publicly holding hands and canoodling to publicly kissing, which means it’s time to call this romance what it is!

Riese August 14, 2018 52 Comments
TV Show Recaps

“Wynonna Earp” Recap 304: Devil’s in the Details

Waverly meets Mama, Jeremy meets a potential new beau, and we meet Zoie Palmer’s character.

Valerie Anne August 14, 2018 15 Comments
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Sex Toys

How To Take Proper Care of Your Leather Strap-On Harness

“I need advice on caring for leather items. Like for example the leather strap-on harness I bought over a decade ago which has mostly been sitting around in a drawer.”

cee August 14, 2018 6 Comments
Queer Fashion

Find Your Fit: The Newly Out Non-binary Person Wondering How They Actually Like to Dress

“When I walk into stores I really struggle to know whether I actually like clothes, or I want to like clothes because I’m ‘supposed’ to like clothes because it’s socially acceptable, so I’m only wearing about two pairs of pants over and over again and I hate looking at myself in the mirror half the time.”

M August 14, 2018 14 Comments
Issues LGBT History

Alewives: The Women Who Crafted Beer and Split Hell Wide Open

For centuries, the art of brewing beer belonged to women alone. This is the story of how the church pushed them out the industry they founded and sent them riding piggy-back on demons into the flames of an eternal abyss.

Heather Hogan August 14, 2018 48 Comments
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Issues

What a Time to Fail!

“I want to cry but I work in events, and I can’t go home until 8pm. Instead I spend the afternoon wondering how much it would hurt if I bit off my finger.”

Marnie August 13, 2018 44 Comments
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