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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”?

Amanda Catharine February 27, 2012 12 Comments
Issues Visual Art

Artist Attack!: Jenny Holzer Can’t Protect You Anymore

Expiring for love is beautiful but stupid.

Kolleen February 27, 2012 8 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

Wingtips and Waffles, Now Together For Your Viewing Pleasure

Laura’s Team Pick: Coffee & the Newspaper, a tumblr

Laura February 27, 2012 16 Comments
NSFW Sunday

NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday is “Hogtied”

Bondage Month presents some flash-fiction erotica by Sinclair Sexsmith.

Sinclair Sexsmith February 26, 2012 15 Comments
Movie Features

2012 Academy Awards Liveblog and Open Thread

The Oscars! Rich people giving rich people awards for making expensive films to make rich people richer!

Lizz February 26, 2012 130 Comments
Sex Toys

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!

Ryan Yates February 26, 2012 27 Comments
Society + Culture

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.

Carmen February 26, 2012 11 Comments
Geekery

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.

Ash February 25, 2012 33 Comments
TV Show Recaps

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!

Riese February 24, 2012 175 Comments
Issues Visual Art

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.”

Effing Dykes February 24, 2012 11 Comments
Queer Fashion

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!

Laneia February 24, 2012 34 Comments
Issues Visual Art

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.”

Rachel February 24, 2012 5 Comments
Society + Culture

Au Revoir à Mademoiselle

The French government is finally getting rid of its “Miss”.

Laura February 24, 2012 46 Comments
LGBT Book Reviews

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.

Carmen February 24, 2012 4 Comments
Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Still Excited About Camp

And will be until 2056.

Laura February 24, 2012 11 Comments
Literature

Things I Read That I Love #14: Your Lucky Day

Today’s topics include audiobooks, long-distance running, exotic pets, murder, Steve Jobs and plagiarism!

Riese February 24, 2012 19 Comments
Politics + Activism

Prop 8 Undergoes Another Review, Not Going To Supreme Court Just Yet

Just kidding, we have to wait even longer before Prop 8 goes to the Supreme Court.

Rachel February 23, 2012 13 Comments
Gender

This Transphobic UK Ad Will Enrage, Hopefully Inspire You to Combat Cissexism

Ending cissexism starts with you and me.

annika February 23, 2012 100 Comments
Literature

J.K. Rowling Is Writing A New Book, Try Not To Pee Your Pants

THESE LETTERS ARE NOT CAPITAL ENOUGH TO ACCURATELY CONVEY MY EXCITEMENT.

Intern Grace February 23, 2012 54 Comments
Music

Music Fix: Metric, Fiona Apple, Sia

Metric announce their new record, Fiona Apple and tUnE-yArDs announce their new tour dates, and Sia denounces her pop stardom.

Crystal February 23, 2012 27 Comments
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