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Book Features Issues

Pure Poetry #16: Vanessa Hidary, The Hebrew Mamita

‘Should I fiddle on a f*cking roof for you?’

Lindsay Eanet March 7, 2011 14 Comments
Book Features Issues

Pure Poetry #14: Sady Doyle on the Great Poet Diane Di Prima

“This woman found the riskiest, weirdest thing to be, at any particular moment, and then she became it.”

Sady Doyle March 7, 2011 34 Comments
Society + Culture

If You Like Sunday Funday So Much Why Don’t You Gay Marry It

Some people got married and some could get married and some people apologized and others hugged a lot! Sometimes women can make sushi and also we love Neko Case! Happy (kind of belated) Sunday Funday!

Rachel March 6, 2011 26 Comments
NSFW Sunday

NSFW Sunday: Everyone Wants to Take a Lesbian Purity Test

You know those crass addictive online purity tests you take every now and then to see what kind of badass you’ve become? Here’s one for your inner and outer lesbian.

Riese March 6, 2011 172 Comments
Book Features Issues

Pure Poetry #15: Pablo Neruda

“Cómo logró su libertad la bicicleta abandonada?”

Laura March 6, 2011 27 Comments
Politics + Activism

Remember Bradley Manning? Wikileaks’ Forgotten Gay “Unparalleled Hero” Made to Sleep Naked in Jail

This is what it looks like to get all of the backlash and none of the glory for exposing the American government’s dirty laundry.

Rachel March 5, 2011 26 Comments
Society + Culture

Revolution Queer Style Now: Christian College Bans Students’ Gay ‘Zine

We talk to the queer vanguards of Harding University who made a ‘zine “to be a voice for the voiceless who are quietly dying inside the walls of our campus” and got banned by the administration.

Riese March 4, 2011 55 Comments
Politics + Activism

Girlfight! – In Which We Debate Westboro’s Right to Picket Funerals

This is where the Carmen and Carolyn not-showdown will begin. We’re friends, after all, but we’re going to give you guys a little bit of both sides. We framed it like a girlfight to make it more interesting, though.

Carmen March 4, 2011 67 Comments
Straddleverse

The Non-Comment Non-Awards (It’s Still Friday Though Don’t Worry)

The award for laziest comment award ceremony goes to… me!

Emily March 4, 2011 29 Comments
Book Features Issues

Pure Poetry #13: Jack Spicer Breaks My Heart Into Small Pieces

“I think that anyone’s a fool to become a junkie or a poet… it’s the same kind of hook really, and it has the same withdrawal symptoms if you ever try it.”

Riese March 4, 2011 21 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

New Gaga Song, LiLo, Meredith Baxter: Pop Friday Gay Grab Bag

The Real L Word Season 2 premiere date, Lindsay Lohan’s post-rehab interview, Meredith Baxter’s memoir, Lady Gaga debuts “Government Hooker,” and Pink has a comment on the XTina sitch.

Jess March 3, 2011 13 Comments
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OPEN THREAD: What Did You Do Without Autostraddle?

“I laughed, I cried, I was introduced to alcoholic whipped cream.”

the team March 3, 2011 212 Comments
Society + Culture

LGBTQ News Roundup: The Kids Weren’t Alright, and Neither Were All of The Adults

Anti-gay parents denied right to adopt, fighting for same-sex marriages to resume in California, a lesbian got sent home from the army for being “lovestruck,” and everything else you/we missed.

Carmen March 3, 2011 11 Comments
Society + Culture

Seriously, Who Does A Gay Teen Have To Petition To Get A GSA Around Here

This isn’t the first time a high school has threatened to cut all extracurricular clubs because they didn’t want to have a Gay Straight Alliance. But this week marks the first time someone actually has! Way to go, Flour Bluff High School in Texas!

Rachel March 3, 2011 24 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Pretty Little Liars 119 Recap: A Person of Interest is Interested in Making Out, Secretly

Talk about speed-dating.

Riese March 3, 2011 22 Comments
TV News & Trailers

Jess’s Team Pick: Mindy Kaling Tweets Her Unused ‘Office’ Storylines

‘The Office’ writer/actress Mindy Kaling tweeted out her unused storyline pitches for Steve Carell’s character, Michael Scott.

Jess March 3, 2011 8 Comments
Movie Features

VIDEO: Julie & Brandy in Your Box Office: The Sh*t You Didn’t See

“Obviously we’re gonna sound dumb, inarticulate, offensive, probably discriminatory, very middle class, uneducated, ill-informed, don’t read, only watch Joy Behar…”

julie and brandy March 2, 2011 25 Comments
Politics + Activism

Rep. John Boehner Scared Of Change, Gay People, Wants To Defend DOMA

You know what they say, if you give a mouse a cookie the Republicans will fight to keep oppressive legislation until someone pries it from their cold dead hands!

Rachel March 2, 2011 23 Comments
Comedy

DeAnne Smith Waxes On

“Also, you’re welcome. Because let’s be honest, that was a drunken and flexible decade.”

DeAnne March 2, 2011 39 Comments
Book Features Issues

Pure Poetry #11: Saul Williams

“Admittedly, as a 21-year-old middle-class queer Asian woman, I probably do not share that many experiences with Saul Williams, except for maybe being from New York and having a profound appreciation for women’s bodies.”

phoenix March 1, 2011 6 Comments
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