Get Baked: Ratatouille Salad
This served-hot salad is easier to make than to spell.
You Need Help: Your Girlfriend Is Jealous Of Hypothetical Boys
In which you need your girlfriend to know you’re not about to leave her for a dude.
Ringapalooza: Badass Rings for Under $25
This year why not make your New Year’s Resolution to spend less and look more awesome with 55 hand picked badass ring all under $25.
Reading Rainbow 2012: The Things We’re Finally Actually Going To Read This Year
What will you read in 2012?
You Need Help: When Your Girlfriend is Abusive
“Two or three things I know, two or three things I know for sure, and one of them is that if we are not beautiful to each other, we cannot know beauty in any form.”
In 2011, Queer Girl Television Was Almost Awesome
On the upside, nobody died in a fire.
2011 As the Year of the Queer: Gay Marriage Edition
Welcome to the mainstream, for better or worse.
Maurice Sendak Is Curmudgeonly, Brilliant, Tells You To Go To Hell
Whitney’s Team Pick: Maurice Sendak, author of “Where the Wild Things Are” is as brilliant and curmudgeonly as ever in this mini documentary. I love you, Maurice.
Skins Series 6 Preview: More Violence and Drugs, Extra Sex, Less Minky
quotes include: “The big theme is how girls are treated by guys in society” , “in the next series there are seven sex scenes, five of which I’ve been a part of.”
Sunday Funday Is Your Gay New Year’s Day Hangover Buddy
There’s still good news to be had at the dawning of a new year of love / feelings / friendship / Autostraddle reading in your underwear.
Playlist: 2012 – The Year of You
The future is so bright we gotta wear shades.
Pariah Personals Profiles People Ready For Revolution
Laura’s Team Pick: Pariah is making waves all over the Internet
NSFW Sunday Wants To Give You Sex Toys, Hear Your Stories and Kiss You All Year Long
Who wants to win a party in their pants? We have a big sex toy giveaway, mortifying sex stories, and so much more!
New Year’s OPEN THREAD: What We’ll Leave in 2011
While everybody is deciding what they’re going to do in 2012, we tell some things / thoughts / feelings / behaviors of 2011 to go fuck themselves.
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo: Lisbeth Salander by Any Other Name
A review of the American remake, in which we decide that if you want to test your gaydar, bring up Noomi Rapace vs. Rooney Mara in a bar.
Arizona Judge Rules Mexican-American Studies Illegal, Is Horrible and Wrong
I can’t believe this is real and I’m not actually trapped in a George Orwell book.
New Years Eve Fashion Part Three: Watching The Ball Drop At Home
Just because you’re staying home doesn’t mean you shouldn’t look your most awesome. Check out this New Year’s Eve fashion advice for homebodies.
Pro-Gay Vote Might Be Democrats’ Secret Weapon in 2012 Election
The Republicans have already decided that they don’t need the gays for the 2012 election, but Obama may feel differently.
Things I Read That I Love #7
This week we’ll travel to North Korea, but also to Portland! Topics include oxy addiction, the NBA, wax museums and murder/suicide!
Women’s Magazine Profile of a Normal Girl
Brittani’s Team Pick: “She has two movies out. They are Troop Beverly Hills and Inception. Both are from Netflix and both have been sitting on her desk for six months.”