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.
Wilder Hungers: Gabi. 23. NYC
“I had a dinner party at my new apartment the other night. By ‘dinner party’ I mean my girlfriend and my cousin came over and I made them scallion pancakes.”
Queered Science: Eradicating Misogyny in the Scientific Community
Dr. Ben Barres, an openly trans scientist, is on a mission to end gender discrimination in the sciences.
Diana Taurasi Kisses Seimone Augustus During WNBA Conference Finals Game
Just on the cheek, keep your pants on.
The Comment Awards Want To Eat You Up
Come taste the rainbow (and ice cream)!
When Women Rape: Everything We’re Not Talking About
“The three main implications are ‘Women are too weak to harm someone,’ ‘Lesbian rape is hot and it’s harmless. It’s not real.’ and ‘All rapists are men.”
Team Pick: Your Favorite Childhood Cartoon Characters Grew Up Radically Cool, Just Like You
“Unfit For Product Placement: Radicalizing the Cartoon Characters Of Our Childhoods” is my absolute favorite thing on the internet right now.