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The Q26 Official Review of Showtime’s Original, “Yellowjackets”

Yellowjackets is a thrilling and chilling series that follows a wildly talented high school girls' soccer team that descends into savage clans after their plane crashes in the remote northern wilderness. Fast-forward twenty-five years later, these women quickly discover that what began in the wild is far from over (showtime). And let me tell you there is an emphasis on WILD. There are more twists and turns in the plot of this show than Highway 17! 

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Camille Elston Camille Elston

The Queer 26 Fall Fundraiser

This dearth of racial representation is clear every time a commercial fetishizes non-White bodies, every time a film layers a sepia wash over scenes of lovers south of the American border, and every time a billboard packages cultural appropriation of queer Black culture as “trendy.” We recognize the importance of queer representation, yet we can’t help but ask one another: “Was there no one of color in the room?” Too often, the answer is “No.”

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Short Story Collection CeCe Heard Short Story Collection CeCe Heard

(God, don’t––)

What if I panic and let my anxiety take over and I shake things up in a desperate attempt to please her but my chaotic good turns to chaotic evil and tremors too violent pass through and everything we had falls through the cracks as our shared world splits back in twoTried to stop the hurt innumerable (∞) times but it keeps getting worse

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