Lollapalooza Adventure Time: Autostraddle’s Summer Festival Tour Continues
Sarah’s going to Lollapalooza to continue Autostraddle’s brilliant summer music festival coverage. Check out this preview; the action starts Friday!
Tying the Knot: You Can’t Get Married But You Can Make Your Own Skinny Tie
This week in style, learn how to make skinny ties out of regular ties. It’s easier than you might think.
Blackberry’s Queer Ad for the Straight Phone
A new Blackberry ad is trying to make the signature phone of I-Banker assholes everywhere seem queerer and cooler. Because queers are cool, particularly when mustachioed.
Surprise! White Democrats With Kids Are Responsible for Passing Prop 8!
New analysis of the Proposition 8 vote from 2008 shows that the ridiculous Yes On 8 TV ads had more of an effect than anyone first thought. And the results weren’t as close as it appeared, either. We’ve got a lot more work to do.
Gaga’s Desert Heart Sings For Arizona – But Is It Protest, or Posturing?
In which we discuss whether there are problems in the world that the Monster Ball cannot solve, calling upon the ghosts of Yoko Ono, Ani DiFranco, etc.
Autostraddle Calendar Girls: Laura is Miss August
I wish they all could be California girls so they’d all be as smokin’ hot as Laura, Miss August!
Romi Tells Us What It’s Like to Be in Real L Word’s Lesbian Strap-On Sex Scene
Did Showtime cross a line by showing Whitney & Romi having Real Lesbian Strap-on Sex on The Real L Word this week? We contacted Romi Klinger for an official statement on the episode to share her side of the story.
Lady Gaga’s Clam Power & 4 Other Entertainment News Headlines Queers Care About Today
Lady Gaga is on the cover of Vanity Fair, we’ve got the best bits (about sex, xanax, and why she hates LA!). Also; Lohan gets out of jail, more on Skins US’ lesbian character and Brittania fans may see a kiss in the next season of GLEE.
Televisionary Q&A: How “Real” is “The Real L Word”?
I’ve got some questions about “The Real L Word.” So I tracked down a veteran reality TV editor and established fan of reality teevee programs to get the scoop on how scenes get constructed, what makes TRLW different than other shows, the Theory of the Dogs, “Frakenbiting,” who controls the “stories” being told and other supreme secrets of editorial magic!
“Skins”-Themed Parties Corrupting France, Teens Like Drugs, Sex, Music, Effy
In France, the 16-to-18 year-old children have gone completely mad! They’re having crazy “Skins” themed parties with sex, drugs, security guards, admission fees, and costumes! It’s basically like the 70’s up in there!
Lesbian Stock Photography is Awkward, So Is This Song For Lindsay Lohan
Awkward Stock Photography Tumblr inspires us to dig through our favorite lesbian stock photography tropes AND BOY IS IT HILARIOUS YOU GUYS. Also, this is not a Lindsay Lohan post, but it may or may not feature a song her father apparently wrote and performed to assure her that his love “will never die.” Laugh or cry as you see fit. Also, Kristen Stewart talks about gendered double standards in Hollywood, a new movie starring guerilla gun girls, and drag queens singing about oil. I know, what more could you ask for?
Why Activist Judges Are A [Gay] Girl’s Best Friend, and That’s Okay
This weekend, a district judge in Arizona reversed a ruling that would have denied domestic partner benefits to the gays and lesbians of the entire state. In honor of his decision, we investigate what exactly an activist judge is, and why they make us feel so warm and fuzzy.
On NSFW Sunday, All the Women Will Want Lesbian Sex
A man says it looks like almost all the women don’t need men for sex anymore and he’s probably right. Also: embracing sluthood, sex advice from Etsy vendors, the morning-after-you-were-awesome kit, fear of sexuality, fear of talking to teenagers about sexuality, a sexy Tumblr and um, hot celebrities in bondage gear. Your average everyday NSFW Sunday.
Riese’s Team Pick: NY Times’ “Modern Love” (Queered)
Every week The New York Times brings us a new Modern Love column which range from dumb to brilliant/beautiful but almost never gay. Often beautiful, but this one, which reader Sameera sent to Laneia and which she sent to me and which I would like to share with you, is called A Free Spirit Who […]
It’s Time for HEY! Did You See That Comment Friday? The Special Coupon Edition
Hello. Have you done your duty as a gay person and molested your obligatory 117 people yet? Don’t worry, we’re offering a special deal where you can cash in your comment award and have that number reduced by 10 people. Just like the games at Chuck E. Cheese! We’re just here to help.
Kristin Chenoweth is Popular and Possibly Perfect: The Auto-Interview
Kristin Chenoweth talks to Autostraddle about the response to her Newsweek piece, returning to Glee with Idina Menzel, her brand new ensemble TV project, Promises Promises, her strong Christian beliefs and why she knows Jesus would be totally pro-equality and a friend to the gays.
How to Make Honest Art: I (Sort of) Made a Quilt And You Can Too!
In order to relieve the boredom of Summer 2010, I decided to make a quilt that’s not even really a quilt but actually just pieces of cloth sewn on to each other and I’m going to show you how I did it so you can do it, too. It’s one of many ways you can have an Honest Art Day!
Rachel’s Team Pick: 500 Days of Weezy
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Look Lesbians on the TV: Real L Word, Jackie Warner, Ellen DeGeneres and Sara Gilbert!
SO MANY THINGS ON THE TEEVEE FOR YOU GAYS: Jackie Warner’s new show Thintervention, Real L Word cast promises sexy episode but not a second season (yet), Ellen quits Idol, the mainstream press says Sara Gilbert came out yesterday, which is 8 years off.
Tel Aviv LGBT Center Shooting, One Year Later: March to Equality, Tell Someone You Love Them
The image of Tel Aviv as a liberal gay haven was shattered last year when a gunman injured 15 and killed two youths at an LGBT community center a few months before I was headed there for a study abroad program. On the one-year anniversary of the shooting, LGBTQ Israelis are marching from Jerusalem to Knesset in The March for Equality. Although I was not there today, I also have feelings on this.