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God help me I have additional thoughts about The Ultimatum: Queer Love

God help me I have additional thoughts about The Ultimatum: Queer Love

I'm a Lexi truther and Vanessa truther and I will fight everyone

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Carmen Maria Machado
Jun 02, 2023
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A screenshot of the Netflix reality show The Ultimatum: Queer Love. A Black woman is sitting in a bar and smiling with gritted teeth. Below her is her dialogue: "Oh, that's a cute red flag waving in the wind. I'll leave it at that."

I’m all caught up with The Ultimatum: Queer Love, and my TikTok feed is nonstop TU:QL videos, and suffice it to say I am so infused with rage I am ready to commit arson. This is why I don’t watch reality shows, especially ones with rep so unbelievably bad it borders on homophobic.

I have some big intense things that I want to yell about. But first I’ll start with a few scattered thoughts:

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