Laneia’s Team Pick: America in Color 1939-1943
Some of the only color photographs from a time when everything was worse than it is now: the Great Depression.
Visual Art
Autostraddle Calendar Girls: Kayla is Miss September
Miss September probably doesn’t have 99 problems, but if she did, this vest wouldn’t be one. Hotness!
Street Anatomy’s Heart Beats For Art, Medicine and Queered Science
If you like pretty things, queer girls, and science, you need to know about Street Anatomy, a blog about awesome anatomical illustrations.
Crystal’s Team Pick: Stef Mitchell’s Stairwell Gallery
Do you live in Sydney? Autostraddle contributor Stef Mitchell is having a photo exhibition on August 19 and you’re invited!
Autostraddle Calendar Girls: Laura is Miss August
I wish they all could be California girls so they’d all be as smokin’ hot as Laura, Miss August!
Autostraddle Calendar Girls: Avni is Miss July
Meet our July calendar girl, Avni! This Indian firecracker is sporting the boyshorts and the super-smarts, having Celestine Prophecies and talking about peace love and understanding in her cute British accent!
Embodiments that Matter: Queer America Looks Like You
Molly Landreth and Amelia Tovey have set out into the gay wide open to document the faces, stories and sounds of this crazy queer country in their amazing photo/bio project, Embodiment: A Portrait of Queer Life in America. They sat down with Autostraddle to talk about the incredible things they’ve been doing, where they’re heading next, and why this work is so important.
Autostraddle Calendar Girls: Nicole Pacent is Miss June!
It’s that time again… Miss June might look a little familiar to some of you. It’s actress, activist and all-around perfect person Nicole Pacent!
Riese’s Team Pick: Christina Tsevis
I found this artist tonight Christina Tsevis, and at first her pictures look like a fancy kid’s cartoon from an educational video or something, but actually, they’re way more. I think I found the website, dripbook, through someone’s tumblr, I can’t remember. Now I am tumbling the hell out of them. Why not also here.
Autostraddle Calendar Girls: Alison is Miss May!
Meet Alison, our Miss May Autostraddle Calendar Girl! Alison can write a killer paragraph about nuclear fusion and looks damn good in the shower.
Autostraddle Calendar Girls: Sarah is Miss April
It’s April, time for April showers of hot girls. Meet Sarah aka Miss April, rocking her boyshorts, talking about rugby, making vegan baked goods and lookin’ HAWT!
Emily’s Team Pick: A-Z Art
Hey people who like cool things! Can we talk about the A-Z project? Someone named Hertz Alegrio drew designs for every letter of the alphabet and I think they’re all really cool & pretty!
Autostraddle Calendar Girls: Carmen is Miss March
Yes it’s that time again… what time? Time for our third Autostraddle Calendar Girl! Ladies, gents and otherwise-identified girl-lovin’ persons, meet Miss March!
Emily’s Team Pick: A Polaroid Every Day
Hello! A man took a polaroid picture every day from 1979-1997. That’s almost 20 years of photographs. I’m glad polaroids are coming back.
Jess’s Team Pick: Tiny Street Art Project
Little handpainted people, left in Italy & London to fend for themselves. http://little-people.blogspot.com/
Autostraddle Calendar Girls: Julia is Miss February
It’s our second month of Autostraddle Calendar Girls. Ladies, gents and otherwise-identified girl-lovin’ persons, meet Miss February!
Autostraddle Calendar Girls: Jennifer is Miss January
Welcome to our very first month of Autostraddle Calendar Girls. Ladies and those two gents who read this, we’d like you to meet Miss January!
Alex’s Team Pick: A Showcase of ‘Out of This World’ Typography
I love this sort of design style where I can pretend beautiful letterforms are floating in outer space, highlighted by laser beams and cool lighting effects! Take a look at this lovely showcase of “Out of This World” Typography, via @designinformer
Five Etsy Shops for Unique Letterpress Holiday Cards: This Year, Forget Hallmark
Why buy generic Hallmark cards when you can get pretty holiday cards right off the smokin’ hot letterpress! Alex shares some designers and print shops where you can get yourself some damn good lookin’ holiday cards to send out this year.
Autofocus! Close-Up On the Most Iconic Lesbionic Photos Ever
“Happy Monday, my beauties! Its me, Robin, your resident photoblogger, here to enchant you with a delightful gaze into some iconic imagery of our lesbionic history.”
Autofocus! Robin’s Photoblog & Queers Shoot Weddings Here, Don’t They?
Meet Robin! She’s a professional photographer who’s already done some amazing things, like shooting Lady Gaga and being in a Red Man video. But now she’s taking on something else – she wants to change the his-and-hers heteronormative obsession of the wedding industry. Want to help?