Shrill's Love Interest Believes in Queer-Strength Supremacy

When I meet E.R. Fightmaster over a video call, we’re both coping with springtime growing pains. The comedian, writer, and actor warns me of ambient noise as they smile broadly, all white teeth and lean jawbone, very “genderless Gap ad,” to quote their various social-media handles. (On Instagram and on our call, their clothes are bright, simple, bold: A genderless Gap ad would be lucky to have such ensembles.) We get silent to hear the perpetual whirring in the background, the collective sound of heavy-duty gardening. Meanwhile, my local spring sunshine is so vicious, I must shrink in the only corner of the room where I won’t be blinded. “I don’t know if you can tell, but I’m hiding,” I explain my stance. “I can absolutely tell, but you’re doing a great job,” they assure me. There’s a light teasing to their reassurance and a touch of sharpness I expected.

A bottle of Pétrus that spent a year aboard the International Space Station can be yours for the bargain price of one million dollars. Caitlyn Jenner is channeling NYC Mayor-era Guiliani with her statements on homelessness. We can vouch for pesto eggs — try it this weekend, you’ll thank us. It’s a good day for birds: Just look at this gorgeous, grumpy bird, and then this gang of endangered birds who laid claim to someone’s home. In honor of Archie’s second birthday, Meghan and Harry organized a COVID-19-vaccine fundraiser. Cathy Park Hong’s Minor Feelings is being turned into a television series by Greta Lee. And an English fellow is mortified by a note from a neighbor who heard him crying to Adele.

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