According to one of my favorite children’s books, “The ballpoint pen has been the single biggest factor in the decline of Western Civilization. It makes the written word cheap, fast, and totally without character.”
Wondering how your fellow Straddlers celebrate Halloween? Wonder no longer. We asked for photos and y’all seriously delivered.
So why can’t anyone seem to talk about her the right way?
A video party for internet troll appreciators, Spice Girls fans, Disney lovers, and Beyoncé stans.
So here I have for you, in no particular order, a list of fun couples costumes where one person is a redhead!
It might be doomed to become a relic of the early millenium that our children and their non-scorched tastebuds will never understand.
“Take a break from writing that Betty/Kate fanfiction and rejoice, for the powers-that-be have heard our pleas and have made good on their promises because WE ARE BACK, WE ARE IN BUSINESS, AIN’T NOBODY FUCKIN WITH MY CLIQUE BECAUSE WE HAVE A MOVIE AND THAT MOVIE IS OFFICIAL.”
Get the perfect start to your super last minute Halloween costume!
A federal judge ruled parts of Texas’ abortion law unconstitutional. But don’t rejoice just yet, access to abortion across the nation is still on the line.
We want to hook two commenters up with copies of Julie Maroh’s graphic novel, Blue is the Warmest Color!
This shoujo-influenced webcomic tells the story of two best friends who are freshmen students at Unity University, a college where monsters and humans can live and learn alongside each other.
“I would die for her. I would kill for her. Either way, what bliss.”
Counting women in engineering, raising the next Steve Jobs in Mexico, and coming together to say: “f*ck the man.”
“Now, I am hardly an expert on fashion. I dress like a 13-year-old boy, and I almost always value function over form. But I’ve compiled a few different essentials that I think make great smoke wear.”
It’s not enough to have token representation and to not be constantly declared icky in prime time. Pieces like Carr’s cause damage because they encourage straight allies and queers to raise a drink in celebration of a fight well fought and won.
Who says Halloween can’t be adorable instead?
“We set out to make a show wherein the show opening and the credits were much longer than the show itself, and I think we succeeded here.”
Oklahoma City, Denver, an Autostraddle Meet-up event and more poetry! Plus, Marine has some planning tips for your next great adventure!
“But then Mulan came charging out of the closet, and one million homos stood up and said I KNEW IT, I FUCKING KNEW IT, MOTHERFUCKING HONOR TO US ALL.”
You want to touch them, smell them and, if you’re me, bite their ear. Why don’t the forces of geography and physics rally to both your cries and fold the world up like origami until the front doors of your homes kiss?