How TV stories have shaped our understanding of AIDS, 14 fixes for pandemic monotony, R.O. Kwon on misunderstanding kink, and the intwined histories of white supremacy and transphobia.
This week’s Good Trouble shines a worthwhile light on the problem with cash bail.
Ah yes, it’s once again time for the “epic highs and lows of high school football.”
Even with a new administration in office, we continue living in Trumpland. Tony Zosherafatain and Chella Man excavate what Trump has revealed about anti-trans violence in this country — and the future trans people deserve.
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Shelli Nicole is bringing you a world of knowledge and insight about masturbation in a workshop for A+ members! Here’s the post where A+ members can get the info they need to register!
How do you tell them your poem about pussy doesn’t negate your love for God? That your spirituality isn’t separate but an extension of you?
It’s ok not to remember everything that you read, a new fund for Black creatives, and what is it like to explore childhood horror through the lens of queer adulthood?
“He pretended he didn’t know that you were gay — for laughs!”
Also in today’s Pop Culture Fix: Gillian Anderson will play Eleanor Roosevelt, Legends of Tomorrow is moving to Sundays, the Zendaya interview that’s raising perfectly sculpted queer eyebrows, and more!
The world outside of America is not just countries of people that need saving and there is no hypothetical past to return to that would make that saviour narrative real. It just obscures harm.
The more I get into D&D, the more it bleeds into my passion for television. I find myself thinking about TV character’s histories as “backstory” and accidentally calling side characters “NPCs.”
Marty Fink shows how caregiving is activism, disability is sexy and dusty archives are tantalizing in Forget Burial, an essential, highly pleasurable, read.
Oh to be a small dog accompanying Gillian Anderson, Lena Waithe thirst became we are living in a damn Paul Blart Mall Cop, and POV: You are Chef Melissa’s boo and she just came home from a long day of work.
Halle Berry grew up by practicing kissing on girls (stars, they’re just like us). Also, Megan Thee Stallion interviews Rep. Maxine Waters, more truly excellent Britney reads, and what does abortion access really look like during a pandemic?
Trust me — when you’re making the somewhat smelly transition to the natural deodorant life, social distancing will be your best friend. If you need a push to get started, I tested and rated natural deodorants to help you make your selection.
I am ready to be fearless. To dream beyond Black womanhood and know that I — Black, queer, and not-quite-sure — am worthy, so worthy of all of the love, affirmation, and power the universe can muster.
I haven’t written anything really real in years; I barely remember how.
Beau and Yasha finally went on their long-awaited date and it was gayer than we could have dreamed.
Ryan reconnects with her ex-girlfriend who we do not trust but want to trust but it’s hard! Also, All Crows Are Bastards, there’s a new non-binary character in town, and Alice is missing memories!