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Muppet Christmas Carol Watch Party at 2:30pm!

December 27, 2020

Greetings, Dames Nationals! It’s almost time for us to gather, post-holiday, and detail at length all the reasons Michael Caine ought to have been given an...

Countdown Euphoria

December 19, 2020

Hello, Dames Nationals! This will be our final full issue of 2020, but we hope to see you all again for our December 27th livetweet of The Muppet Christmas...

Leaning Way Into A Grab Bag Moment

December 12, 2020

At-Home Matinee Reminder! The Muppet Christmas Carol Given that our first attempt at a cheerful holiday matinee ended up a bit muddled, we want to take a...

Muddle Me & Muddle You

December 5, 2020

Dames Nation, get out your calendars. We have another livetweet to announce! Given that our first attempt at a cheerful holiday matinee ended up a bit...

Happiest Livetweet Open Thread

November 27, 2020

RUN DON’T WALK! Our livetweet of Happiest Season starts in just 35 minutes! Details! When: This afternoon at 2:30pm ET— SOON!How: Either via Hulu (in the US)...

Overflow Gift Ideas

$ · November 22, 2020

Coping with Capitalism: Inside the System Tips for Making Life within the Grid Bearable Thanks to the omnipresence of Zoom in my remote work life, 2020 has...

The Happiest Livetweet: Friday, 11/27!

November 22, 2020

Friends, Lesbians, Countrymen: Lend me your ears! We come not to bury Christmas, but to queer it! It’s shorter-than-usual notice but, given recent C.D.C....

Leta Powell, William Powell, and All That Lies Between

November 21, 2020

There is only one place I could have started this week’s issue: Leta Powell Drake. John Frankensteiner @JFrankensteinerCurrently obsessed with Leta Powell...

Winter Holidaze Gift Guide Part 1

November 14, 2020

Honestly, Your Dames could never, and we say that’s ok! Not everyone has the inclination to develop expert gift-wrap skills like Seth Cohen, and in the year...

Election Anxiety Open Thread

November 6, 2020

Hello, Dames Nationals. Four straight days of the Map Show have left us… well… STRONGLY IDENTIFYING with this gif honestly seems like the most efficient way...

Massive Concerns, Petty Comforts

October 31, 2020

Hello, Dames Nationals! This is us, attempting to function as normal in the midst of roiling, oppressive dread. I CANNOT SAY WE RECOMMEND IT. Because in...

#ConstitutionalDames Livetweet Thread

October 25, 2020

Hello, friends! In 3.5 hours (at 8pm ET), we will be convening here to discuss Heidi Schreck’s What the Constitution Means to Me (streaming via Amazon...

revenge bedtime procrastination

October 24, 2020

Hello, Dames Nationals! Greetings from either much too late Friday or far too early Saturday, depending on how you frame things — I hope you’re reading this...

Fun & Silly Horror for Fraidy-Cats

October 17, 2020

No Gloominess Or Actual Scares Admitted!

Mutual Aid & A Canadian Musical Icon

October 10, 2020

(you know, something not-old & something maybe new-to-you!)

One Year Older, 187 Years More Beleaguered

October 3, 2020

Hello again, Dames Nationals! WE’RE BACK!! We went nowhere, and it was glorious Dame Sophie: Dear darling Dame Margaret, first off, happy birthday to this...

Announcement: Fallow Period Required

August 29, 2020

Greetings, darling Dames Nationals! How our brains have felt for the last… six to eight weeks? At least? We’re taking the next five weeks from regular Friday...

27 Dresses? Try 14 GIFs!

August 21, 2020

of the cast of Star Trek: Discovery being wildly appealing

August 15, 2020

With glorious guest editor Fiona Stainer

As promised two Fridays ago, we have thoughts upon thoughts on Taylor Swift’s new album, and they are finally ready to share with you! As our previous work...

Fuggaliciousness for All, Pt. 3: Heather & Jessica & BOOKS!

Fug & Dames Nation know: literacy is trés glamorous. So, we knew we would be remiss if we let our Weekend of Damesing go by without discussing a coping...

Fuggaliciousness For All, Pt. 2: Heather!

Now It’s Heather’s Turn! Everything Jessica said in her issue last night, I second. Just kidding! Sort of — I, too, am soothing my spirits with the return of...

Fuggaliciousness For All, Pt. 1: Jessica!

Greetings, Dames Nation! We are Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan, and we are your guest hosts this week — and we desperately wish we could bring you some...

