There is a certain healthy skepticism that is bound to accompany LGBTQ+ television consumers when a new television show is branded as inclusive of our community. Decades of representation dictated by stereotypes and glaring inaccuracies have made us cynical of…
Not Your Typical Ingenue: An Interview With One of LA’s Premiere Drag Queens
Graphic by Jeanine Lee Ingenue is one of LA’s premier drag queens. Known for her long-time hosting gig at TigerHeat, various other drag shows, and her new web soap opera, Roads to Keystone, she has not only ingrained herself into…
Ship Happens: The Inevitable Outcome of Underrepresentation
Ship, n. Short for romantic relationship. v. To endorse a romantic relationship. Shipping, n. The act of endorsing a romantic relationship, usually fictional, usually in a fan-created work. 2016 was a poor year, like most years, for queer representation in…
‘SKAM’: On Representation and Fetishizing
Graphic by Jessica Cao When people ask me what TV shows I’ve been binge-watching lately, I’m almost ashamed to tell them about my current favorite show – a Norwegian teen dramedy ironically named “SKAM” (meaning “shame” in Norwegian). Yes, I’m…
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…
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…