Playlist: Cover Songs Are Sometimes Better Than the Original
Ready for Jay-Z’s “99 Problems” reinvented as an alt-country rock tune?
You Need Help: I Feel Like We Would Like You If We Met You
You think you can’t talk to that girl because she’s flawless and you’re you, but that’s bullshit! With special guest: The Great Equalizer.
What Are You Listening To? There’s a Drink for That.
Lizz’s Team Pick: Drinkify solves the greatest problem of all time by pairing drinks with musical artists.
Battleground Twitter: Women, Misogyny, and #MenCallMeThings
RT @sadydoyle: When we all speak up, it doesn’t sound like self-pity any more, and it’s not hurt fee-fees. It’s structural oppression. #mencallmethings
Hillary Clinton Names Ellen DeGeneres Special Envoy for Global AIDS Awareness
This post has Hillary Clinton and Ellen DeGeneres in it. Talking to each other about how to end the global HIV/AIDS epidemic. Yeah, you should probably read it.
It Gets Better With Books and Teen Gay Activists
This California teen is working hard to make things better by providing gay books to gay kids all over America.
Lesbian With Alternative Lifestyle Haircut To Compete In “Miss Long Beach” Pageant
A 25-year-old lesbian hairstylist will be competing in the Miss Long Island pageant in a purple tuxedo and hand-sewn boyshorts. Kinda awesome, right?
Autostraddle Calendar Girls 2012: Meet Miss November and Pre-Order Your Calendar!
The 2012 Calendars are here! They’re here! Come take a look at our hardcover spiral-bound wire-hook-hanging way of keeping track of 2012 in style AND meet our November girls while you’re at it: Courtney and Steffanie!
Occupy Writers Is Your Favorite Authors in Support of the Occupy Movement
Occupy Writers is a group of authors who have joined together to bring their support of Occupy Wall Street to a wider audience — you.
There Goes The Neighborhood: Gay People Moving In, Increasing Your Property Value
In areas that support same-sex marriage, gay couples can increase neighbourhood property values. In areas that don’t, they can decrease them.
Adam Lambert Kills It With Queen at VMAs, Fun Home To Be a Musical
Adam Lambert performs a medley of Queen classics at the European VMAs, Queen Latifah is the latest lesbian talk show host, Ricky Martin marrying his boyfriend and Fun Home is now a musical.
“Agreeing to Agree” on Gay Marriage
“Is opposition to gay marriage by itself proof of bigotry? No. But is far too much of the opposition largely fueled by prejudice? Yes.”
“2 Broke Girls” and Another Lady-on-Lady Kiss, Courtesy of Liz Feldman
“2 Broke Girls” was good this week. Good for “2 Broke Girls” anyway.
Today’s NY Mag Sex Diary is “Epic,” Queer, In An Open Relationship
Team Pick: New York Magazine Sex Diaries are queer sometimes.
SIGNIFIED: Coming to a (Small, Community-Oriented) Theater Near You!
Katrina’s Team Pick: Something cool, but even cooler if you’re in Washington, DC.
Get Baked: Chilli Eggplant and Tofu
This is a super tasty eggplant-tofu situation and it is the best thing that will happen to you today.
Lampshades, Harmonicas and Penguins: Four Covers of Feist’s “1, 2, 3, 4”
Get down with the jangly, bouncy hipness that is “1, 2, 3, 4.” And did you know that Feist fronted a punk band way back when?
Get Baked: Roasted Bell Pepper Sauce
Today’s Roasted Bell Pepper Sauce is on fire. So is my kitchen.
It’s Hot In Australia: Gotye
Gotye is a big deal down under.
Many Pumpkins Enter, Some Pumpkins Leave: Halloween Thunderdome Winners!
Winners announced!