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sex toy shopping guide

sex toys

10 Royally Powerful Sex Toys for Leo Season and Beyond

It’s been a long year, and by “year” I mean “six months” but also “decade.” You deserve some big pleasure, something you can count on to make you feel good…

Rachel —

Jul 28, 2020

Lists/Top 10s

My Top 10 Television Characters

television

My Top 10 Television Characters: Natalie, Who’s a Sucker For a Good Character Arc

I’m not sure what it says about me — or, more precisely perhaps, what it says about television — that this list isn’t full of characters that feel like representations…

Natalie —

Jul 28, 2020

you need help

breakups

You Need Help: Is It Normal To Be Happy In a Relationship and Still Think About an Ex?

Time won’t necessarily “fix” it, but the more distance you have from the relationship and the more time you invest in healthy coping mechanisms, the less destabilizing these thoughts will…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Jul 28, 2020

tv recap

Wayhaught – Waverly Earp and Nicole Haught from Wynonna Earp

television

“Wynonna Earp” Episode 401 Recap: Angel In Chains

After a two-year hiatus, Wynonna Earp is FINALLY BACK! And everyone is fighting like hell to get back to one another, with the help of old and new friends along…

Valerie Anne —

Jul 27, 2020

personal essay

television

The Straight TV Couples That Helped Me Realize I’m Gay

Growing up in fandom, I gathered a long list of straight fictional ships without realizing until much later that I had been projecting myself onto the male half of those…

Renee Nuevo —

Jul 27, 2020

link roundup

pop culture fix

Pop Culture Fix: “Blindspot” Teases a Patterson and Zapata Wedding in the Series Finale

Adventure Time: Distant Lands will escalate Marceline and PB’s relationship, Lena Waithe on humanizing Black people on screen, why aren’t big studios interested in LGBTQ rom-coms, putting Black icons on…

Heather Hogan —

Jul 27, 2020

audre lorde

queer theory

book features

Year of Our (Audre) Lorde: July Is a Black Unicorn

I’m still angry. Breonna Taylor’s murderers still walk free. Let’s be real, they’re probably running around without masks. Audre Lorde’s sense of restlessness and barely concealed fury are evident. But…

Jehan —

Jul 27, 2020

link roundup

sunday funday

society + culture

Sunday Funday Is Protesting With the WNBA

The WNBA is back, and they’ve got things to say! Taylor Swift’s album is… good! Gucci has a nonbinary clothing line! Black trans folks are taking care of each other!…

Ari —

Jul 26, 2020