Pride is Protest! No Pride in Silence! Existence is Resistance!
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Reading: Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000 by Barry Walters
Listening: Skin of My Teeth by Shea Diamond (The perfect album to kick-start Pride Month!)
Looking: A Monumental Exhibition of Queer Art! The First Homosexuals: The Birth of New Identities 1869–1939(on view at the Kunstmuseum in Basel, Switzerland until August 2, 2026!)
Viewing: Our Favorite New Podcast! The Cutting Up: A Kiki with Connie & Lina(hosted by DJ/activist Lina Bradford & fashion legend Connie Fleming!)
Tasting: Cheesecake Fixes Everything! Cheesecake Recipe from The Golden Girls(aka Sophia Petrillo’s Double Fudge Amaretto Ricotta Cheesecake!)
This Week’s Words of Wisdom:Judith Butler: “Why is freedom so frightening? Is that even the question? Or is it rather: How has freedom been made to seem so frightening that people find themselves longing for authoritarian rule?”