32 of the hottest goofballs and geeks on film and television — A few years ago, I started this Thirst Trap series to highlight actors who are overlooked or undersold as romantic leads. I’m taking on the Nerds this time because I’ve noticed their uptick in roles as leading men. Nerds don’t always look like the dweebs on The Big Bang Theory…

34 of the sexiest Asian actors in movies and television — Last summer I began a Facebook series of daily posts featuring our hottest black thirst traps in Hollywood and converged those posts into Too Black, Too Strong. Even with its lone, solitary clap, I maintain the opinion it’s one of my best pieces to date. I shouldered this arduous work…

’Tis the season for romantic reasons — Yes, I am writing about holiday rom-coms in the middle of the summer. What’s the problem? Have you never heard of Christmas in July? Time in the entertainment industry is a social construct. Fun fact: Hallmark films most of its holiday romances in July and August. That’s why the costumes…

Or, How I Recovered My 50th Birthday — On the last day of December 2002, in Washington DC, four friends and I discovered the cure for FOMO on New Year’s Eve. As a group of emerging (i.e., broke) theater artists, we gave up on the expensive dinners, overcrowded nightclubs, and house parties with inadequate food offerings and instead…

Many years ago, I convinced a hesitant friend to try online dating thinking I would have someone to commiserate with. Of course, she met someone immediately and they married about a year later. That was the beginning of the end for me with dating apps. I did meet a few nice guys, but rarely anyone I deeply connected with. The entire approach that online dating takes in order to meet people is a turn-off for me. It actually made me less attracted to men I would probably be happy to spend time with under different circumstances. In the end, it made me a lot less focused on my need to be in a relationship at all. I'm still open to the idea of meeting someone special one day, but not really putting in any effort towards that goal anymore online or off.

32 of the sexiest Hombres Guapos in film and television — Updated 3/22/2022 This article is part of a continuing series that began with Too Black, Too Strong, where I lovingly objectify Black male actors. Similar to the one I wrote for Asian actors whose sexuality is often underplayed compared to white actors in leading roles. By contrast, casting for Latino…

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The Hottest Character vs. Actor Matchups from the LOTR/Hobbit Films — The most outdated electronic device in my apartment is the Toshiba television with a built-in DVD player I bought eight years ago. You can make fun of me all you want, but it took my brother, with his five state-of-the-art-HD-whatever-K flat screens, about an hour to figure out how to…

Why won’t Hollywood give us the Black thirst traps we deserve? — Alright, I admit it. I’m a thirsty old bitch. The thing is that before I started online dating, I entirely enjoyed men as a concept. After numerous failed attempts at relationships, I’ve created a paradox wherein the knowledge I’ve gained that men are trash has not precluded my desire to…