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Review: Let Me Tell You Why You Like The Hunting Wives
It’s not just because you can’t look away from Malin’s terrible wigline
Aug 15, 2025 • Meg & Ali
Guest Post: We Found 2 People Who Watched Every* Movie Jennifer Beals Has Ever Been In
Two sapphics go where nobody asked them to
Jun 26, 2025 • Meg & Ali
Comments on: What is With The Wigs?
A moment for Hollywood’s current wig epidemic
Jun 13, 2025 • Meg & Ali
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Homophobic in the Hamptons
May 8, 2025 • Meg & Ali
Review: Like That One Sex Scene That's in Mulholland Drive
Jan 30, 2025 • Meg & Ali
What Would The Yearning Watch: December 2024
Dec 9, 2024 • Meg & Ali
What Would The Yearning Watch: September 2024
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What Would The Yearning Watch: August 2024
Aug 4, 2024 • Meg & Ali
What Would The Yearning Watch: February 2025
Feb 3, 2025 • Meg & Ali
What Would The Yearning Watch: June 2025
What’s new and queer on screen this month?
Jun 6, 2025 • Meg & Ali
Guest Post: 365 ‘Party Girl’ (Bumpin’ That)
Parker Posey’s leading lady debut, best paired with a falafel & hot sauce, a side of baba ganoush, a seltzer, and a nice, powerful mind-altering…
May 22, 2025 • Meg & Ali
Homophobic in the Hamptons
Is queer storytelling only palatable in the hands of straight creatives?
May 8, 2025 • Meg & Ali
What Would The Yearning Watch: May 2025
What’s new and queer on screen this month?
May 5, 2025 • Meg & Ali
Review: Not Beating The C*nt Allegations
Comedy meets capitalism in ‘Hacks’ Season 4
Apr 24, 2025 • Meg & Ali
Review: The Poison Protein Shake Inside Us All
Why does moral ambiguity in 'The White Lotus' enthrall me?
Apr 10, 2025 • Meg & Ali
What Would The Yearning Watch: April 2025
What’s new and queer on screen this month?
Apr 4, 2025 • Meg & Ali
The Yearning
The Yearning
A newsletter about queer tv, movies and the people who make them. The Yearning is reviews, recommendations, discussions and essays on why we believe that two women looking longingly at each other onscreen isn't enough.
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queerthology book club
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