Domestic Work Is Real Work: Nicaraguan Co-Ops Stop Being Polite and Start Paying Women
Two Nicaraguan co-ops are doing the unthinkable: considering women’s domestic work on par with men’s work in the fields.
The Poet and the Scientist: The Concrete Jungle and the Garden State
Sure enough, New York City wasn’t short on lovely homoqueers, breakfast pastries, and our new favorite brunch food, bagels!
Badass Lady Astronaut Candidates: Meet NASA’s Class of 2013
Selected from a pool of over 6,100 candidates, NASA picked some incredibly impressive individuals. In this totally biased writer’s opinion, the women especially are killing it.
Autostraddle Calendar Girls 2014: Rachel is Miss September
Well this is your very own Rachel Fucking Walker without a shirt. Why are you still reading the excerpt?
Make A Thing: Things To Make With Maps and Globes
Maaaaaps, wait, they don’t love you like I love you.
Read A F*cking Book: Canary
Canary, a debut collection of queerish short stories from Nancy Jo Cullen, is all about the everyday. And the weird.
Top 10 Bestest Favoritest Greatest Of All Time Magazines From My Childhood
You know, like Disney Adventures and Dolly Magazine and Stone Soup and all those other radical rags! Circa 1988-1992!
Straddler On The Street: Amanda F.
Amanda is a 24 year old student in veterinary medicine and comparative biomedical sciences at Cornell University who is both a cat researcher and a ball python handler!
Team Pick: Bitch’s “Popaganda” Podcasts
Feminist takes on pop culture that will make your commute slightly less aggravating. Listen to what smart humans have to say about sexism in the tech industry, “hardwired” notions of gender and more!
Ode to My Pantry: Dumpling Wrappers
Bet you didn’t realize you could use wonton wrappers to make LASAGNA IN A JAR.
10 Reasons Why Your Next Favorite Lesbian Prison Show is “Wentworth”
You may be experiencing Lesbian Prison Show Withdrawal Syndrome, and it’s a very serious condition. Go ahead and download yourself a dosage of the Aussie prison drama Wentworth!
Summer Romance Remembered: Playlist and Open Thread
This is our time to listen to the songs of summer love and gush to each other about those moments of perfect queer summer bliss.
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Will Give You Sex Hair
This week on NSFW Sunday: dating and politics, the clit and installation art, sexual fantasies and more.
This Sunday Funday’s Gay Wedding Plans Include Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Let’s get married, but only if RBG is invited.
IRS Decides Married Gays Can Finally File As Married: Let’s Talk Taxes!
Hey, Ladies Married To Ladies, the IRS now recognizes your marriage! Let’s talk about what this means (and how to do your taxes from here on out)!
Four Ways to Learn a New Language With Your Tech
So many ways to get your language learning on! Enjoy, queermos. Et bonne chance!
Things I Read That I Love #90: The Narcissistic Stars Of Our Own Lives
Topics include hate crimes, Christian Rock, Marissa Mayer, the evolution of delusions, disability, the Voting Rights Act, Media Takeout, learning how to live and MOAR!
The Comment Awards Want To Be Your Cabinmate
Butching it up with Marni at Butch Voices, how to listen to your dad and the fine art of crushing on Power Rangers.
This Is Rape Culture: 14-Year-Old Rape Survivor Kills Herself, Rapist Gets 30 Entire Days In Jail
A Montana high-school teacher, Stacey Dean Rambold, convicted of raping a 14-year student, will be serving a total of 30 days as his sentence.
Fear and Loathing (as a 21-Year Old Queer) in Singapore
“I am afraid help will come too late to someone in my life. I am afraid that closets become coffins.”