“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.”
During a time as turbulent as 2025, being able to spend time off my phone and with a poetry book has kept me afloat. Here are the queer poetry releases…
The steamy gay hockey romance Heated Rivalry on HBO Max has the internet abuzz, but have you heard of the real life hockey lesbians who went from rivals to wives?
The Holy Land Experience, Courtney Williams on herself, the libido of Las Vegas, the Ivy-to-Consultant pipeline, Lizzo, the Sarasota County Agricultural Fair, a dark side of homeschooling and more.
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