A Prairie Homo Companion: To Be More Like A Dog
Your dog doesn’t care that you’re an anti-social drunk bookworm.
Brittani’s Video Party: Drag Queens, Janelle Monae, and a Lesbian Gardner Play Ender’s Game
Carly directed a music video, Janelle Monae is still a queen in the future, Ender’s Game gets the Blockbuster treatment, and a new web series featuring gay siblings party together this week.
Team Pick: Enough Punk To Last You At Least 3 Days
Cara’s Team Pick: “Women In Punk” offers dozens of hours of your favorite rock stars spliced together real nice on your computer. Wear your best headphones.
It’s Not Okay: Intimate Partner Violence in Radical Queer Spaces
“She acts like she’s such a victim when obviously there was abuse on both sides.” Awkwardly, I shrug my shoulders and look around the room. My partner doesn’t notice how uncomfortable she’s making me because she’s caught up in her own conjectures: “It’s like how we are sometimes.”
Lillian’s College Lesbianage: Discontent and Determination
Over the last few weeks, there have been two incidents of vandalism found scrawled on the walls of one of the safest spaces on the Vassar campus”
Also.Also.Also: Queer Leadership Lives On and Other Stories We Missed This Week
Queer leadership, Mother’s day, marriage, Brittney Griner, and dumb homophobes.
Mariel Cove: A Masturbation Month One-Handed-Read Review and Interview
Mariel Cove is a sexy new erotica serial by and for queer women, which means I had to have it immediately.
Almost Famous: She King
Shawnee She King is a pop powerhouse from Toronto who recently hit #1 on Canada’s National Aboriginal Countdown chart.
Delaware Legalizes Gay Marriage, We Won A Thing!
Delaware became the 11th state to legalize same-sex marriage today!
Girl-On-World: Traveling While Gay in Georgia
“I loved living in Georgia, but the people I met, particularly in my village, seemed so old-fashioned I was always too scared to come out and lose the love and affection I’d gained. “
Stream It Now: ‘Mosquita y Mari’ Will Make You Re-Live All Your Gay Teen Feelings
You can watch Wolfe Video’s Mosquita y Mari right here right now! Oh the feelings.
Make A Thing: 15 Gifts To Make For Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day is the perfect day to glue something together sketchily and hand it to your mom with pride. She HAS to like it.
This Letter Crystal Sent Me About Meeting Tegan and Sara
“All I really wanted to do was shake the Tegan and Sara’s hands. That’d be enough. Unfortunately, it’d also only take 10 seconds. I’d have at least 80 seconds left to fill.”
Idol Worship: Zelda Fitzgerald, The First American Flapper
On flappers, Zelda Fitzgerald, and sleeping around.
Sunny’s College Lesbianage: Admiration and Appreciation
There was no need to feel insecure about what I wore simply because it was a festivity of expression and you were the odd one out if you weren’t loosening up.
Fat Queer Tells All: On Fatness and Gender Flatness
“The truth is if I do find someone while I am out tonight, I want them to know that I am not good at being a girl, that there are other things about me beyond my precarious femininity that I value more, and that if things work out, I will expect them to value.”
Anonymous Sex Toy Review: The Sqweel 2
The Sqweel 2 is the world’s best-selling oral sex toy, and if you’re in a rut with your vibrator, it’s definitely worth a try.
Ode to My Pantry: French Toast
TIme to turn your refrigerator stragglers into brunch! Because every day is a good day for French toast.
Straddler On The Street: Chloe
Say hello to Chloe, our very first New Zealand Straddler, on this cheery Monday morning – though for her, it may already be tomorrow!
New Autostraddle Merch Item: Metal “You Do You” Pins
You guys are going to love these!