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Ultimate Holi-Gay Rom-Com Rankings
Hey, remember all the way to yesterday (these days, I know, it’s hard remembering 5 minutes ago so no judgment) when I said we were living in a golden age of queer holiday rom-coms? I have watched not...
View ArticleGirl in (Holiday) Red
According to people younger than me who know things (a.k.a. My Wife, The TikTok Addict), Girl in Red is THE hot queer girl singer of the moment. Admittedly, I haven’t heard more than a few brief...
View ArticleLight One Candle
Some 26 years after it aired, I still remember this episode so well. You don't have to believe in angels to be moved by this story. Rickie Vasquez was one of the first, and still one of the most...
View ArticleMerry, Happy Weekend Crush
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate. And to all a good Indigo Girls song. We have almost made it through this infernal year, and may the best thing we find under our collective tree be a better,...
View ArticleMusic Monday: Miley & Dua Edition
I can think of no way to bid adieu to this hottest mess of a year than this hot mess of a music video (though really, “hot mess” or even “dumpster fire” are such egregious understatements for the...
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WW84 or Should We Say 86-ed?
So that was disappointing. After waiting – and waiting and waiting and waiting – for the release of “Wonder Woman 1984” and then waiting a little longer to watch it on Christmas Day, I pretty much...
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My Year of Screens: Favorites of 2020
Is it an oxymoron to make best lists for 2020? Probably, given *waves arms at everything* But, because I’m stubborn and don’t learn well, I shall try. This year instead of best, I will just tell you my...
View ArticleLet me go on...to 2021
Well, we celebrated Christmas Eve with “My So-Called Life,” it only seems right we spend New Year’s Eve together too. Also, I will always happily age myself by referring back to my favorite one-season...
View ArticleMy New Year's Crush
We made it. We made it to 2021. Does changing the year on the calendar fix anything automatically? Duh, of course not. But the symbolism (and, you know, reality) of the year we all just lived through...
View ArticleMusic Monday: When Harry Met Phoebe
Hard to argue there’s a better sentiment than “Treat People With Kindness” to start out this new year. And while, as always, Surrenders is all about the ladies, I am never opposed to highlighting the...
View ArticleAnd a Charlize New Year
I’m not really the kind of person who puts much stock in vision boards or inner dreamscaping and such. But if I were such a person I would spend an inordinate amount of time pinning scenes from...
View ArticleSledgehammer Time
So, um, I guess I’m an inspo blogger now? But, honestly, who wouldn’t be inspired by seeing Allison Janney sporting a stunning red evening gown paired with construction boots and a sledgehammer? It’s a...
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She's Got Grace
When Ann Reinking died last month, one of the many irreplaceable greats to leave us in that oh-so monstrous of years, it brought back some very specific childhood memories. While I’ve always liked (if...
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My Weekend Crushed Coup
Fuck, I’m mad. After four year (really five since all this utter bullshit started June 16, 2015 with the golden elevator descent into infamy) of norm shattering, rule breaking, crony profiteering,...
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Sweet Georgia
You know, I think in the heat of last week’s failed Insurrection of Weenies, we didn’t get to properly celebrate what it really means that we flipped the Senate. Those two new senators from Georgia...
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What the Vogue Is This?
Look, you know I love strong women in suits. Like, I REALLY STRONG LOVE WOMEN IN SUITS. But, and this is very painful but, I do not in any way shape or form love the new February cover of Vogue with...
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That's Agent Starling to You
Well, damn, I think I have a new crime show to watch. I had forgotten they were making a “Silence of the Lambs” sequel-of-sorts for TV. But here it is, all ready to scare the bejesus out of us. The new...
View ArticleSo Not Nice, We Impeached Him Twice
Just gonna drop this here for no reason whatsoever. No reason at all. Anyway, gonna be fun telling future generations, “Yes, he really was that fucking evil we had to impeach his racist, fascist ass...
View ArticleMy Weekend Crush
Well, if all goes as planned with 20,000 U.S. National Guard troops there to ensure that it does, this will be the very last weekend we have to endure Donald Trump as president. I am not foolish or...
View ArticleMusic Monday: Change Edition
Thought we could all use a moment of grace before the start of this week. After four years of unmitigated chaos, destruction, lies, more lies, so many lies, corruption and hatred, a change is gonna...
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