Straddleverse

FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: It’s Friday the 13th!!!!

It’s the unluckiest day of the year, but we’re lucky in here!

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Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Searching for Themyscira

“Live from my wet dreams, it’s Saturday Night!”

Literature

Things I Read That I Love #248: Good F*cking Luck Fighting Off Those Bowls of Baby Snickers.

Topics include The Olive Garden, Harvey Weinstein, domestic violence, Kink.com, Dirty John the con artist, an immersive Casper mattress experience, essential oils and more!

Webcomics

S.H.E. Episode II: A Day In The Life

“I didn’t really buy her as an action hero. I’ve never met a girl that badass.”

Culture Dating

What You’re Flagging With Your La Croix Flavor

First it was for Midwestern moms, then it was for social influencers, then it was for everyone, and now it’s ours. La Croix is gay culture. (While we’re on the topic: Staying hydrated? Gay culture. Water? Gay culture in that it is life, which is something we are constantly giving other people. The ocean? Gay.)

Queer Fashion

Style Thief: Early 20th Century Superbabe Annemarie Schwartzenbach

By now you’re familiar with early 20th Century writer, photographer, traveler, and all-around superbabe Annemarie Schwarzenbach. Hmm, you may be thinking, do I want her, or do I want to be her? If the latter is at least part of your answer, you’re in luck.

Music

Alex G Is Bisexual: YouTube Musician Inspired by Evan Rachel Wood to Come Out

“In the LGBTQ community there’s not a lot of people coming out saying ‘I am bisexual,’ and I wanted to do that, because it really has been helpful for me to see other people out there with influence talking about their sexual orientation in a way that made sense to me.”

Literature

Lez Liberty Lit: A Peculiar Malfunction

The Nobel Prize is “fun” now, “Her Body and Other Parties,” Shirley Jackson, Rupi Kaur, the most subversive thing a woman can be and more.

Geekery

Divinity: Original Sin 2 Is All About Adventures in Flirting and Murder

Today in this game I resisted the thrall of a spooky scarecrow, employed a phishing scam to talk my way through an enchanted door, rescued a chicken’s beloved egg from demons, and lured a rat with food so it would sit still long enough for a turtle to confess her love to it.

Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Why Are We So Thirsty for Celesbians Coming Out and Other Stories

Topics include celesbian gossip, “Professor Marston and The Wonder Women, “Strangers,” Carmilla, Tegan & Sara returning to The Con,” Danger & Eggs, Survivor’s Remorse getting cancelled and so much more!

Money + Work

Harvey Weinsteins Everywhere: Let’s Talk About Workplace Sexual Harassment

This is a feelings atrium to talk about our own experiences with workplace sexual harassment and predatory bosses and all the stuff that comes up for us when stories like the one about Harvey Weinstein happen.