These are three of the amazing Indigenous female writers, activists, and artists I’ve been reading this week. I may not be the best person to write about Indigenous issues, but I can certainly read what I think are some of the best, educate myself, and encourage you to do the same.
Because tassels are too good to use for only boring things.
If you figure out which flavour of Shitty Landlord is cashing your rent cheques, you might survive long enough to renew your lease!
“He was about to break the news that I would never have a child of my own, and nothing else had ever made it so clear that I wanted one. I really, really wanted one.”
“My mother is visiting Sydney and saw an opportunity to school me in the ways of the world’s best lasagne. She’s standing in my kitchen as I type.”
The dancing is especially cute.
I Don’t Do Boxes, but if you wanna go to Corgi Nation that’s fine with me.
A NYC-based lyrical pop artist who’s “a good girl everywhere but at the piano”.
Sweet mother of God there sure are a bunch of empanada recipes in here.
“What do they think is going to happen online? They’re fucked! Especially when everything after 3.07 was such a mess. So many storylines were presented! I will leave a comment on the Showcase blog!”
I can’t remember anything about slumber parties better than the music we listened to, usually on a scratched CD.
Exclusive video of Beth Ditto not reading off a prompter at the LA GLAAD Awards “because I’m not good at doing what I’m told.” Instead she kicks ass, takes names, and is perfect.
“How Poetry Saved My Life” tells Dawn’s story of sex-work and survivorship through poetry and prose. We spoke with her about this latest work, queer writers and speculative fiction.
We hit up possibly the most star-studded GLAAD Awards of all time this weekend and chatted with Beth Ditto. Jennifer Lawrence, Charlize Theron, Drew Barrymore, Bill Clinton and Naya Rivera were there for the gays!
The first album I came to own on vinyl was “Pearl.”
This craft involves coloring with crayons to make something that looks legit. It’s basically a dream come true.
Janelle Monáe has released a brand-new song with Erykah Badu! Get down.
“Bomb Girls” got cancelled today. They’re doing a two-hour movie though, so that’s nice. It’s nice, but it’s not what I wanted because what I wanted was 5 more seasons!
Haviland Stillwell will be performing live with Amir Levi (of Unicorn Plan-It hilarity and fame) and a bevy of talented musicians, including Autostraddle’s own Alex Vega tomorrow night in LA. Get into it!
LA’s getting a Video Game Design Patch, y’all! Be prepared for our younger generation to take on STEM fields!