Nico

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Divorce Week

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Editor’s Notes: Divorce Week

Being engaged, planning a wedding, being a newlywed — all welcome topics of conversation! Divorce? Not so much!

Nico —

Feb 20, 2024

divorce

Divorce Week

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breakups

Tiny Butch Shoes, Lightly Worn

A good pair of boots are LIFE okay??? Is that a gay opinion? Likely.

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Feb 18, 2024

Zendaya ất the Dune: Part 2 premiere in a shiny silver robot suit and a slicked back bob

celebrities (vapid fluff)

Would Robot Zendaya Love Me If I Was a (Sand) Worm?

“Dune: Part 1” was not a very queer movie, nor do I anticipate “Dune: Part 2” being so. But the books were one of this queer’s childhood favorites.

Nico —

Feb 16, 2024

divorce

Divorce Week

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breakups

18 Queer Divorce Horror Stories

“We moved across the country for her job while I was pregnant. Turns out she was really having an affair.”

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Feb 14, 2024

divorce

Divorce Week

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breakups

I Banished My Ex Husband With Witchcraft, and You Can Too

A four-person friend group did what anyone who’s seen The Craft might. We got together to cast a spell to banish that man.

Nico —

Feb 12, 2024

divorce

Divorce Week

breakups

Get in Losers, We’re Getting Divorced

Divorce Week is a celebration of taking a life-changing step, of coming out the other side of devastating trauma and being all the better for it.

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Feb 12, 2024

bisexuality

kink

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love + sex

I Unicorned for a Couple at a Quirky Rural Swingers Club

I wasn’t going to turn down the chance to explore a massive swinger lodge that’s been in operation since the 1970’s.

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Feb 11, 2024

Untethered

first person

Untethered: The Designated Girl-Son

I came across the concept of the “designated son” on TikTok.

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Feb 8, 2024

#affiliatemarketing

Trashology

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astrology, tarot & witchcraft

What Do the Signs REALLY Want for Valentine’s Day?

No matter what zodiac sign(s) are your sweetie(s)’s, it’s probably a good idea to butter them up with what they really, really want for Valentine’s Day.

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Feb 6, 2024

yoga

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Video Replay: Queer Yoga by Butch Yoga, Welcoming the New Year

Couldn’t make Queer Yoga? Follow along with the recording!

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Feb 5, 2024

Untethered

first person

Untethered: You Need Help

Asking for help, the kind that requires another person to set aside time for me, to exert themselves physically, feels as easy as touching a hot stove.

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Jan 25, 2024

netflix

reality tv

Love on the Spectrum queer: Journey, a teenage Black girl wearing a pastel pink top smiles at the camera.

tv reviews

“Love on the Spectrum” Fails to Give Its Queer Woman the Dates She Deserves

While I was happy for Journey to be able to date, it felt like she was denied the opportunity to have age and experience-level appropriate encounters.

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Jan 23, 2024

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Would Robot Zendaya Love Me If I Was a (Sand) Worm?

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What Do the Signs REALLY Want for Valentine’s Day?

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