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(Black) Girls Need Love Too: R&B Creates New Standards for Situationships
This generation of Black women R&B artists are seeking clarity and setting new relationship standards for themselves—and their devoted fanbases.
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The Best Queer YA Novels of 2019
It’s been a stunning year for queer young-adult novels.
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Unpoetic Injustice: “Queen & Slim” Treats Its Outlaws as Misguided Political Symbols
It treats its strangers–turned–outlaws as political symbols rather than fleshed-out characters with interests and flaws.
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Solo Act: R&B Music Made My First Apartment Feel like Home
Our physical living space is closely tied to our emotional needs.
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Narrowing the Chart: The Most Essential Episodes of “The L Word”
For those who are new to The L Word universe, here are the most essential episodes to watch to prep for Generation Q.
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“The L Word: Generation Q” Isn’t an Apology—It’s an Entirely Refreshed World
“The idea that normalization is radical is something that we talk a lot about the writers room.”
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Very Online: “Kamala Is a Cop” Is More Than a Meme for Many Black Voters
What does it mean that “Kamala is a cop” is being called a meme as a means to dismiss it, especially considering that Black people drive much of meme culture?
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The Unbearable Whiteness of Leftist YouTube
Years before the rise of so-called LeftTube, men on the site were endlessly abusing, harassing, and threatening women of color.
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Dirty Minds: The Evolution—and Queering—of Sex-Advice Columns
Examining the cultural relevance of sex columns challenges us to question the speed at which we consume others’ sex lives, in all their intimacy and vulnerability, online.
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For “Great British Baking Show” Contestants, The Real Loss is the Endless Trolling
It’s not just about harassing women online—it’s about re-establishing gendered power dynamics and punishing those who flirt with the domestic on public-facing platforms.
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