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Thing published ten issues between November 1989 and summer 1993. Zine cofounder Lawrence Warren appears on the cover of the third issue, pictured here at lower left.

Music

Thirty years ago, a Black queer zine captured the scene that birthed house

by Leor Galil June 9, 2021August 18, 2021

Robert Ford and Trent Adkins shaped the bold, subversive, gossipy, funny, deeply engaged voice of Thing, which was felled by the AIDS pandemic in 1993.

Film

Lesbian revolutionaries smash sexual taboos to undermine the patriarchy in Bruce LaBruce’s The Misandrists

by Ben Sachs July 6, 2018August 18, 2021

Luckily for the patriarchy, their plan for world domination involves making porn movies.

Blogs

This week’s movie action

by J.R. Jones December 9, 2011August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue.