Happy First Birthday, Queer Your Tech With Fun!
IT HAS HAPPENED. TODAY, RIGHT NOW, I AM WRITING THE 52ND INSTALLMENT OF QUEER YOUR TECH.
The Comment Awards Are Having A Halloween Hangover
Isn’t Halloween the original “orange is the new black”?
Queered Science: NOGLSTP’s Rochelle Diamond Forged A Path For All of Us
If any of you have ever experienced homophobia in the workplace or queer-related adversity in your personal life and moved on (ahem, way too many of us), then you need to know Rochelle Diamond’s life story.
How I Get Femme Visibility on the Streets
“I’ve figured out is that it’s not so much how I present it’s what I do. And I finally learned how to casually flirt with people with an eyebrow raise or a smile or a wink, which elicits this response of “I see you and I wink back.””
Wilder Hungers: Sleepy Hollow Edition
“We happened to arrive just in time for the block party, which obviously included a children’s dance group dressed like skeletons dancing to “Thriller” AND some aerial dancers swinging from a crane. Are your block parties like that?”
Texas Abortion Restrictions: They’re Back!
Earlier this week, Judge Lee Yeakel ruled one part of Texas’ abortion bill unconstitutional. Now, just a few days later the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed his ruling, meaning that one third of Texas’ remaining abortion clinics must stop providing their services immediately.
Meet Autostraddle’s Newest Writers and Columnists!
Get to know the newest faces at Autostraddle! Complete with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reference.
Scientists Make Progress Engineering Artificial Blood In Lab; Sexy Vampires Imminent
Okay, just kidding on the vampires. Probably. But the blood thing is totally true!
Paris Lees Debuts On BBC’s “Question Time” In A Skeleton Top, Is Awesome
Ever wanted to see someone who’s been in the state penitentiary system call bullshit on the politicians messing with said system? Yeah. That happened.
Things I Read That I Love #99: Ending Is Hard But It’s Easier Than Loving You
Topics include a “the girl in the closet” (a terrifying story of child abuse), stripping, the funeral business, 12 Years a Slave, sadness, sweatshops, bell hooks on “Lean In” and moar!
DIYke: Hanging Flower Vase and Iced Chai Latte
Spice up your vases and your lattes.
DeAnne Smith’s Questionable At Best Asks Marni Philosophical Questions
This week DeAnne hit me in the heart space with a segment that consisted of two of the most amazing people on both Mt. Feelings and The World At-Large: DeAnne Smith herself and Marni, the Co-Director of A-Camp and the Face of Canada.
Hearts and Crafts: Rory Midhani, Our Own Beloved Illustrator
Meet the adorable human being responsible for Autostraddle’s amazing illustrations!
Lez Liberty Lit #32: Turning The Screw
This week in lit: creepy books to read while we’re all still obsessed with Halloween, 10 years of queer YA, Emily Dickinson, “City of Night” and more.
Dear Queer Diary: On Pens As Secret Handshakes
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.”
Spooky Sexy Queers: The Autostraddle Reader And Staff Halloween Costume Gallery
Wondering how your fellow Straddlers celebrate Halloween? Wonder no longer. We asked for photos and y’all seriously delivered.
Quit Calling Elliott Sailors A Male Model—She’s More Interesting Than That
So why can’t anyone seem to talk about her the right way?
Brittani’s Video Party: The Evolution of Geri Halliwell’s Spell Block Tango
A video party for internet troll appreciators, Spice Girls fans, Disney lovers, and Beyoncé stans.
30 Couples Costumes for You and Your Redheaded Girlfriend
So here I have for you, in no particular order, a list of fun couples costumes where one person is a redhead!
Sriracha Plant Might Shut Down. Won’t Anyone Think of the Noodles?
It might be doomed to become a relic of the early millenium that our children and their non-scorched tastebuds will never understand.