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climate change

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sports

Heat Advisory

Next summer will be hotter. The next, hotter still.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Jul 30, 2025

featured

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first person

On Being a Masc Top From Rural Oklahoma

You’ve fucked every lesbian sorority girl in Oklahoma, someone tells me on an app. Well, I said. Probably not all of them, right?

Autumn Fourkiller —

Jul 23, 2025

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first person

I’m Afraid To Move to the City of My Dreams

Moving in with a partner is one thing; moving cross-country with that partner is another.

Gabrielle Grace Hogan —

Jul 16, 2025

florida

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first person

No One’s Doing it Quite Like the Dykes in Orlando Are Doing It

In Orlando, there are no official dyke bars, but that hasn’t stopped the local lesbians from providing year-round nightlife and social options throughout the city.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Jul 9, 2025

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politics + activism

Zohran Mamdani May Have Renewed My Belief in Electoral Politics

Zohran Mamdani’s campaign was the first time in a long time that I felt comfortable publicly advocating for a candidate rather than a cause—and that’s because his entire candidacy was…

Motti —

Jun 25, 2025

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first person

I Miss Feeling Hot

My surgeon informed me that I’d have to spend the rest of Pride Month with my hair pulled back, ointment gooped on, and absolutely no hotness allowed.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Jun 18, 2025

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breakups

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

We broke up on a Wednesday at 10 p.m. Any other Wednesday, and we might have been watching a show, taking a bath together, or sitting at our desks in…

ashni —

Jun 11, 2025

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first person

I’m Finally Living the Friend-Filled Summers I Grew Up Watching On-Screen

I was always especially envious of the way movies depicted childhood summers, like in Now & Then.

Valerie Anne —

Jun 4, 2025

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first person

I Suddenly Hate Aging and It Makes Me Feel Like a Bad Lesbian

I don’t know when I became a vain person, but I swear I used to be better. Becoming a competitive athlete in my thirties has not helped.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

May 28, 2025

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first person

Summer Is for the Midwest Princess

The only job a 16-year-old lifeguard really has is to kiss their coworkers and fuck around. Sadly, I took this job far more seriously than I should’ve.

Em Win —

May 21, 2025

strength training

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first person

I Found My Family of Freaks

Every day, I get a little closer to having to say that final Goodbye to my gym family.

Stef Rubino —

May 14, 2025

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first person

An Apocalypse Is a Great Way To Test a Relationship

“Lisbon would make a fantastic apocalypse city,” I said to my girlfriend as we struggled up and down the city’s cobblestone streets. Unbeknownst to me, the next day I would…

Motti —

May 7, 2025