Y’All Need Help #29: What to Wear, When to Quit
Impress your tattoo artist, confront your braggy woke friend, leave your fiancee, plus two HR questions get answered by a real professional!
Grease Bats: Homosexual Imposter
“Do I need an undercut? Do I need to wear a half-way buttoned top in a French tuck?”
THIS WEEKEND ONLY: All A+ Members Get 10% Off In The Autostraddle Store!
Yes it’s true! Happy shopping!
Boob(s on Your) Tube: “The Purge” TV Show Is VERY VERY Gay
Plus updates on Coronation Street, The Young and the Restless, Killjoys, The First, You, and Atypical!
3 Queer Soccer Experts Weigh in on This Weekend’s NWSL Championship
Natalie chatted with Chelsea Bush, Kim McCauley, and Stephanie Yang about this weekend’s matchup, the Jaelene Hinkle controversy, and what’s in store for the USWNT at the 2019 World Cup.
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: It’s Time to Talk About That Time of the Month
Anyone out there making period related art or magic?
The Comment Awards Are Asking Simple Favors
It is a truth universally acknowledged that queer woman are more likely to have cats, and also to have had a crush on Blake Lively ever since the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants was a thing.
Size Matters: How the XO Flo Mini Menstrual Cup Saved My Vagina Feelings
The incredibly true adventure of one woman just trying to find a fcking menstrual cup that would work with her vagina. (Spoiler: she found one!)
Also.Also.Also: Stud4Stud, Pronouns, West Hollywood’s Bi Pride Party and Other Stories From Your Week
Two surveys, #MeToo talk abounds, Janelle Monáe, thoughts on asking about pronouns, pay the WNBA players, celebrate bisexuals in WeHo, and so much more!
MAKE IT GAY, YOU COWARDS: 20 TV Shows That Just Need to Lean Into the Truth
“EVEN THE STRAIGHTS CAN SEE IT.”
“A Simple Favor” Really Is a Whole Movie About Anna Kendrick Wanting Blake Lively to Ruin Her Life (Same)
This summer’s top Mommi murder mystery!
Evening Walks
“My brother would wander toward the TV to watch some movie, and I’d go straight for the computer and open two tabs. In one, YouTube. In the other, fanfiction.net, where I tweaked the character filters so I could read about Santana and Brittany falling in love for the thousandth time.”
How to Have a Difficult Conversation 101: Tough Love From @xenaworrierprincess
Come for the memes, stay for the advice so honest you might start crying while eating an enormous frozen Costco pie-sized peanut butter cup.
Pop Culture Fix: The Gay Bert and Ernie Story Is Missing the Point of the Interview That Started It and Other Illuminating Journeys
A closer look at the Bert & Ernie kerfuffle, Cher’s incredibly queer new music video, Amandla Stenberg covers Seventeen Magazine, Alyson Stoner talks to Into about her sexuality, Desiree Akhavan’s new Hulu show is about being bisexual and dating, Anna Paquin and Holliday Grainger star in a new lesbian period drama and so much more!
Lesbians Who Tech 2018: Hillary Clinton, The Future of Disruption, a Path Toward Hope
Lesbians Who Tech has had rockstars all the way down.
It’s True: Queer Women Own The Most Cats
Our first post from the 12k responses to the Lesbian Stereotypes Survey digs into our propensity for cat ownership, our failure to appreciate how great dogs are, and the definitive answer to the eternal question “which pet is most likely to summon ghosts to your home?”
Cheese Boards to Make You Feel Like You Have Your Shit Together
Lesbian farmer and cheesemonger Dmitri Orion put together *seven* fancy cheese boards for you, one for every day of the week!
VIDEO: Easy Breezy No-Makeup Makeup with Noto Botanics
This no-makeup look is actually super minimalist — who has time for fifteen products designed to make you look like you aren’t wearing any? With multi-use stain sticks that work for a range of skin tones and concealer, you’re looking amazing and natural in just a few minutes.
No Filter: Lena Waithe Greenlights the Lesbian Rom-Com of your Dreams
Also, Sarah Paulson stunned everyone at the Emmys and Evan Rachel Wood prepares to go to goddamned outer space.
Oh, Hey! It’s Alyssa #55: Self Care
I’ve been trying to keep up with my writing, but the news is making me sad…