Things We Read About Newtown
Things to read and think about.
Straddler On The Street: Julia
Our fourth Straddler on the Street is Julia; she chatted with us about burlesque, fat acceptance and making the body political.
Carly and Robin’s Wedding Was, In Fact, Too Adorable For Words
I’d like to share with you the wedding album of one much-beloved Carly / DJ Carlytron Usdin and Photographer-to-the-Stars Robin Roemer, co-starring Arthur the amazingly statuesque dog and made possible by Kelly Kollar.
Ode to My Pantry: Burning, Searing Delicious Hot Sauce
Warm your friends’ hearts and sinuses by making them some homemade hot sauce.
A Custom Fit: So Many Ways To Read A Thing!
There’s no wrong way to read a word, but sometimes there are so many ways it’s hard to choose which fits you best. Let’s review your options so you can always ride the reading rainbow with ease.
Wrapper’s Delight: A Guide to Beautifying Your Gifts the DIY Way
It’s true that it’s what’s on the inside that counts, but a pretty box never hurt anyone.
Prize Pack Giveaway: Les Misérables
Les Misérables is coming to theaters on Christmas Day (!!!) and to celebrate we’re giving away a prize pack to one lucky commenter!
Glee Episode 410: Glee Actually Is A Mediocre Show About Puppies
This week, Glee celebrated Christmas and the Mayan Apocalypse and Hannukah and my headache, all at once!
How To Own It: Wearable Cats and Dogs
It’s finally fashionable to be a crazy cat/dog lady. Plus a DIY custom animal sweater!
Sunday Funday Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity
I don’t know you, but I love you.
Jimmyjane Form 6 Vibrator Review
Jimmyjane’s Form 6 vibrator feels sleek and sexy and smooth and more than a little decadent.
Oh Gay Cupid! No, This is How You Take A Holiday Profile Pic
There’s less than a month to wrangle a NYE date! Make sure your craft the perfect dating pic lest you stay Single Forever and die alone, etc, etc.
Queer Your Tech With Fun: Your New Year’s Resolution to Code in 2013
So to break up the backing up series, I thought I’d just do a short interlude today: Code Academy makes it fast and fun to learn to code with JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Ruby and Python. You get these teeny tiny little badges like you’re coding girl scout nerd, which of course makes me smile a lot.
Butch Please: Sticks and Stones
“So what do you do in bed, then?” they always ask, but what they mean is “I think I already know what you do in bed because you’re a butch who likes femmes, so I’ve made assumptions on your behalf.”
“I’m Sorry, But I Can’t Fucking Do This. Can You? Can Anyone?”
“Well, I suppose we have to try to pick up the pieces and make some sort of sense of this tragedy and—you know what? Fuck it, I can’t do this.”
Get Yours: Autostraddle’s “So Many Feelings” Journals Are Here!
You have so many feelings and you better start writing them down.
University of Iowa Brings Groundbreaking Gay Question to College Admissions
The University recently added an optional question on sexual orientation to their undergraduate application, as well as a non-binary gender option.
The Comment Awards Are Home for the Holidays
Brought to you by Honey Boo Boo, eggnog and appliances that look like sex toys.
Movie Night: My Girl
This week, we are celebrating all things awkward and charming, like middle-aged morticians, make-up artists with drag sensibilities, adolescent tomboys and their wimpy male partners-in-crime, not to mention the overprevalence of denim button-downs in the 1970s.
Queer Lead Sophia Swanson Makes MTV’s “Underemployed” Worth Watching
MTV’s post-college dramedy “Underemployed” features a lesbian at the center of the action, and she’s pretty fucking cute.