Almost Famous: Lila Rose
Our new music segment! Meet up-and-coming queer musician Lila Rose and feast your eyes on the best cat photo you’ll see this week.
Get Baked: Vegan Leek and Parsnip Soup
This vegan soup will inspire lots of thyme/time puns.
Immigration Reform is a Queer & Trans* Human Rights Issue
“The only way that we as queer and trans* activists can fight against homophobia and transphobia as it impacts the most vulnerable members of our community is through working in coalition with other social justice groups to fundamentally change and dismantle these unjust systems.”
The Birds and the Bees: Let’s Talk About Sex With Maggie And Rachel!
Ali’s Team Pick: Maggie Keenan-Bolger has team up with Rachel Sullivan and they’re busy creating “The Birds and the Bees: Unabridged,” a play about female sexuality.
Toys Are For Tots (Not Girls or Boys Damnit)
Easy Bake Ovens don’t need to be gendered anymore than Lego does. Sidestep the stereotypes this season.
Also.Also.Also: The Selfie That Helped Change The World And Other Stories We Missed This Week
Hillary Clinton is a 21st Century Girl, Drag Queens love themselves, and gay people around the globe are making strides!
I Want You to Want Tea: How to Make the Most Thoughtful Gift Ever
I am the most glad that I get to share this enchanting project with you beautiful people. It doesn’t cost a lot, you can put it all together in a few hours of fun AAAAND you’ll be seriously warming the heart cockles of a special someone because tea just keeps on giving!
Holigay 2012 Gift Guide: Geeky Gifts for All Variables of Nerds
This enormous gift guide full of nerdery and fun will make your holiday shopping super simple and really, really geeky. There’s a lot of Dr. Who in here, for the record.
Make A Thing: Easy Peasy Screen Printing
Here’s a simplified version of screen printing for small batches of t-shirts that will impress your friends and loved ones and dogs and especially me.
Watch and Walk Away Angry: Ward v. Ward, A Documentary on Lesbian’s Custody Battle
Who is more fit to raise a child: a convicted murderer or a lesbian mom?
My Top 8 Favorite Authors: Riese, Editor-in-Chief
In which all books mentioned herein were published after 1975 and almost everybody is both female and still alive.
You Should Go: Subjectified Screening in Brooklyn
Subjectified is a documentary that gives women a space to speak openly and honestly about sex, and if you’re free this Wednesday you should go see it.
Going Down (South): Home Is Where The (Queer) Heart Is
What can we stand to learn from a self-described ‘misfit’ living in rural Louisiana in the 1950s?
Artist Spotlight: Gemma Hayes
An Irish singer-songwriter whose golden voice is going to win your heart.
Straddler On The Street: Allison
Welcome to our second round of Straddler on the Street! Today we’re talking to Allison about Utah, the environment, and lesbian utopia.
Style Thief: How to Dress Like Kiyomi McCloskey From Hunter Valentine
This week we’re stealing a lot of black, a lot of leather and a lot of swagger. I’m going to teach you how to dress like Hunter Valentine’s Kiyomi McCloskey.
New Autostraddle Merch Is Here! “Straddle This” Boxer-Briefs, “You Do You” T-Shirts & More!
We made things for you! Let’s have a look at all the new stuff for the 2012 Holiday season, as well as a special sneak peek at something we think you will really enjoy. It involves your feelings.
Autostraddle Calendar Girls 2013: Christina is Miss December
Do you have tickets to the gun show? Let’s wrap up this year in a neat little bow with December’s calendar girl, Christina!
You Need Help: After Sexual Assault
“How do I deal with an assault that wasn’t rape? How can I keep from feeling like my assault is being minimized?”
Holigay Gift Guide 2012: History Buffs, Campaign Nerds and Political Junkies, Oh My
Not everyone’s sick of politics just because the election’s over. Here’s what to get those people who aren’t to hold them over until 2014.