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Things I Read That I Love #336: The Brat Pack, Buying Sperm, Conversational AI and Streaming Wars

Annie Hamilton befriends Tavi Gevinson and gets unhinged about it, the future of streaming, literary it-girls, MTV’s “The Real World,”…

Riese

Jun 28, 2024

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Things I Read That I Love #335: Big Pants, the Disney Adult-Industrial Complex, Fancy Dorms and Flo

Andrea Long Chu on the critic and her publics, Rich Juzwiak on quitting, Caity Weaver…

Riese

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Mar 15, 2024

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Things I Read That I Love #334: Group Chats, Polycules, Data Free Disney, Iron Claws and Pretty Faces

Patricia Lockwood meets the pope, Leslie Jamison has a baby and gets divorced. Also: going…

Riese

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Feb 9, 2024

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Things I Read That I Love #331: To Live In a Theme Park Without Even Realizing It

Topics include romance scammers, Keke Palmer, the migrant ship, Lorrie Moore, affirmative action, the streaming…

Riese

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Jul 14, 2023

Two girlfriends hanging out in urban apartment

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Things I Read That I Love #330: Titanic, Top Chef, Jeopardy, Libraries, Marvel, BookTok and the Fake Sherlock

Topics include a Top Chef oral history, the fake Sherlock, lost Jeopardy tapes, the Costa…

Riese

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Jun 23, 2023

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Things I Read That I Love #335: Big Pants, the Disney Adult-Industrial Complex, Fancy Dorms and Flo

Andrea Long Chu on the critic and her publics, Rich Juzwiak on quitting, Caity Weaver on Flo from Progressive. Also: the re-ascendence of large pants, Kowloon Walled City, High Point…

Riese —

Mar 15, 2024

literature

Things I Read That I Love #334: Group Chats, Polycules, Data Free Disney, Iron Claws and Pretty Faces

Patricia Lockwood meets the pope, Leslie Jamison has a baby and gets divorced. Also: going to Disneyworld but not giving up your data, the reborn doll community, the Iron Claw,…

Riese —

Feb 9, 2024

literature

Things I Read That I Love #331: To Live In a Theme Park Without Even Realizing It

Topics include romance scammers, Keke Palmer, the migrant ship, Lorrie Moore, affirmative action, the streaming problem, Lorrie Moore, the Barbie IP and more!

Riese —

Jul 14, 2023

polyamory

lgbt book reviews

The Polyamory Workbook Offers Practical Tips for Navigating Any Relationship

I wish I could send pieces of this book to all of the people I have ever loved.

shea wesley martin —

Oct 18, 2022

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A side-by-side collage of the book cover for "Helen House," which is a pale pink color with white font and a pink kiss where the "o" in House usually exists.

lgbt book reviews

In “Helen House,” Sorrow Is an Inescapable Specter That Transforms Our Lives

What’s not left up for interpretation is Upadhyaya’s ability to craft a ghost story that both feels thoroughly new and also reminds of something that’s hard to forget or run…

Stef Rubino —

Oct 18, 2022

Two lesbian recline while reading on their couch

literature

These Queer Books Databases Make It Easy To Search for Your Next Favorite LGBTQ+ Read

What exactly do I mean by database? Well, I want it to be something that can be queried or filtered; it’s not just a long book list, and searching isn’t…

Sally —

Oct 14, 2022

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horror

A bunch of vampires bare their fangs and are surrounded by red demons

movie features

Interview With a Tranpire

It’s not hard to see the connection that trans readers and storytellers can find in vampire media.

Nic Anstett —

Oct 12, 2022

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interview

The book Mistakes Were Made by Meryl Wilsner as well as an author photo of Meryl Wilsner. They are wearing a yellow buttonup shirt and glasses while smiling at the camera.

book features

Author Meryl Wilsner on Writing MILFs, Age Gaps, and Twisting Tropes

“We never learned to write books, we only learn how to write the book that we’re writing.”

Christina Tucker —

Oct 11, 2022

horror

Horror Is So Gay

Nightwood by Djuna Barnes surrounded by lips with a split tongue emerging from them

book features

The Unspeakable Shadows of Nightwood

You fear Nightwood because of what it reveals about you.

Autumn Fourkiller —

Oct 10, 2022

horror

Horror Is So Gay

The following books: Nothing but Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw, Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt, White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi, and What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

book lists

10 Queer Haunted House Books

Let’s get gay and scared!

Casey —

Oct 9, 2022

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memoir

Three identical images for the cover of The Family Outing, which is written in rainbow letters on a blue background, with arrows on some of the letters.

lgbt book reviews

“The Family Outing” Is a Vivid Memoir of Neglect, Secrets, and the Power of Family

Over the course of five years, Jessi Hempel came out as a lesbian; her dad then came out as gay, her sister as bisexual, and her brother as trans.

Darcy —

Oct 7, 2022

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kristen arnett

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In ‘Stop Me if You’ve Heard This One,’ It’s Clowns vs. Capitalism

Arnett’s work is a reminder of something we often shy away from: What is the point of experiencing all of the pains of the human condition if we can’t, at some point, get a good laugh in about it?

Stef Rubino

Stop Me If You've Heard This One by Kristen Arnett

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Clowning Around With Kristen Arnett

“How many scenes have had people work something out at a diner? Can’t that happen at an Olive Garden?”

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Mar 11, 2025

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Yellowjackets

Queer Books To Read if You Love ‘Yellowjackets’

Feminist fairytales, girlhood horror, and genre-bending books for the feral gays hungry for more Yellowjackets-adjacent stories!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Mar 6, 2025

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most anticipated queer books

Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for March 2025

New Torrey Peters! A debut novel from Emily St. James! Queer, Black poetry collections! March is gonna be a great month for LGBTQ literature.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Mar 1, 2025

climate change

featured

Maybe Gabrielle Korn Set Her Queer Dystopian Climate Novel ‘The Shutouts’ Too Far in the Future

“I tried not to do that. I tried to keep the most important thing the story and the storytelling, because I think it gets annoying when you have an agenda.…

Riese —

Feb 17, 2025

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Things I Read That I Love #336: The Brat Pack, Buying Sperm, Conversational AI and Streaming Wars

LITERATURE

Things I Read That I Love #335: Big Pants, the Disney Adult-Industrial Complex, Fancy Dorms and Flo

LITERATURE

Things I Read That I Love #334: Group Chats, Polycules, Data Free Disney, Iron Claws and Pretty Faces

LITERATURE

Things I Read That I Love #331: To Live In a Theme Park Without Even Realizing It

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Things I Read That I Love #330: Titanic, Top Chef, Jeopardy, Libraries, Marvel, BookTok and the Fake Sherlock

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Things I Read That I Love #335: Big Pants, the Disney Adult-Industrial Complex, Fancy Dorms and Flo

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Things I Read That I Love #334: Group Chats, Polycules, Data Free Disney, Iron Claws and Pretty Faces

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Things I Read That I Love #331: To Live In a Theme Park Without Even Realizing It

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