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I Can’t Get Over My Queer Friendship Breakup. What Went Wrong?
dear mfers,
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The Scandals, Chaos, & Next-Gen Soap Operas of Roblox-Hollywood
The high-stim world of Roblox "TV" has many fans. For many, the allure of this content is the simplicity and the stimuli, SpongeBob rewired for a…
 • Kieran Press-Reynolds
Fujii Kaze Is Not of This Planet
The viral J-pop star released his third album today, and stopped by our studio for a weird and wonderful rendition of our Hyperspecific questionnaire…
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The Medievalist Is Here 👑⚔️
mixed feelings is making its first foray into print with the launch of The Medievalist, a limited-edition magazine exploring the cultural revival of…
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video games are fanfiction's next frontier
If fanfic is the horny nationals, then fan games are the horny Olympics.
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Can Someone Explain the Omegaverse to Me Slowly?
For a Genre Most Known for “Mpreg Smut,” the Omegaverse Might Actually Be a Tool for Authors to Unpack Oppressive Social Structures.
 • mixed feelings and AJ
My Lesbian Dating Wrapped
A highly-analytical, data-driven account of everything I learned from my first year as an out lesbian.
 • mixed feelings and malavika kannan
the unhinged gift guide is back 😈
Every year, mixed feelings corrals our team and our most delightfully chaotic friends to bring you the Unhinged Gift Guide — a roundup of presents no…
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My Friends Think I Should Go “No Contact” With My Parents, but That Feels Like Such a Western POV
After my parents (finally) admitted they’re uncomfortable with my queerness, my queer relationship, and well, queer people in general, most of my…
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DON'T Talk to Adéla About Rick Owens, Sneezing, or Living Without Edward Cullen
Adéla is a burgeoning pop star if I’ve ever seen one. When she comes to our studio, she wears 8-inch platform black leather heels shaped like lobster…
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Audrey Hobert on Nicotine Gum: "It's Less of a Coping Mechanism and More of a Great Passion"
If it were 2007, you might have described Audrey Hobert as “awkward,” but you’d be wrong. She’s not a wallflower, comfortable only in the most dimly-lit…
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Late-Stage Fandom Is Following Your Faves off a Cliff
It was last week after "The Life of a Showgirl" proved to be her most poorly written, thematically vapid, and woefully unrelatable album (IMO) that I…
 • mixed feelings and Catherine Mhloyi
Bktherula Has a Skibidi Toilet in Her House
Bk’s only 23, which was shocking to me, until I remembered that the rapper has been sharing music to SoundCloud since age 13, and started gaining a…
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The Gayest Thing You Can Do Is Have an Archenemy
Lex Luthor's discomfort with Superman’s very existence, his belief that Superman is an abomination he must be rid of, reminds me of the first time the…
 • mixed feelings and AJ
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