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Natalie Diaz Writes the Love Poem for Our Lives in “Postcolonial Love Poem”

Postcolonial Love Poem is everything the title purports it to be. It positions itself between the worlds of love and violence, and answers the question of where love can exist…

danijanae —

Apr 29, 2020

audre lorde

queer theory

book features

Year of Our (Audre) Lorde: April’s Arithmetics of Distance

This is dedicated to those who are just trying to make it through every day. It’s been gratifying on an almost cellular level to find that the queen mother Audre…

Jehan —

Apr 29, 2020

janelle monae

link roundup

pop culture fix

Pop Culture Fix: Janelle Monáe’s Final “Homecoming” Trailer Is Here and Queer and Weird as Hell

One Day at a Time scores an animated special, The Last of Us II gets a real release date maybe, a show about social distancing from the Orange Is the…

Heather Hogan —

Apr 29, 2020

alice wu

netflix

movie reviews

Alice Wu’s “The Half Of It” Lives Up to the Hype by Fulfilling and Subverting the Expectations Set by “Saving Face”

Contemporary YA novels don’t necessarily have happy endings so much as hopeful ones, and The Half of It follows this blueprint, delicately treading the fine line between saccharine and heartfelt…

Malinda Lo —

Apr 29, 2020

also.also.also

link roundup

society + culture

Also.Also.Also: We’re at the Part of the Pandemic Where the Aliens Arrive

UFO Updates, Zoom fatigue is real, some thoughts about Anna Wintour, supporting small business when you’re also unemployed, Latinx movies that love lesbians the most, and apparently Taco Bell is…

Carmen Phillips —

Apr 28, 2020

#affiliatemarketing

covid-19

lgbtq+ businesses

Small Queer Businesses To Support During COVID-19

We’re not suggesting that if you’d just shop queer, all will well, but if you’re burning some cash on retail therapy anyway, you might as well support queer folks running…

the team —

Apr 28, 2020

batwoman

tv reviews

Batwoman’s Queer Love Triangle Gets Even Better in an Episode Infused With Hope

“I”m not asking you to be a hero; I’m just asking you to keep going.”

Heather Hogan —

Apr 28, 2020

interview

one day at a time

tv feature

One Day at a Time Showrunner Gloria Calderón Kellett on Season 4’s Pause, Elena and Syd, and Reopening Hollywood

“Watching season four episodes — the feeling of normalcy, of connection, of being able to laugh. I’m so grateful to be with our fans and live-tweet. It’s almost like Tuesdays…

Heather Hogan —

Apr 28, 2020