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first person

What Does It Mean To Be a Lesbian, Actually?

Notes About Bein’ Lesbian From a Southern Black Soft Masculine Lesbian Woman

Mo Nikole

Jan 27, 2026

MINNEAPOLIS, UNITED STATES - JANUARY 24: Protesters clash with law enforcement after a federal agent shot and killed a man on Jan. 24 â" the second federal-involved shooting in the city this month, deepening tensions over enforcement operations in Minneapolis, United States, on January 24, 2026. (Photo by Arthur Maiorella/Anadolu via Getty Images)

POLITICS + ACTIVISM

How To Do Something For ICE-Occupied Minneapolis

No matter where you are, there’s something you can do.

Riese

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Jan 25, 2026

BOOK FEATURES

What We Can Learn From Lesbian Nuns

A forgotten 1980s bestseller on lesbian nuns is the antidote to dating app burnout and…

Carolina Flores

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Jan 23, 2026

MOVIE FEATURES

Annapurna Sriram Wrote the Slutty, Liberated Brown Girl Ingenue She Wanted To Play Herself

“Fucktoys came out of wanting to write myself a job where a brown girl could…

Juan Barquin

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Jan 22, 2026

politics + activism

How To Do Something For ICE-Occupied Minneapolis

No matter where you are, there’s something you can do.

Riese

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Jan 25, 2026

book features

What We Can Learn From Lesbian Nuns

A forgotten 1980s bestseller on lesbian nuns is the antidote to dating app burnout and the “cool queer” rat race.

Carolina Flores

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Jan 23, 2026

movie features

Annapurna Sriram Wrote the Slutty, Liberated Brown Girl Ingenue She Wanted To Play Herself

“Fucktoys came out of wanting to write myself a job where a brown girl could be an ingénue, could be an object of desire, could be slutty, could be liberated.”

Juan Barquin

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Jan 22, 2026

The Latest

No Filter: No ICE

Celebrities (vapid Fluff)

7 Hours

‘I’m Obsessed With the Past. How Do I Move On?’

Life

Jan 27, 2026

What Does It Mean To Be a Lesbian, Actually?

First Person

Jan 27, 2026

Two Newly Passed Anti-Trans Bills Are As Vague as They Are Horrifying

News

Jan 26, 2026

How To Do Something For ICE-Occupied Minneapolis

News

Jan 25, 2026

A close up photo of sealed jars packed with dry goods

politics + activism

Disasters as Experiences of Care: How to Pack a Go Bag, Give Mutual Aid in Crisis, and Rethink Queer Preparedness

When I was a teenager, my parents prepped for the y2k crisis. Now I’m trying to understand what queer preparedness looks like in an uncertain time.

Nat Mesnard

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Jan 7, 2021

A photo of Maddie Hasson from her Instagram.

pop culture fix

Pop Culture Fix: “Impulse” Star Maddie Hasson Casually Comes Out as Bisexual on Instagram

Plus also: The WNBA’s role in saving democracy, a new Batwoman poster, the queer legacy of Sabrina, and more!

Heather Hogan

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Jan 6, 2021

Leisha Hailey in a t-shirt that says "the end is near" with an alien spaceship in blue. She is standing next to a piece of green and yellow art.

celebrities (vapid fluff)

No Filter: Leisha Hailey’s 2021 Predictions Include Aliens, Seems Legit

Chef Melissa King listening to the “Garden State” soundtrack like it’s your 10th grade art class all over again, and a Tessa Thompson/Janet Mock/Trace Lysette 1-2-3 punch that you don’t…

Christina Tucker

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Jan 6, 2021

A collage of illustrated images of a pile of blankets, a pair of tightly crossed legs, and a disembodied lower torso with hands clasped above it

friendship

I Can Masturbate, No Hands: Innovative Masturbation and the Power of Friendship

“Through frank conversations with cross country mates and cheeky hints in coming-of-age films, I learned that masturbation is something people do to their vaginas with fingers, shower heads and (though…

Bella Dally-Steele

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Jan 6, 2021

Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt stare lovingly at each other and smile in this vintage photograph.

society + culture

Also.Also.Also: Remember When Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt Went Joyriding on a Jet Plane?

Vintage Vapid Fluff: Never forget that Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt skipped the White House for a lil date night in the skies! Also, Roxane Gay on the New Year,…

Carmen Phillips

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Jan 5, 2021

astrology, tarot & witchcraft

What Will You Keep; What Will You Build? 2021 Is the Year of the Hierophant; Here’s What That Means

After spending 2020 evaluating structures and creating new rules, 2021 will challenge us to keep pushing ourselves to grow and expand, to consider what we are allowing to restrict us…

meg

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Jan 5, 2021

A blonde woman in a white T-shirt and jeans is trapped inside a cardboard box.

relationships

You Need Help: Your Partner Won’t Give You Space

She’s isolating you from the things that make you a capable, confident, well-rounded person, and when you adhere to her rules, you’re enabling codependency.

Ro White

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Jan 5, 2021