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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

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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

black history month

black history month 2020

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Eight Black LGBTQ Poets to Give Your Flowers To Right Now

I believe that these eight wonderful poets are the face of reviving the genre. I always want to push poems on people, so I’m also presenting you with some of…

danijanae —

Feb 19, 2020

short stories

lgbt book reviews

Corinne Manning’s “We Had No Rules” Grapples With Queer Assimilation

In their debut story collection We Had No Rules, Corinne Manning makes a rare, generous offer to the queer community: to hold us accountable.

Max Delsohn —

Feb 18, 2020

audre lorde

black history month

book features

Year of Our (Audre) Lorde: February’s Revolutionary Hope

I’m pairing Audre Lorde’s 1984 conversation with James Baldwin and arguably her best-known speech, “The Masters Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House” in hopes of exploring how our power…

Jehan —

Feb 17, 2020

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Things I Read That I Love

literature

Things I Read That I Love #307: “I Fall In Love (Cue Your Laughter)”

Topics include Victoria’s Secret, The Americans, gatekeeping in publishing, CollegeHumor, slavery re-enactments, Angola, vaping and so much more!

Riese —

Feb 14, 2020

lez liberty lit

link roundup

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literature

Lez Liberty Lit Is Locating Queer Desire

Finding queer desire in literature, why it can feel uncomfortable to read queer romance, two lesbian poets writing under the same pseudonym and more.

Ryan Yates —

Feb 13, 2020

memoir

nonfiction

lgbt book reviews

Isa Mazzei’s “Camgirl” Explores Performance, Privilege, Kink and Contradictions

“Cam” screenwriter Isa Mazzei’s new memoir is an accessible and honest portrayal of one woman’s stint in the online sex industry.

Annie Rose Malamet —

Feb 12, 2020

daniel lavery

essay collection

book features

Danny Lavery on Queer Wanting, Difficult Experiences, and Oh Yes His New Book

Trying desperately to want less than what one truly requires — and the goodness that comes from giving up that ghost — is a prominent theme in “Something That May…

Adrian —

Feb 10, 2020

Ask Your Friendly Neighbourhood Lesbrarian

book lists

8 Amazing Audiobooks About Queer Women

The following 8 books are mind-blowingly good fiction audiobooks about queer women. I’m talking incredible voice acting that takes the story to a whole other level.

Casey —

Feb 3, 2020

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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. I would do anything to not be annoying."

Riese

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72 Most Anticipated Queer Books Coming Out Fall 2024

Tis the season for queer horror, but fans of sapphic books with magic have a lot to look forward to, too!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Sep 3, 2024

#affiliatemarketing

featured

Anarchist Author Margaret Killjoy Crafts Trans Worlds in the Woods

Margaret Killjoy is a master world-builder. Her first young adult book, The Sapling Cage, comes out next month.

Nico —

Aug 29, 2024

#affiliatemarketing

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Which of These Books Are Better Than the Lesbian Movies Based on Them?

I think we can all agree there should be MORE queer film adaptations of queer (or queer-coded) books! Here are 32 from 1940 to now.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Jul 24, 2024

#affiliatemarketing

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46 Most Anticipated Queer Books Coming Out This July and August

As usual, all genres are represented, but there’s a surprising amount of creepy reads in the thriller/horror realm coming out the rest of summer.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Jul 2, 2024

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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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