Cartoons are where queerness first comes to light for a lot of kids because it’s often one of the first forms of media we’re allowed to consume. So, basically what I’m saying is that cartoons turned me gay.
It’s just the way she makes us feel.
Topics include a gun owner thinking twice, bachelorette parties in Nashville, sex in the ’90s, John Hughes, fighting aging with skincare, childhood sexual abuse, Joan Didion, Cardi B and more!
We first heard about Pose back in December, when it was reported that Ryan Murphy was developing a show around the ’80s ball culture scene that would feature 50+ LGBTQ characters and the largest number of trans series regulars in American TV history.
Who’d have guessed?
Cate Blanchett is playing a character named LOU.
Celeste sets out to climb a mountain and learns a whole lot about herself along the way.
Cheryl Blossom or Lady Macbeth?
New thoughts on South Asian cultural identity in YA, writing recovery and addiction narratives, Joan Didion’s reading list, how Judy Blume taught girls to be feminists and more.
I’ll cut the mushy feelings for now and save the rest for next week — when we will come back together for the BLACK LIGHTNING SEASON FINALE!!!!
Also: Tig Notaro is heading to deep space, lesbian wrestler Sonya Deville made her WWE debut, Jay-Z opened up about his mom coming out, Sandra Oh’s new show is gay and she is so great, and Cynthia Nixon is cashing in on “unqualified lesbianism.”
When I can’t travel myself, I turn to Instagram to soak up all the glorious travels of other queer women! They share glimpses of other realities and inspire me to get out of my bubble.
Also, Stella Maxwell celebrates Kristen Stewart’s birthday, Carmen Esposito’s throwback in honor of Rex Manning Day and Hayley Kiyoko’s gay key ring.
Don’t count your owls before they’re delivered!
If you want to make your sex or kink life a little quieter and a little more soundproof, here’s what you can try on your own.
“Pink, like the tongue that goes down. Pink, like the paradise found”
Grass lit up by flecks of sun
Feel something!
THE SLOW BURN
“They want good ant representation in the media they watch. They freak out and throw up when a girl ant actually says “yes” to going on a date with them. Lesbian Ants! They’re just like us!”
Every body has a history; yours doesn’t preclude you from pleasure. Go forth and jam!
N.K. Jemisin’s multiple Hugo Award-winning Broken Earth trilogy, which ended with The Stone Sky just a few months ago, asks the opposite of the questions posed by other epic fantasy series. What if the world doesn’t deserve to be saved? What if the most righteous thing a hero can do is watch the earth burn?