Inspirational content from Nicey Nash delivered from a pool is in fact what my midweek needed. Also: Kristen Kish and Bianca Dusic, now wives! And here is a meal that Melissa King could have made for you (yes, you).
Why burnout is hitting us now, the dark side of the houseplant boom, queer beer festivals for everyone and happy 5th anniversary to Beyonce’s Lemonade!
Mary Lambert is charming as heck in Arlo the Alligator Boy, Netflix’s madcap found family series that’s half-High School Musical / half-Rent.
For All Mankind, Apple TV+’s alternate history/sci-fi series, has a sweet lesbian love story with Ellen and Pam, buried under a whole lotta moon rocks.
Why are there so many TV shows about high school kids who don’t act like high school kids at all?
“Sex requires a negotiation of boundaries that’s more explicit than it is in other contexts, so it can be easier to see it when those boundaries are broken. But if people communicate poorly during sex, they probably communicate poorly in other contexts, too.”
“We probably won’t be together this much again until we’re both retired, and even though it has been, at times, harder than anything either of us could have imagined when the pandemic started, it’s also been some of our sweetest, most intimate, silliest, funnest times we’ve ever had as a couple.”
Walking one hundred miles on a treadmill in an air conditioned room seems straight; walking one thousand miles through a mystical timeless void so you have more time to pine? That’s gay. Grace Baldridge has cracked the code!
Master of None’s third season will focus on Lena Waithe’s Denise, celebrating lesbian athletes for Lesbian Visibility Day, Whoopi Goldberg is writing a superhero movie about an older Black woman, why Jasika Nicole won’t do cop shows anymore, and more.
Willam: They said, “Mia, go get a piece of the stage, and just really gnaw at it. No, chew harder, honey. You can chew harder. No, this is the last season. We don’t even need these sets anymore. Chew it up, baby. Chew it.”
Carly: Yeah, who cares? “Chew it up. Spit it out.”
Willam: And Mia chewed the fuck out of it.
A former sex worker explains why new anti-porn legislation won’t stop images of child sexual abuse from proliferating on the internet.
Drew and Riese discuss this years slate of Oscar films, except FYI Drew did NOT watch “Mank,” and Riese did watch “Mank,” and it wasn’t fun, so!
Find out what mid-20th century gay stereotype you’d be!
A small victory for sex work, how to anal train, how to date if you’re not sexually experienced, and more.
Symone was my favorite because she’s a Capricorn. Now she’s my favorite for so much more.
Recounting what’s ignored and lost through the modern process of immigration, at the same time recognizing the power of building back the lost sense of self.
Plus updates on Younger, All American, Ackley Bridge, Top Chef and Charmed.
This week’s Extra! Extra! takes a look at the latest criminal justice news in the wake of more police brutality and the Chauvin ruling, more perspectives on capitalist exploitations after the failed Bessemer union vote, LGBTQ+ news and, of course, the pandemic.
“I took the quiz twice and got Mr. Rogers’s sneakers and Anne Lister’s boots, which is the best (most aspirational) compliment I’ve ever gotten.”
Ultimately, the film shows that the differences between cis people and trans people aren’t as vast as we usually think. There are many ways to make a family and the more expansive our imaginations the more everyone will benefit.