Results for: be the change
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“The Last of Us Part II” and the Never Ending Endings of Endlessness
I did my best to not let my lurking paranoia get in the way of being happy during certain portions of the game but it was an ever present feeling. Even now, having finished the game, it is still there. The few times I forgot about it I found myself taking comfort in two women deeply in love, in the shit together.
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5 Things You Should Know About Latina Lesbian Superhero Renee Montoya Before “Birds of Prey”
Not only is Montoya the first Latina lead and lesbian lead in a DC film, she also has an iconic history, including being one of the first and most celebrated lesbian comic book characters of all time.
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Will Uber’s Very Public Sexual Harassment Debacle Actually Change Things For Women in Tech?
Are we finally moving past the storytelling phase and into doing real things to combat sexism in the technology industry, or is this Uber fiasco more of the same?
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Four More Tech Tools to Help You Get Involved, Call for Change, and Resist Trump
Four more apps for resisting Donald Trump. Calls, kittens and boycotts.
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If You Delete Your Texts, How Do You Save Your Receipts?
The Autostraddle team has an impromptu discussion about our own personal phone policies surrounding screenshots, text receipts, being petty, saving contacts, and…cat photos.
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Here’s an Exclusive First Look at Gaby Dunn’s New Graphic Novel, “Bury the Lede”
“An incisive and insightful psychological thriller where the relationship between the two female protagonists — a journalist and a murder suspect — is fraught with lies and complicated truths from the very beginning.”
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Drawn to Comics: A First Look at First Gay Kisses in “Kiss Number Eight”
There’s something about your first kiss with a girl, something different. It can bring out truths you’re not ready for, it can open doors that can never be closed, it can change your life forever.
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“Assassin’s Creed Odyssey” Forced My Lesbian Xena to Have Sex With a Man and Have His Baby and YIKES
Legacy of the First Blade is one of the most egregious lesbian storylines I’ve ever seen.
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Does Project Ara Signal a Sea Change?
Google’s open hardware platform for creating modular smartphones is back, but it’s different.
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Drawn to Comics: America Vol 1: “The Life and Times of America Chavez” Punches You In the Face (In a Good Way)
“The first time I read a comic with America Chavez, it was Young Avengers and it changed my entire view of comics. I had never seen a character that was so much like me and such a badass. The first time I read a comic with America Chavez written by former Autostraddle writer Gabby Rivera, it changed everything all over again.”
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If Democrats Win Back the House Silicon Valley Will Finally Face Some Regulation
Why does it need to happen? Well, Facebook and Twitter combined with Russian attempts to influence elections are the reason the United States is currently beset by 45, for example, but also because existing laws and regulations were never built for this era.
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Study Shows Deep Canvassing Can Efficiently Change Anti-Trans Attitudes
“Deep canvassing” methods can have a strong impact on transphobic attitudes, according to a new study.
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The Gayest Comic Books from 2018 NYCC
From the McElroys to Zoë Quinn and Tina Horn to the random guy that tries to make me buy his titty comics, I ask everyone how gay their shit is.
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Drawn to Comics: Kiku Hughes’s Short Comics Are Lush, Moving and Really Gay
Kiku Hughes first came to my attention a few years ago when I saw a lovely short comic she did about some space lesbians. I was immediately drawn to her lush and deeply rich character designs and colors. The comic looked like a galactic dessert, and I wanted seconds and thirds.
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The Multifaceted Masculinity of the Dream Daddy Comics
“I can simply rest in this strange and beautiful world of homosexual daddies with expansive definitions of what it means to be masculine; given how raw and terrible I feel as I continue to come out as trans, continue to lift up the rocks within myself and peer under them, this is what I need.”
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For Your Consideration: Openly Scrolling Through Someone’s Entire Instagram Feed
Let them know you’re looking!
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Make Big Life Changes Less of an Ordeal With a Lean Systems Perspective
I’d say about 90% of industrial/systems engineering work boils down to this super easy exercise: stop for a minute and think about what the main objective is. Now look at what you’re doing. Is that activity getting you closer to the goal?
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Before I Go, Here’s My Top Ten Favorite “Drawn to Comics” Comics of All Time
It’s time for me to say goodbye to Drawn to Comics. Here are some thoughts on what all of y’all have meant to me and my favorite comics along the way.
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Lesbians Who Tech 2018: Hillary Clinton, The Future of Disruption, a Path Toward Hope
Lesbians Who Tech has had rockstars all the way down.
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Drawn to Comics Exclusive: “Lumberjanes: The Infernal Compass” Is the Mal and Molly Graphic Novel We Want!
Are you ready for a new Lumberjanes graphic novel about a magic compass, a wandering woman in the woods and Mal and Molly having lots of feelings?