Quarandames of Solace

Hello, Dames Nationals! We are so, so grateful to the women who’ve been making quarantine bearable for us. The world is terrible, but music and art by women...

Make Every Day a Challah Day

Yes, Dame Sophie may have written about it last week, but we’re not afraid of doubling down: Netflix’s new adaptation of Ann M. Martin’s classic series The...

Mirror Ball Tears & Sequin Dreams, Pt. 3: Dame Margaret

Dame Margaret’s Light Dusting of Links See, thank god Catherine Zate-Jones exists, for how else could Julia Roberts ever plausibly have portrayed someone...

Mirror Ball Tears & Sequin Dreams, Pt. 2: Dame Sophie

Dame Sophie’s Light & Important & Seriously Messed Up Links Evergreen gif of wisdom I have a confession: I have never read the now-classic Baby-sitters’ Club...

Mirror Ball Tears & Sequin Dreams, Pt. 1

Dames Nationals, as we did on Juneteenth, we’re bring you another Mega Content Weekend— three issues! Tonight: a Double Dame Endorsement and a report from a...

On Trusting The Process

Knitting, Not Joel Embiid (though maybe also Joel Embiid)

Livewatch: #HAMILDAMES

Dames Nation! Are you ready to revel in some brilliant minds at work (work)? We’ll start collectively telling the story of tonight at 7:30 PM ET, with a...

Hello again, friends! It’s nearly one hour into July in my time zone but, you know what? It’s still Pride somewhere. So, I am going to use our last issue of...

Old Obsessions & Fresh Delights

Dames Nation, it’s time to return to one of our all-time favorite subjects: Hamilton! We aim to imbue this announcement with Groffsauce’s insouciance As you...

Pop Culture Care Package: Bee Scolding

Being at home a whole lot more at home for the last few months has led me to a better understanding of myself as a deeply competitive and silly person. This...

Lift Every Voice and Sing, Pt. 3: Samantha and Kelly!

And finally, your Sunday installment of Black joy courtesy of Samantha Powell and Kelly Davis Daroe! Samantha Powell’s Fashionable & Philosophical Musings...

Lift Every Voice and Sing, Pt. 2: Cate and Ianthe!

As promised, here is your Saturday installment of Black joy courtesy of Cate Young and Ianthe Metzger: cousins, friends, and July 2019 guest editors! Cate...

Lift Every Voice and Sing, Pt. 1: Jasmine & Amma!

PLUS A BOOK GIVEAWAY

Dame Margaret Endorses: Work in Progress

Hello, Dames Nationals! Margaret’s month of queer recommendations continues! Featured today: Showtime’s Work in Progress, one of my favorite TV shows of 2019...

Creativity in Crisis

It is, across the board, a pretty tough time to be a human right now. We Your Dames have, in the grand scheme of things, comparatively little to complain...

Pop Culture Care Package: Dazzled, Stricken & Horny

The Premier Babylon Berlin Experience

Babylon Berlin & Police Procedurals Now

A Modest Reckoning Between Fans

Pride in Progress

Hello, friends. Before I get into the meat of tonight’s issue, I have a favor to ask of our American readers: please call your local government...

Huddle Up, Buttercups

We’re opening this week with a content warning for police brutality, fatal white supremacy, and murder. The fun stuff is below this section. Scroll down to...

Pop Culture Care Package: Novelty T-Shirts Round-Up

A little retail therapy for you this eveningI’m very susceptible to a novelty t-shirt. I’ve acquired a fair number of both t-shirts and cozy-but-cute...

Out of Office Dames

Hello, Dames Nationals! In honor of the first of summer’s long weekends, we your Dames are taking tonight off and doing our best to embody the spirit of the...

Endorsed: Roommates Who Bake

I live in an apartment that, usually, houses three other women. We occupy one half of a three-story house that’s been divided horizontally into two units—...

Try A Little (Media) Tenderness

With guest editors Andrew & Craig!!!

Pop Culture Care Package: Picard

A Q&A With Dame Sophie

Unbeastly Boys & Perfect Bears

Hello, Dear Dames Nation! We hope you enjoyed last week’s Super Special Issue about CRYING— we certainly enjoyed your many kind responses. But this week,...

No Normal, Only After

A thing you likely know about me at this point, Dames Nationals, is that I love going to see live music. That it’s a rare month where I don’t go to at least...

It's All Right To Cry

An Entire 2020 Mood