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“A Little Late with Lilly Singh” Has a Code-switching Problem

by Sezin Koehler
October 21, 2019 at 12:50pm
Lilly Singh is trailblazing as a South Asian woman on late night TV while also dismantling that good work by continuing to perform a Blackness that isn’t hers. Read more »
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“Big Mouth” Endlessly Explores Sexuality, but Still Stumbles on Queerness

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
October 8, 2019 at 9:18am
It’s not that I’m surprised a television show failed to accurately represent bisexuality and pansexuality. It’s that I’m surprised Big Mouth was one of those shows. Read more »
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From Online Discourse to IRL: 4 Bisexual People Define Bisexuality for Themselves

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
October 7, 2019 at 6:39pm
Bitch is lucky to have multiple bisexual employees, so we’re using this roundtable to parse out our own experiences as bisexuals. Read more »
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Meet the People Paving New Paths in the Outdoors

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
September 30, 2019 at 10:01am
People from marginalized communities are becoming the new faces of the outdoors. Read more »
Ruby and Queenie, a queer singing group, pose in front of a red background

A New Wave of High-Femme Pop Stars Are Queering the Girl Group

by Sofia Barrett-Ibarria
August 21, 2019 at 2:55pm
Sateen is moving the girl group away from hints and subtext toward an aesthetic and musical style that’s unmistakably queer, trans-positive, and staunchly pro-girl. Read more »
Miley Cyrus, a white woman wearing a white tank top with tattoos, is on stage singing into a microphone.

Knee-Jerk Biphobia: What Responses to Miley Cyrus’s Breakup Say about Queer Erasure

by Elly Belle
August 19, 2019 at 8:59am
Miley Cyrus isn’t “back” just because she’s dating a woman. She’s always been queer. Read more »
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20 Years of Queer Exploration: How “The Sims” Helped 13 LGBTQ People Find Realization

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
August 6, 2019 at 2:47pm
In July, Electronic Arts revealed the cover art for The Sims 4, which features the first same-sex couple since the franchise began nearly 20 years ago.  Read more »
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7 Books by Queer Black Writers to Read in Honor of James Baldwin’s Birthday

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
August 2, 2019 at 3:55pm
Today, more LGBTQ Black authors are carving out the space that James Baldwin helped craft. Read more »
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The Vanilla Internet: How Instagram Is Failing Queer Sex Workers

by Erin Taylor
July 30, 2019 at 7:40am
Following FOSTA-SESTA, Instagram has increased its censorship of content that can be perceived as related to sex work—with at times devastating effects on digital queer sex worker communities. Read more »
DeWanda Wise as Nola and Ilfenesh Hadera as Opal on She's Gotta Have It

Queerbait and Switch: “She’s Gotta Have It” Fails LGBTQ Viewers—Again

by Zoe Samudzi
July 11, 2019 at 4:54pm
We were baited with a girl-on-girl softcore scene only for female-centric romance to be altogether abandoned just a couple of episodes later. Read more »

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