Some Answers to Some Things You’ve Been Asking Us #20
“Sally? Sally, are you here? Are you selling those shirts?”
“Sally? Sally, are you here? Are you selling those shirts?”
“There’s no male gaze in this movie, none whatsoever. Desiree Akhavan is a queer woman and her screenplay co-writer Cecilia Frugiuele is a queer woman too. It matters.”
You’ve never heard “you made me buy boat tickets!” quite like this before!
The team mourns the loss of Dolls, plus we learn more about Nicole’s backstory and the mysterious stranger who came in with the pink fog.
“I like to think I’ve put my talking-back skills to great use as an adult who enjoys proving points and getting the last word and being right.”
It’s finally Pride month for southern states! Plus Cuba’s conversations about same-sex marriage, queer folks running for office, a queer Muslim’s journey with unlearning authority, House of Kens, and more! Happy Sunday!
Getting down when you have gender dysphoria, how sex positivity shouldn’t mean pressure to have sex, new research that says sex makes you feel like life has meaning and more.
Sometimes it’s too damn hot to even think about turning on the oven.
Remembering a little bit of love everyday: It’s the only way I can prepare for this journey.
Also: Quiet Ann’s heart is shattered on Claws, Ackley Bridge is a little bit sweet and a little bit scary, Remy and Nova finally broke up on Queen Sugar, and updates on your favorite daytime TV!
Let’s talk about the rules you broke, you little rebel you.
If ‘Cuddle Top’ is not already a thing, I will make it one.
You’ve heard about Kristen Stewart and Chloë Sevigny’s new Lizzie Borden movie, but now you can see the horror and the trauma with your very own eyes!
Topics include Goop, Sex and the City, Les Moonves, a waterslide tragedy, IRL livestreaming, lesbian cruising, Six Feet Under, Benihana, rough sex and more!
“I craved that isolation, that feeling of utter aching loneliness that I found inside houses where I did not belong.”
Whether or not Alia Shawkat’s indie lesbian film lands with you in any real emotional way will probably depend on whether or not the characters grate on you.
Why conservatives are afraid of libraries, what to read that’s out in August, why writing matters in an age of despair and more.
Unfortunately, the majority of lesbian movies end with women throwing themselves from the roofs of buildings or having their hearts obliterated — but there are a handful of lesbian films guaranteed to make you smile or swoon or just feel a general sense of queer contentment.
What types of relationship situations or people are you often drawn to even though you know they’re bad for you and will destroy you?
“The disability community needs to spend some time asking itself: How are we working together across movements in the progressive space? How are we centering the voices of people with disabilities who are fighting multiple oppressions? How are we embodying sustainability of ourselves in such a time where it seems like the ground underneath us is always shifting and we are drinking not from a fire hose, but from a flamethrower?”