Julia by Ada Zhang When she was twenty-two she used to spend what little money she could have saved on hardcover books, lattes, and croissants. She read in cafés alone and anonymous, with no reason except to offer the world a glimpse of her. Ten years later, she was leaving and decided to revisit all… The City Can’t Replace Her Best Friend — Electric Literature Continue reading The City Can’t Replace Her Best Friend — Electric Literature

It’s telling that the avian participants in a recent study wherein pet parrots, assisted by their owners, learned to make video calls to others of their kind were recruited from the online educational forum Parrot Kindergarten. In the above footage, the humans’ hopeful, high-pitched cajoling, as they encourage their birds to interact with a new “friend”, carries a strong whiff of those Mommy and Me classes where a … Continue reading Parrots Taught to FaceTime Each Other Become Less Lonely, a New Study Shows

There’s a trend in queer films. They call it the Bury Your Gays trope. While a movie (or book, or show, because we can never have nice things) might have a gay romance or a coming-out story, it will ultimately end in tragedy. It might be a literal death or just utter world-ending sadness. So… 5 Trans Romance Movies That Get Their Happy Endings (And Where … Continue reading 5 Trans Romance Movies That Get Their Happy Endings (And Where To Stream Them) — Thought Catalog