Also.Also.Also: Straights Declare “Dressing Like a Lesbian” to Be a “Sexy Trend” When They Do It.. WHUT

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I’m making a new recipe for dinner tonight (an alternative to takeout beef and broccoli) and I’m a little nervous about it? Does that ever happen to you, getting nervous about low stakes things? Anxiety is so weird!

Queer as in F*ck You

Today on the gay internet…

According to the New York Post, ‘Dressing Like a Lesbian’ Is the Sexy and ‘Powerful’ New Fashion Trend

Which lead to very funny tweets, like:

https://twitter.com/whembleysewell/status/1503811778945318913

https://twitter.com/carmencitaloves/status/1503820053934129152

Once every ten years, lesbians get to be fashionable. Use this time wisely ladies

— gabrielle korn (@Gabrielle_Korn) March 15, 2022

And a general burning down of the Autostraddle office upon the news:

Shelli: PLETHE
Yash: I’m gaytekeeping
Nicole: RUDE
Dani Janae: From the New York Post of all places
Yash: This is cultural appropriation

Apparently the Post is actually just repackaging this article from respected and internet-beloved lesbian writer Jill Gutowitz (check out our profile of her and her new book “Girls Can Kiss Now” just last week) for Harper’s Bazaar, Sapphic Style Is Going Mainstream: And It’s Making Me Understand My Own Queer Identity in a Whole New Way — but now here we are!

OK, I hope that small bit of joy made you laugh in some really hard times. Speaking of amazing lesbian authors we’ve recently profiled, your must read of the day comes from Kristen Arnett on the “Don’t Say Gay Bill” in Florida:

“To be tender, I think, means to be vulnerable. And there is wild vulnerability in speaking the truth, regardless of our fear; a blessing to open our mouths and speak the hard thing into existence. I think back on the closeted lesbian teenager I used to be, crying and frightened, alone with my silence, and I want tenderness for her. I want it for every queer and trans youth. I want it for Florida, my community; my home. To love a place that refuses to love you back is a heavy burden to bear. But this place is mine, which means it is queer too. How could it not be? I have helped make it. Our LGBTQ+ community has shaped it.”

I Know What It’s Like to Be a Florida Teen Who Can’t Say Gay. I Was One by Kristen Arnett for Time.

And Black, Latino Queer Students Say They Are on Edge in the Wake of ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill

Saw This, Thought of You

This really gripping report on Long COVID comes from Heather, and I couldn’t stop reading it: The Pandemic After the Pandemic

We’re All Angry At Work. Now What?

Goodbye to Chowhound, the Internet’s First Food Hub. Shout out to those of us who learned how to cook from food blogs!

Growing up, trips to Long Island to visit my great grandmother Tita on her farm where she raised Chihuahuas also meant visiting the Entenmann’s factory as a reward for not killing my cousins during the long car ride. Entemann’s pound cake is still what I crave every single Fourth of July, and their chocolate chip cookies will probably remain my mother’s favorite forever and ever and ever. Anyway, this ode to a New York staple really got to me in unexpected ways: Thank You, Mr. Entenmann, for the Nicest Cake of My Life

And speaking of all these food related reads, here’s an FYI: “‘There can’t be food justice without worker justice,’ says Alejandra Tolley, a Los Angeles-based organizer and editorial content manager at Veggie Mijas.” Calls for a Boycott of Amy’s Kitchen Grow Amid Allegations of Workplace Safety Issues

Also.(Also.Also): the current Minneapolis Teacher Strike Is Part of a Wider Labor Struggle for Educators Around the Country

Political Snacks

From Himani, “A lot of news sites including Mother Jones and Huffpost are participating in this effort to save Russia’s last independent news platform, which is based in Latvia but can no longer get funding from its Russian readers and supporters… In case it’s helpful, here’s the Mother Jones article about it with more info.” Putin Tried to Shut Them Down. Let’s Keep These Brave Russian Journalists on the Beat.