We're delving into the freedom and fantasy of desire with Thirst Week. We're unpacking lust in all its forms, sliding into DMs, and revisiting the nostalgia of childhood crushes.
Some thirst objects are simply universal. Nobody could reasonably debate the general hotness of people like Idris Elba, Michael B. Jordan, Janelle Monae, or Prince Naveen from The Princess and the Frog. (What? We can lust after cartoon characters, too.) These folks just look good, and there’s no …
“If you marry me, I am not against waking up at 3 am to bake scones,” reads a DM from an anonymous and evidently thirsty individual to Black Panther actor (and thick-thighed king) Winston Duke. “One thing is for certain… my fans are determined to keep me thicc! 3 am scones you say?” the actor tweeted …
Mal Wright refuses to wreck your home (even if you ask her nicely). The breakout star of Netflix’s The Ultimatum: Queer Love has had to deal with the “wildest DMs” since she rose to fame this summer when she and her ex-partner Yoli Rojas signed up to work through their relationship issues on reality …
Few places on Beyoncé’s internet are steamier than Spicy BookTok. The book-loving girlies, gays, and theys happily light up the social platform’s algorithm with their shared thirst for hot fictional characters like Oakley and Quinton (the heartthrobs of C.E. Ricci’s Iced Out series), where it’s safe …
Naturally, the first thing you want to do when you develop a new all-consuming crush is tell a friend. From whispered confessions on the phone to passing notes in class, communing over shared desire is a girlhood rite of passage. But then there’s the lust you’re not supposed to share out loud. The …
Get ready to turn up the heat, because it's Thirst Week at Unbothered, and we're diving headfirst into the juiciest, steamiest romance novels by some of our favorite Black authors. If you’re anything like us, you also crave those page-turners that make your heart race, your cheeks flush, and your …
