There’s a lot of awful things in the world, but I am so close to the long weekend that I can almost taste it. And right now, for me, that’s more than enough.
Queer as in F*ck You
Ahem, congratulations to my fantasy rap wife:
I’m Grammy-nominated. What the fuck.
— CHIKA 🧚🏾♂️ (@oranicuhh) November 24, 2020
An EP, a Fenty runway, and a Grammy nomination! Next… our wedding? Who’s to say? Here’s a complete Grammys nominations list (Brandi Carlile also made the cut! As did Phoebe Bridgers Bisexual!)
In a Gentrifying Seattle, a Queer Activist Works to Blur Borders by Kristen Arnett (!!) for the New York Times
And a Roxane Gay double feature: Pandemic Dread Has Me Instagram-Shopping Nonstop along with We Owe One Another Student Loan Forgiveness
How Local Libraries Shaped Octavia Butler’s Life in Books
As Trans People Mark Deadliest Year on Record, Gloria Allen Fights for the Living
Nina Chanel Abney Imagines a Queer Black Utopia. The artist’s new body of work depicts life outside of the city, in a rural idyll free of the white gaze. (You know what this also reminds me of? Wild, Fat, Queer and Black: How I Became Free In The Mountains And Never Left by shea martin for us, Autostraddle!)
Pandemic or Not, the Risk of Black Queer Travel Is Real
Saw This, Thought of You
Well, I’m sorry. But this is a nightmare: New York Nightlife Never Stopped. It Just Moved Underground.
- Related: Six People on Secretly Traveling For Thanksgiving
- Still Related: How to Effectively Talk About Covid-19 When We All Feel Terrible. A science journalist asks: How do we reach the people who need it most?
This has been bothering me for at least the last month: What the Hell Is Happening With Masks on Network TV?
Was Josh Hartnett a Millennial Gay Stepping-Stone? An Investigation. Inspired by Happiest Season, and related to many of your hearts.
Meet Shameika Stepney, Inspiration to Fiona Apple on Fetch the Bolt Cutters
How College Students Are Helping Each Other Survive. Student-led mutual aid networks have raised tens of thousands of dollars to help peers cover basic costs of living.
Read an Excerpt From What Big Teeth, a New Gothic YA Fantasy. From Rachel: “Is this gay? hard to say! but Jasika Nicole narrated the audiobook!”
Political Snacks
What’s Next for the #Resistance Now That They Don’t Have Trump to Kick Around Anymore?
Barack Obama’s Lesbian Aunt Sparked His Evolution on LGBTQ+ Rights. I mean, sure… I guess? This news didn’t much excite me, but I am enjoying the gay-adjacent tidbits that keep falling out of this 800-page book. #EtherealBisexualForever
