A roundtable between four queer black writers about THEE show of the summer that united exceptional storytelling, with blackness and queerness and southernness, in ways we’ve never seen before.
Created by three lesbian artist-activists in June 1993, Dyke TV was a half-hour public access cable TV program focused on lesbian and feminist activism, community issues, art and film, news, health, sports, and culture.
Join me on a journey deep into herstory while we answer questions on topics including racism in the AAGPBL, whether or not there really were that many lesbians, queer bar culture of the 1940s and the popularity of women’s softball.
“Women in the 1940s were conservative and respectful. This series tried to make them into whores and lesbians!”
An episode-by-episode breakdown of every “A League of Their Own” movie reference and easter egg in the “A League of Their Own” series, brought to you in loving, painstaking detail from one queer nerd to another.
“Well, there’s something about me and Lori Petty. Also, Madonna, Rosie, what’s going on? Marla Hooch? Come on. I love baseball, of course. But I love the movie for so many reasons I didn’t understand until I was much, much older.”
“Being in this body, being able to play a fat, queer athlete is mind blowing to me. It’s a responsibility that I take very seriously. I hope and I dream that people like me feel seen.”
To have someone so similar to me portrayed as likable and capable in a major show, is thrilling.
The best episodes of Wishbone impressed on me the importance of storytelling and listening to other people’s stories.
If you want to live in a reality show, go ahead and sow chaos, but if you’d rather have a romcom, you have to let go.
Luz and Amity tell queer kids they have a present; Eda and Raine tell them they have a future. And in between, there’s stories of disability, chronic illness, mental illness, gender, found family, and so much more.
On the new season of Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip, Brandi Glanville said a woman has “lesbian eyebrows,” prompting questions like: What are lesbian eyebrows? Do I have them?
“March Madness”, as completely unhinged and dated as it is, also reveals something far more depressing and contemporary: Nothing has really changed.
“The storytelling of food is getting, literally and figuratively, more colorful.“
Should you be drinking milkshakes on Heartstopper, breaking bottles on Euphoria or having a fountain soda on Saved by the Bell? There’s only one way to find out!
At an evening curated by queer people for queer people, Melissa King made us dinner, we saw the premiere of Gentleman Jack Season 2, and everybody looked devastatingly hot.
Let’s say we do this again next year, eh?
So that’s it, our final is set: Waverly Earp vs. Carina DeLuca. You have 48 hours to vote. And then we will crown our Better Halves Champion!
I’d wager a prediction about what’s going to happen next but y’all continue to surprise me and I think I’ll just wait and see what havoc is wreaked in this Final Four.
Our Sweet 16 was by far the most competitive round of the tournament we’ve had thus far — so you better vote if you want your faves to advance!