Illustration by Bianca Beneduci Assad

 

2021 already has our heads spinning, but we're still aiming to make this year our best yet (or at least better than the last). We all need a little extra motivation to continue treating ourselves with kindness despite everything buzzing around us! Thus, we've come up with a list of media resources that can help us stay grounded and work towards our New Year's goals. Plus, some brand new content to look forward to!

These books, podcasts, series, films, music, and art can help us self-reflect, manifest our goals and inspire creativity. And of course, we threw in some content that is merely fun because escapism is also a form of self-care!

 

BOOKS

Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It by Ethan Kross

Happy Not Perfect: Upgrade Your Mind, Challenge Your Thoughts, and Free Yourself from Anxiety by Poppy Jamie 

Verge Stories by Lydia Yuknavitch

Getting to Center: Pathways to Finding Yourself Within the Great Unknown by Marlee Grace

Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

My Inner Sky: On Embracing Day, Night, and All Times in Between by Mari Andrew

Love is a Revolution by Renee Watson

Work Won't Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone by Sarah Jaffe

Hot Copy by Ruby Barrett

Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-Fighter Manual by Luvvie Ajayi Jones

No Such Thing as Normal: What My Mental Illness Has Taught Me About Mental Wellness by Bryony Gordon

Be: A No-Bullsh*t Guide to Increasing Your Self Worth and Net Worth by Simply Being Yourself by Jessica Zweig

 

 

TV / MOVIES

Sex & The City Revival !!!!!

Zola

Insecure: Season Five

Like A Boss

Humpfest 2021

Promising Young Woman

Bridgerton: Season One

Euphoria Special Episodes 

Call Your Mother: Season One

The World to Come

Spencer

Pose: Season Three

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Malcom & Marie

Search Part: Season Four

Eternals

Bling Empire: Season One

So My Grandma's A Lesbian! 

Bonding: Season Two

  

PODCASTS

Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness

Inner Hoe Uprising

Food 4 Thot

Thirst Aid Kit

Las Culturistas

How Cum

Savage Lovecast

Turn Me On

Still Processing

Sex Talk With My Mom

Bawdy Story Telling 

Code Switch

Sex-Ed with DB

Sex Out Loud with Tristan Taormino

Queery

Girls Gotta Eat

Will You Accept This Rose

Shameless Sex

The Read

The Manwhore Podcast

The Heart

Celestial Sex

Sluts & Scholars

Private Parts Unknown

Deeper Please! Podcast

Sex Positive Me

2 Queens in a Pod

Intellectual Erection 

Unexpected Fluids

 

 

ART / MUSIC

Von (Turned her orgasm into a song, whoa!)

Steven Harwick Newest Exhibition SKiNFLiCK

VFILES Music & Fashion

Alicia Bella ft. Boogie ~ Cue The Sun

Plunge Psychics Zine Featuring Fever Rey

David Henry Nobody Jr Resemblagè Art Installation 

FKA Twigs, Headie One, Fred Again ~ Don't Judge Me

Chase Icon's New Single SRS

Haley Margo ~ Do You Listen To Girl In Red?