In Which His Death Helped Me Finally Get To Know Gore Vidal
The literary badass and sexual liberation babe passed away last week at 88, and that was how I discovered him.
Top Five Famous Queer Lady Writers and their Dogs
“Girlfriends will love you and leave you, but your four-legged friend’s desire to wake you each morning with an enthusiastic lick will never waver.”
Hey Girl, Feminist Ryan Gosling Is Now A Coffee Table Book
It’s like when the greatest thing in the world gets even better.
I Also Love Vintage Books Your Kid Loves
Riese’s team pick: San Antonio writer Burgin Street is obsessed with vintage childrens books and consequently, I’m obsessed with her blog.
Stories from the Subway: Visit the Underground New York Public Library
If you like books and street photography, UNYPL is going to be your new happy place.
Emma and Nicola Wrote A Novel About Britney Spears: The Autostraddle Interview
Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus (“The Nanny Diaries”) re-imagine the story of how Britney Spears ended up under her father’s permanent legal control in their new novel.
Emily Dickinson At Last Call, and Other Delightful Drunk Texts
Rachel’s Team Pick: Drunk texts from Sappho!
Ann Bannon, Queen of Lesbian Pulp Fiction: The Autostraddle Interview
“And so while I would have loved to have done what Laura did, to go to New York and try to find myself, I did the more conventional thing, and I think I was not alone in that.”
Listling Without Commentary: Readers’ Descriptions Of Long-Lost Books From Whatsthatbook.com
“written around 1950’s with main character running in a cabbage patch wearing a diaper at end of novel”
Alison Bechdel Talks In Speech Bubbles With The Rumpus
Rachel’s Team Pick: “You look a lot more friendly in person than you do in your comic.”
In Which We Remember Maurice Sendak
“When everyone else was like, “There’s no such thing as monsters, kid” Sendak was all, “You’re damn right there’s monsters in your bedroom, so you best not give them a reason to eat you.”
Mini Interview: Andrea Askowitz and “My Miserable, Lonely, Lesbian Pregnancy”
“Is it a queer memoir and/or a pregnancy memoir? Neither.”
Make Sweet Poetry With Us
First we’ll create poems from nothing and then we’ll write poetry out loud.
Sinclair Sexsmith on “Say Please: Lesbian BDSM Erotica”: The Autostraddle Interview
“The questions quickly became, what is BDSM? And what is lesbian? I’m not sure I know the answer in general, but I figured out a context for this anthology to be born into, some parameters about kinks and fetishes and gender.”
Looking into Writers’ Bedrooms, Personal Style, Lives
Carolyn’s Team Pick: Flannery O’Connor’s looks like it would be good for napping.
The Days Of Yore: Writers and Artists Before “Making It”
“In high school I worked at McDonald’s. Got fired. I worked at a fabric store. Got fired. In college I worked as a custodian. Got fired. Wasn’t too good at the physical stuff. One person asked me if I was so bad on purpose or whether I was really that uncomprehending of the relation between soap and water.”
Adrienne Rich is Dead
“She died / a famous woman / denying // her wounds / denying // her wounds / came / from the same source as her power.”
Watch Rachel Maddow on Letterman, Listen to Her on Fresh Air, Then Win a Copy of “Drift!”
Win a signed copy of Rachel Maddow’s new book!
Autostraddle Book Club #5: The Hunger Games (Plus Movie Feelings OPEN THREAD)
HI, IT’S HERE, THE MOVIE IS HERE
For Anyone Who Likes Sex, Feelings, Love Letters, Books, All Of The Above
Carmen’s Team Pick: This is a Melissa Gira Grant appreciation post.