• Dressing Rooms: Legal, Physical and Emotional

    Anita Dolce Vita from dapperQ helps you navigate the potentially problematic world of retail dressing rooms.

  • Superstars of Butch Voices LA 2010: Nine or Ten We’d Like to “Know” For Sure

    Butch Voices is this super awesome conference happening in LA this weekend, and Autostraddle thinks you should go. It’s all about unifying and discussing all the various rainbow of butch identities. Plus, there will be some super awesome people there. Seriously. Go.

  • In Defense of Dressing Up: On Trans Surgery, Fashion Writing & the “Natural Body” Myth

    Fashion blogger Meg Clark on why fashion blogging matters, trans activist lawyer Dean Spade unpacking feminist discourse around trans surgery. Though very different people/topics, both touch on how a “looks don’t matter” perspective disables us from having important conversations about gender/society/self. Also; 39% of young Swedish ladies lust for other ladies, fancy perfume, marriage officials love love, Margaret Cho directs a kickin’ new video, and Lesbians deal with HIV.

  • What Does a Lesbian Look Like?: The Autostraddle Roundtable

    What does a lesbian look like? Until a few years ago, mainstream culture was pretty sure they knew the answer to that question, even though they didn’t. The Autostraddle Roundtable tackles passing, why people can’t understand that lesbians can have long hair, and the relationship between gender, style, and sexuality.