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Posted inBooks, Featured, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes

Palliative Brownies

by Krista Stevens June 16, 2020October 19, 2022

“I grew up in the grip of the epidemic, maturing as people I adored as surrogate aunties and uncles fell ill and vanished from our lives.”

Posted inNonfiction

All Mom’s Friends

by Svetlana Kitto February 4, 2020December 16, 2022

Svetlana Kitto recalls her 1980s childhood in Hollywood during the early years of the AIDS crisis.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Woodstock: My Queer Love Story

by Sari Botton August 15, 2019October 19, 2022

Kate Walter recalls attending Woodstock in 1969 with her boyfriend — a few years before they split up and both came out.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Featured, Nonfiction, Story

Woodstock: My Queer Love Story

by Kate Walter August 15, 2019October 19, 2022

Kate Walter went to Woodstock in 1969 with her boyfriend. She went back in 1994 with her girlfriend. She’s not going back again.

Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Featured, Nonfiction

Woodstock: My Queer Love Story

by Kate Walter August 15, 2019October 19, 2022

Kate Walter went to Woodstock in 1969 with her boyfriend. She went back in 1994 with her girlfriend. She’s not going back again.

Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story

Two Clocks, Running Down

by Colin Dickey June 28, 2019October 19, 2022

In “Time Is a Thing the Body Moves Through,” T Fleischmann resists metaphor, even as they reflect on the metaphor-saturated work of Félix González-Torres.

Posted inCommentary, Nonfiction, Uncategorized

“This Halloween is Something to Be Sure”: An Examination of Lou Reed’s New York

by Matt Giles October 25, 2018October 19, 2022

New York might be Lou Reed’s most politically active album, especially on tracks like “Halloween Parade,” which functions both as a dirge and call-to-action confronting societal torpidity.

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Power in Knowing: Black Women, HIV, and the Realities of Safe Sex

by Sari Botton June 18, 2018October 19, 2022

In the third installment of Minda Honey’s #Dating_While_Woke series, an invitation to appear in a PSA prompts her to reflect on the responsibilities of safe sex, and her imperfect past.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women

The Power in Knowing: Black Women, HIV, and the Realities of Safe Sex

by Minda Honey June 18, 2018October 19, 2022

An invitation to appear in a PSA prompts Minda Honey to reflect on the responsibilities of safe sex, and her imperfect past.

Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Unapologetic Women

The Power in Knowing: Black Women, HIV, and the Realities of Safe Sex

by Minda Honey June 18, 2018October 19, 2022

An invitation to appear in a PSA prompts Minda Honey to reflect on the responsibilities of safe sex, and her imperfect past.

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