Cara

Because I’m perpetually spending my last dollar and I want to know exactly where it goes.

In which some Dykes on Bikes take on the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Start your engines.

Sane people want the new immigration bill to help binational gay couples. People in power insist that will ruin everything for everyone else. What’s a politically savvy queer to do?

Cara’s Team Pick: “Women In Punk” offers dozens of hours of your favorite rock stars spliced together real nice on your computer. Wear your best headphones.

It’s the ‘Straddliest art show ever!

Was the world’s first dyke a snappy dresser, a 1st-century warrior queen, or a tiny antelope?

From dough-kneaders to Journos, and beyond.

Old McDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O! And on this farm he had a *CENSORED*

Cara’s Team Pick: Everyone’s favorite Swedish brother-sister electronic duo turns queer theory into crazy atmospheric semi-dance music. FINALLY.

A recent ruling is narrow, but sharp.

NYC’s potential first female and gay mayor is a talented politician with a progressive background. But some question whether her policies and positions are really what the LGBT community needs.

I know you’ve been wondering what her favorite type of whiskey is.

While the rest of Autostraddle talks about underwear, I will be talking about talking about underwear. You can’t hang out at the strip club all the time, you know?

Good music, good cause, Good Vibrations. I had you at “good,” right?

Taking the Catholic prayer card where it has never gone before.

Gallup found out for you! Hint: not very.

The AP Style Guide’s newest language decision is making everyone cry into their cake.

Music, drama, banter, arugula, gummi bears, and fake sausage.

From Queer Nation to queer theory to alphabet soup and umbrellas and the always-dicey process of reclamation.

“When the media fails to recognize the role trans* people have played in LGBT history, it fails to recognize and advance that equality.”

“Not everyone is going to be able to be a combat soldier. But everyone is entitled to a chance.”

“We’re born naked and the rest is drag”

“Queer” set itself up as “not straight” centuries before “straight” had even thought about being a sexual identity.”

Cara’s Team Pick: this quarter’s issue has articles about Facebook, Roe v. Wade, interns, and more, and is free online. Dissent is sexy!

The feminist sci-fi language that never got to jump off the page and do what it was supposed to.