Top Ten Reasons Why Joan Jett Is Everything
4. Hey, have we talked about the video for “Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)” ????
Lesbians Demolish Patriarchal Power Standards With Egalitarian Hand-Holding Habits, Study Says
Researchers wanted to find out if physical and/or psychosocial differences are predictive of hand-holding habits when gender is no longer a factor.
You Need Help: On That Younger Possibly-Queer Human Who Might Need You
“I’m seventeen and I’ve already gone through my queer angst – and it kills me to see this kid alone almost all the time, they always look miserable and it reminds me of me a couple of years ago.”
Make A Thing: Camp Crafts Round Up
The best activities at camp revolve around crafts, am I right?
Team Pick: Supercook Will Help You Keep Your Stomach and Your Wallet Full
Rose’s Team Pick: Ever wished you could just try a new recipe with the stuff you already have in your fridge? Well, look no further than Supercook, which is designed to do exactly that!
High Femme: Getting My Weed Card in California
“I have a knot in my stomach, like a kid waiting outside the principal’s office. But I’m not a kid, and this is not a principal’s office. I’m an adult in the great state of California waiting to get her medical marijuana card.”
Loving Your Body in the Age of Patriarchy
“As a woman of color who does not fit into Western Eurocentric standards of what is conventionally attractive, every day I step out and love myself is an act of resistance.”
The Poet and the Scientist: Taking Back Sandwiches in the Midwest
The girls are cute, the beers are cold and Andrea Gibson is in town. Need we say more?
Who’s Really to Blame for the Looming Government Shutdown? Sluts.
So, let’s revisit what’s about to happen because the drunk old men running the US Congress won’t budge on sluts.
Salon LGBTQ Conference: Join Autostraddle In Atlanta October 17th-19th!
Riese, Alex and Vikki will all be in Atlanta October 17th-19th for Salon LGBTQ, the world’s first national LGBTQ social media conference and you should be too!
5 New TV Characters I’ve Decided Are Gay
I mean, why not?
Straddler On The Street: Charli
Charli is a “fat, body positive, queer/pansexual Native American girl from North Dakota” and she has a lot of things to say, especially about addiction, depression, music, and being a good person.
Ode to My Pantry: “Expired” Food
Is this okay to eat?
Glee Episode 501 Recap: Love Love Love Gay Love
Welcome back to the wonderful world of Glee, where boys tongue-kiss each other at school!
Sunday Funday Is Gonna Get Gay Married Wherever The Hell It Wants To
Marge Simpson’s cooking up Bertolli in the kitchen while Michelle Rodriguez goes your way and the bulldog falls asleep on the sofa. In other words: shit’s perfect today.
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Can Spontaneously Orgasm
This week on NSFW Sunday: when your girlfriend makes you come too quickly, sex toy user interfaces, hiding things from hookups and more.
I Just Now Saw: Breaking Bad
You know what this show really needed was a Christmas episode or a “we’re rich now let’s buy new shoes” shopping mall montage.
Data After Death: A Digital Will for a Digital Age
More of our lives are lived digitally by the day, and it’s time to start thinking about what happens to all this when we die: do we want it to go to someone else, to be erased, or to remain indefinitely in the ether(net)?
Things I Read That I Love #94: The Stakes Are High, Why Else Would We Write?
Topics include a face transplant, Janelle Monae, business school, Jodie Foster, mattresses, the men who brought 9/11 home, letters to the editor, last meals, writing advice from Rick Bass and moar!
New Jersey Ruling Calls for Legalizing Gay Marriage, Chris Christie Plans to Appeal Like A Total Jerk
The governor’s office plans to appeal the ruling, but activists in the state are already celebrating.