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Songs Are Spells, or, You Make Me Want You

The other night, I fell into a deep, velvety-dark hole of nostalgia. It began with a few Christina Aguilera music videos (the Dirrty years), which led me to Avril Lavigne…

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September 26, 2023
essays, film

Ode to the Slutty Halloween Costume

“In girl world, Halloween is the one night a year when a girl can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it.” That quote…

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October 6, 2023
essays, film

My Favorite F***ing Movie: Only Lovers Left Alive

My mom died last October and ever since—and despite being a pretty skeptical agnostic most of my life—I haven’t been able to help imagining some sort of afterlife. The possibility…

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February 28, 2025
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    Against the Discourse

    / June 20, 2024

    The world, and the internet, is in flux. While Twitter was once a subversive stronghold for opinions that are not often enough given the credence or the attention they deserve – minority opinions,…

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  • Lovehoney mon ami Trio, unboxed.
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    Review: Lovehoney Mon Ami Trio of Vibrating Massagers

    / June 13, 2024

    The Lovehoney Mon Ami Trio of Vibrating Massagers is delightfully unassuming – coming in three primary colors with smooth silicone bodies in simple shapes, at a quick glance you might mistake them for…

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  • Still from Femme.
    film

    Pride Month 2024 Queer Movie Recommendations (Part I)

    / June 11, 2024

    All the queer movies I’ve enjoyed in June (or, you know, close to June) thus far. New(ish) movies: Femme My favorite movie of 2024 so far, hands down. Utterly tense, shockingly sexy, and…

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  • Photo of Imogen, Obviously book cover.
    Books,  reviews

    Exploring Identity in the Internet Age: Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli

    / May 14, 2024

    Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli is a sweet, very timely young adult romance about Imogen, a high school girl who thinks she’s just a “very, very dedicated ally” – despite her enduring love…

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  • Orange graphic of a megaphone with the words, "Men, Call Out Your Friends."
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    Men, Call Out Your Friends

    / May 13, 2024

    It’s time for men to take some responsibility for men.   Every time I post something online asking men to call out other men on shitty behavior, I invariably get multiple responses from…

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  • Books,  reviews

    Rock Star Romances & The Words by A. Jade

    / May 6, 2024

    Rock star romances tend to feature one of my favorite (male) love interest types: angsty bad boys with anger problems, tragic backstories, big hearts and bigger dicks. Maybe it’s cliche and a little…

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  • Yellow wall with flowers growing up alongside it.
    health

    Bartholin Cyst Recovery Diary #1

    / May 1, 2024

    If you read my last post, you know that about ten weeks ago my Bartholin cyst got infected and I had to have it lanced and drained at an urgent care center. It…

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  • essays,  health

    The Origin of Pain

    / April 15, 2024

    Or, The Worst Thing That’s Ever Happened To Me – Yet! Or, How the U.S. Health System Fucks You Up, Then Leaves You High and Dry Or, The Insidious Ways Doctors Weaponize Women’s…

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  • Rewriting the Whorearchy with Stephanie Parent.
    essays,  Guest Post

    Guest Post: Rewriting the Whorearchy with Stephanie Parent

    / February 13, 2024

    I’m thrilled to present a guest post from my friend Stephanie Parent – a fantastic writer, poet, and author of the novel THE BRIARS (which I cannot recommend enough). Today, she’s discussing the…

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  • film

    Favorite (Mostly Queer) Films of 2023

    / December 28, 2023

    While the horror pickings were, in my opinion, a bit slim this year, 2023 was a banner year for being queer in film. A year so good that Barbie and Bottoms didn’t even…

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Hello! I'm Claire, a writer and poet living in Los Angeles, and this is L.A. Jayne - a girly repository for all of my thoughts. I write about sex and queerness in life, art, and culture, and also about navigating women's health (with chronic pain) in the hellscape that is the U.S. health care system. Come for the rants, stay for the heartfelt essays and practical advice. I also have killer taste in movies.

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