Amoxicillin, call-out culture, women firefighters, maternal mortality in the US, white men somehow still allowed to have public opinions, reviewing and feeling The Con 10 years later, the gay pride flag, and so much more!
If I and other people with certain disabilities are going to survive, we need care — and not from ourselves. Because when it gets really bad for me, self-care is literally impossible. In those moments, I need community care.
Bird, who has remained pretty quiet about her personal life throughout her career, simply told ESPN: “I’m gay. Megan’s my girlfriend.”
For the final installment of Queer Crip Love Fest, we turn the cute up to 11.
“Just wait, as soon as the cameras start rolling, she’s gonna go all right-wing on her ass.”
The museum that texts you modern art, What We Lose, what to read, burning your work and more.
I thought I’d talk on a granular level about living in my particular body. And then, if you wanted to, you could do the same.
River Song and Thirteen sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g. Also let’s talk about: That Wrinkle in Time trailer, Wonder Woman’s continued domination at the box office, and American Horror Story: Bees.
“Vibes. It’s all about the energy I share, the energy we share with one another. Whether in public or in private, in romance or otherwise. I think about the deepest times in my life and how I dealt with them through music with a bounce, catchy melodies and poetic sentiments.”
Shraya’s lyrics tease apart the ways in which trans girls’ emotional lives are drawings rendered in chiaroscuro, the play of light and shadow: The power and relief of discovering one’s identity in private intertwined with the pain of objectification and sexual violence.
Also, Evan Rachel Wood attends a Rocky Horror screening and Sarah Paulson makes a real connection with someone special.
Boy? Girl? BOY OR GIRL?
This month in Costa Rica Autostraddle co-founder Alex Vega married 2013 Autostraddle Calendar Girl Mary Tully in Costa Rica and it was really cute.
Kat faces vile trolls in a real, incisive look at online harassment.
The editors are talking about the things that drive us bananas on television! Lucky for you, two of us are television experts and the other three of us have a bunch of feelings anyway. Also one of us has never seen The Hunger Games?? Come on in!
Fanny packs by Tumblr fandom because that’s how my brain works apparently!
It’s about queer identity and finding happiness and purpose in life and living for yourself not for others and yes, loneliness. It’s a coming of age story, but for twenty-somethings dealing with struggles of identity, sexuality and mental health.
Why learn about butch lesbian herstory when you can learn about butch lesbian herstory by way of babes?
I followed trans adult film-maker Chelsea Poe on a DIY world tour.
I like to think my morning routine screams “I’M A WRITER” but it probably mostly just screams “I DON’T TAKE GOOD ENOUGH CARE OF MY BODY.”