Kate McKinnon is as good at being Robert Mueller as you knew she would be, St. Vincent covers Sleater-Kinney, some gay news from Sundance, updates on The Bold Type and grown-ish, and more!
During the 1800s, most land creation in Boston was accomplished via sea walls (“dikes”) and infill.
“Everything but my anxiety seems to hit an all-time low during the winter.”
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Mermaids are femme icons for a reason. Their siren songs and sensual looks lure troublesome sailors, only for the mermaid to devour them whole and make herself stronger. To put it plainly, a mermaid is a boss bitch. I could use some of that energy in my life right now.
Also, Danielle Brooks is an actual sparkle princess and Hayley Kiyoko introduces me to my new favorite athletic league.
Strap-on blow jobs are subversive and super hot. Learn how to give or get one right here.
This female-focused episode of Supergirl kicked ass and took names.
It’s secrets and intrigue and lesbian looooove and just so very Terry Moore.
Over the last two years, a story about a trans girl living in Seattle and surviving through sex work was published in issues of ISLAND Magazine. Now, It’s being put together as one book, The Pervert, by Michelle Perez and Remy Boydell.
“Here was a community where race apparently didn’t matter, because we were all humans, made in the image of God. Where a pacifist, sensitive, caring Jesus was the primary male role model. I finally felt at home. I was promised complete acceptance and understanding, and all I had to give was… well, everything.”
Once again Sara Ramirez as Kat Sandoval has overwhelmed us. I’m here to help you steal her style.
Yes, basketball is fun to watch (it helps that so many WNBA players are just dreamy). But it’s also fun to play! This edition of Gym Class will help you figure out which position you’re best suited for, learn the proper set up for shots, and try out some practice drills solo or with a partner.
Erin Sullivan joined me in bed last week to report from the field on HOW TO DO FIRST DATES. All you need to know, plus Jenny joins and shares with us her thoughts on “bringing a worksheet for you both to fill out.” We are so good at this. (Oh, and also the ring light made us ghosts.)
Rather than simply acknowledging the ridiculous trope of no female agency in dating sims and attempting to explain it away from a meta perspective, I wish the game had instead just given the girls more agency.
Misery loves company. We know where this tale inevitably leads, but some pleasure precedes the axe.
I’m taking back power this year, after a year of feeling so powerless. I’m reveling in the parts of me that feel most like me.
I do not like gyms. They smell like people. Not in the good way. Here’s some nerd gear to get you through.
“Does anyone at the CIA who is for sure reading this want to hire me?”
Why you should be careful about sex on shrooms, rumbly vs buzzy vibrators, dating as a hobby, why “microcheating” is absurd and more.
Helen James wins her case and is generally a real American hero I can get behind, new documentary about Black lesbian playwright Lorraine Hansberry, Sarah Waters on 20 years of Tipping the Velvet, Joan Greene is yet another LGBT candidate running in 2018, Melissa Etheridge wants an uprising of love, and more good stuff!