Arts & Entertainment

A digital illustration of various sapphic couples from television. The largest couple on the left hand side is Amity, a white girl with short purple hair, a black tunic, a moon necklace, and pointy ears, and Luz, a Latina girl with brown skin, orange-brown hair, a half-cloak, and black studs, from "The Owl House." Amity cups Luz's face and holds her hand. At the bottom right corner are Beatrice, an Asian woman with dark purple hair in a bun and a cross scar on her cheek, and Ava, a white woman with orange-brown bobbed hair, from "Warrior Nun." Ava is smiling affectionately at Beatrice who is speaking. At the top right corner are Sydney, a white girl with short pink hair in an orange tank top and necklace, and Dina, a Black girl with dark curly hair and a white tank top, from "I Am Not Okay With This." Sydney leans against Dina and looks up at her lovingly. Various swirls and hearts surround all the couples.
Arts & Entertainment

From “I Am Not Okay With This” to “Everything Sucks”: A Lack of Lesbians in Media

A digital illustration of two women holding hands and looking at a painting of two women. The couple's clothing color palette matches the two women's clothing in the painting. The woman on the left has light brown skin, curly brown hair, a blue bandana, and a brown vest over a light blue long-sleeve shirt. The woman on the right has light skin, straight brown hair, a red beret, a tan shirt, and a black purse. The women in the painting wear a red scarf and a blue scarf respectively.
Literature

The Underrepresentation of Sapphic Identities in Literature: A Historical Analysis

An illustration of a light-skinned girl with long light brown hair in a pink sweater holding hands with a girl with brown skin and her dark brown curls tied up in a bun in a white turtleneck and red shirt. They both look backwards and up, their faces filled with worry. Blue silhouettes of people with angry faces loom above them.
Arts & Entertainment

The Oversexualization of Lesbian Relationships in Media

Arts & Entertainment
A Personal Message from RuPaul

RuPaul Charles has a special message for all of the American electorate. That’s right! Don’t fuck it up! How to pledge a vote, or for more voting information: iwillvote.com Get a ride to the polls: drive2vote.org If you’re having issues with…

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How to Get Away with Murder Speed Recap: It’s About Frank

Hey y’all, it’s Skylar, your friendly neighborhood OutWrite marketing director and staff writer. Here’s the recap of Thursday’s HTGAWM episode, basically a recap of Annalise’s and Frank’s life.   Flashback (11 years ago) Since this episode revolves around Frank, we…

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Drag Race for Dummies: RuCap for the RuUnion

HIEEEEEEEEEEE. Sorry to everyone who missed my articles for the past few weeks–I was she-occupied with various events, and then I got sick(ening) and had to spend most of my time hacking up a lung instead of typing away at…

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How to Get Away with Murder Speed Recap: Don’t Tell Annalise

Hey y’all, it’s Skylar, your friendly neighborhood OutWrite marketing director and staff writer. Today, we’re starting a weekly recap of everyone’s favorite Gay/Bi/Pan Murder Mystery Explosion, How to Get Away With Murder. Here’s the recap of the crazy shenanigans that…

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Drag Race For Dummies: RuView of All Stars Episode 2

Hey kitty girlz (n boys and anyone in between)! I’m baaaaaaaaaack! I’m gonna give y’all the deets on what you missed on the past two episodes of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 2, so if you don’t want anything…

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Drag Race for Dummies: Intro to All Stars Season 2

Hieeeeeeeeeee. It’s me. Y’all thought I had vanished into the night after a single article of trash, but oh how you all were WRONG. This Thursday is the PREMIERE EPISODE of the second season of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars,…

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What You Missed on RuPaul’s Drag Race: An Introduction to Sass, Gaiety, and Sparkle

Hello squirrels and boys, my name is Liana Kindler and I’m here to give you the scoop on what happened on the latest episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race. I’ll get to dishing out the most recent episode later on, so…

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This is Not a Love Song

Self-described as “Chamber music for the modern era”, Goli is a dynamic post-modernistic duo that celebrates a plethora of musical eras from around the globe. With sultry classical undertones layered with a modern twist of irony, “this is not a…

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Marina and a Dancing Diamond

A week ago, I attended a Marina and the Diamonds concert in Pomona. Yes, as one expects, it was a magical, transcendental, orgasmic experience. Being one of the most genuine pop artists of our generation, Marina never ceases to amaze…

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Queer Halloween Playlist

This year, Halloween came upon me rather suddenly, like a wisp of smoke blown over from a DTLA factory across the wind. Or something. Back home, the decaying smell of leaves as they gradually lost their livelihood and faded into…

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Established in 1979 at the University of California, Los Angeles, OutWrite Newsmagazine is the oldest queer college publication in the United States. OutWrite strives to build a growing educational platform through a multi-media approach that uplifts and empowers the often silenced voices of the incredibly diverse queer community. We aim to challenge dominant cisheteronormative narratives through an unapologetically anti-queerphobic, anti-racist, and progressive lens.