Black people are the future, creating some of the most beautiful and challenging art we have seen, forging a way out of the past while being entirely cognizant of it. As the editors state in the introduction, time is not linear, we are always in conversation with the past, present, and future. Black Futures as a collection is keenly aware of this.
Look, when a character takes a strap-on out of her backpack in the middle of a sex scene you know you’re in good hands.
You can have really hot sex all by yourself, why even monogamous people should talk more about crushes, what’s up with the sex toy industry right now and more.
This afternoon at Sundance, I took a break from binging movies to watch a panel straight out of my queer film nerd dreams.
That’s actually the cutest thing i’ve seen since that video last week of the puppy falling asleep on the goose.
Gottmik is so hot in what she describes as Joan Jett meets The Matrix — aka a tribute to trans lesbians everywhere.
Visualizing a meditation for the month of Aquarius, Baopu channels creative energy in her own way.
One of the pleasures — pains? — of consuming art right now is that everything seems to be filtered through our current lens. And it makes this thriller all the more effective and difficult.
Plus updates on: Legacies, S.W.A.T., and All American!
This week’s Extra! Extra! continues to unpack the insurrection while also looking at some of Biden’s actions these last two weeks as president. We look a little more closely at the latest on police accountability, immigration and COVID-19, as well as a smattering of international news.
How can you watch this series and not feel angry with how deprived we are of stories about queer people with disabilities? How can you watch this series and not be delighted with what’s finally on-screen? How can you watch this series and not be excited about all of the possibilities fulfilled and all the possibilities still to come?
“No compensative effervescence is really a pandemic mood.”
How tarot cards and queer love are inspiring couture fashion, notes on nonbinary Blackness, poems for the new year, and the pandemic is erasing entire categories of friendship.
Naomi is leaving scratches on my chest, grasping for anything to hold onto while she sits on my face.
The wisdom of your body is uniquely your own.
Things I was reminded of while watching this episode: the serial killer gene, cannibal meat pies, and Andy Cohen existing in the Archieverse.
Trans writing for trans people, “Everybody Else (Is) Perfect” is perfect, your dream job is dead and more.
“What is Gay/Straight Alliance?”
“Bumble gives you two free filters. Usually filtering paidbut I def liked picking and choosing which ones to turn on and off. I fucked around a lot with the star sign and height — I can no longer allow Libras to disturb my peace.”
Ruby Rose will replace Elliot Page in the gamer comedy 1Up, Demi Lovato’s new NBC comedy, Jo Ellen Pellman says Kate McKinnon is her role model, Coronation Street’s Lucy Fallon and Doctor Who’s Peal Mackie star in a new lesbian thriller, and more!