A collage of three iPhone screens, side-by-side, against a pastel Orange background. Everything feels neat, serene, and calm.

The Scene

Hear Me Out, Extreme iPhone Minimalism Should Be the New Gay Agenda

Purging your phone, this tangible object that we are so connected to, could inspire you to do the same in other parts of your life.

Geekery Sex + Relationships

Safe Sexting: Tech Tips for the Stress-Free Sexting You Deserve

The world is full of unknown and terrifying possibilities, like accidentally sending a nude to the family group chat because it was the most recent thing on your camera roll. Protect yourself and loved ones against these dangers and more with easy tips!

A+

Monday A+ Roundtable: The Notes On Our Phones

“god forbid I delete that flirty note I drafted in 2014 to the hot babe from Alaska with the sexy tattoos inviting them to come visit me on my queer commune in rural Southern Oregon if they so pleased, you know?”

Geekery

10 Tap Games for iPhone, Rated By Their Inevitably Fleeting Relief of My Low-Grade Depression

A brief journey through the clicker games that have, if only briefly, buoyed me through ennui, ranked very subjectively by how effectively they distracted me from the always-looming malaise that dogs my every step!

Society + Culture

All 86 New iOS Emoji, Ranked by Lesbianism

83. Glass of Milk. Wayyyyyy too many lactose intolerant lesbians for this one. Maybe if it was “Glass of Soy Milk” or “Glass of Almond Milk” it’d be higher.

Geekery

All I Am Saying Is Give Peach a Chance

Here’s a review of Peach; in short, I’m enamored with its magic word capability and think you should try it and screw it if people say it’s already dead.

DIY / Crafting / Food / Home

This Is How We Do It: Turn Your Smartphone Into a Hologram Projector

If I can do a craft, trust me, you can do a craft.

Geekery

We Played Lindsay Lohan’s “The Price Of Fame” So You Don’t Have To

You know when you were bored in middle school math and you just pressed +1 on a calculator for half an hour? Have I got a game for you!

Geekery Health + Athletics

5 Apps to Track and Predict Your Period (and More!)

Apps to predict when Flo visits, the painters paint the house red, when it suddenly turns to chocolate season, etc. LET’S TALK ABOUT PERIODS, Y’ALL!

Society + Culture

Ok Let’s All Do This: Miranda July’s Somebody App

“I don’t totally have this figured out yet but I bet it’s going to be really great and not weird at all.”

Geekery

Top Five Worst Emoji Ever

“To me, it’s always read as “stabbing myself in the eyes with shards of glass,” which come to think of it is a pretty useful emoji.”

Geekery

Top Five Best Emoji Ever

I strive for a life in which these emojis are the only ones I ever need.

Geekery

Lick This App: Exactly What It Says On The Box

Lick This App is a mobile oral sex teaching app that will get you uncomfortably close to your phone.

Books Geekery

Getting Your Lit Nerd on with Reading Apps

“After flying 2,678 miles and over the Pacific Ocean, I realized that I was gonna have to rebuild my collection. But this time, it would be digital (and therefore move-proof).”

Geekery

10 iOS Games for Your Long-Distance Relationship

And other similar two/multi-player type situations, because being on different continents shouldn’t get in the way of Boggle. (Bonus! Featuring the worst drawing of Brooklyn ever, courtesy of yours truly.)