March 22, 2013
Captain's Log: Brand Spankin' New Music From CHVRCHES, Widowspeak and Savages
Three bands I can’t get out of my head! You’ll probably love them, too.
March 14, 2013
January Rising: Lip Tar With A Purpose
OOC Makeup has an exclusive pink lip tar that’ll make you look hot while also helping to support one woman’s gender affirming surgeries. Win/win.
Posted In Community
Taggedteam pick, trans, trans women
February 21, 2013
Get Baked: Vegan Hamantaschen for Purim
“I hadn’t eaten hamantaschen since going vegan almost nine years ago, which makes no sense because there’s no excuse not to veganize all baked goods all the time.”
Posted In DIY Culture/Food
Taggedget baked, get baked with autostraddle, holigay, recipes, vegan
February 15, 2013
Feelings Atrium: Spice Girls Musical, 'Viva Forever!' Trailer
What you’ve got here is the trailer for ‘Viva Forever!’ plus feelings plus a safe space to talk about those feelings. That’s what’s going on.
Posted In Theater
Tagged90s nostalgia, Daily Fix, feelings atrium, girl power, spice girls
November 21, 2012
Get Baked: Thanksvegan Extravaganza
This year we decided to skip the Tofurkey and try a few new things, with delicious results.
Posted In DIY Culture/Food
Taggedget baked, holigay, recipes, thanksgiving 2012, vegan
November 14, 2012
Oh Gay Cupid! True Life: I'm an Equal Opportunity Makeout Artist
“The internet is full of weirdos, and currently when you list yourself as bisexual you’re essentially signing yourself up to meet twice as many of those weirdos.”
Posted In Sex + Relationships
Taggedbisexual, bisexuality, oh gay cupid, okcupid, personal essay
October 11, 2012
Coming Out As An Amorphous Weirdo
“It wasn’t until I kissed the second girl that even my therapist at the time laughed at me and told me maybe it was time to accept that my sexuality was not as cut-and-dry as I’d always imagined.”
Posted In First Person
Taggedbisexuality, coming out, greatest hits, national coming out day, personal essay
July 24, 2012
Get Baked: You Have Too Many Mangos
Mangos every which way.
Posted In DIY Culture/Food
March 29, 2012
Save Kate's Joint: I Need My Buffalo Not-Wings
“Today’s team pick regards an urgent matter of delicious veggie burgers. “
Posted In DIY Culture/Food
Taggedfundraising, new york, team pick, they need help, vegan
April 07, 2011
I Really Loved "Who Took The Bomp?: Le Tigre On Tour"
“Nothing I’ve seen since “The Runaways” has made me want to run home and pick up a guitar more, and this feeling was cemented when my friend and I got up to leave and ran smack into Joan Jett.”
Posted In Film
Taggedmovie review, review, we love documentaries
March 24, 2010
SXSW 2010 Captain’s Log #4: Because I Got High
Stef would’ve seen a bunch of shows on sunday, but then she had a mental breakdown instead: the cartoon recap.
March 20, 2010
SXSW Captain’s Log #3: Courtney Love and Smokey Robinson Make Dreams Come True
Stef became a press sensation last year for @CLTranslated, the twitter account she invented to translate Courtney Love’s incoherent tweets. Needless to say, with Hole on the schedule for Friday it was bound to be an epic day — AND THEN SHE SAW SMOKEY ROBINSON TOO. Also; Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings & Darker My Love.
Posted In Music
TaggedAudiostraddle, concert review, event, review, sxsw, sxsw 2010
March 19, 2010
SXSW Captain's Log #2: Kid Sister, Duchess Says, Ukuleles & Random Acts of Rock 'n Roll
On Day Two of South by Southwest; Stef sees Kid Sister, MEN, the Oh Sees, The Scanners, The Generationals, the Vivian Girls and finds a gay bar, a cute drummer, an illegal party on a pedestrian bridge, Nigel Harrison from Blondie, the Ukulele Festival, a DJ she met ages ago at a Lady Gaga gig. Also she falls in love with Duchess Says.
Posted In Music
TaggedAudiostraddle, event, sxsw, sxsw 2010
March 18, 2010
SXSW 2010 Captain's Log #1: Hipster Spring Break Begins
Music blogger and SxSW warrior Stef has descended on the music capital of the world to bring us full reports on the happenings and hype acts of this year’s South by Southwest music festival. Highlights from Day 1 include Roky Erickson, the Muffs, the Depreciation Guild, Zoë Keating, and Audiostraddle favorite Hesta Prynn.
