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TV Reviews

Flawless Trans Women Carmen Carrera and Laverne Cox Respond Flawlessly To Katie Couric’s Invasive Questions

Carmen Carrera and Laverne Cox were guests on the daytime show “Katie” on Monday. They were asked very awkward questions about their bodies but turned it into an opportunity to talk about real issues.

Mey January 7, 2014 79 Comments
Geekery

New Comic Series You’ll Love: Autostraddle’s Own Intern Grace Co-Creates “Lumberjanes”

Our very own Forever Intern Grace Ellis, along with Noelle Stevenson, Shannon Watters and Brooke Allen, have combined forces for the comic book “Lumberjanes,” about five girls at camp having fun and fighting monsters.

Mey January 6, 2014 52 Comments
Comedy

‘Saturday Night Live’ Finally Hires A Black Woman, Say Hello To Sasheer Zamata

‘SNL’ announces its first black female cast member since Maya Rudolph.

Brittani January 6, 2014 14 Comments
Comedy

‘Community’ Star Gillian Jacobs Planks Tig Notaro On ‘Up Close’

Gillian Jacobs and Tig Notaro are four inches from kissing for three minutes in a funny new interview series on EW.

Brittani January 6, 2014 11 Comments
First Person

When Do I Finally Get To Belong? On Being Both Native and Queer Enough

How do I move past only feeling Native based on whether I fish or know the traditional ways? How can I push past feeling like my queer identity is tied to how much I listen to Uh Huh Her?

Kirsten January 6, 2014 53 Comments
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Read A F*cking Book: Denice Bourbon’s “Cheers!” Is All Booze, Burlesque, and Big Dreams

“Writing a Rita Mae Brown ‘Sudden Death’ or Jenny Schecter ‘Lez Girls’ was never an option.”

Carmen January 6, 2014 4 Comments
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Look What My Queer Feet Can Do: Running into 2014

It was time to try to trust my body and see what it would be capable of.

Maddie January 6, 2014 24 Comments
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Honey, I Shrunk the Crystals: Making Sure Honey Spreads As Sweet As It Tastes

If your pantry pal looks as frozen as you this winter, give it a new life!

Kristen January 6, 2014 8 Comments
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Couples Therapy 401: A Veritable Goldmine of Beautiful Garbage

A show about “celebrities” with “relationship problems” being solved by a “professional” team of therapists. Quotation marks intentional.

Kate January 5, 2014 42 Comments
NSFW Sunday

NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Will Keep Your Bed Warm

This week on NSFW Sunday: embracing sexual pleasure, embracing the fact that sex is pretty funny sometimes, hot correct grammar and more.

Ryan Yates January 5, 2014 9 Comments
Society + Culture

It’s Sunday Funday in a Post-Windsor World and The Gays Are Doing Great

The good news is, we’ve got lots of good news to work as we finish our last Christmas cookies.

Carmen January 5, 2014 3 Comments
Geekery

13 Apps To Help You Be A Better 2014 You

Here’s a list of things we might have decided to do with our 2014 and some apps to help us get there.

A.E. Osworth January 4, 2014 34 Comments
Webcomics

Saturday Morning Cartoons: Keeping It Classy

Welcome to Saturday Morning Cartoons, a segment where four artists take turns delighting you with their whimsy, facts and punchlines on Saturday mornings!

Megan Praz January 4, 2014 17 Comments
Sports

Chris Kluwe Proves NFL Isn’t A Safe Place To Think Gay People Are Okay, Let Alone Actually Be Gay

Former NFL punter and same-sex marriage advocate Chris Kluwe says he was fired for supporting marriage equality.

Mey January 3, 2014 20 Comments
Literature

Things I Read That I Love #108: Cheap Red Wine And Stacks Of Crisps

Topics include Okinawa, Fraggle Rock, The Crystal Cathedral, a 55-year-old murder case, job hunting, being an elf at Harrod’s and so much more!

Riese January 3, 2014 11 Comments
Recipes

Wilder Hungers: Lumberjack Cake and Christmas in Florida

“I’m going to brush the dust off my sneakers and take up boxing. I’m vowing to take more walks and eat more cake. It’s gonna be a good year.”

Gabriella January 3, 2014 9 Comments
Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Having a Happy New Year

It’s the year of brave, bold, elbow patches and #herocrushes.

Chelsey January 3, 2014 7 Comments
Sports

Team Pick: “No Look Pass” Now on iTunes

No Look Pass, a documentary about Emily Tay living a double life at Harvard University and striving to play professional basketball in Germany while coming out as a lesbian, is now available on iTunes.

Brittani January 3, 2014 12 Comments
Recipes

Get Baked (Get Iced?): Winter Storm Hercules

My fingers are so cold it’s hard to type, and I’m wearing two sweaters. Let’s eat snow.

Maddie January 3, 2014 13 Comments
First Person

I Would Grow My Hair To Cover the City

I imagine myself as not myself, at my grandparents’ apartment this Christmas, wearing makeup, a women’s blouse, long hair combed to the middle of my back: What he thought I would grow up to be, what my mom thought I would grow up to be.

Whitney Pow January 3, 2014 79 Comments
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