Insta Crush: WMN Zine Wants To Hear From Rural Dykes ASAP!
The theme for the first issue is Seasons of a Dyke. Deadline to submit is Thursday, 8/15. See what it’s all about!
Why Is It So Damn Hard to Build a Good Lesbian Breakup Playlist?
I don’t want to put any songs on my breakup playlist that any of my exes have used, or are using, to woo their new girlfriends.
When Your Face Reflects the Mirror
Traveling to see family in Taiwan, the sudden change in beauty standards forced me to contemplate my own. The same features that made me so ordinary at home made me extraordinary in Taiwan. The things that pushed me away from the American feminine ideal brought me closer to the “perfect” Taiwanese woman.
You Need Help: A Non-Binary Woman Working Through the Gender Feels
“Sometimes, when we allow ourselves to open a door, to open a possibility, the weight of that possibility and that choice is damn heavy – and overwhelming.”
Thirsty Classics: “Walk on the Wild Side” Has One Mean Lesbian (and Jane Fonda)
If only these women had allowed themselves to consummate their love for each other.
“To L and Back” L Word Podcast Episode 203: Loneliest Number with Brittani Nichols
Brittani Nichols guest-stars on this epic episode of “To L and Back,” aka the one where Carmen straddles Shane in her red boy-briefs!
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday: Don’t Steam Vaginas
Don’t steam vaginas. Plus: porn keywords, how sex scenes work, supporting sex workers instead of appropriating their aesthetics and more.
Sunday Funday Balls Hard With the WNBA and 2K20
WNBA teams on 2K, #t4t Indian weddings, Roxane Gay on Toni Morrison, SISTASPIN and more! Happy Sunday!
Raising Baby T. Rex: Mommies, Daddies, and Babies
There are no right or wrong answers in queer and trans parenting choices, just the decisions we make.
Boobs on Your Tube: Andrea Zuckerman Is Queer on “BH90210” — Your Gaydar Was Correct, ’90s Kids
Plus updates in Ackley Bridge and Claws.
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: What’s The Best Advice You’ve Ever Received?
One piece of good advice can change the world. Chin up, loves.
The Comment Awards Are Eating Juicy Peaches
*THIS* is how you party in Mykonos.
The Unique Grief of Ending a BDSM Relationship
Breaking up is hard to do, but what do we know about breakups between Dominant and submissive? This is a personal exploration of how grief settles when the collar comes off.
You Need Help: Navigating Aggression, Desire and Gender in Dating
You don’t need to measure up to any of the things you’ve been taught are the “right” ways to be as a sexual being. There is no way to do sexuality “right” by any objective, external standard.
Being Queer in My Mother Tongue
I keep looking for labels. When I first read about nonbinary identities, I think of my family, and whether there might exist a word in Polish that means the same thing.
“Pose” Episode 208 Recap: Truth Like A Blazing Fire
“Black people caring for each other or holding any sort of intimate space together is something that I rarely see on TV. With Black queer people and specifically. Black masculinity is politicized and weaponized so much that sometimes I think it walks into the room before I do.”
10 Coming-of-Age Lesbian or Bisexual Movies, Ranked
Join the team as we weigh in on ten classic coming-of-age lesbian films, from Pariah to Cameron Post to that one about the ravens!
Pop Culture Fix: Beanie Feldstein and Sarah Paulson Sure Are Bringing Monica Lewinsky’s Story to TV
“Impeachment” is the new season of American Crime Story, Cobie Smulders is in fact bisexual in Stumptown, Queen Latifah as Ursula, Cara Delevingne as a fairy investigator(?), a real life lesbian wedding during The Prom’s curtain call, a Billie Jean King action figure, and further proof Lena Waithe never sleeps.
Bites
“I ate lemon-filled doughnuts with a woman who made my head spin. I decided that it was her commitment to eating good food, like me, that drew me to her. Every bite was sour-sweet.”
“Good Trouble” Episode 208 Recap: Disruptions
The mideason finale of Good Trouble showcases the hard, un-glamorous, often solitary work of becoming an adult — something it does better than most shows on television.