Rachel

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Rachel Charlene Lewis is a QPOC, writer, and editor. She is on Instagram Instagram and Twitter as @RachelCharleneL. She lives in North Carolina with a badly behaved tortie kitten and many almost-dead plants.

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food lists

A Definitive Ranking of Good & Gather Snacks at Target According to Me, a Bitch for Target

Here is a definitive ranking of Good and Gather, because I am an expert.

Rachel —

Apr 27, 2020

pizza party friday

vegan

A woman with brown hair eats and sticks her finger in her mouth. She is surrounded by floating Bagel Bites and has her fingers stuck in one of them.

recipes

Let’s F*ck Up Some Bagel Bites

The case for Bagel Bites: they are affordable and lovely and delicious no matter what.

Rachel —

Apr 24, 2020

online dating

video games

Two Animal Crossing neighbors, one who is brown and wearing a beanie, and one who is white wearing a red beanie, fish together while smiling.

lesbian dating apps

IRL Dating Is Canceled, but Animal Crossing Is Perfect for Cute Queer Dates

Sweetly enough, it’s possible to have a shocking number of cute ass dates on Animal Crossing. I’m lucky to be quarantined with my girlfriend, but we’re running low on date…

Rachel —

Apr 21, 2020

I Think We're Alone Now

love is a lie

breakups

How Social Media Fucked Up Lesbian Breakup Culture

Breakups are so often garbage and hard, and managing the social media that surrounds it is just another gross layer that makes them even more garbage and even harder.

Rachel —

Mar 4, 2020

pizza party friday

Shego, a young woman from Kim Possible, has Black hair, pale skin, and green eyes. She is pinning someone to a wall with one hand, and holding her other hand up toward her face.

first person

In Honor of Rude Women

“I aspire to be described as terrible and lovely.”

Rachel —

Jan 31, 2020

beauty

Dark Under Eye Circles Are Gay, or: Hi, I’m Depressed

Is it not a gay badge of honor to be tired and sad and drained and to still exist?

Rachel —

Oct 17, 2019

queer musicians

breakups

Why Is It So Damn Hard to Build a Good Lesbian Breakup Playlist?

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.

Rachel —

Aug 13, 2019

family

hair and beauty

first person

My Absurd Skincare Routine Is the Softest I Am to Myself

Sometimes being queer and black, bisexual and biracial, feels like contradiction, like too many things, and sometimes I’m not sure that I’d recognize myself if I walked by.

Rachel —

Feb 23, 2018

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