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• Lists
  • Rank the albums
• Other
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• Reviews
  • End of Year
  • Rewind

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Features

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  Here’s why I listened to a new album every day for a month (MWE26)
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  The Stardew Valley Community is Queering Farm Life with Mods and Custom Content
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  Why Najimi Osana from Komi Can’t Communicate is the Nonbinary Icon I Needed
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  R34dle and AO3dle take me places I wouldn’t even go to with protection
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  Thank you, Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc, for making a twink in lingerie one of the most talked-about cinematic moments of 2025 
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  Everything you need to know about I Hate This Place
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  Here’s why Dandadan’s Jiji was 2025’s best boy
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  Love Heated Rivalry? Try 2016’s Yuri!!! On Ice Next
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  From Letterboxd to Heated Rivalry, Gay Romance Dominated 2025
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  Discovering Link Click was one of my highlights of 2025, and I’m not even joking
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  Don’t bake this, please.
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  I Was Busy Thinking ‘bout Bois

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Lists

• QSO’s 2025 in Music
  by AC (QSO)
• The 11 Twin Peaks Characters Who I Think Still Buy NFTs
  by AC (QSO)
• The Sims Plumbobs, Ranked By How Badly I Want To Eat Them
  by Toni Oisin H.C. (QSO)
• 7 Underrated Gay Movies You Might’ve Missed
  by Toni Oisin H.C. (QSO)
• 6 Online Events Not To Be Missed in December 2022
  by AC (QSO)
• 9 Things We Want To See In Netflix and Science Saru’s Scott Pilgrim Anime
  by Toni Oisin H.C. (QSO)
• The Top Non-Racing Music from Mario Kart, Ranked
  by Mal Morgenstern
• The 50 Best Mario Kart Course OSTs, Ranked
  by Mal Morgenstern
• The 15 Best Hourly Tracks From Animal Crossing, Ranked
  by Mal Morgenstern
• 6 Great Life Sim Games Where You Can Actually Be LGBTQ+
  by Toni Oisin H.C. (QSO)
• 17 More Great Wordle Spin-Offs
  by Toni Oisin H.C. (QSO)
• 12 Essential LGBTQ+ Horror, Fantasy, and Sci-Fi Fiction Podcasts
  by Toni Oisin H.C. (QSO)
• Every track on Charli XCX’s CRASH, Ranked
  by AC (QSO)
• Support Charity AND Play Indie Games: 16 Choice Cuts from The “Bundle for Ukraine” on itch.io
  by Toni Oisin H.C. (QSO)
• Every Track on Harlecore, Ranked
  by AC (QSO)
• The 7 Best Wordle Spin-Offs
  by AC (QSO)
• 7 Romantic LGBTQ+ Films to Watch this Valentine’s Day
  by QSO Media
• Every Mitski Song, Ranked
  by QSO Media

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Rank the Albums

• Rank the Albums – PUP
• Rank the Albums – AJJ
• Rank the Albums – Boygenius

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Reviews

• Here’s why I listened to a new album every day for a month (MWE26)
• Keep Back Ivy: Where We Are Going – EP Review
• Addison Grace: Things That Are Bad For Me – EP Review
• Joji: Smithereens – Album Review
• The Mountain Goats: Bleed Out – Album Review
• Cheerbleederz: Even in Jest – Album Review
• Superfriends: Blimpy Boy – Single Review
• Sharon Van Etten: We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong – Album Review
• Mitski: Laurel Hell – Album Review
• Spector: Now or Whenever – Album Review
• Slash Fiction: Gender, Trauma & Friendship – First Instincts Review
• Drinking Boys and Girls Choir: Marriage Licence – Album Review
• DanDan: What Did You Do? – Single Review
• Lucy Dacus: Home Video – First Instincts Review
• Anyone’s Ghost: A Good Winter in June – EP Review
• Fightmilk: Contender – First Instincts Review
• Du Blonde: Homecoming – First Instincts Review
• Gold Baby: Rabbits – EP Review
• Arab Strap: As Days Get Dark – First Instincts Review

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10 Questions With…

• 10 Questions With… The Passion Project
• 10 Questions With… Superfriends
• 10 Questions With… Into The Red
• 10 Questions With… Phia Sky
• 10 Questions With… Olivia Browse

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REWIND

• REWIND: Draw Down the Moon – Foxing
• REWIND: Unbearable – Paul Baribeau

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End of Year

• Here’s why Dandadan’s Jiji was 2025’s best boy
• From Letterboxd to Heated Rivalry, Gay Romance Dominated 2025
• QSO’s 2025 in Music
• Discovering Link Click was one of my highlights of 2025, and I’m not even joking
• The QSO Awards: Best of 2023
• The Best Albums of 2022
• The Best TV Shows of 2022
• The Best Films of 2022
• The Best Games of 2022
• I Ranked All 87 Albums I Listened to This Year
• Our Best Albums of the Year (So Far!)
• QSO Media’s Most Anticipated Albums of 2022
• The Best Online Content of 2022
• I Ranked All 110 Albums I Listened To This Year
• The Best Albums of 2021
• The QSO Song of the Year Awards 2021
• The Best (and Worst) Album Art of 2021

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