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Money + Work

Gays Fight To Enjoy Shitty Fast Food In Good Conscience, Which Is Impossible

The problematic aspect of the discourse around Chick-fil-A is that it isolates the anti-gay rhetoric and investments as its sole transgression against the queer community.

Riese July 20, 2012 80 Comments
Literature

Things I Read That I Love #34: Frontierland

Topics include medical experiments on prisoners, Nan Goldin, sex in the Olympic Village, war, yoga, ladyblogs, an anti-gay extortion ring, Mormons making money and more!

Riese July 20, 2012 20 Comments
Music

Lana del Rey’s “Summertime Sadness” Video Revealed, Features Lesbians Being Sad

Lana del Rey is totally gay in her newest video. Well, sort of.

Kate July 20, 2012 42 Comments
Sports

Sarah Robles and Raising The Bar For Lady Lifters

Perhaps even more heartwrenching than the financial stress that these woman face is the constant reminder that their bodies do not fit the status quo.

fonseca July 20, 2012 12 Comments
TV Feature

Does “The Newsroom” Have a Woman Problem, Or Is It About The Problem?

Criticism aimed at “The Newsroom” for not respecting its female characters might be missing the larger picture.

Gabrielle Korn July 20, 2012 22 Comments
Society + Culture

Can You Sew Your Bigotry Badge on Yourself? Or is That Too Gay?

You can be a Chief Executive Scout too! (As long as you aren’t female, queer or compassionate.)

Kristen July 20, 2012 49 Comments
TV News & Trailers

2012 Emmy Nominations Honor Some Television Programs, Not Others

Who got snubbed? Who got rubbed? Rubbed is what they should call it when you got rightfully nominated.

Brittani July 19, 2012 71 Comments
Health

Hot Town, Summer In The City: Keep Your Vag From Feeling Dirty And Gritty

Your vulva asked me to write this.

Gabrielle Korn July 19, 2012 72 Comments
LGBT Book Reviews

Read a F*cking Canadian Book, Eh: Ann-Marie MacDonald’s “Fall On Your Knees”

What if the nerdy bookstore owner from “Better Than Chocolate” wrote a book of her own? Oh, wait, she DID!

Malaika July 19, 2012 39 Comments
Visual Art

TESTIMONY Exhibition Gets Born, Tells The Story Of Being Young And Queer

Were we ever so young? “Testimony” is here to tell us we were (and it was actually kind of okay.)

Vanessa July 19, 2012 7 Comments
Politics + Activism

Banned Cub Scout Troop Leader Jennifer Tyrrell Isn’t Giving Up: The Autostraddle Interview

The Boy Scouts of America decided to keep their anti-gay ban, while Jennifer Tyrrell keeps fighting. “How dare someone tell a mother they can’t be a part of their child’s life?”

Hansen July 19, 2012 14 Comments
Playlists

Listling Without Commentary: Playlists You Asked Us To Make

“a playlist about sparrows”

Crystal July 19, 2012 73 Comments
Recipes

Get Baked and Toasted: Get Out of Your Gardening Predicamint

When life gives you tasty weeds, make mojitos! Or mojito-esque things, because rum isn’t always work appropriate.

Kristen July 19, 2012 10 Comments
Movie Features TV Feature

Dispatches From Ballroom 20: All Day, All The Panels

In which Ash tells you everything you missed before the Firefly reunion at San Diego Comic Con.

Ash July 18, 2012 10 Comments
Politics + Activism

Why Claiming Republicans Are “Hardly Anti-Gay” Makes Hardly Any Sense

Spoiler alert: it takes more than “tolerance.”

Rachel July 18, 2012 23 Comments
Playlists

Playlist: Discovering Your Ex Is A Shitty Person

I prescribe this playlist as an antidote to most shitty ex situations.

A.E. Osworth July 18, 2012 83 Comments
Music

Records for Rebel Girls and Riot Grrls from Bikini Kill

Commence freaking out!

Kate July 18, 2012 13 Comments
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: The First Ever Gay Marriage On A Military Base and Other Stories We Missed This Week

AAA Episode V: Brittani Nichols Strikes Back, and in the meantime people have feelings about gay marriage, Republicans are delusional/happy, and Megan Rapinoe jams out on video.

Carmen July 18, 2012 12 Comments
Music

Music Fix: No Doubt Are Back! Plus Other Musical Things

We have a lot to talk about.

Crystal July 18, 2012 28 Comments
TV Feature

VIDEO: It’s Autostraddle’s “Real L Word” Season 2 Parody!

Season 3 of The Real L Word just premiered, so we’re being avant garde and are finally releasing the SEASON TWO PARODY VIDEO OH MY GOD.

Alex July 18, 2012 73 Comments
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