Lez Liberty Lit #25: War and Peach
This week in lit links: book-inspired ice cream, why “women’s stories” aren’t the same as stories about women’s lives, writing gay YA in Russia and more.
Definitely Read “What Makes a Baby” To Any and All Children
Because it’s not just sex education. It’s life education.
Let’s Get Brunch: July 26-28 Is International Autostraddle Brunch Weekend
It’s the most delicious time of year! You should join your local Straddlers for some 3D brunchy realness.
DeAnne Smith’s Questionable At Best Asks “What’s too Jewy?”
“I love Jewish gays.”
A Talk With The Fighters From The First UFC Match Between Two Lesbians
They’re experts in five Olympic events, and they’re about to beat each other up. But first they have some very nice things to say.
Undocumented & Queer: How Lulú Martinez is Melting Borders
“A phrase that often arises in this movement is “ni de aqui, ni de alla,” (neither from here nor there), and it speaks to the ability we seek as queer immigrants to define home as we choose, whether in a geographic sense, within our communities, or a gendered sense, within our bodies.”
Six Badass Sci-Fi Women of Color You Should Know
Six kickass women of color from three sci-fi TV shows you should know but maybe don’t.
Real-Life Sophia Bursets: Transgender Women Face a Nightmare in Men’s Prisons
“For trans* women who are locked up, getting access to medical care and safety from the guards and inmates is a serious problem. But the problem starts when they are put in prisons designed for men.”
Brittani’s Video Party: A Hot Year with a Bear and Crotch Sweat
Unfriendly English hotties, a Kotex diss track, a woman who knows how to handle a bear, and a short film capturing a year in the life of a queer Texan turned Californian party it up.
VIDEO: Unicorn Plan-It Episode 205 “Dinah Blow Your *Unicorn* Horn”
Episode 205 of Unicorn Plan-It wants to online date you.
19 Ways Our Queer Weddings Won’t Suck
Until complete marriage equality reigns, our feelings on tacky lingerie and weird patriarchal traditions are kind of a moot point so we’re allowed to be bitchy when we judge them, right? Mmmkay then.
A Prairie Homo Does New York: Moving at the Speed of New York
Some may call this need for speed insanity, others call it energy. I’m not sure how I feel because…feelings? Who has time for feelings?
“The Fosters” Episode 108 Recap: Ho Ho Ho, Lena’s Ex Is Coming To Town
“I think Hot Cops from Arrested Development but all ladies but Lena ruins that vision.”
Style Thief: How To Dress Like Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Let’s steal the style of one of the best dressed men in Hollywood.
“Orange Is The New Black” Episode 104 Recap: Who Gets To Sleep In The Wet Spot
All those times where you’re like, is it squirt, is it pee, who has to sleep in the wet spot, do we lay down a towel before sex now, etc.
VIDEO: “Little Horribles” Episode 5: Stunning
This week Amy is invisible because of Eurocentric standards of beauty. That’s always fun.
Dutch Filmmakers Face the First Backlash Against Foreigners from Russia’s Anti-Gay Law
Homophobic legislation escalates and expands in Russia, despite the international attention for the 2014 Olympic Games. Four Dutch immigrants were recently arrested for filming a LGBT themed documentary.
Autostraddle Co-Founder and COO Alex Vega Makes Refinery29’s “30 Under 30”
Our very own Alex Vega!
Also.Also.Also: Trans* Women in Paris and Other Stories We Missed This Week
“Emotional writing heals physical wounds.”
Almost Famous: Abby Brown
A folk singer-songwriter and recent Berklee grad whose music is gonna melt your heart.