Art Attack! Read A F*cking Book: ‘The Last Nude’
Ellis Avery’s ‘The Last Nude’ is basically girl-on-girl fictional art history. You’re interested in it.
We Won A Thing and So Did You: Autostraddle Sweeps Bloggies 2012
If you haven’t already heard, WE WON A THING. Several actually…
Tegan and Sara Stare into the Camera, Your Soul in “Body Works” Video
Intern Grace’s Team Pick: I feel like someone told Tegan and Sara that every time they blink in this video, a kitten will die or something.
Artist Spotlight: Azealia Banks and the Second Coming of the Female Emcee
Banks is an anti-glamour loudmouth chasing big-time success without mercy or apology, because, let’s face it, who has time to apologize when you’re becoming famous this fucking fast?
Artists Attack! Ten Lesbian Photographers You Should Know (About)
From Catherine Opie to Cass Bird to Zanele Muholi, here are ten queer women with vision and talent changing the heteronormative face of contemporary photography.
Art Attack!: Tamara de Lempicka Didn’t Care Who Knew
How could you not be intrigued by a woman who proudly proclaimed, “I live life in the margins of society, and the rules of normal society don’t apply to those who live on the fringe”?
Artist Attack!: Jenny Holzer Can’t Protect You Anymore
Expiring for love is beautiful but stupid.
Wingtips and Waffles, Now Together For Your Viewing Pleasure
Laura’s Team Pick: Coffee & the Newspaper, a tumblr
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday is “Hogtied”
Bondage Month presents some flash-fiction erotica by Sinclair Sexsmith.
2012 Academy Awards Liveblog and Open Thread
The Oscars! Rich people giving rich people awards for making expensive films to make rich people richer!
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Wants to Play with Your (Bondage) Toy Box
We look over the bondage enthusiast’s toy box (nipple clamps, impact toys, etc.), review the world-famous “under-the-bed restraint system” and so much more!
Sunday Funday is Living in the Gay Past, Present, Future and Watching Videos
We’re also going to talk more about Ellen and a super badass gay judge, and maybe a baby fox.
Art Attack! An Introductory Guide to Comics for Ladygays
The comics industry is a big, crazy, complicated, ever-changing world with a lot of history — and some of that history is about queer characters.
Glee 314 Recap: On My Way To Driving This Recap Into a Brick Wall
This week on Glee, a bunch of characters do things their characters would never do and the writers try to make us care by almost killing everybody. Awesome!
Artist Attack!: All the Cunning Stunts Queer It Up At Street Level
“…but I also think that part of what our light box project did was to not assume that participation in mainstream culture means that you also have to take the structures of visibility that come with it as a given.”
dapperQ’s He Said/We Said Brings Style Inspiration, Diversity, Realness
In which we remember a whole year of sharp-dressed queers and the confidence they’ve given you, with a look ahead to even more Dapper Q, right here on Autostraddle!
Artist Spotlight: Bex Freund Paints Life, Death, and the In-Between
“Walking through silent-movie city streets, my thoughts often turn to the many processes that I can’t personally perceive directly, the layers of invisibly embedded systems beneath the surface of the observable world.”
Au Revoir à Mademoiselle
The French government is finally getting rid of its “Miss”.
Read a F*cking Book: Sylvia Traymore Morrison’s ‘Almost There, Almost’
This book promises you two things: it was written by a funny person and it was written by a great person. You can’t go wrong.
The Comment Awards Are Still Excited About Camp
And will be until 2056.