After such a tumultuous, complicated, impossible year, the Star feels like it’s an opportunity for something bigger than individual, personal healing. We are being called to reimagine the collective, to consider what our larger future entails, to not be afraid to dream big and reconsider all of the broken things that have been revealed. What is really possible, not just for us but for all?
I fell in love with “The Amazing Race” and now I would like to ask “The Amazing Race” to fall in love with queer women.
When your anxiety stems from a valid concern about a real and terrifying threat, it’s hard to draw the line between reasonable fear and full-blown panic – here are some concrete tips for managing COVID anxiety.
A relatable icon for adult dating is Real Women Have Curves’ Ana García bringing index cards of conversation topics to her first date.
It feels impossible not to see this Martin Luther King Day as one of grief and mourning. But Dr. King’s soft words were never going to save us. Look to his playbook instead.
You gotta read this Tessa Thompson profile by Roxane Gay, Star Trek and Corrie stars come out, celebrating Derry Girls’ wee lesbian, and more!
As early as this month, the US could turn over a new leaf for reproductive rights with the inauguration of the Biden-Harris administration, following a Trump era defined by an unprecedented surge in political attacks on the state and federal level.
It’s early, but it’s pretty safe to say that I will lay down my life for Ryan Wilder.
Be who you are just as hard as you can. Also, be on time.
What sex after Covid can be like, a meditation on nonmonogamy, erotic feminist comic books, period sex portraits and more.
I have a pattern of hyperfixating on certain queens. Maybe it’s a talent crush, maybe it’s a crush crush, maybe a talent crush IS a crush crush because what’s more crushable than talent??
This time Gone Girl is gay, girl.
So much has happened, and in many ways it feels impossible for me to not look at everything through the lens of the insurrection in the U.S. Capitol. This is just one of those times where it’s as much as I can do to look at all the many ways America is, quite simply, falling apart right now. So this week’s Extra! Extra! is pretty much limited to American news: several angles of breaking down everything that’s horrifying about the insurrection, the Trump administration’s parting shots and how COVID continues to rage amid American incompetence.
Topics include your Grandma’s couch, credit card points, SoulCycle, Yoga With Adriene, Fran Lebowitz, the year in self-improvement, filicide, how unhoused teens are coping in locked-down New York and so much more!
“The Janet Mock-Turtleneck is a much-appreciated fashion innovation!”
Also: here’s some legit great queer newsletters for your inbox, honoring Monica Roberts and Margot St. James, post-impeachment burn out, meet the most serious astrologer on TikTok, and more.
Most of this year’s “Where We Are on TV” downtrends — and the total time Americans spent watching TV — can be attributed to the pandemic.
Here is a beginner’s guide to sending really hot sexts to your casual date, your girlfriend, and every babe in between. You’re welcome.
This one is for people who are single, live and work alone. What are people like us doing during this pandemic time? I have the solution for you. Simulate sex by solely listening to Janet Jackson’s hottest hits.
Who among us hasn’t had to apologize for our dog chewing our new girlfriend’s dildo, or had to interrupt a date because your ex called to say she was taking your shared-custody rabbit to the emergency vet?