Results for: representation
-
Lesbians! They’re Evergreen
In 2012, a Condé Nast website called style.com published an article with the headline: “IS LESBIAN CHIC HERE TO STAY?” In this thrilling piece of supposed journalism, the writer remarked, “Lesbians! They’re everywhere.”
-
How To Blow Up Your Life
I thought that by 35, I’d be married. I thought by 35, I’d have kids. I thought I’d be straight.
-
The Comment Awards Are Thinking About Tig Notaro In A Flightsuit
“I definitely played rugby with the 2004 version of the Hey Mamas lesbians.”
-
The Drop: Lizzo’s “Watch Out for the Big Grrrls” has Depth, Drama — and So Much Ass
Dani Janae and Shelli Nicole chat through their thoughts on Lizzo’s new reality series that’s for the big girls!!
-
Welcome Autostraddle’s Newest Writers!
Say hello to the 14 (yes, you heard that right!) new writers who are helping to make Autostraddle brighter and sharper.
-
Tattoos Made My Body Feel Like My Own — A Trans Tattoo Experience
“With each tattoo I’m actively reclaiming my own identity. Every tattoo on my body is an active choice — An exercise in autonomy.”
-
Get In Here and Meet Kylo Freeman: For Them’s Founder and Autostraddle’s New CEO
“I’m used to working with an all-queer team that has amazing creative ideas that are a little bit out of the box, so it feels like a perfect fit from my end.”
-
Learning From Queer Libraries and Archives in a Time of Erasure
As legislatures and hate groups seek to censor and erase queer and trans lives and experiences, these spaces, be they physical or digital, housed in universities or grassroots-led, are perhaps more important than ever.
-
We Are All Just Out Here Trying to Cope With These LGBTQ Ikea Couches
“The bisexual couch looks like a threat.”
-
The Comment Awards Are Re-Watching Elliot Page Movies
“Where is the lesbian dog rep?” “Courtney! You have a cat!”
-
The Comment Awards are Sandwiched in a Corner with Kristen Stewart
“So the woman who kills Terminators in her spare time is afraid to tell her parents she’s dating Kristen Stewart?”
-
Calling All Believers: Autostraddle Is Fundraising for the Queer and Not-Too-Distant Future!
We have a Gay Agenda to fulfill! And we can only do it with your help! Also, do not miss these perks! We’re not kidding.
-
The Comment Awards Are Dreaming Up A Better World
“As a thick butch, I love this thick butch content!”
-
The Comment Awards Are Kissing In Candlelight (Sadly, With No Dinosaurs)
“The world needs an all-queer band of string players called Homosexually Charged Violins now more than ever.”
-
The Comment Awards Are Engaged to That Wife Who Loves Projects
“Marry me so we can live in a tiny house!”
-
How Do You Scale a Personality Cult?
We do lose something when dedicated queer spaces like Into, Girlfriends and SheWired shutter or AfterEllen goes full TERF, but we also lose something when The Awl, The Hairpin and The Toast do. These were places where writers were free to experiment, to be weird, to make writer-first content that isn’t easily monetizable.
-
Spaces & Places Community Gallery
As part of our three-week Spaces & Places series, we asked you if we could see your favorite spaces — and wow, did you deliver!
-
TRANSCRIPT: Making the Queer Media You Want to See in the World
We live in a time when you can see yourself reflected in all kinds of media, from all kinds of corporations, who never liked to talk about us before. But when you click on those things, you are giving people money who are not part of our community.
-
A-Camp October 2013 Recamp #4: You Look Wonderful Tonight
It’s our very last recamp! In this heart-pounding tale of love and life, a bunch of weirdos go to prom, witness an epic proposal, and share all their feelings.
-
Juniper Moon Folk Arts: Crafters, Activists, and the Glories of Gas Station Food
During Pride month, rural queer owned Juniper Moon Folk Art is doing weekly giveaways to raise funds for black-led organizations and bail funds working in antiracism and prison abolition.