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Sasha Geffen’s “Glitter Up the Dark” Weaves a Shimmering Web of Queer Music History

Geffen digs into the collision between gender and technology in music and beyond to demonstrate how pop and rock music have been a vehicle for gender disruption for their entire existence.

Adrian June 23, 2020 1 Comment
Playlists

Stonewall Was an Uprising: A Playlist for Finding the Joy in the Struggle

For Black queer and trans people, insisting on cultivating joy might be the most radical move of all.

Abbie Jones June 12, 2020 2 Comments
Playlists

The Single Queer’s Quarantine Playlist

There aren’t a ton of songs specifically about vague longing in the middle of a global pandemic, so consider this playlist a narrative journey of feelings.

Drew Burnett Gregory May 4, 2020 6 Comments
Playlists

Quarantine Survival Playlist: We’re on a Roller Coaster

This is like a driving playlist except it’s for driving around your house – it’s a collection of moods that one might pass through in a day (or an hour) of being alone with our thoughts at home. Do you feel like you’re on a roller coaster and can’t get off?

Molly April 27, 2020 10 Comments
Playlists

Quarantine Survival Playlist: “Self-Love for Self-Isolation”

If you’re not living with your partner, the only person you’re having sex with right now is yourself. You deserve to practice elaborate masturbation in your life. And now’s the perfect time!

Abbie Jones April 23, 2020 5 Comments
Music

Every Fiona Apple Song, Ranked by Existential Despair

“Every single verse of this is like getting clocked in the side of the head with a Yankee candle.”

(Now including new, fresh rankings from “Fetch the Bolt Cutters”!)

Rachel April 20, 2020 27 Comments
Music

Fetch Those Bolt Cutters, Emotionally Intense Weirdos: It’s Fiona Apple Album Day

Where to begin, really, with this emotional juggernaut during one of the most emotionally intense periods of our collective lives?

Rachel April 17, 2020 22 Comments
Playlists

Songs for Your Gay Pain: A Playlist for Leaning into the Longing

As a known homosexual, my two greatest skills are yearning and making playlists.

Ro White April 14, 2020 9 Comments
Music

It’s Chika 1, Rap Industry 0 With Her Debut EP “Industry Games”

Chika’s debut EP drops TODAY an she’s re-introducing herself with a major bang! Conscious, thoughtful, craftsperson-ly lyricism and bombastic beats. I can’t wait.

Abbie Jones March 13, 2020 3 Comments
Music

Wear the Band Shirt, Make Your Own Rules

Band t-shirts are a way of both presenting and defining acceptable enthusiasms, and the baseline for what kind of enthusiasm is permitted is always socially established by straight men.

Lindsay King-Miller February 3, 2020 14 Comments
Music

What Your Sad White Girl Music of 2019 Means for Your 2020

There were a lot of very strong albums in the Sad White Girl creative space to vibe with while eating parmesan crisps in bed and watching Bon Appetit videos. Which one defined your 2019? What does it tell us about the year to come?

Rachel January 10, 2020 34 Comments
Gender Music

Six Songs You Love That Are Actually About Being Trans

I’m not trying to win you over to my interpretation of the lyrics of any of these songs; but I am inviting you to explore the world within each of them. Looking at songs we love through a trans lens can teach us new things about our gender.

Amina Shareef Ali January 6, 2020 29 Comments
Music

Queer Your Ears: The 50 Best Albums Of The 2010s By Queer & Trans Musicians

The 2010s was an incredibly gay decade in music. Queer and trans musicians gained more visibility and success than ever before over the last 10 years! Here are the best 50 albums of the decade, according to me.

Abbie Jones December 18, 2019 23 Comments
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Music

Queer Your Ears: The 20 Best Lesbian Love Songs Of 2019

Valentine’s Day is coming up in only two months! This is my holiday gift to those of you who struggle with gifts: make her a Spotify playlist! And guess what, I’ve already done most of the work for you.

Abbie Jones December 17, 2019 15 Comments
Music

Queer Your Ears November 2019: New Music From Queer & Trans Artists

Whether you’re going all in on cuffing season, hunkering down to hibernate, or reliving your goth phase in this leather jacket weather, we’ve got tunes for you.

Abbie Jones November 28, 2019 19 Comments
Music

When You’re Black and Queer but Masquerading as Straight While Listening to the Music of White Lesbians

Everybody knew.

Jehan November 4, 2019 11 Comments
Music

VIDEO PLAYLIST: These Bangers from Rhythm + Flow’s Lesbian Rapper Londynn B

Londynn B is a lesbian Cardi B by way of Grace Jones — all charisma, swagger, and sex. With the bars to back it up.

Carmen Phillips October 29, 2019 6 Comments
Music

Queer Your Ears October 2019: New Music From Queer & Trans Musicians

It’s fall, so #feelingsfall continues — Claud has some baby gay angst anthems, Heather Mae has all the feelings if you want to cry, and Big Thief gets raw and vulnerable.

Abbie Jones October 25, 2019 6 Comments
Music

PHOTOESSAY: K. Flay Performs at Brooklyn Steel on her ‘Solutions’ Tour

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to photograph Flay’s show in Brooklyn, and – I don’t say this lightly – it was one of the best concerts I’ve been to this year.

Erica Snyder October 22, 2019 2 Comments
LGBT History Music

A Weaver of Unique Variety: The Magic and Legacy of Debbie Friedman

In her life, Debbie Friedman did not want to be defined by her sexuality, but there’s something that feels queer about her music. The hidden history, the lyrics about liberation and joy, and, yes, a whole lot about women dancing with timbrels.

Lindsay Eanet October 21, 2019 9 Comments
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