“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!
This begins with me already being a feminist, but ends with me making peace with being a woman.
Hot new songs from Laura Marling, Florence + the Machine, Polica + Justin Vernon, plus a few special words from Carmen Rios about Drake.
I bet you have soy feelings. Why not let them out in limerick form for Soypreciation Month?
This week on Glee, The New Rachel dreamed a dream that Glee was good again and Marley-Kate wrote some songs with Lord Tubbington and Finn missed sociology!
The surprising similarities between feminist pornographers and anti-porn feminists, The Adipositivity Project how to have better orgasms and more.
This week’s going to be a billion times nicer than last week. I pinky promise. Here’s some animals, a big ol’ bowl of pasta, and a street wedding to prove it.
Happy 4-20!
A new study purports that gay boys in homophobic environments pour their attentions into their studies and sports instead. Why is this, and does this apply to queer girls too?
CISPA could mean the end of internet privacy for many. It asks that age old question: which is more important? Freedom or security? And where is the line between the two that we can comfortably walk without compromising our priorities as a democracy?
I’d like to thank Teen Jesus, who I have prayed to every night for additional seasons of this occasional hellscape.
Better than the news.
Wait, so this hadn’t happened yet?