Reading The Recovering was like reading a diary full of thoughts I would never have been brave enough to write down. I felt something I’d only ever felt once before, when I kissed a girl for the first time and a million tiny moments from my life suddenly snapped into place. I felt a corner of my brain relax, like it’d been trying to work out a code and had just been given the key. Oh, this is what I am. That explains it.
Lena returns to the Superfriends as they rush to stop Nyxly from wreaking too much havoc with the Courage Totem.
Also! The tricky trans politics of FX’s Y: The Last Man, Rosanny Zayas on Afro-Latina representation, Courtney Vandersloot makes more WNBA history, and more!
It’s a CROSSOVER SPECIAL! We’re joined To L and Back Analyssa Lopez! We’re talking about first dates — the who, the what, the where, the why, AND the how.
Laverne Cox has inspired no less than (and yes, we literally counted) 916 exclamation points in this post.
The Dinah — 30 years later, Anita Hill wants more than apology from Joe Biden, the R. Kelly verdict we waited 20 years for, and Simone Biles on choosing herself.
Instead of subtle sabotage and psychological spiraling, Birds of Paradise is more like these rival lesbian ballet dancers slapping, tackling, wrestling, clawing at, and punching each other in the face. Until! They get assigned to their dorm room! AND THERE’S ONLY ONE BED!
1998 called — they said sorry for pushing stereotypes about nails and queer sex. Shelli and Ro are here to set the record straight.
I understand. When I was in my late 20s, I felt like some kind of Jane Austen heroine, like, “A woman of seven and twenty can never hope to feel or inspire affection again!”
“Sepideh Moafi’s tongue is acting. Her tongue has more compelling storylines this season than many of the core characters, I would argue.”
As a woman who has been known to describe herself as a “coatsexual,” it was incredibly challenging for me to not select upwards of twenty coats and jackets here.
Also! Margaret Cho and Mae Martin join The Flight Attendant, Indya Moore joins Aquaman, Stephanie Beatriz busts bisexual myths, the holy calling of lesbianism, and more!
If you ever wanted to know more about what it was like during Tumblr’s heyday — the good and the bad — Tumblr Porn is an excellent little primer from a very-invested insider.
Cats are Halloween-ish right? Doesn’t matter. The main thing is cats are universal and eternal and you’re lucky to be compared to one.
What it’s like to go to a queer sex party for the first time, why go on a break when you can just break up, how to find a way through conflict gridlock and more.
I have three journals. I no longer have my dad. I’ll write this story for the rest of my life.
If I had a time machine, I’d use it to go back to a breakfast. The problem: I don’t know where or when I was.
Finally we return to the stuff everybody REALLY misses from the original series, like vague dialogue, bats out of hell and funding the CAC
Work in Progress, Vigil, American Horror Story, Raising Kanan, NCIS: Hawai’i, Our Kind of People, Roswell New Mexico, Queen Sugar — and Merry Christmas from Niecy Nash!
Topics include Aldi Supermarkets, Whitney Houston, McDonald’s, Brazilian Butt Lifts, The Rosie O’Donnell Show, COVID in Kirkland, restorative justice and more!