Bonnaroo 2010 Spotlight: The xx
Meet The xx, a moody, young three-piece from London. If you haven’t given this buzz-about band a listen, here’s your chance. They’re another must-see act performing at the Bonnaroo music & arts festival this weekend.
Audiostraddle Weekly: Metric, Belle & Sebastian, Star Wars Cantina 2.0
Metric churns out another video from their 2009 album ‘Fantasies,’ album sales hit record lows, Alanis Morissette gets married, Belle & Sebastian announces tour, and full lineups revealed for Rock The Bells and Lollapalooza. Autostraddle goes to Bonnaroo 2010 and also: Nicki Minaj and good music deals for you.
77% of Americans Know That They Know A Gay Person
A new poll reveals 77% of Americans know a real live gay person! Someone should come out to the remaining 23%, amirite? Pride parades all over the world are dealing with Israeli-Palestinean tensions by, er, not dealing with them at all. Also, lesbians makes great parents–holla, Vikki!, Janelle Monae’s airtime could be suffering from racial taste segregation, Deborah Rhode wants to protect all you shawties (and baldies and spotties), and Sarah Palmer talks about cows and gender.
Lady Gaga & Steven Klein’s “Alejandro” Video: Recapped & Deconstructed
Guess what’s here? The full recap of Lady Gaga’s “Alejandro” video was here and damn are my fingers tired! Let’s make graphics and deconstruct.
The Queer Style Revolution Will be Accessorized: Accessory Guide Part 2
You’ve been standing there with a shoe and a scrunchie since our Accessories Guide Part One dropped. Now we’re back! Ready to tell time, cart baggage, clutch on, pin up, pierce out and travel in style? Perfect us tooo! Oh yeah, and belt it. JUST BELT IT.
Glee Finale: Glee Drinking Game & Season Recap – Watch “Episode 122: Journey” With Us
Glee’s season finale, episode 122 “Journey,” is on FOX tonight at 9pm EST. Are you watching? Then you’ll need our Glee drinking game, feelings, and recap of the season thus far (by special guest Liz)! Glee Drinking Game you guys! Glee Drinking Game!
Lady Gaga’s Alejandro Video Premieres, You Have Feelings
Lady Gaga’s “Alejandro” video premiered today and holy mother of christ (hey speak of the devil…) (HEY! SPEAK OF THE DEVIL SPEAKING OF THE DEVIL) is this some intense sh*t. The recap’ll drop later today but in the meantime, I’ve got a few feelings, and I’m sure you do too. Let’s discuss.
Bonnaroo 2010 Spotlight: Samantha Crain
Meet Samantha Crain, another must-see act performing at the Bonnaroo music & arts festival this weekend.
Emily’s Team Pick: Stuff White People Like
Hey white boi! Have you ever heard of Stuff White People Like? It’s a blog. About stuff white people like. This blog mostly makes fun of the “painfully hip” (ie, hipsters). Here are some of my favourite Stuff White People Like: moleskins, being an expert on YOUR culture, grammar. I feel like we’re all mostly […]
The iPhone 4: The Good And The Meh
Apple introduces the iPhone 4, or should we say “re-introduces,” the iPhone 4. Meet the newest iPhone, its solid feature set and see just how shiny it is. But is shiny enough? Should it be? And oh yeah, Jane Lynch pops up to mock Apple and allude to a sex dungeon of some kind. Count me in.
Iowa Voters May Object to Your Union, So Get Gay-Married Now Or Forever Hold Your Peace
There are a lot of numbers in here but they’re all important, so get out your calculator and let’s do this. Statistics indicate that Iowans want to have a referendum on gay marriage, but also maybe that they don’t care that much, and Tea Partiers still hate us. The directors of GetEQUAL are making more than anyone you know, we don’t know anything about Elena Kagan still, Gawker might want to check out an AP stylebook, we might be one step closer to finding Lisa Miller and her daughter, and happy tales of reunited gays in love!
Autostraddle’s Rodeo Disco 2: Back in the Straddle
It’s time for round two of our annual NYC pride party and this is everything you need to know to be there or be square.
Bonnaroo 2010 Spotlight: Angus & Julia Stone
This super talented singer-songwriter brother-sister duo from Sydney are a must-see act at the upcoming Bonnaroo music festival. Check ’em out.
Laura’s Team Pick: Georgia Nicholson
This isn’t recent or new, but I know at least twenty-seven of you read Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging sometime in your girl(or boy)hood and I just want to take a second to revisit it. Those were special times, weren’t they? Giggling to yourself in your orthodontist’s waiting room and feeling scandalous for reading […]
MTV Movie Awards 2010 Celebrate Lesbian Innuendo, Swearing, Twilight
Sunday Night’s MTV Movie Awards were a non-stop spectacular of awards for movies we haven’t seen and probably never will. More importantly, MTV tried to make the show as gay as possible, which isn’t surprising. Plus, WHO WON?
Miley Cyrus Kissed A Girl, No One Liked It
Did you hear Miley Cyrus kissed a girl? Did you care? Anna Paquin says she’s always been bi, where were you, NYTimes looks at why men’s approval of gays has SKYROCKETED over the last four years while women have always been cool with it, Constance is getting a sweet benefit concert, Lilo is making friends, KStew says she’s sorry, Shit My Dad Says is coming to a TV near you. Also, don’t miss AfterEllen’s guide to DIY Pride, and watch the lolworthy WBC videos if you can stomach it!
Best Lesbian Erotica ’09, Lady Lumps & Power Bottoms: NSFW Sexy Sunday
Laneia reviews The Best Erotica of 2009! Also; Sarah Silverman loses her virgnity, sexy tumblr alert, Lost masters of Pornography, slut-shaming, power bottoms, mashed potatoes and Jiz Lee!
HTC Evo 4G: From the iPhone Into Android’s Warm Embrace
Now that the HTC Evo is mine (all mine!), here are a few first impressions. So go on– live vicariously! Because I know what it feels like to obsessively watch unboxing videos of the Evo until you go blind with envy. I know just how that is.
Tegan & Sara do Sydney: Photo Gallery by Stef Mitchell
Last month held was biggest event on the Sydney lesbian social calendar: Tegan & Sara live in concert. Were you there? Autostraddle was! We sent along Sydney-based photographer Stef Mitchell to capture some of evening’s finest moments.
Top Ten Comments of the Week
JK! We couldn’t narrow it down to 10 because there was too much intelligence and humor in the air this week. Intelligence and humor and humidity. Are you suffocating and dreaming tender dreams about air-conditioned houses? I know I am.