That's President Straight Bette Porter To You
p>Well, now, wasn’t that a nice vacation? Took some fun trips. Ate some good food. Celebrated all of the Pride. Saw future president Straight Bette Porter. All in all, a good and inspiring time was...
View ArticleTeam Gay Angel
This trailer came out right when I started my vacation, because of course it did. And now that I’ve had some time to mull it over, I’ve decided I’m firmly on Team Gay Angel a.k.a whatever Angel K-Stew...
View ArticleGender Fuck Thursday: Mulan Edition
Say hello to the OG Disney Gender Fuck Thursday Superstar, Mulan. While I’m not a Disney stan, I definitely enjoy their work (See: All Pixar movies and “Moana”). Still I’ve been a little indifferent to...
View ArticleMy Weekend Crush
I love this team. I love their swagger. I love their talent. I love their passion. I love their determination. I love their conviction. I love their activism. I love their heart. I love their joy. I...
View ArticleWhen Cheekbones Attack
Hey, remember when I said I could take or leave the live-action Disney classic remakes? Well, besides the new “Mulan?” I forgot one. I very much enjoyed the recentering of the “Sleeping Beauty” story...
View ArticleOur Country 'Tis Of Thee
Remember what we got to think about when we didn’t spend so much of our waking (and sometimes sleeping) hours thinking about that racist, sexist, xenophobic, homophobic, pathologically lying,...
View ArticleYou Look Funny
Well, here is a nice break from the non-stop horror of the headlines. Obviously, anytime I can share content from My Fake TV/Movie/Producing Wife Tina Fey, is a good day. And it’s particularly good...
View ArticleLiterary Fuck Thursday
Well, now, doesn’t this look just – scrumptious. The last of the Carol Effect movies to make it to the big screen is finally here. And while I know not to get my hopes up for a happy ending with “Vita...
View ArticleMy Weekend Emmys
Look, I’m not saying the Emmy’s have impeccable taste. But, they basically had my taste in TV this year. Sooooo. I guess what I’m saying is the Emmys had impeccable taste this year – you’re welcome....
View ArticleAnne Lister Being Done™
https://yorkshireanne.tumblr.com/post/185941186675/anne-lister-being-done-while-wii-music-plays-inI don’t know why Anne Lister Being Done™ set to Wii music fills me with so much joy. But it just does....
View ArticleTank Top Keeper
Yes, yes, I know the Women’s World Cup is over for another four years. But I realize I failed to bring to your attention during its run that the Chilean national team goalkeeper is a 6-foot-tall Amazon...
View ArticleHave A Super Gay Day
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s first out LGBTQ superhero! (Yes, yes – I know Superman is D.C, just please go with the analogy.) At San Diego Comic-Con over the weekend,...
View ArticleGo West, Young Show
So speaking of everyone’s favorite Super Gay, Tessa Thompson, she’s got another lil project you might have heard of that also made some news at SDCC over the weekend. The new trailer for her series...
View ArticleMy Weekend Crush
When it rains good news for our little shit show, it pours. Which is considerably better than the other kinds of rain the show could, uh, pour. (Shit, guys, I’m talking about shit.) So earlier this...
View ArticleMusic Monday: Gone Girls Edition
Is it just me, or does this video give off a strong Mad Max Fury Road meets Andro Queer Performance Art meets 80s High Femme Bondage vibe or what? Which, obviously, are all my favorite genres to...
View ArticleThe Lesbian Craft
Speaking of queer music fabulosity in this the year of 20biteen, the original Lesbian Jesus has been heard at work too. Now, on paper it makes me feel a little like a creepy old lady to enjoy a bunch...
View ArticleDesk Life
Look, I don’t know how you can watch the Lizzo Tiny Desk Concert for NPR and not be happy. But I don’t suggest you try. Instead, on this Hump Day (do the kids today still say Hump Day? Do I care?),...
View ArticleHeaven Sent
View this post on InstagramA post shared by Brandi Carlile (@brandicarlile) on Jul 29, 2019 at 8:21pm PDTYes, OK, fine – apparently it’s Music Week here at Surrenders. But I could not let you miss...
View ArticleMy Weekend Crush
Admittedly, I have not kept up with “Orange Is the New Black.” I started to lose enthusiasm after the show killed off Poussey (call it the Dana Fairbanks Effect, if you will). And I skipped all of last...
View ArticleThe Blooper Place
Oh, look, you can swear in “The Good Place.” Also “The Bad Place.” But, as always, its best in bloopers. So, enjoy. I can’t think of a better way to start your week than reveling in simple human...
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