Contemporary YA novels don’t necessarily have happy endings so much as hopeful ones, and The Half of It follows this blueprint, delicately treading the fine line between saccharine and heartfelt with skill — and a few good jokes.
UFO Updates, Zoom fatigue is real, some thoughts about Anna Wintour, supporting small business when you’re also unemployed, Latinx movies that love lesbians the most, and apparently Taco Bell is art now?
We’re not suggesting that if you’d just shop queer, all will well, but if you’re burning some cash on retail therapy anyway, you might as well support queer folks running these small businesses!
“I”m not asking you to be a hero; I’m just asking you to keep going.”
“Watching season four episodes — the feeling of normalcy, of connection, of being able to laugh. I’m so grateful to be with our fans and live-tweet. It’s almost like Tuesdays are the only time I know what day of the week it is! I put lipstick. I feel like a real person, just to sit in the before for just a second.”
Talking to bisexual showrunner Liz Tigelaar about the intense and beautiful Hulu series that builds on the original in the best way possible: making it way gayer.
There’s who you’re physically/romantically attracted to, and then there’s who you want to date, and then there’s who you want to sleep with — and all of these can be different things, all of which can also change! Yet we’re expected to align under a single label.
Megan Rapinoe, Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi spent four hours delivering hot takes on Insta live; Batwoman’s Meagan Tandy on Sophie Moore and season two; a Parks & Rec reunion, and more!
Much like the Hernandez sisters, Vida is Tanya Saracho’s bar, her nightclub — and no one gets to push her out before last call without a fight. Few get to say that they’ve truly made history. That what they’ve touched won’t be the same after they’ve gone. Television won’t be the same after Vida. That’s just a fact.
The thing is: sometimes I like feeling disposable, like I’m just a bunch of holes that someone else is using for their pleasure. I know I’m fucking powerful, so sometimes I like to release control, let someone else do the work and have the power. That only works, though, when my boundaries are respected.
In this edition, we’ll look at the disparate impact the coronavirus is having on marginalized communities, rages about government competence and incompetence and muses about what accountability looks like in the age of Corona.
This is like a driving playlist except it’s for driving around your house – it’s a collection of moods that one might pass through in a day (or an hour) of being alone with our thoughts at home. Do you feel like you’re on a roller coaster and can’t get off?
Here is a definitive ranking of Good and Gather, because I am an expert.
Who exactly are Eve and Villanelle to each other?
Monet came back from the dead to tell you to fire the nanny please!!!!
What is in your lesbian canon? What books, movies and music do you consider essential lesbian material and/or lesbian art that is essential to your own understanding of your identity?
Sailor Moon is coming to Youtube! Also here are some virtual concerts you can watch today and tonight, the art of nude selfies, and did we all know Dolly Parton funded Buffy the Vampire Slayer?????
How to take care of yourself when you miss touch, how bodily awareness and masturbation can reduce stress, stories from lockdown Tinder, a sex book reading list and more.
“It’s so tempting to think that everything has just one story, and I’m inviting people to look beyond the one they know.” At this turning point that COVID-19 has presented, I discuss what the future of food, restaurants and our entire society could look like with Soleil Ho, the SF Chronicle’s restaurant critic.
What happens when you try to be productive even though you can’t.