#longreads

culture

Four Femmes on the Celebrations and Expectations of Being A Trans Woman In Comedy

“Once I hit 37, I officially stopped giving a fuck about what anyone thought — outliving your life expectancy makes it real easy to not care.”

Rowan Zeoli —

Mar 21, 2023

#longreads

culture

Four Comedians On How Their Transness Has Informed and Influenced Their Careers

“I would much rather be funny than inspirational”

Rowan Zeoli —

Mar 14, 2023

#longreads

relationships

How Chloe Caldwell’s “Women” Shaped My Queer Heartbreak

I couldn’t acknowledge that this was unsustainable, that my life wasn’t the novella I had convinced myself it was.

Mia Arias Tsang —

Nov 7, 2022

#blacklivesmatter

#longreads

politics + activism

#BlackLivesMatter: A Longform Reading List

Fifty years of words I liked reading and you will too! Authors include James Baldwin, bell hooks, Kiese Laymon, Roxane Gay, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Toni Morrison, Bayard Rustin and Dr. Brittany…

Riese —

Jun 3, 2020

#longreads

longform journalism

literature

Things I Read That I Love #298: The Way Teenage Relationships Tread That Knife Edge Between Disgust and Desire

Topics include TikTok, Pam Grier, Tavi on Instagram, crystals, murder, Empire Records, sex work, millennial burnout, Stanford and more!

Riese —

Sep 27, 2019

#longreads

longform

literature

Things I Read That I Love #293: Names That Sound Dreamed Up For a Goop Collaboration with Lemony Snicket

Topics include the uncanny valley of online dating, the explosion of streaming TV, white privilege, weddings, the influencers of Byron Bay, Buffalo Wild Wings as a secret gay bar, BDSM…

Riese —

Jul 19, 2019

#longreads

longform journalism

literature

Things I Read That I Love #292: There Are Chocolate Chips In The Freezer

Topics include Babe dot net, The Pioneer Woman, Judge Judy, queer food, GoFundMe healthcare, clapping back, Cooking: Why?, untying the knot at her throat and so much more!

Riese —

Jul 5, 2019

#longreads

longform journalism

literature

Things I Read That I Love #291: Through a Dazzlingly Quick Intimacy To Violent Disagreement, Then Silence

Topics include picking/pulling/not coming, the gay neighborhood of Montrose, the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, non-profits, gay men walking fast, Bennington in the ’80s, “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” abortion…

Riese —

Jun 21, 2019

#longreads

longform journalism

literature

Things I Read That I Love #290: Where Commercials For Gardasil Can Appear To Be the Most Realistic Depiction of Women on Television

Topics include Chernobyl, Sassy, Soviet food, Paul Newman salad dressing, growing up in a cult, Tony Robbins, L.A. on film and so much more!

Riese —

May 24, 2019

#longreads

longform journalism

literature

Things I Read That I Love #280: Falling In Love With Her Was Like Falling In Love With a Character I’d Written

Topics include The Apprentice, emotional abuse, the year in dog, HIV/AIDS, really gross murder, bad faith reading, Sheryl Sandberg, Elizabeth Warren, and so much more!

Riese —

Jan 4, 2019

#longreads

longform journalism

literature

Things I Read That I Love #276: Thelma, Too, Has an Unquenchable Thirst

Topics include Erotic Photo Hunt, Dorothy Allison, school lunch, alt-right extremists, The Spotted Pig, “People in Trouble,” murder on the Appalachian trail, and so much more!

Riese —

Nov 9, 2018

#longreads

bad behavior

first person

Why Did You Betray Your Own Heart, Cathy?

“Last week I found one of those butter-coloured strands on my dress, and wondered. Then I realised it was one of my own, greying hairs. Ten years have passed, and…

Ellie —

Sep 27, 2018