
Caroline Polachek crafts pop magic from the multiverse
The musician discusses her visionary album ‘Pang,’ primal screaming in the park, and embracing total chaos as a coping mechanism

Dorian Electra is executing their queer agenda—and reclaiming fedoras in the process
With their new project ‘My Agenda’, the genre-subverting artist is turning toxic masculinity on its head.

Charlotte Day Wilson finds a rhythm in the unfamiliar
The singer-songwriter faced the industry’s brutal realities, now she’s making her best work ever—with a little help from basketball and Carole King

Unpacking the feverish intensity of queer, fictional crushes
Why Santana Lopez is so integral to the lesbian coming-of-age canon

Buffy Summers said ACAB: How the ’90s TV series embraced the real Big Bad

The sweet escapism of my queer Sims community
In the era of social distancing, heaven is a pixelated hot tub and having at least four girlfriends.

‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ and the value of not-so-happy queer endings
In praise of the rare queer films that aren't trauma porn nor facsimiles of heteronormative cliches

Christine and the Queens’s visual album is a journey of self-discovery and reinvention
Borrowing from Bowie and Fosse, the singer subverts masculine tropes in a sexy, queer reimagining of a Dante classic

I just kinda wish you were gay: my thrilling, painful dive into queerbaiting culture
As pop stars increasingly tap into queer aesthetics, our codes of recognition have been transmuted into accessories for capitalistic gain.

‘Six Feet Under’ still serves our collective cultural anxiety
Why—in today's ‘golden age of television’—I turned to the surreal family drama that dominated television from 2001 to 2005.

‘In The Dream House’ is a vital and rare account of an abusive queer relationship
Why Carmen Maria Machado's memoir triggered a necessary reckoning with my own past.

‘The L Word’ is back, and less relevant than ever
10 years after the problematic and beloved original, ‘The L Word: Generation Q’ still can't articulate cohesive queer stories. Matilda Douglas-Henry tell us why.
