Pop Culture Fix: Jules’ Special Episode of “Euphoria” Is Landing Early!
Buffy turns 40, will Ginger Gonzaga play Hellcat in the new She-Hulk?, how LGBTQ+ rep will change under Biden’s presidency, why everyone is singing sea chanties, and more!
So You Want to Try CBT, DBT or ACT
A quick look at Psychology Today lists dozens of modalities, filled with acronyms and industry jargon. So, to help guide you even more – and to help you feel more secure in interviewing a therapist – here’s the first in a series of breakdowns to help you Choose Your Own (Therapy) Adventure. Today we’ll look at some of the most well-known and popular therapies: CBT, and its offshoots, ACT, and DBT.
We Keep Each Other Safe: Making a Covid Safety Plan for the Real World
This helpful graphic explainer from A. Andrews is a great illustration of what living safely during COVID-19 in Minneapolis (where I also live!) looks like right now; here are some guidelines for making plans for yourself and loved ones to stay as safe as possible where you are.
No Filter: Looking at Tessa Thompson, Our Heart Literally Stops Beating? Is That… Normal?
Sarah Paulson’s sweet birthday message to Holland Taylor that you simply MUST read to believe, Janet Mock and Indya Moore are legends supporting legends, and Niecy Nash continues the Auntie Agenda apace.
Yes, Virginia, Queer Women Can Casually Date: Here’s How It Works
If casual dating is a thing you want, you can do it! I believe in you / us / our ability to not get married on the third date.
Also.Also.Also: Trace Lysette Is the Mommi of Your Dreams in Her First Music Video, “SMB”
Dr. Rachel Levine makes trans history, vaccine analysis that is actually helpful, and is anything as powerful as “Gossip Girl” was in 2008? Plus, the healing power of queer friendships in a personal essay you don’t want to miss.
Your Favorite Lesbian and Bisexual TV Characters in Animal Crossing: New Horizons
If you can guess all of them I’ll be very impressed!
Queer Tarotscopes for Aquarius Season 2021: It’s Time to Find Your North Star
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?
The Amazing Race: One Million Miles, 32 Seasons, 653 Contestants, 373 Episodes, 5 Out Lesbians
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.
You Need Help: How Can I Help My Partner With COVID Anxiety?
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.
25 Questions to Make Conversation with on a First Date
A relatable icon for adult dating is Real Women Have Curves’ Ana García bringing index cards of conversation topics to her first date.
The Civil Rights Movement, Black Lives Matter, and the Ferocious Possibilities of Black Liberation in Our Darkest Hour
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.
Pop Culture Fix: Batwoman Batwoman Batwoman Batwoman Batwoman
You gotta read this Tessa Thompson profile by Roxane Gay, Star Trek and Corrie stars come out, celebrating Derry Girls’ wee lesbian, and more!
How 2021 (and the Biden/Harris Administration) Could Mark a Turning Point for Reproductive Rights
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.
“Batwoman” Episode 201 Recap: I’m Bulletproof, Bitches!
It’s early, but it’s pretty safe to say that I will lay down my life for Ryan Wilder.
How to Go on a First Date That Doesn’t Suck
Be who you are just as hard as you can. Also, be on time.
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Speculating About Sex After Covid
What sex after Covid can be like, a meditation on nonmonogamy, erotic feminist comic books, period sex portraits and more.
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Episode 1303: Will Denali Take Me Ice Skating?
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??
Rosamund Pike Is a Sociopathic Lesbian F*cking Lioness in The “I Care A Lot” Trailer
This time Gone Girl is gay, girl.
Extra! Extra!: Untangling the Staggeringly Long List of Culpable Parties for the Insurrection
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.