Pop Culture Fix: Kate McKinnon Can’t Stop Clowning on Kate Winslet
SNL parodies Mare of Easttown, Azie Tesfai in her Guardian suit, MJ Rodriguez and Maya Rudolph are teaming up, Apex Legend’s Valkyrie is queer, and more!
Talking with Alison Bechdel about Feminist Martial Arts, Lockdown, and Her New Book “The Secret to Superhuman Strength”
“My bookish exterior perhaps belies it,” write Alison Bechdel in The Secret to Superhuman Strength, “but I’m a bit of an exercise freak.” That is, it turns out, an understatement. Alison Bechdel shares her process of writing this latest book over the last ten years, collaborating with her partner, and the “huge blossoming of lesbian culture.”
Samira Wiley and Lauren Morelli Welcome Baby Girl George Into the World!
Welcome to the world, George Elizabeth, and congratulations on being born after TikTok has erased all traces of heteronormativity; you’ll never know a time when everyone wasn’t already just gay!
Which Inanimate Object Is Actually Your Gender?
You probably didn’t learn this in your Gender Studies class, and that’s because I made it up.
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is a Temporary Creature
Love is true and temporary, queer erotica about how hot it is to watch porn with a partner, post-pandemic summer safer sex and more.
Nutshell Studies of Quarantine: Part One, January 2020
“What’s your anxiety at?” “A Ten.”
Boobs on Your Tube: “New Amsterdam” Just Got Real… Real Gay, That Is
Plus updates on Nancy Drew, Legacies, Home Economics, and Top Chef!
Extra! Extra!: How to Begin to Process the Unfolding Horror of COVID in India?
COVID returns to the forefront of this week’s Extra! Extra! as we look at the outbreak of COVID in India and the threats posed by variants across the globe. We look at the one thing that’s proving stronger than COVID: capitalism and how that’s impacting our recovery. The team also examines new developments on the immigration and criminal justice fronts and ponder what it means to hear the president tell transgender Americans he’s got their backs.
The Comment Awards Are Going Back to High School
“Just surround yourself with dogs and keep chanting, ‘I was a lesbian in 1974.'”
Into the A+ Advice Box #34: I’m in Love But My Sex Drive Has COMPLETELY Disappeared!
The AS team tackles advice for entering your 30’s (and we’d love to see yours in the comments), as well as advice for a member who’s found their sex drive has disappeared shortly after moving in with a partner, advice on coming out and labels, untangling trauma while exploring sex with your partner, finding boots that don’t make your feet hurt, and more!
Also.Also.Also: BREAKING News! Lesbian Bars Are on the Come Back! Sweaty Days Are (Almost) Here Again
Queer elders on coming out as non-binary, the oral history of Madonna’s Truth or Dare, burn all the leggings, and no matter what the internet tells you — Liz Cheney is not your friend.
Read About the Real-Life Inspiration for “Benedetta” and More with these 5 Books on Queer & Trans Nuns
If you’d like more backstory on the real-life story of Sister Benedetta that inspired this film while you wait for its wide release, or just want more to read about real-life lesbian nuns, this is where to get started.
I Still Can’t Believe “Friends” Was The First Time I Saw Myself On-Screen
Friends was the first time I saw my transness on TV, but it wasn’t Chandler’s dad — it was Chandler.
Lez Liberty Lit: Cultivate Weirdness
Have you been to your re-opened local library yet? Plus, how to write faster, why to get weird, what book publishing stands for and more.
Pop Culture Fix: Like You, Kate McKinnon Makes Jokes to Deal With Her Own Anxiety
Boys are coming to The Wilds (BORING!), Hannah John-Kamen will play Joey Soloway’s Red Sonja, Tig Notaro’s next comedy special will be fully animated, and more!
Foolish Child #95: Muscle Memory Lapse
My PTSD brain has been evicting memories left and right, I just never thought that would include my muscle memory.
“Supergirl” Episode 606 Recap: Raining (Meteors) On Prom Night
In Chyler Leigh’s directorial debut, we have a queer woman directing her own lesbian character when she was just a baby gay. You love to see it.
LIVE QUEER SEX 101 WORKSHOP: Register for How to Have Gay Sex for the First Time with Luna Matatas
This month we have pleasure coach and experienced workshop leader Luna Matatas to teach you everything you need to know about how to have great gay sex for the first time.
No Filter: Janelle Monáe Posts for “Flysexuals Who Love Tubs Only”
Ali Krieger and Ashlyn Harris are literally dedicated to ruining my life, the powerful lesbian energy radiating from a midday L Word reunion, and stars are just like us! They also take increasingly silly photos with their cats on their couches!
Also.Also.Also: No Thoughts, Head Empty, Basking in All This QTPOC Beauty
Entertainment Weekly’s Pride Issue is a stunning masterclass of QTPOC being our fly ass selves, Alison Bechdel on turning her life into art, the 1996 Olympic Women’s Basketball Team finally getting their due, and getting to know the girl in red.