Queer Television Is About More Than Representation
Shayna Maci Warner talks about their new book The Rainbow Age of Television and hot TV topics from representation to the Killing Eve finale.
17 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour After You Finish ‘The Pairing’
Casey McQuiston’s latest queer romance The Pairing couples its juicy bi4bi storytelling with delectable descriptions of food and drink. Here are some other tasty queer novels that feature food in some way!
Things I Read That I Love #338: Veneer Regret, Yelp Reviews, True Crime Conventions and Casino Carpeting
Caity Weaver on the tyranny of the penny, Roxane Gay on TikTok rabbit holes and more longreads for you including pieces on CrimeCon, the ubiquity of Yelp reviews, why therapists are leaving the networks, resort carpet design and more.
A Refreshing Trans Memoir More Concerned by What Is Gained by Transition Than What Is Lost
The backlash against trans people in recent years has no doubt left many of us feeling as if there will never be relief from the constant antagonism and legislative damnation. Books can’t necessarily change the way our society is operating, but at the very least, they can give us a new way to look at and govern our own lives.
Some of Their Parts: Leisha Hailey and Kate Moennig Are Writing You a Book About Friendship and ‘The L Word’
Leisha Hailey and Kate Moennig will be challenging Jenny Schecter’s grip on the ‘L Word’ Memoir Market with their new book, ‘So Gay For You.’
Even After We Leave it, Home Stays With Us
Growing up in rural Guilford County, North Carolina, poet and essayist Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers dreamed of escaping, of one day leaving behind the “cow-dotted” fields of her hometown and arriving somewhere “more enlightened.”
A New Biography Transforms Our Understanding of Audre Lorde and the Genre Itself
“Biographies normativize people,” Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs tells me. “It’s like: this is a person, they were born, they died, their life is linear, they’re only one person. My queer approach doesn’t necessarily agree with any of those things. Does our life begin when we’re born? Does it end after we die? Are we ever one person? Those are questions of queer critique that I live inside of.”
72 Most Anticipated Queer Books Coming Out Fall 2024
Tis the season for queer horror, but fans of sapphic books with magic have a lot to look forward to, too!
Anarchist Author Margaret Killjoy Crafts Trans Worlds in the Woods
Margaret Killjoy is a master world-builder. Her first young adult book, The Sapling Cage, comes out next month.
‘A Bánh Mì for Two’ Is a Swoony Sapphic Romance Between Two Foodies
The story combines two of my favorite things: girls falling in love, and finding connection through food!
Poet Joshua Jennifer Espinoza Takes Risks in Her Stunning New Collection
It’s thrilling to read an artist like Jennifer experiment and play.
Casey McQuiston’s Bi4Bi Romance ‘The Pairing’ Is for Queer Hedonists Everywhere
The bisexual and trans romance is a delectable feast.
How Gay Are the Books These Queer Shows Are Based On?
My favorite adaptations are always the ones that inject queerness where there previously was none. Here are 69 book-to-queer-TV adaptations along with a look at just how queer the books were.
The Holocaust Doesn’t Exist in a Historical Vacuum
As Solomon J. Brager implies in their new graphic memoir, Heavyweight: A Family Story of the Holocaust, Empire, and Memory, Holocaust memoirs have been part of our global literary culture since the end of World War II.
Which of These Books Are Better Than the Lesbian Movies Based on Them?
I think we can all agree there should be MORE queer film adaptations of queer (or queer-coded) books! Here are 32 from 1940 to now.
‘The Garden Against Time’ Asks, Who Gets To Live in Paradise?
I didn’t grow up knowing anyone who had a traditional garden. In South Florida, where the heat is relentless and the storms are unpredictable, it takes a special kind of person to dedicate themselves to the care and keeping of a flower garden.
Looking Back on 1970s Lesbian Feminist Film and Sci-Fi To Reimagine the Future
“I mean props to those who are three years old and are like, ‘I’m gay.’ But some of us have to meet some gay people, and sometimes those people are people you encounter in books and archives, they’re not your friends, and they’re not even here on this planet anymore physically, but their ideas are, and that’s really powerful.”
Things I Read That I Love #337: Getting Your Ex Back, Trendy Baby Names, Subway Commercials, Etc
Topics include the rise of romance bookstores, the rise of the get-your-ex-back industry, the first celebrity chef, Subway commercials, the Hard Rock Cafe, trendy baby names and more!
Growing Up Queer With a Narcissistic Mother Was Its Own Special Hell
The twisted protagonist’s mommy issues in Elle Nash’s ‘Deliver Me’ were far too relatable for comfort.
Feeling Feral? Here’s 17 Novels For The Weird Girls
I love a fucking weirdo narrator — a strange girl who’s always on the outside of things, always looking too closely at everything around her, drawing conclusions nobody wants to hear, perpetually unsure of how to be a human.