This fandom round-up also includes Steven Universe stories, and interview with a fandom influencer, a book recommendation, answers to some TV questions you asked and more!

Bondage, butterflies, and zero men.

The absolutely true autobiography of a liar.

105 more humans for you to have awkward crushes on.

“The birth and life of the AIDS activist movement from the perspective of the people in the trenches.”

Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus (“The Nanny Diaries”) re-imagine the story of how Britney Spears ended up under her father’s permanent legal control in their new novel.

Our very own Haviland Stillwell will be honored this Sunday at the PowerUp Premiere Gala! Plus, an update on the GIRLTRASH movie, advice for lesbian filmmakers, and what really went down with Claire on TRLW.

The people’s prince Michelladonna brings a native New Yorker perspective to NYC comedy.

Leave it to a bunch of lesbians to pick a film this filled with unrequited love and longing!

In 2013, Sue Kerr published her first memorial post for a lost trans life to her blog Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents, which has been running since 2005. More than a decade later, when the mainstream media failed to meaningfully cover the death of Nex Benedict, she once again used her blog as a vital community resource.

For her queer fans in the Midwest and South, Chappell Roan’s rise is about so much more than her music.

Plus self-harm scars and dating, crushing hard on your married coworker, learning to celebrate yourself and more!

“I hope that as people become more familiar with the episodes that I personally write, they’ll notice sort of this undercurrent of community care.”

COVID returns to the forefront of this week’s Extra! Extra! as we look at the outbreak of COVID in India and the threats posed by variants across the globe. We look at the one thing that’s proving stronger than COVID: capitalism and how that’s impacting our recovery. The team also examines new developments on the immigration and criminal justice fronts and ponder what it means to hear the president tell transgender Americans he’s got their backs.

If you think all the buzzer-beating action happened in the NBA this week, it’s probably because you didn’t have access to WNBA games.

Julia Nunes has been self-producing her music for almost ten years, and her newest album “Ughwow” is a drastic change from her old sound in the best way possible. We talk about the work of being a human and how that’s showing up in her creative work lately.

I don’t want to put any songs on my breakup playlist that any of my exes have used, or are using, to woo their new girlfriends.

Our team weighs in on some of the funniest and least funny love and friendship stories in lesbian cinematic history, from Saving Face to Life Partners and so many more!

“Little A+ box, I just wanted you to know that today I did my part in helping to burn the patriarchy to the ground.”

I like to power up my spirit by swooning at the TV. Maybe you do too?