Straddler On The Street: Maile
Maile first stole my heart when she said she’s been reading Autostraddle since she was “a wee closeted baby dyke” and she won me over when she told me she “continues to be a diehard fan.”
2013 GLAAD Awards San Francisco: Our Starry Starry Night With Adam Lambert, Brittney Griner and Ketel One
Alex, Riese, Marni and Mary hit up the GLAAD Awards in San Francisco last night and spent lots of quality time with Adam Lambert, Brittney Griner, Mel B & Jessica Clark!
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Wants You To Take Off Your Shirt
This week on NSFW Sunday: living apart, what sex does/doesn’t do to your private parts, how to talk dirty in bed, when to change your sheets after sex and more.
Sunday Funday: The Two-Moms-Are-Better-Than-One Edition
Happy Mother’s Day, queermos!
Tech Spring Cleaning Part 2: File Organization and You
Everything you’ve saved in Documents. Downloads. All the things. Maybe your hard drive is cringing under the weight of all the jpgs, docs. wavs and m4ps or maybe you just can’t find anything or maybe both, NO MATTER. This is the week we deal with that ish.
Butch Please: Butch and Boundaries
Why is it that time and time again, people act like they can’t make me uncomfortable? That as a butch — as well as a queer person, a top, someone who likes to flirt and be sexual just like most human beings — it’s impossible to sexually harass me?
The Comment Awards Are Getting Handsy
It’s masturbation month and we have our hands full.
Things I Read That I Love #75: Quinoa Cranberry Pilaf, Coregasm
Topics include New York’s fancy gentleman’s clubs, Thelma & Louise, porn in San Francisco, shitty jobs, domestic violence, oxycontin abuse, scientology, band names and so much more!
A Bra That Fits Me: A Critique of The Chrysalis Lingerie Launch
“Chrysalis was going to be the best thing since sliced bread when it came to trans women. I eagerly clicked the link for the store. My jaw subsequently hit the floor, and I don’t mean that in a good way.”
You Can Take It With You: Naked Samosas and Tamarind Chutney
This week I almost burned my apartment down. Let’s talk about how to prevent that and safer ways to fry delicious foodstuffs.
Claire’s College Lesbianage: Thirteen Miles From Boston
“We are safe.” It was our mantra from Monday to Saturday. Every Facebook update, every phone call with a frantic friend or family member, we repeated, “We are safe.”
Lez Get Dressed For Work: One Of A Lot Of Posts About Button Ups
I could probably talk to you about button ups forever. Someone stop me if you get bored.
Kate’s College Lesbianage: Under The Full Moon
Relief, gratitude and staying out after everyone else has gone inside.
“Wonder Women!” Is An Awesome Documentary About Women, Power and Diana Prince
Finally, some fantastic cultural analysis about women in power and women in patriotic spandex leotards saving the day.
Pro-Gay AND Pro-Immigration? You’re Stuck Between A Rock And A Hard Place
Sane people want the new immigration bill to help binational gay couples. People in power insist that will ruin everything for everyone else. What’s a politically savvy queer to do?
See The Fascinating Evolution of Cover Art From 12 Legendary Queer Books
Looking back at a century of cover designs from all over the world for beloved queer books like Tipping the Velvet, Orlando, The Color Purple, Annie on my Mind, Rubyfruit Jungle and more.
Masturbation Memory Lane: Roundtable and Open Thread
Autostraddle staff talks anonymously about when they started masturbating, among other things. Join us, won’t you?
Team Pick: Hyperbole and a Half is Backish!
Kristen’s Team Pick. And I’m not even exaggerating.
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.