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The Ultimate Queer Workout Playlist To Get You Actually Excited About the Gym

If you’re anything like me, you’ve avoided The Gym because it’s a scary place.

motti

Dec 30, 2024

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Sapphic Yearning, Explained by a Playlist

The true meaning of sapphic yearning, as explained by a very gay playlist.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Feb 4, 2024

A collage of women in hip hop, outlined in yellow, in front of a pile of mixtapes. Left to right: Lauryn Hill, Cardi B, Young M.A., Queen Latifah, Nicki Minaj, Big Freeda, Missy Elliott, Megan thee Stallion, Chika, Roxane Shante, Da Brat, and Lil Kim

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Playlist: We Run This, 50 Years of Women in Hip-Hop

Because what’s a celebration of women’s contributions to 50 years of hip-hop without a playlist?

Natalie

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Aug 17, 2023

A pop art cartoon of a woman with red hair and bangs cries with her mouth open

PLAYLISTS

Playlist: The Saddest Songs Ever, According to Queer Cancers

“Happy” Cancer season! Here are some songs to cry to, selected by a group of…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Jun 26, 2023

a statue wearing headphones with the words NINE DAYS 2 PRIDE and a set of lit matches

PLAYLISTS

Countdown to Pride: 100 Songs To Get You Ready for Running Into All Your Exes Next Month

Get angry, get horny, get introspective!

Julie Gentile

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May 23, 2023

playlists

Sapphic Yearning, Explained by a Playlist

The true meaning of sapphic yearning, as explained by a very gay playlist.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Feb 4, 2024

playlists

Playlist: We Run This, 50 Years of Women in Hip-Hop

Because what’s a celebration of women’s contributions to 50 years of hip-hop without a playlist?

Natalie —

Aug 17, 2023

playlists

Playlist: The Saddest Songs Ever, According to Queer Cancers

“Happy” Cancer season! Here are some songs to cry to, selected by a group of Cancers.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Jun 26, 2023

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Playlist: Songs That Give Me That 2:30 Feeling

Is there a German word for happy songs that feel like a wrecking ball to your serotonin levels?

Erin —

Jul 28, 2017

qpoc

the speakeasy

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Playlist: Fuck Independence Day, Celebrate Black Women Instead

I will not celebrate a country in which 11 of the 14 trans people of color murdered this year have been black women. I will not celebrate a country currently…

Reneice Charles —

Jul 4, 2017

An image of various fruit emoji, superimposed over a light rainbow background

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Playlist: Just Fruit

A playlist because I don’t know, I just like fruit. For each fruit, I picked up to 3 song(s) fitting some criteria, and here we are.

Raquel —

Jun 27, 2017

masturbation

masturbation month

playlists

Playlist: Masturbation Month

In honor of MM, I’ve put together this playlist for you. And lemme tell ya, it was exciting — so exciting that I had to close the blinds and burn…

Kai —

May 19, 2017

donald trump

playlists

PLAYLIST: Guy in a “Make America Great Again” Hat

Between the kind of policy making that’s forcing a societal hand to double down on a literal time bomb, this is liable to be the playlist of the summer!

Erin —

Apr 13, 2017

black history month

queer musicians

playlists

Black Queer Music History, Pt. 4 (1990s-Present)

Black queer musicians today are some of our strongest advocates, and they’re leading the revolution with singing and dancing.

Ari —

Feb 24, 2017

black history month

LGBT history

playlists

Black Queer Music History, Pt. 3 (1970s-1990s)

This is my favorite era because the variety we hear during this time period is something like never before. Finally, queer black folks get to individually express their identities and…

Ari —

Feb 16, 2017

black history month

harlem renaissance

playlists

Playlist: Black Queer Music History, Pt. 2 (1930s-1960s)

It was hard enough to be black during this time, let alone black and queer, but these musicians did it and they made awesome music!

Ari —

Feb 9, 2017

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The Ultimate Queer Workout Playlist To Get You Actually Excited About the Gym

If you’re anything like me, you’ve avoided The Gym because it’s a scary place.

motti

Jackie in Love Lies Bleeding working out in the gym

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Sapphic Yearning, Explained by a Playlist

The true meaning of sapphic yearning, as explained by a very gay playlist.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Feb 4, 2024

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Playlist: We Run This, 50 Years of Women in Hip-Hop

Because what’s a celebration of women’s contributions to 50 years of hip-hop without a playlist?

Natalie —

Aug 17, 2023

Playlist: The Saddest Songs Ever, According to Queer Cancers

“Happy” Cancer season! Here are some songs to cry to, selected by a group of Cancers.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Jun 26, 2023

countdown to pride

Countdown to Pride: 100 Songs To Get You Ready for Running Into All Your Exes Next Month

Get angry, get horny, get introspective!

Julie Gentile —

May 23, 2023

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The Ultimate Queer Workout Playlist To Get You Actually Excited About the Gym

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Sapphic Yearning, Explained by a Playlist

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Playlist: We Run This, 50 Years of Women in Hip-Hop

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Playlist: The Saddest Songs Ever, According to Queer Cancers

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Countdown to Pride: 100 Songs To Get You Ready for Running Into All Your Exes Next Month

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Sapphic Yearning, Explained by a Playlist

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Playlist: We Run This, 50 Years of Women in Hip-Hop

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Playlist: The Saddest Songs Ever, According to Queer Cancers

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