Who says you have to watch a TV show in order to know what happened? Maybe you can’t judge a book by its cover, but can you judge an episode from a still frame? We think you can, and encourage you to do so! Add your own captions to these photos, and you might win the illustrious “Caption of the Week” award.

Our article on Taylor Swift vs. Feminism brought so many commenters, they get their own day of awards. It’s a day for miracles! [Also Riese shares some of her favorite ideas about internet commenting. Like, in general.]

Ah, homo-love is in the air – can you feel it? … No? Well, you’ll always have us as your Valentine (and maybe if we’re both still single in 10 years, we could give it a shot, ya know, just for funsies). Forget the Hallmark cards, your Autostraddle Comment Award will keep your warm at night!

Imagine that Autostraddle is an office building. Now imagine the water cooler we would all linger around, talking about TV shows. This Open Thread is that hypothetical water cooler — tell us your telly feelings!

If you like feminist theory & indie actresses – um, that should be all of you – go listen to The Feminine Mystique narrated by Parker Posey. It is hot feminist-on-feminist nerdrotica. (OK, it’s actually really dry, but when the audio sample cuts off, ‘orgasm’ is the last word.)

This week had some confusing moments (Really Grammy Awards, Really?) but the Autostraddle Comment Awards are here to ease your mind. And guess what? TAYLOR SWIFT DIDN’T AUTO-WIN ONE! Instead of some golden statue, you get fame and notoriety… or at least, the respect of your peers.

You’ve all been so patient through 2 hours of Autostraddle downtime, the constant standing applause during Obama’s State of the Union address, and days & days of Prop 8 trial testimony. Well, you can finally rest now – it’s Hey Did You See That Comment Friday! The court hereby orders that you accept these Autostraddle comment awards, effective immediately.

The world is crazy, but Autostraddlers are awesome! We’d give you wedding rings if we could, but until this legal madness ends in justice (could be a while…) we’re giving you comment awards. No proposition will ever take those away!

What, you didn’t think the gift giving was over, did you? We spent the holiday week cozied-up and reading through every one of your (many, many!) awesome comments. You’ve been so good this year; we wish we could wrap you all in a big family group hug! But due to the physical limitations of the internet, we’re giving out comment awards instead.

Autostraddle stops talking about Tila and talks to her instead: “Hopefully, after people read this interview, it will change their minds about me. But if not, it doesn’t matter. I’m still happy. I’m still going to fight for our right to get married. I’m going to buy my Teletubbies pajamas, and throw pickles at paparazzi!”

You are all commenting fiends! While I’m sure everyone has carefully read through the SRSLY HUNDREDS of comments posted this week, here are some highlights to refresh your memory.

We’ve read every single one of your comments, and Friday’s results are in! We think the vote is unanimous — Autostraddlers win at life. (Prizes may include: witty banter, street cred, sexual advances, and internet fame.)

Lindsay Lohan’s MUSE photoshoot looks better as a short film – but where’s the other girl? Logo brings Buffy, Willow and Tara back to your TV, everyone ever is reviewing ’09 and handing out awards, MTV cancels “It’s On With Alexa Chung” and adds “Jersey Shore” to the bottomless pit of reality TV shows — which happen to be Michelle Obama’s guilty pleasure. We also have a lot of love for Adam Lambert!

Forget every other time you’ve heard the phrase “Best Week Ever” used — this week trumps them all, my friends! Not convinced? Read all of these amazing comments, and you will be.

New Jersey is so close to New York, it’s practically the same place (or at least we’ll pretend it is if they vote to legalize gay marriage). Meanwhile, Denver would rather vote to roll out the red carpet for alien invaders. ALSO; Tolerance is relative when teaching middle school students, Prop. 8 still blows, and Rick Warren is loathsome as ever.

This week we got a lesbian love scene on Stargate Universe, out actress Haviland Stillwell guesting on Eastwick, a super-awkward episode of GLEE and hot girl Elizabeth Banks on “Modern Family.” Oh right; and so much more!

Stuffed from Thanksgiving dinner? Sit back, relax, pop open that top pants button, and indulge in some Autostraddle comments. It’s the internet equivalent of apple pie a la mode. Yum yum.

Has “Hey Did You See That Comment Friday?” become Meta? Included these week, several comments specifically chosen by other commenters. In the end, we all win!

It’s been a crazy week — T.J.L.I.F. (Thank Jane Lynch It’s Friday!) What better way to relax than to cozy up to some Autostraddler comments?

Do you love British humour as much as I do? How about cuddly, openly gay Englishmen?
[P.S. – This sketch is older than most of Autostraddle's Intern Army.]

Our weekly tribute to how funny and smart all you commenters are! (Except the anti-equality gang from Election Day, no treats for you, go eat some shellfish.)

Our weekly tribute to how funny and smart all you commenters are!