How To Own It: Subtle Valentine’s Day Hearts
Ways to wear hearts, gently.
Good News Abounds From Puppies to Parliament This Sunday Funday
The best Valentine’s Day Ever (maybe), behind-the-scenes at the Puppy Bowl, and up-close and personal with Charlize Theron’s ALH. Happy Sunday Funday!
Bomb Girls 205 Recap: Them’s Fightin’ Words
This week on Bomb Girls, Betty McActuallyGerman wants to know if you are ready to rumble, and almost everyone needs to take a serious look at their lives and choices.
Westward Homo! The Road to Columbus and St Louis (and Intern Grace!)
“We kidnapped Intern Grace on our first snowy evening and took her to the Red Roof Inn where we forced her to eat pizza and watch the 30 Rock finale with us.”
You Should Go: Tomboy Tailors Grand Opening Party in San Francisco
Come today to the opening party of a queer owned store that caters to butch/boi lesbians, transgender males & people of any gender identity who like to don tailored menswear or tailored womenswear.
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.