Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

1 week ago | autostraddle.com | Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

Since the time we last dropped in on Poker Face to discuss Cynthia Erivo’s striking turn as five different characters in the season two premiere, a lot has happened! I won’t bore you with a lengthy recap, but here have been some of my favorite moments from the season up to this point: Rhea Pearlman, in general; Carol Kane, in general; the smashing together of seemingly disparate cinematic genres — the rom-com and the heist film — to great success in “One Last Job”; a deliriously murderous...

1 week ago | autostraddle.com | Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

Finally, Autostraddle’s Bravo Dyke is bringing you this long-awaited quiz! It’s time to figure out which queer Bravolebrity you closest resemble! Spoiler alert: None of the results on this quiz are particularly flattering, because all Bravolebrities are complicated, messy people! Also, as a heads up: None of the results for this quiz are Top Chef folks, because we’ve already done a Top Chef-themed quiz before (if you haven’t taken Which Top Chef Would Chef Top You?, now’s your time!).

2 weeks ago | autostraddle.com | Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

Voice memos, FaceTime, short videos, live photos, nudes, role-playing, classic texting — sexting can look like a lot of different things. I’m always interested in hearing about people’s relationships, philosophies about, and strategies for sexting, which are all as varied as how people think and feel about sex itself. Do you sext before or after you’ve hooked up with someone new? Does your top/bottom/switch dynamic look the same over sexting as it does during sex? Do you get visual? Aural?

2 weeks ago | autostraddle.com | Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya |Drew Gregory

The first two episodes of Bravo’s Next Gen NYC are now available to stream on Peacock, and instead of a typical Bravo Dyke review, I decided to tap in Drew Burnett Gregory, who does not really watch reality television, to write a dual conversational review with me! Here’s what we thought about the show, which according to Bravo “follows a tangled web of friends raised in the spotlight — or at least close enough for good lighting — as they stumble into adulthood one brunch, breakup and...

2 weeks ago | autostraddle.com | Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

Q:I can already hear the BOOS coming in response to this but I’ve long been one of those people who “didn’t really listen to music.” Not like NEVER it just wasn’t a major interest or hobby of mine for a while. I’m a runner and I used to run without music (i know…FREAK ALERT). But even though I don’t consider myself much of a Music Person, my taste has remained pretty much the same my whole life. Think, early and mid 2000s pop stuff like Hilary Duff, Kelly Clarkson, Avril, youuuuuu get it.