another layer of the lesbian drama onion

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Welcome to this week’s dispatch from the lesbian internet, a mid-week news roundup from Paging Dr. Lesbian, exclusively for paid subscribers. Scroll down for this month’s playlist.

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There are always three sides to any story, especially when it involves a dramatic, highly publicized lesbian breakup. One of the biggest topics of lesbian internet drama over the last decade has been the relationship, breakup, and post-breakup discourse of YouTuber Shannon Beveridge and pop singer Fletcher. The drama reached its pinnacle with the release of “Becky’s So Hot,” Fletcher’s petty response to Shannon’s new girlfriend. Shannon and Fletcher’s two-part podcast episode detailing the “truth” of the matter had fans everywhere enraptured.

But there’s one voice missing from all this dialogue: Becky. Up until last week, Becky hadn’t made a single public comment about the situation, but now she’s finally broken her silence in the form of – you guessed it – a two-part podcast episode. Becky spoke with Whitney Young on her podcast “bi design” about her side of the story, and it’s extremely illuminating. If you don’t feel like watching or listening to an hour and a half of relationship drama, here’s a summary of the important points.