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Music

15 Songs You Wouldn’t Expect on a Beach Playlist But Should Definitely Be There

Don’t think of this as a playlist itself. Think of it more like a bunch of songs I think would fit perfectly into anyone’s days out in the sun.

Stef Rubino July 23, 2022 12 Comments
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Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft

Queer Tarotscopes for Leo Season 2022: What Would It Take For You To Shine?

It can be hard to learn how to take up space proudly, abundantly, unapologetically.

meg July 22, 2022 2 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: Cara Delevingne and Selena Gomez Kiss and Lie Some More on “Only Murders in the Building”

Plus updates on The Chi, For All Mankind, and Roswell, New Mexico.

Natalie and Valerie Anne
July 22, 2022
After Malika's work happy hour, she and Angelica return to the Coterie. They're in the elevator, heading up to Malika's loft, carefully avoiding each other's gaze.
TV Show Recaps

“Good Trouble” Episode 412 Recap: Thirsty Thurs-yay

Angelica and Malika have one of those fights that starts out as mild annoyance and turns into a referendum on the entire relationship. Get it together and use your words, you gays!

Natalie July 22, 2022 1 Comment
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Movie Reviews

Lesbian Classic “Kamikaze Hearts” Asks Questions About Porn and Sex, Fiction and Reality

Juliet Bashore and Tigr’s approach to this film was revolutionary, but now it would fit right in as The Real Gay Housewives of 1970s San Francisco.

Drew Burnett Gregory July 22, 2022
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Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Watching Wishbone

“You are home here!”

Darcy July 22, 2022 6 Comments
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Health

10 Self Help Books Whose Titles Healed Me Without Having to Actually Read Them

Is reading nonfiction case histories of women who love too much really what I want to do with my one wild and precious life?

Darcy July 22, 2022 30 Comments
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AF+

Member2Member Advice: Home Reno, Household Fixes and Repairs

Need advice or have advice to give on all things fixing, repairing, renovating or otherwise altering things in your home — whatever and wherever that may be? This is the place to exchange advice with your fellow members!

Nico July 22, 2022 54 Comments
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First Person

“When I Got Sober So Many Relationships Just Ended”: Sober Queers on Friendships and Community

“I came to realize I am a terrible parent when I’m drunk.”

danijanae, Analyssa and Tracy Levesque
July 22, 2022 14 Comments
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: “We Cannot Stop Fighting,” Steph Curry, Skylar Diggins-Smith, and Nneka Ogwumike Say Brittney Griner’s Name

At last night’s ESPYs some of the greatest players in basketball said they’ll keep going until BG is home. Also: we’re closer than ever before to codifying and protecting same-sex marriage in federal law.

Carmen Phillips July 21, 2022 3 Comments
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Book Lists

12 Books to Read to Be a Better Ally to Disabled People This Disability Pride Month

This list will make you laugh out loud, bring you to tears, make you question things you believed to be true, and even make you want to blast Demi Lovato.

Katie July 21, 2022 13 Comments
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Community

The Five Drinks You Taste in Heaven: How a Coffee Shop Became Home

These are the moments that I can still taste, still feel on my hardest days.

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TV Reviews

“Ultimate Girls Trip: Ex-Wives Club” Is Real Housewives At Its Most Homoerotic

At this point, I’m half-expecting full-on scissoring in the upcoming season finale.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya July 21, 2022 2 Comments
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

Christen Press and Tobin Heath Hold Pinkies, Full-On Canoodle at the ESPYS

May I just say, for two people who have very deliberately kept their faces from smooshing together in public, these two faces look VERY GOOD smooshed together. 

Heather Hogan July 21, 2022 13 Comments
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Beauty

Put This on Your Face: Lip Oils

#beautytok can’t get enough of the viral Dior Lip Glow Oil, but here are some other lip oil options for hydrated, shiny, unsticky lips.

ashni July 21, 2022 4 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

“Motherland: Fort Salem” Episode 305 Recap: Are We Out of the Woods Yet?

The Bellweather Unit asks the Cession Council to help them escape the Camarilla, and they get one step closer to finding Raelle.

Valerie Anne July 20, 2022 3 Comments
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Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Jodie Comer’s New TV Series Sounds Very Gay and Killing Eve-y

Wee-ooh! Wee-ooh! Harley Quinn red band trailer alert! And you simply must watch Keke Palmer’s Most Searched Questions.

Heather Hogan July 20, 2022 3 Comments
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Dating Pets & Animals Podcasts

“Wait, Is This a Date?” Podcast Episode 204: Partner’s Pets

Animals, like people, have their own personalities and should be taken on a case-by-case basis. (AKA wherein Drew bravely says that snakes are maybe a bit sexy thanks to a certain pop star.)

Drew Burnett Gregory July 20, 2022 4 Comments
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: Time to WRAP UP Cancer Season Because These Posts Made Me Entirely Too Emotional!

Also, oh to be a pineapple, held aloft by Chef Melissa King!

Christina Tucker July 20, 2022 1 Comment
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

So — An Emu, A Lesbian, and An Ex-Bachelorette Walk Onto A Farm

“EMMANUEL, DON’T DO IT.”

Stef July 19, 2022 13 Comments
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