Posted In Music
TaggedAudiostraddle, event, sxsw, sxsw 2010
November 23, 2009
Reviewing Lady Gaga's Fame Monster: Track-By-Track
Autostraddle Gaga-Expert Stef and our designer/Gaga-Lover Alex break down “The Fame Monster” track-by-track, including full songs for your listening enjoyment!
Posted In Music
Taggedalbum review, Audiostraddle, fame monster, lady gaga, review
August 13, 2009
Tales of a Rock'n'Roll Runaway: On Tour With theSTART
Stef is privy to the best-kept secret in rock’n'roll, and it involves a kick-ass former Mormon who’s now a sick drummer.
Posted In Music
Taggedbeat on the street, feature, theSTART
July 30, 2009
Beat on the Street: The Radical Potential of Dance Music
Stef wants to make you DANCE B*TCHES! Whatever you’re a fan of, she has a new recommendation for you. Especially for fans of “party time in general.” Amanda Blank, Girl in a Coma, Zambri and so.much.more!
Posted In Music
Taggedbeat on the street, feature, Girl In A Coma
July 15, 2009
Beat on the Street: Defacing Public Property with Amanda Tannen of stellastarr*
“”It was a duality that went with the album – it’s a little bit angry but also incredibly cheeky and poppy.”
Posted In Music
Taggedbeat on the street, interview
July 09, 2009
Beat on the Street: Brody Dalle Will Never Be Uncool.
Let’s be clear and honest right from the start: Brody Dalle is a badass woman. Brody Dalle is the frontwoman of Spinnerette, and she was clearly the only thing the kids came to see at their recent Bowery Ballroom gig.
Posted In Music
Taggedbeat on the street, brody dalle, feature
June 09, 2009
Beat on the Street: Who Needs Love When There's Amanda Palmer Cartoon Recaps?
Something about Amanda’s music brings out the wide-eyed teenage fangirl in me; I haven’t felt this way about a singer since I was 12 and Shirley Manson told me she was only happy when it rained.
Posted In Music
Taggedamanda palmer, beat on the street, cartoon recap, concert review
June 04, 2009
Beat on the Street: Stef-on-Kaki King
“Well, a friend of mine saw me playing at some point and said, ‘You know, it’d be interesting if you took paint and put it on your fingers and and left a mark of where your fingers traveled on the guitar.’ … I kind of took this idea for a minute and thought well, OK.. That was the first seed planted.”
Posted In Music
Taggedbeat on the street, interview, Kaki King
May 28, 2009
Double the Musical Pleasure: Crystal-on-Emma Dean & Stef-on-"Sick of Sarah"
Stef interviews Minneapolis-based openly-gay quintet Sick of Sarah and Crystal interviews Emma Dean, who’s just released the “musical theatre soundtrack for two years of [her] life (2006-2008)!”
Posted In Music
TaggedAustralia, emma dean, interview, sick of sarah
May 13, 2009
Beat on the Street: In Which Amanda Palmer Gets Dramatic, Stef Learns The Musical Saw
We’re totally fascinated with everything Amanda Palmer writes, sings, says, thinks or Twitters, so obvs we sent a spy to see her co-production “With The Needle That Sings In Her Heart” performed by the Lexington High School Drama Club.
Posted In Music
Taggedamanda palmer, Audiostraddle, beat on the street, feature
May 07, 2009
Stef-on-Jenn, The Autostraddle Interview: If I Was In Girl In A Coma I'd Listen To My Own Pandora Station Too.
“We’re huge 90′s fans, so we put all new stuff on hold, and even older stuff, 80′s, 70′s, 60′s, 50′s, all of that! And we just listened to like, Smashing Pumpkins, and Pearl Jam, all that fun music! They had such cool videos…”
Posted In Music
TaggedAudiostraddle, Girl In A Coma, interview
May 03, 2009
Lady GaGa's New York Show: The Beat on the Street Cartoon Recap
Say what you want about this woman — she sings her heart out and dances like a maniac, and her stage show is worth every penny she’s put into it.
Posted In Music
TaggedAudiostraddle, beat on the street, cartoon recap, greatest hits, lady gaga, recap







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