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All Girls Want To Eat Each Other

Cannibals, like lesbians, are feared for their selective appetites.

Mallory

Oct 14, 2024

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I Was Naive To Think I Could Shape It More Than It Could Shape Me

“Young and naïve, I looked towards magazines, media and the Internet to tell me about…

Bee Beardsworth

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Oct 7, 2024

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The Gay Algorithm

What if TikTok really did make us all gay?

Tylea Simone Richard

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Sep 17, 2024

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Play Parties Let Me Explore My Asexuality

Maybe I didn’t always know I was ace, but I can’t say there weren’t signs.

Abbie

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Sep 11, 2024

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Twenty Years Later, Still Haunted by ‘Super Size Me’

Super Size Me really fucked me up as a kid. I am a fat, bummed…

Gyasi Hall

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Sep 5, 2024

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I Was Naive To Think I Could Shape It More Than It Could Shape Me

“Young and naïve, I looked towards magazines, media and the Internet to tell me about the world. I imagined what it might look like when I grew up and became…

Bee Beardsworth —

Oct 7, 2024

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The Gay Algorithm

What if TikTok really did make us all gay?

Tylea Simone Richard —

Sep 17, 2024

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Play Parties Let Me Explore My Asexuality

Maybe I didn’t always know I was ace, but I can’t say there weren’t signs.

Abbie —

Sep 11, 2024

Mugworts Cabin: a cute cabin with a rainbow triangle flag banner in front sits in the woods, surrounded by tall lush green trees

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We Need QTBIPOC Land Healing Projects

We have a responsibility to care for others. In land stewardship and land healing this means prioritizing accountability to Indigenous folks.

Gabrielle Lawrence —

Nov 24, 2022

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An empty gym equipped with a weight sled

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Working Out at a Strength Gym Has Been Great, but These Exercises Make Me Want To Scream

Even though I believe in complete body liberation and fat freedom, I don’t like to talk about my “I’ve been fat my whole life” baggage.

Stef Rubino —

Nov 21, 2022

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My Anxiety Turns Life Into a Horror Movie

Most of my fears are around dying, maybe because I don’t understand it.

ashni —

Nov 9, 2022

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Slow Takes

Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle hold hands and laugh cry looking up at a screen in the final moments of Pen15.

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Slow Takes: “Pen15” and Embracing Alternate Girlhoods

Watching the first season during what I considered my second puberty was miserable. I could acknowledge its effectiveness, but I felt alienated.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Nov 3, 2022

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Horror Is So Gay

Mary Elizabeth Winstead in 10 Cloverfield Lane wears a tank and is surrounded by skeleton hands holding out flowers

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How it Ends

I begin to realize my relationship is over when my boyfriend starts cleaning his gun in our apartment.

Darcy —

Oct 30, 2022

A childhood photo of Dani Janae in a field. A childhood photo of Dani Janae blowing out the candles on an orange birthday cake. A childhood photo of Dani Janae posing with a birthday cake. A present-day photo of Dani Janae wearing a pink top and glasses.

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Alone but Not Lonely at the Precipice of 30

Being 30 meant I was free. In my child mind, it was the ultimate age of adulthood. It meant that no one could hurt me anymore.

danijanae —

Oct 30, 2022

Horror Is So Gay

A Black girl with braids is repeated twice, once with her eyes open, once with her eyes closed

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Black Girls Are Always at the Center of Horror

There is a haunting that black girls know.

A. Tony Jerome —

Oct 26, 2022

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Horror Is So Gay

Dana Scully stands in front of an open car trunk

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The Seduction of Aliens

When I saw a UFO, I was 18 and it was the night before prom.

Nico —

Oct 25, 2022

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All Girls Want To Eat Each Other

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I Was Naive To Think I Could Shape It More Than It Could Shape Me

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The Gay Algorithm

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Play Parties Let Me Explore My Asexuality

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Twenty Years Later, Still Haunted by ‘Super Size Me’

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I Was Naive To Think I Could Shape It More Than It Could Shape Me

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The Gay Algorithm

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Play Parties Let Me Explore My Asexuality

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