Baopu #43: Lunar New Year
Happy Lunar New Year! Will Baopu survive the Lunar New Year dinner challenge?
Femme Brûlée: Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
“These cookies take two bowls, bake in 20 minutes, have the least messy batter I’ve ever met in my life, and based on my solo test run can absolutely be assembled in bed.”
Boob(s On Your) Tube: “The Fosters” Continues to Prove Two Bottoms Can Make a Marriage Work
Plus Sara Lance is faaaaalling for someone, Star Trek: Discovery gets a little gayer, and Counterpart’s lesbian gets some action.
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Not Today, Satan. Not Today.
Join Natalie in reviewing this rollercoaster of a week, share all your feelings, and celebrate the premiere of Black Panther this weekend!
Things I Read That I Love #257: Icarus Falls From The Sky While Someone Else Swipes Right
Topics include campus sexual assault, behind-the-scenes footage, Black Panther, vintage sexual harassment, breakups & heartbreak & museums, murder, picky eaters, why are millennials so into astrology and more!
The Comment Awards Are Crushing On Kristen Kish
“I have never in my life been so simultaneously supported in my truth and called out for my bullshit.”
5 Other Olympic Sports We Could Add Lyrical Music to, Just a Thought
Okay, Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5, but with skiing and shooting. Think about it.
“Ready Player One” Finally Shows Us Lena Waithe’s Lesbian Gamer
Finally, some answers about what Lena Waithe is going to look like inside the OASIS!
Lez Liberty Lit: Women and Power
The literature of Ezili and finding lesbians and queers in Caribbean literature, feel(ing) free, new Foucault, taking young women’s love stories seriously and more.
Watching “The L Word” For The First Time: A Gentle Guide
A guide to watching “The L Word” for first-timers, chock-full of L Word trivia for repeat offenders.
“The Girlfriend Experience” Season Two: Bad Show, Decent Soft Core Lesbian Porn
“Erica’s #1 hobby is pouring glasses of water and/or vodka, and then drinking them.”
4 Masculine-of-Center Looks for Any Kind of Winter Date
Warm and handsome outfit ideas for those still too chilly nights.
“Black Lightning” Episode 105 Recap: Lesbian Superhero’s First Supersuit
Anissa learns about her family history and finally suits up as Thunder for the first time! Jennifer learns to never cross lesbian moms. And I made you all a homemade Valentine! You don’t want to miss it.
Pop Culture Fix: Lena Waithe Continues Her Quest For Global Domination
Plus some serious gal palin’ on The Annihilation red carpet, a girlfriend for Sara Lance(?), Once Upon a Time is getting serious(?) about lesbians in its final days, gay Olympians, Sara Gilbert, and a feud I simply cannot handle.
“Imposters” Is a Perfect Show for Lesbians Who Love Love (And for Lesbians Who Think Love Is a Lie)
Come for the gooey feelings, stay for the deception and scissoring quotes.
No Filter: Gaby Dunn Is on Her Way to Steal Your Wife
Also, Demi Lovato fell into some snow and Hayley Kiyoko is STILL breaking up with you.
Valentine’s Day Cards For Queer Women, Pt. 2
Send a little cutie to your cutie.
You Need Help: Is It Normal to Feel Sexy When You Gain Weight? (Yes)
“There’s nothing better than finding out the way you love your body the most, and you’ve done that. Don’t let anyone make you feel bad or weird for that.”
Drawn to Comics: “The Prince and the Dressmaker” Is a Stunningly Gorgeous Book About Being Yourself
We’re all lucky enough to see an exclusive preview of this book about dresses, gender, true selves and love right here.
Your Guide to Writing the Perfect Gay Personals Ad and Finding Lesbian Love, Thanks to Herstory Personals
We asked Kelly Rakowski of Herstory Personals for some of the tips and tricks she’s gleaned about writing a good personals ad from playing matchmaker to the queer lonely hearts Instagram crowd, and she was happy to oblige.