Graphic by Jessica Cao At the end of last month, Iggy Azalea made a comeback with her single “Mo Bounce”. Why did I feel compelled to listen to it? That’s beyond me. But I’m glad I did, because the further…
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Drag Race for Dummies: Kardashian The Musical
Hey Qweens! Thank god this episode starts with a read of Charlie Hides’ god fucking awful lip sync, because that was probably the worst lip sync effort I have ever seen on RPDR. Why’d she do that? I can only…
Drag Race for Dummies: Episode 4, The View, but Gayer!!!!
Good Morning Bitches! Just kidding. It’s fucking 3PM already. But, on this past week’s episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 9, the queens were tasked with the dreaded Group Acting Challenge, transforming into morning talkshow hosts. The 12 queens were…
Drag Race for Dummies: Episodes 2 & 3
We’re back this week with two episodes to RuCap, so let’s get started ladies! Episode 2: She Done Already Done Brought it On Is it just me or is the lack of mini-challenges unnerving? Like what are they fucking doing with that…
Why Yuri!!! On Ice Is Your New Favorite Anime, Even If You Haven’t Seen It
Yuri!!! on Ice (YoI) is a new, extremely popular sports anime focused on male figure skating that premiered in the winter of 2016. It is well known for its high-quality animation, unique character development, and being one of the…
Drag Race for Dummies: Season 9 Pageant Extravaganza
DRAG RACE IS BAAAAAACK! And on VH1 now??? Who said changes were good??? Not me!!! But regardless of the fact that transphobic Wendy Williams is now hosting viewing parties or that all the commercials are now boring and not gay, Season…
Review: ‘Sacred and Profane’ Wrestles with Religion and Sexuality
An interactive feature before ‘Sacred and Profane’ included artistically expressing ones’ own experiences with sexuality and religion. Sacred & Profane, a one-man show centering Tim Lewis’s personal experiences with Evangelical Christianity and homosexuality, opened in Los Angeles on February 16th.…
Making the Intersectional Visible: The Personal Importance of Moonlight
Moonlight (2016, dir. Barry Jenkins) examines the never spoken Black sexuality and masculinity through a lens of a boy, teen, then man who is hardened by what his environment demands of him. It’s a journey of how Chiron silently slips…
Can You Be Gay?: Queer Representation in Video Games
graphic by Liana Kindler In video games, you can be a world hero. You can be a humanoid plant that explores and brings justice to the universe. You can be a two-dimensional square with a range of human emotions. But…
OutWrite’s Queer Lit Column: Desire, Dream and Magic in Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
This review of Zami is the first in our series of investigating classic queer literature, forming an OutWrite Archive of novels, poetry, and memoir that our staff believes everyone should read. In the acknowledgements, Audre Lorde tells the reader…