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Queer Fashion

Style Thief: How to Dress Like Carrie Brownstein

Sleater Kinney rockstar turned Portlandia funny girl– I can’t wait to strip down Carrie Brownstein.

Lizz December 31, 2012 22 Comments
Recipes

Get Baked: Butternut Squash Galette

“A galette is not, as it sounds, a type of dance that is performed in pointy leather shoes and some kind of fancy hat. It is a free-form tart!”

Lisa December 31, 2012 15 Comments
Music

Top 10 Best Albums of 2012 (That I Never Heard)

“According to other websites’ ‘Best Of’ lists, I didn’t listen to many good albums this year. So here are ten albums that I predict would have made it on to Autostraddle’s own “Best Of’ list, had I actually heard them.”

Crystal December 31, 2012 114 Comments
Food and Drink

Ode to My Pantry: Ten Time Hacks

Ten time hacks to make cooking easier so you have more time to write top ten lists.

Kristen December 31, 2012 18 Comments
NSFW Sunday

NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Making Out At Midnight

This week on NSFW Sunday: writing about sex, car sex, g-spots, the most provocative books of 2012 and more.

Ryan Yates December 30, 2012 10 Comments
Queer Fashion

How To Own It: Golden Grrrl

Paint the town gold! Or, you know, your pants.

Gabrielle Korn December 30, 2012 18 Comments
Society + Culture

Sunday Funday’s Got a Lot of Gay Honeymooning to Do

Funny chicks, marriage in Maine, and a Republican convert!

Carmen December 30, 2012 17 Comments
Geekery

Queer Your Tech With Fun: This Is An Alan Turing Tribute Post

As many of you pointed out, my pseudonym is Lana Turing in tribute. Because without Turing, none of us computer nerds would be as advanced as we are today.

Lana Turing December 29, 2012 20 Comments
Crafts & DIY Projects

8 Things to Do When You’re Stuck Indoors

Because in the words of my mother, “If you’re bored, it just means you’re not intelligent enough to think of something to do.”

Laura December 28, 2012 65 Comments
First Person

Butch Please: Butch Antiquated

“I just don’t see why a woman would want to aspire to masculinity when she doesn’t like men.”

Kate December 28, 2012 134 Comments
Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Keen On 2013

It’s the last week of the year and you are all still being really hilarious.

carrie December 28, 2012 7 Comments
Literature

Things I Read That I Love #56: My Own Private Idaho

Topics include River Phoenix, Sister Outsider Metalhead, poverty & a college education, not being an asshole, gun control, Alcatraz and so much more!

Riese December 28, 2012 7 Comments
Community

Time to Share Your Autostraddle Air Mail

Send us your queer correspondence!

Julia December 28, 2012 88 Comments
Book Lists

My Top 8 Favorite Authors: Rachel, Senior Editor

I like weird books, and these people write them.

Rachel December 28, 2012 15 Comments
Gender

Why Do Gay Men Keep Touching My Boobs

In which we respond to “Gay Men’s Sexism and Women’s Bodies,” an article by a gay man who noticed his peers “curiously comfortable critiquing and touching women’s bodies at whim.”

Riese December 27, 2012 135 Comments
Politics + Activism

Fox Nation Calls Westboro Baptist Church “Left-Wing,” We Call Bullshit

How far right could anyone possibly be in their political or religious ideology that Westboro Baptist Church is to their left?

A.E. Osworth December 27, 2012 15 Comments
Literature

Lez Liberty Lit #10: I Must Not Let Her Find Me Writing

This week in lit: T Cooper’s book soundtrack, favorite LGBT books of 2012, authors playing in the snow, poems from your cat’s point of view and more.

Ryan Yates December 27, 2012 8 Comments
Politics + Activism

Once More with Uneasy Feelings: California’s Ex-Gay Therapy Ban Halted, Must Go Back to Court

California’s ban on ex-gay therapy was slated to go into effect on January 1, 2013. But now, a federal court has ordered an injunction on the law, stopping it from going into effect until further hearings can be conducted.

Rachel December 27, 2012 6 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

Brittani’s Video Party: It’s Not Too Late to be Too Late for Christmas

This video party has another music video relevant to your interests, George Takei, and some sexy book reading. Merry Days After Christmas.

Brittani December 27, 2012 6 Comments
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Touching Boobs for The Greater Good and Other Stories We Missed This Week

Viva le revolution! This week we’re taking down rape culture, the Westboro Baptist Church, and breast cancer.

Carmen December 26, 2012 7 Comments
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