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So, at our house we have been going through the long and difficult process of finding a puppy. “Ooh, that must be so much fun,” people say when you tell them you are puppy-shopping. WRONG. It is not fun. It is the following scene from Jerry Maguire, with Cuba Gooding Junior in the role of…
Wait for someone to ask you how you’re doing. Keep waiting while they talk about all their bullshit. Listen, breath held, as when they finally ask how you are doing. This is your moment. Say “I’m okay. I’m…okay. ” If they press for a more genuine answer, stick with “okay.” IF THEY REALLY WANTED TO KNOW…
Hello all you newly-minted…Darters? Dartlings? We’ll work on that. Anyway, it’s high time we all used our shiny new commenting privileges to AIR SOME GRIEVANCES with the world at large and insufficient queerness specifically. Today I am upset (and also energized) by this really excellent Buzfeed piece (read it!) about how there’s been this crop…
I am here to report, with that mixture of agony and delight so deftly inflicted by its actors, that Red, the Brazilian webseries concerning two lady lovers whose chemistry burns hotter than a thousand suns, is finally back for season three. RED S03E01 – Suspiros e Segredos from RED Webseries on Vimeo. If you haven’t seen…
Hello dear friends and welcome back to Sapphic Cinema, the column series where if you can’t say something nice, fast forward to the sex scene. This week we are discussing 2016’s The Handmaiden, a film which enjoyed universal acclaim prior to this review, but which will now have to get by with universal minus one.…
Editor’s Note: On the weekend of March 3, thousands of women descended upon Las Vegas for the first ever Clexacon, a convention to celebrate queer media and queer fandom with actors, writers, and critics. This is one woman’s story. Clexacon was my first con. An informal survey suggested as many as half the people there were…
Hello and welcome back to Riverdale, the show that, in the words of Cheryl Blossom “is crazier than a serial killer on bath salts, but who cares?” Folks, I have to tell you something, and you are not allowed to judge me, okay? (In my mind you are saying “okay” and IT COUNTS.) Replete though…
Recently National Geographic made a video for its “gender issue,” in which their reporters interviewed children all over the world and asked them about their favorite parts of being boys and girls (nonbinary kids were not included in this segment). The answers range from the comical to the heartbreaking. After watching it, I found myself wondering…
The R train was almost silent on Inauguration Day. It was rush hour, a little after 7:30 am, but people were somber. I felt that, but I was also excited, heading to the Manhattan City Clerk’s office to pick up a marriage license with my girlfriend, Jessi. We’d been talking about getting married for over…
Hello and welcome back to Riverdale, the show where the kids act like adults and the adults act like hyenas on meth. This week answers several questions that are pretty central to the show’s mythology, such as: Is Hermione Lodge Good Or Evil? (Yes.) Why Is Josie Mean Sometimes? (Jazz.) And What Is Up With…