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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According to this unpublished blog post I found in 2014.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
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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
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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
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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
TV Feature

#AutoAri: These Real World Questions Were Easy

Let’s see what questions you had for Ari Sniffles Fitz this week.

Carmen March 3, 2014 3 Comments
Geekery

Star Trek N00b, Episode 13: The Menagerie Part II (Nursing Homes in Space)

And now we figure out the cliffhanger Star Trek left me/us all with last week.

Loraine March 3, 2014 13 Comments
Book Lists

Five Books That F*cked Up My Brain Cells (In A Good Way)

The best stories fuck us up and force us to put ourselves back together in a new configuration.

Adrian March 3, 2014 9 Comments
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

XOXO Gothip Girl: Cara Delevingne Caught In Scandalous Embrace With Underage Tiger

Breaking news: wild and crazy girl does wild and crazy thing.

Stef March 3, 2014 6 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

OPEN THREAD: The 2014 Academy Awards Liveblog aka Ellen DeGeneres Hosts a Thing!

Like, hopefully someone will come out or something.

Lizz March 2, 2014 104 Comments
NSFW Sunday

NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Will Have You For Brunch

An enthralling live feed of porn search terms, anal sex positions, facts about queer relationships for non-queers and more.

Ryan Yates March 2, 2014 21 Comments
Society + Culture

Sunday Funday’s Sippin’ a Politini at Disneyland with Mary Lambert

Who ya gonna call, besides the kittens that is.

Carmen March 2, 2014 1 Comment
Geekery

Five Ways to Make Your Old Computer Feel Like New

Money doesn’t grow on trees, amirite? Neither do computers. Here’s how to make an aged POS feel like a present you just got yesterday.

A.E. Osworth March 1, 2014 39 Comments
Webcomics

Saturday Morning Cartoons: Pittsburgh

Welcome to Saturday Morning Cartoons! Today Megan tells us a little about her hometown, Pittsburgh.

Megan Praz March 1, 2014 5 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Glee Episode 509 Recap: Frenimies Forever!

This week on Glee, various lyrics were sung in bizarre contexts and everybody slapped everybody else in the face!

Riese February 28, 2014 17 Comments
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