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Into the A+ Advice Box #35: Summer 2021 Dating Edition!

For the first themed A+ Advice Box in our new themed series, you asked questions about dating yourself after having a kid, dating your partner after lockdown, using dating apps…

the team —

May 21, 2021

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judaism

Image shows pink text that reads "Shiva Baby" overlaid on an image of a woman in a black and white suit holding a bagel smeared in cream cheese and smoked meats.

movie reviews

Shiva Baby Wasn’t My Queer Story — and That’s Totally Fine

“I know and love many Danielle-esque people — but she is not me. Instead, she is the projection many people have of me solely based on my identity.”

Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner —

May 21, 2021

also.also.also

link roundup

Brooke Blurton, the new bisexual Australian Bachelorette, is in a red dress holding roses against a grey background.

society + culture

Also.Also.Also: Welcome Television’s First Indigenous, Bisexual Bachelorette, May She Become Queen of the “Bachelor” Universe

We have a lot of questions about Gillette’s singing pubic hair commercial, what introverts and extroverts can learn from each other, and where would food be without Padma Lakshmi?

Carmen Phillips —

May 20, 2021

Bravo Dyke

i still can't believe

Bethenny Frankel talks on the phone on Real Housewives of New York

tv feature

I Still Can’t Believe How Relatable Jill and Bethenny’s Friendship Breakup Was On “Real Housewives Of New York”

People want to believe that friendships are forever but Jill and Bethenny are striking examples that sometimes all you can do is wish each other the best and move on.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

May 20, 2021

Image shows the cover of a book that reads "The Ex-girlfriend of my ex-girlfriend is my girlfriend"

literature

My Teenage Obsession Gets a Second Life and a Queer Adult Spin

“Had my teen girl self been sure of herself and comfortably queer as I am today, she may not have become so obsessed with advice columns in the first place.”

Kim Wong-Shing —

May 20, 2021

lez liberty lit

link roundup

literature

Lez Liberty Lit: Spontaneous Touch

Rediscovering spontaneous touch through reading, starting something new, the secret feminist history of the Oxford Dictionary and more.

Ryan Yates —

May 20, 2021

AAPI Heritage Month

asian

Three people side by side. Sasha on the left has brown skin and a braid. Fei in the middle has hair shaved, wears a dangly orange earring. Trang on the right has hair shaved and wears a red hoodie,

visual art

These Portraits Depict the Radiance of Asian Trans Leaders

Trans Vietnamese artist, Jean Pham, shares an original portrait series, spotlighting and revering trans Asian leaders as subjects in the midst the heightened violence in both Asian and trans communities.

Jean Pham —

May 20, 2021

tarot

Tarotscopes

astrology, tarot & witchcraft

Queer Tarotscopes for Gemini Season 2021: What Do You Have to Learn about Choice and Connection?

Gemini and the Lovers want us to interrogate our desires, to recognize what is truly driving us forward, to celebrate the spaces and places and ambitions and communities that encourage…

meg —

May 20, 2021

Why Are So Many Trans Mascs Pups?

When a couple trans masc friends are into pup play, it’s a coincidence. When half of the trans men I know are into it, it’s a pattern. I began to mentally set up a bulletin board with red string to solve one question: why are so many trans mascs pups?