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Indeed, Requiem has inspired something of an internet-wide erotic frenzy: last week, Kotaku published the headline “Leon Scott Kennedy, I’m on PrEP.” Aside from reflecting just how riled up Leon had gotten us all, that sequence of words would make any good editor furious with envy. Apparently, per the video game publication, many of the women developers who work at Capcom extensively consulted with the visual design team about “even the finest details like the wrinkles on his neck” to ensure that Leon’s final character model was as hot as possible. “I can confidently say that those women at Capcom succeeded, are god’s strongest soldiers, and allies to the gay community,” the site’s Kenneth Shepard concluded, noting that his crush on Leon in Resident Evil 4 preceded his own coming out as gay.

ahahaha i missed this last week. thanks for the shoutout @them.us / @samanthaallen.bsky.social www.them.us/story/leon-s...

T Kira Madden Is Not the Dark Person You Might Expect The Whidbey author’s process prioritizes play, even as she crafts deep, difficult stories.

Profiled T Kira Madden for ELLE! Read not only for WHIDBEY BTS, but also for a true example of what committing to this writing life can look like—and how freaking fun it can be amidst all the hard work. www.elle.com/culture/book...

Puck by undefined This cheeky riff on A Midsummer Night’s Dream from Allen (Patricia Wants to Cuddle) drops Puck, here reimagined as a nonbinary r...

This cheeky riff on A Midsummer Night’s Dream from Samantha Allen drops Puck, here reimagined as a nonbinary reality TV producer, into a friend’s wedding week, where they can’t resist their professionally honed urge to meddle. It’s a delight. @zandoprojects.bsky.social

Mainstream America: We are obsessed with Heated Rivalry and Drag Race. We love them and can't get enough.
American Democrat politicians: LGBT people are not culturally normal. We will not speak of them.

In Uncertain Times, We Can All Agree on Leon S. Kennedy The 'Resident Evil' frontman is helping to pull shut the ever-closing gap between straight and gay horniness.

In Uncertain Times, We Can All Agree on Leon S. Kennedy

The Great Queer TV Character Smackdown: Rue vs. Smithers Two of television’s most tragic yearners face off.

The Great Queer TV Character Smackdown: Rue vs. Smithers

On a scale from 13 GOING ON to ZERO DARK, where do you fall on the 30 gender spectrum?

excited to have an essay in this! Love the bachelor? Hate the bachelor (like I did, until the golden bachelor)? You know what to do!

The fact that the past tense of “go” is “went” is fucking insane those are all new letters

“Fix Your Hearts or Die”: David Lynch’s Work Has Always Been Deeply, Powerfully Queer The filmmaker was so much more than just an influence on his legion of LGBTQ+ fans.

we lost David Lynch a year ago today (and in the time since, I've seen "fix your hearts or die" on more protest signs than ever before). what I wrote at the time:

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babe wake up, one of the "tradcath egirl summit" chicks is transvestigating sydney sweeney's neck

Here for All the Reasons: Why We Watch the Bachelor Why We Watch the Bachelor

How are we doing book promo right now other than dropping links and feeling sheepish?!?

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Puck NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...

😍 Got approved on Netgalley to read Puck by @samanthaallen.bsky.social! This looks like such fun and exactly the kind of thing I need right now.

Also I will forever like Samantha for helping me carry books to my car at PNBA even though we'd just met like 3 minutes before. A truly nice person.😄
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did my best to break down what we know, and how Trump officials have lied so far, about Renee Good and her murder today:

Here For All the Reasons: Why We Watch The Bachelor|eBook The Bachelor franchise has been around for over two decades and amassed an army of fans across its four shows. While contestants battle to prove they’re here for the right reasons, Bachelor Nation is ...

The anthology by and about The Bachelor fandom that I've worked on for five years is available for pre-order in that big B&N sale, and I'd love it if you pre-ordered it there or elsewhere! It was a huge and lengthy labor of love and I'm so proud of it.

www.barnesandnoble.com/w/here-for-a...

Avatar has apparently had the greatest cultural impact of any movie ever, based on how goddamned much all of y’all are talking about it today

The Avatar movies are good, wildly entertaining, and visually spectacular. People like that. This is my expert analysis.

“Merriam-Webster defines ‘faith’ as…”

Michael Clayton 2: Baguette It Again

3D TVs, the Metaverse, pictures of apes…

Put words after other words

It’s a little early still, don’t you think?

Mug is the answer

Root Beer is a wholesome beverage for families

Root Beer should not have caffeine

Counterpoint: The grilled cheese looks burnt and borderline inedible.

Cover of HERE FOR ALL THE REASONS: Why We Watch The Bachelor edited by Ilana Masad and Stevie K. Seibert Desjarlais. It features four women - white with glasses and short hair, Black with long hair holding a wine glass, white with reddish hair holding a wine glass, and brown with log hair up in a bun and glasses - sitting together with their backs to the viewer looking at a big TV screen with the title of the book on it.

She's here, she's available for preorder, and she's available for ARC requests 🥹

HERE FOR ALL THE REASONS: Why We Watch The Bachelor is an anthology of 29 essays by 30 contributors, and includes pieces about racism, spoiling, love, loss, friendship, heterosexuality, and so much more.

The Daniel Docs Interview: Samantha Allen The "Roland Rogers Isn't Dead Yet" author chats about smash burgers, sapphic sasquatches, and Starbucks

hello! @samanthaallen.bsky.social entered a Daniel Doc! www.danieldocs.com/p/the-daniel...

Patricia Wants to Cuddle — Multnomah County Library Patricia Wants to Cuddle — Allen, Samantha (Journalist), — "When the final four women in competition for an aloof, somewhat sleazy bachelor's heart arrive on a mysterious island in the Pacific Northwe...

If you're looking for "Sapphic spooky vibes for someone getting into the genre (audiobook preferable)," we suggest Patricia Wants to Cuddle by @samanthaallen.bsky.social. #AskALibrarian