beyonce

music

Beyoncé Shifted Country Music, but She Cannot Save the Industry

Black women artists in country music will continue to be mistreated like Linda Martell.

Taylor Crumpton —

May 27, 2025

music

Your ‘Cowboy Carter’ Reading List Is Here! Giddy the Fuck Up!

SERIOUSLY HAVE YOU LISTENED TO THE MASTERY OF THIS ALBUM!?!?!?

Carmen Phillips —

Mar 29, 2024

celebrities (vapid fluff)

Every Celebrity You Know Went to Beyoncé’s Birthday Show, Here’s All the Gays

A fellow earth sign herself, Kehlani easily wins “top” prize (see what I did there?) for most thorough recap of the night.

Carmen Phillips —

Sep 5, 2023

politics + activism

Black Queer Communities Send O’Shae Sibley Home in Love, Resistance, and Vogue

Love has brought together so many Black queer communities over the last 10 days, sending our sibling home not in the violence of the last few minutes of his life…

Carmen Phillips —

Aug 7, 2023

tv show recaps

Pop Culture Fix: The Grammys Ruin Everyone’s Gay Fun by Stealing From Beyonce AGAIN

Jasmin Savoy Brown and Tatiana Maslany in a new horror movie together, a queer Black Jewish contestant on this season of Survivor, and more!

Heather Hogan —

Feb 6, 2023

music

Beyoncé’s “Renaissance” Is an Unapologetic Dedication to Blackness and Queerness

I’ve grown to see sampling, when done well, as a love language, a way to remain connected to our history and communicate with the musical innovators who shaped, and continue…

Amari Gaiter —

Aug 5, 2022

music

Happy Beyoncé Day to All Who Celebrate

“Beyoncé said this is for the gays theys and they kin. Get in where you fit in and if you straight, honey it seems like you need to see yourself…

Carmen Phillips —

Jul 29, 2022

astrology, tarot & witchcraft

Black American Gothic: A Southern Herstory of Black Magic Women

For many black Americans, the South holds a bittersweet place in our heart; as much home as sorrow, as much ghostly as ancestral. Detangling our history is harder than detangling…

Krista White —

Oct 30, 2019

society + culture

Sunday Funday Stans This Lesbian Couple Who Met Touring With Beyoncé

Plus: #LesbianVisibilityDay tweets you may have missed, more confirmation on Star Trek’s gayness, Roxane Gay’s new magazine, a post-Bar/Bat Mitzvah educational program for non-binary Jewish youth, and more!

Ari —

Apr 28, 2019

society + culture

Also.Also.Also: Tegan and Sara are Ready to Take You Back to High School

Plus: Stevie Nicks, the TIME 100, the 20th anniversary of Columbine, and an entire section dedicated Beyoncé’s “Homecoming” just because we can!

Carmen Phillips —

Apr 18, 2019

society + culture

Sunday Funday Thinks Beyoncé Is Maybe the Only Straight Person We’re Okay With Winning a GLAAD Award

Also, get ready for the year of the Horse Girl and we have your post-Broad City-blues reading list. Happy Sunday!

Ari —

Mar 31, 2019

first person

Stories About Beyoncé That Are Really About the First Girl I Ever Loved

“I never could explain why my heart pounded when her soft hands reached out for mine. Why it felt like I was the only girl in the world, singing with…

Carmen Phillips —

Nov 28, 2018