What Printer Should I Buy?
All the news, tips and tricks on printers that’s fit to print.
Butch Please: A Butch By Any Other Name
“There are so many terms for what I am – genderqueer, genderfluid, agender, pangender, neutrois – but none of them feel quite right. So Kade takes the place of that descriptor, and Kade feels right.”
You Should Go: PUSSY RIOT! Book Launch in NYC
Join Justin Vivian Bond, Barbara Browning, Vivien Goldman, Karen Finley, Johanna Fateman, Eileen Myles, and Laurie Weeks as they read from the new print edition of PUSSY RIOT! A Punk Prayer for Freedom at Barnes & Noble Union Square on February 7.
The Comment Awards Saved A Woman Like Me
In which we talk puppies, cheese-based religions and collectively gawk at Intern Grace and Gabby.
You Should Go: Queer Ladies Speed Dating At Strand Bookstore, Valentine’s Day Edition
Books. Champagne. Gabby and Katrina. Cute queer single girls. How can you say no? (You can’t. So we’ll see ya at The Strand!)
Things I Read That I Love #61: White Rabbits White Rabbits
Topics include karaoke, faith-based slavery in an Angola prison, Greek politics, chronic pain, emotional abuse, Richard Pryor, The Golden Dawn, murder, fantasyland and more!
Pretty Little Liars Recap 317: Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Lesbian Bar
This week on Pretty Little Liars some casual stalking leads one of our Liars all the way to a lesbian bar! No, for real!
You Need Help: Real Talk About Your First Strap-On
“Help! I just got a strap-on and it turns out I’m not so skilled at using it (yet). How do I learn?”
Autostraddle Commenter’s Own Most Beautiful Songs in the World Playlist is Now Streaming on Spotify
Laura’s Team Pick: You know how you know your website has really amazing readers? When one of them reads through 236 comments to compile a playlist, it’s a pretty good clue that you’ve got good people hanging around.
Original Plumbing Needs Your Love, Support, Cold Hard Cash ASAP
Original Plumbing deserves a new website, and in the spirit of brotherhood and the revolution and Autostraddle redesign karmic juices, I’m urging you to make it happen.
Autostraddle Calendar Girls 2014: Chloe and Intern Grace are Double Miss February
Chloe’s beauty is beyond compare, with flaming locks of auburn hair, with ivory skin and eyes of dark coffee. And Intern Grace? Well, her smile is like a breath of spring, her voice is soft like summer rain and no one can compete with her, yipee!
A Prairie Homo Companion: Prairie Homo Catholic Contradictions
“I took a long bus ride to the “good” school where I could learn how to speak French and be Catholic, where the girls, instead of pretending to be dragons from Harry Potter, gossiped about which Backstreet Boy they’d eventually marry.”
“Marrying Well” Might Be Important For British Men, Is Not Necessarily Evidence of Feminism
“When asked whether their daughters thought their financial future was dependent on having a husband, only 31.9 per cent agreed. By contrast 37.7 per cent of those with sons thought having a wife would make them financially secure.”
We’ll Probably Win A Thing: Colorado’s Civil Unions Bill Looks Promising
Colorado’s probably going to have civil unions soon! Totally counting these chickens before they hatch; feel ok about it.
Here’s A Chance to Share Your Very Own Memoir With The World
I’m going to participate in The Memoir Project and of course I think you should too.
Westward Homo! In Which We Pack It In, Load It Up, Party Down and Get Out Of Town
In the first of a series charting newlyweds Robin & Carly’s move from NYC to California, the ladies find a new place, pack and ponder leaving their world behind for a big bright temperate tomorrow!
Anti-Gay Groups Going Broke For Breaking Our Hearts
With groups that oppose gay marriage finding it hard to find money to do so, the tide may be more decisively turning in gay rights’ favor.
Brittani’s Video Party: 25 Ways to Piss Off Tegan and Sara
Tegan and Sara bring the funny, 25 ways to piss off your girlfriend, and 2 new lesbian web series. There are lots of real life lesbians in this video party. You’re gonna love it.
Also.Also.Also: Canada’s Census Actually Provides Data on Gay People and Other Stories We Missed This Week
Hillary Clinton is so over your bullshit.
Obama Wants Same-Sex Immigration Reform, Congress Prefers to Just Argue About It Forever
A Canadian’s take on how backwards the struggle to get immigration reform for same-sex couples has turned out to be.