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TV Reviews

Shondaland’s “How To Get Away With A Scandal” Crossover Event Was a Black Feminist Masterpiece

Carmen and Natalie watched the black feminist television opera that was Scandal and How To Get Away With Murder’s two-hour crossover event. And they got together to tell you all about it!

Carmen Phillips March 2, 2018 4 Comments
Straddleverse

FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Happy (Belated) Lunar New Year!

Happy Friday, Happy Saturday if you’re in Tiara’s part of the world, and Happy Lunar New Year to those of you that celebrate it!

Creatrix Tiara March 2, 2018 108 Comments
Literature

Things I Read That I Love #258: I Have A Date Tonight Would You Like To Go Shopping

Topics include malls, possible murder, the kids of Ferguson, the NRA in Florida, Barbie v Bratz, farming through the California drought, the worst roommate ever, Black Panther and more!

Riese March 2, 2018 5 Comments
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Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Bi For Cheryl Blossom

“Wanna team up for a little destruction?”

Darcy March 2, 2018 26 Comments
Movie News & Trailers

Carly Usdin Is Making Hollywood Gayer Every Day (And You Can Help)

The beloved director of Suicide Kale and writer of High Vinyl is making a queer rom-com in conjunction with AFI’s Directing Workshop for Women!

Heather Hogan March 2, 2018 8 Comments
TV Reviews

We Relived the Black, Feminist Magic of “Living Single” and You Can Too

Unlike so many other sitcoms from the ’90s, this one really holds up.

Abbie Jones March 2, 2018 11 Comments
TV News & Trailers

It’s Official: “Riverdale” River Vixen Cheryl Blossom is Bisexual!

The CW should probably change their slogan from “dare to defy” to “dare to BE BI.”

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya March 1, 2018 10 Comments
Literature

Lez Liberty Lit: Reading on an Empty Stomach

How queer books are still marketed to straight readers, horror novels and OCD, OED feelings, feminist fonts, Virginia Woolf’s photo albums and more.

Ryan Yates March 1, 2018 2 Comments
Music

7 New Releases from Queer and Trans Musicians to Add to Your Spring Playlists

I drive my car for my job right now, and listen to music in the car constantly. As such, I’m always on the lookut for new tunes by queer and trans artists to make the drives less mind-numbing. My struggle is your gain!

Abbie Jones March 1, 2018 14 Comments
Geekery

20 Afrofuturist Songs, Books and Artists to Help with Your “Black Panther” Withdrawal

Let’s fill that Black Panther-shaped hole in your heart.

A. Tony Jerome March 1, 2018 17 Comments
Geekery

If You Love Brave Little Toasters and BB8 You’re Gonna Want To Play “Rumu”

This is a game about a vacuum that is not about vacuuming, and it’s a game about sadness that is not a sad game. I did cry at the end, but I basically always cry at the end.

dufrau March 1, 2018 7 Comments
Camp

A-Camp Spring 2018: It’s Time To Donate and/or Apply for Camperships!

Read the heartwarming essays from some of 2017’s A-Campership recipients and learn more about donating or applying yourself! We’ve even got a tax-deductible donation option this year that you’ll wanna know all about.

the team March 1, 2018 9 Comments
Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft

Satellite of Love: Queer Horoscopes for March 2018

This month brings Venus — planet of “hmm, maybe it would be nice to touch another human…” — into Aries, sign of “I’m going to explode if we don’t do this right now!”

Corina Dross March 1, 2018 13 Comments
TV Show Recaps

“Black Lightning” Episode 106 Recap: Superheroes Run in the Family

Of all the ways that the Pierce’s mutual secret-identity reveal was going to come about, I definitely never expected a raw knuckle superhero fight.

Carmen Phillips February 28, 2018 12 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Gina Rodriguez Is Playing Stephanie Beatriz’s Girlfriend on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, THIS IS NOT A DRILL

Also: a 9 to 5 reboot with Lily and Jane and Dolly? Paramount puts a pin in Heathers, Evan Rachel Wood’s new queer movie trailer is here, Vulture wonders about the bisexual boom on TV, and more!

Heather Hogan February 28, 2018 26 Comments
LGBT Book Reviews

Mal Ortberg’s Creepy New Book Is Coming Out and Mal Is Too

If The Merry Spinster seems almost fixated on gender, it’s because Ortberg began participating in gender therapy and exploring identity while writing it, and “It turns out I’m trans!”

Adrian February 28, 2018 38 Comments
Politics + Activism

Georgia Is Back on Its Religious Freedom Bullshit, Goes After LGBTQ Adoption

Last Friday the Georgia state senate passed a bill that will allow state-funded adoption agencies to refuse to place children with parents they disapprove of because of their religious beliefs.

Heather Hogan February 28, 2018 2 Comments
Television TV Reviews

“Good Girls” Is Made for This #MeToo Moment

Good Girls tries to do a little too much right out of the gate, but thankfully one of those things is capturing the spirit of the Women’s March and the female-driven resistance.

Natalie February 28, 2018 3 Comments
Dating

You Need Help: You’re in Love with a Straight Girl and You Want It to Stop

Take a deep breath. You can get through this.

Ryan Yates February 28, 2018 22 Comments
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: Kehlani Is Having a Love Affair with This Orange Slushie

Also, Janelle Monáe is taking over the world and the cast of Orange Is The New Black are ruining your photo shoot.

Stef February 28, 2018 7 Comments
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