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First Person Gender

This Is Because I’m A Woman: How Sexual Harassment Invaded My Life (And Some Ways to Respond To It)

“I once had a life where I could go blocks, miles, months without a stranger standing in my way, saying, ‘Hey girl, where you goin’ in such a hurry?’ I want to take my personal space bubble to the shop and have it re-inflated to its original size, but that chapter of my life seems to be done.”

Morgan M March 6, 2014 53 Comments
Geekery

Equaldex: Exploring the New Virtual Information-Sharing Network for Global LGBT Rights

Equaldex is giving LGBT folks around the world the ability to define and explain their own movements for the rest of us. And it’s helping us all to learn from one another in our parallel movements for equality.

Carmen March 6, 2014 2 Comments
Straddleverse

We Need Help: Seeking New Food and DIY Writers

Are you a total boss at making/doing/crafting/cooking things? TELL US ALL ABOUT IT.

Hansen March 6, 2014 32 Comments
Comedy

Comedy Crush: Broad City’s Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer

This comedy crush has survived years and is still going strong. Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer, creators and stars of Comedy Central’s “Broad City,” are this week’s crushes.

Brittani March 6, 2014 17 Comments
TV Show Recaps

“The Fosters” Episode 118 Recap: Nancy Drew and the Mystery of the Lying Foster Brother

This makes no sense. You would hand out a letter to each person as they arrive, starting with the first. Brandon arrived last which means he should have been left with the last “S.” YOU CANNOT JUST HAND OUT LETTERS RANDOMLY!

Vikki Reich March 5, 2014 12 Comments
Community

Party of Five: Pizza Feminism Creator, Autostraddle’s Own Intern Liz

If you want to learn from the biggest brain living at the intersections of pizza and feminism, know this: she works here. Duh.

Carmen March 5, 2014 13 Comments
Geekery

Dreams Really Do Come True: “The Legend of Bold Riley” Delivers a Queer Folk Heroine of Color

If you love folklore, but you’ve always wanted more queer women of color as the heroes, make sure you check out Leia Weathington’s “The Legend of Bold Riley.”

Mey March 5, 2014 14 Comments
TV News & Trailers

This Lindsay Lohan Show Extended Trailer That We Have to Talk About

“Wow that show looks intense.”

Laneia March 5, 2014 36 Comments
Health

Bisexual Health Is The Worst Of the LGBQ Community and This Month We Need To Talk About It

Oh hey, the Bisexual Resource Center wants to talk to you about issues affecting the bisexual community and how you can get involved.

Stef March 5, 2014 50 Comments
Lesbian Dating Apps

Everybody F*cking Hates Tinder And We Are All Going To Die Alone

I can’t say any of us were thrilled to sign up, but we knew what we had to do: we had to sign up for a dating app and prepare to meet a lot of ladies… for science.

Stef March 5, 2014 78 Comments
Geekery

Top Five Fifty-First States That Never Were

Let me disrupt your fifty state narrative.

Maddie March 5, 2014 30 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

Also.Also.Also: Saudi Women Are Over Paula Deen, Perez Hilton, and the Patriarchy and Other Stories We Missed This Week

This week, I learned that Kanye had written a proverb when he instructed folks to “shut the fuck up ‘fore I embarrass you.”

Carmen March 5, 2014 10 Comments
Politics + Activism

DNC Gives Lesbians Their Very Own Leadership Council

Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Democratic National Committee chair, announced the creation of a Lesbian Leadership Council that would focus on cultivating lesbian participation in the Democratic party, which has had a broader LGBT leadership council since 2000.

Kaitlyn March 4, 2014 9 Comments
Money + Work

Top Five Tasks I Wanted a Personal Assistant to Perform Circa 2011

According to this unpublished blog post I found in 2014. Still applicable though.

Rachel March 4, 2014 16 Comments
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

Former Miss Kentucky Djuan Keila Trent Is Queer, Is Thus Crowned Queen Of Our Hearts

“There is really no way for people to know that I disagree with their views or, even moreso, to know that they are talking about me, unless I actually open my mouth and say it.”

Riese March 4, 2014 10 Comments
First Person

That Time I Got Paid $50 To Make Out With My Girlfriend For A Protest Video

“After three hours of waiting, the director sits us on the couch amongst three or four other couples. We stare deeply into the camera. I hype myself up. Look into the camera like it is a lover, NO, a hamburger! Look at the camera like it is a hamburger.”

Bailey March 4, 2014 11 Comments
Queer Fashion

Style is Style: How to Overhaul Your Look in 4 Easy Steps

As a fellow queerdo and style oriented lady, I’d love to talk to you (yes, you) about developing your personal style.

Lydia O March 4, 2014 18 Comments
Food Lists

Top Five Things I’ve Panic-Ordered At Restaurants

“Then it came. It was the size of a small house. I could fit a Ford Focus inside of that.”

Hansen March 4, 2014 66 Comments
First Person Gender

My Own Personal Top Five Trans Roots

While I started getting some hints that I was trans at an early age, my roots didn’t really take hold until I was older. Here are some of the stops along the way.

Mey March 3, 2014 17 Comments
Community

Autostraddle Is Five Years Old This Month and We’re Celebrating All Month Long!

What’s your favorite kind of birthday cake? We’re asking for a friend.

Riese March 3, 2014 80 Comments
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