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The Five Drinks You Taste in Heaven: How a Coffee Shop Became Home

These are the moments that I can still taste, still feel on my hardest days.

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TV Reviews

“Ultimate Girls Trip: Ex-Wives Club” Is Real Housewives At Its Most Homoerotic

At this point, I’m half-expecting full-on scissoring in the upcoming season finale.

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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

Christen Press and Tobin Heath Hold Pinkies, Full-On Canoodle at the ESPYS

May I just say, for two people who have very deliberately kept their faces from smooshing together in public, these two faces look VERY GOOD smooshed together. 

Heather Hogan July 21, 2022 13 Comments
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Beauty

Put This on Your Face: Lip Oils

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TV Show Recaps

“Motherland: Fort Salem” Episode 305 Recap: Are We Out of the Woods Yet?

The Bellweather Unit asks the Cession Council to help them escape the Camarilla, and they get one step closer to finding Raelle.

Valerie Anne July 20, 2022 3 Comments
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Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Jodie Comer’s New TV Series Sounds Very Gay and Killing Eve-y

Wee-ooh! Wee-ooh! Harley Quinn red band trailer alert! And you simply must watch Keke Palmer’s Most Searched Questions.

Heather Hogan July 20, 2022 3 Comments
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Dating Pets & Animals Podcasts

“Wait, Is This a Date?” Podcast Episode 204: Partner’s Pets

Animals, like people, have their own personalities and should be taken on a case-by-case basis. (AKA wherein Drew bravely says that snakes are maybe a bit sexy thanks to a certain pop star.)

Drew Burnett Gregory July 20, 2022 4 Comments
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No Filter: Time to WRAP UP Cancer Season Because These Posts Made Me Entirely Too Emotional!

Also, oh to be a pineapple, held aloft by Chef Melissa King!

Christina Tucker July 20, 2022 1 Comment
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

So — An Emu, A Lesbian, and An Ex-Bachelorette Walk Onto A Farm

“EMMANUEL, DON’T DO IT.”

Stef July 19, 2022 13 Comments
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TV Reviews

“Resident Evil” Has a Lesbian CEO to Die For

Evelyn Marcus is a sociopathic CEO first, a lesbian second. And that’s the kind of queer villain we deserve.

Valerie Anne July 19, 2022 18 Comments
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Love + Sex

Vabbing, the New Trend Where You Use Your Own Vaginal Fluids as Perfume

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Ro White July 19, 2022 14 Comments
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Movie Reviews

Ruby Rose’s “1Up” Is a New Contender For Worst Movie Ever Made

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Heather Hogan July 19, 2022 22 Comments
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AF+

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Relationships

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Darcy July 19, 2022 11 Comments
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Music

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shea wesley martin July 18, 2022 11 Comments
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Sex Toys

If My Clit Were Lost in the Woods, the Aer Would Still Find It

I’ve tried a lot of suction sex toys — here’s how the Aer compares.

Guest July 18, 2022 6 Comments
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Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: JoJo Siwa Unleashes Her Inner Softball Dyke at the MLB All-Star Game

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Community

They Created the World They Wanted to See: The Radical Possibility of FaT GiRL Zine

“This was a noninstitutionalized reaction. This was political, intentional, we’re gonna be fat and queer and creative and sexy and empowering and a collective action.”

Lindsay Eanet July 18, 2022 7 Comments
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LGBT Book Reviews

Nicola Griffith’s Spear Is a Gender-Bending, Queer Arthurian Adventure

There’s magic! There’s sword fights! It’s Mulan meets Merlin with a healthy helping of sapphic romance.

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