AM/PM: I Can’t Sleep, Can You?
Sleep apps, French girl skincare, and some truly adorable watercolors!
Sad Enough Songs: On Julien Baker and Depression
Depression is not forever because it always ends, and depression is forever because it always comes back. It won’t work if I only want to stay on the days when my brain breaks through the muck. Turn Out The Lights is a meditation on wanting to stay on the very worst days.
VIDEO! Getting In Bed with Kristin: Ch-ch-changes
Last week we got in bed together and talked about how life changes all the time forever, and how we are expected to actually just *handle* that?!
I Made You The Horror Trailer Cut of “Carol” We’ve All Been Waiting For
Just in time for the holidays!
Monday Roundtable: The Wildest Things We Did For Love
“I essentially stole my brother’s car and drove it an hour away across state lines to go see my then-girlfriend for only 30 minutes while my parents thought I was at the movies”
Gayme Night: Gobblin’ Gobblins and Green Drinks
The object is to eat as much food as you can, avoiding your dislikes and food allergies while gobbling up your very favorites. In other words, it’s pretty much exactly like attempting to dine at A-Camp as a gluten-free vegan who’s allergic to nightshades.
Holigay Gift Guide: Support These Indie POC Designers
From makeup and skincare products to statement tees and accessories, I’m confident that you’ll find more than a few items on this list to love. Also, almost everything is under $45.
Three Masculine of Center Workout Looks for Hitting the Gym in Style
I love going to the gym, but finding comfy activewear that also reflects my gender is not easy.
Boob(s On Your)Tube: Fresh Off The Boat’s Very Special Coming Out Episode Is Very Good
Plus: Grey’s Anatomy’s 300th episode, keeping up with Annalise and her new potential gal pal, Jessica Szhor plays a lesbian again, there’s some queer women on The Girlfriend Experience, and American Horror Story: Cult marches grimly toward its final episode.
Sunday Funday Is Full of Bisexual Luxury
More Sara Ramirez, queers having babies, queers in film and theatre, soul survivors! Happy Sunday!
NSFW Sunday Is Flirting Relentlessly
Why flirting is the best way to engage with your own desires; deconstructing myths about polyamory and about fat sex; seriously just stop instagram stalking your ex; and more.
Some Things: A Void
“I don’t know how to talk about sadness with no root, much less explain it.”
Femme Brûlée: Pumpkin Pie
Despite all the potential for error, I do genuinely think it’s still worth it to make pies.
Things I Read That I Love #250: Their Weirdness Gives Them Psychic Powers and Untouchable Brilliance
In addition to telling you about this app I like, this week’s TIRTL involves stories on topics including Harvey Weinstein, a thriving small town in Iowa, girls doing murder in the woods, mall kiosks, going missing in Alaska, Sarah Polley, Power Point and more!
We Went to Asia’s Biggest Pride March
“Seeing 110,000 people take to Taipei’s streets for a pride march that explicitly made diverse sex education its theme gave me hope for a more ambitious movement.”
Ellen Page Was Outed and Sexually Assaulted by Men in Hollywood, Is Ready for the Reckoning
“I was eighteen years old. He looked at a woman standing next to me, ten years my senior, pointed to me and said: ‘You should fuck her to make her realize she’s gay.'”
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Are You Afraid of the Dark?
It’s 2 pm where I am and it’s gonna be dark out in like two hours! Yikes! Get in here and keep me company!
The Comment Awards Are Gay, and Also Happy
THEY CAN’T TAKE OUR SHINE.
VIDEO: Did Love Win? Not for Everyone
Marriage penalties keep equality out of reach for lots of disabled folks.
S.H.E. Episode VI: Blue Harvest Blues
“Rough night, kid?”