My Word of the Year Was “Closer”
For as long as I can remember, I’ve held a silent tradition of closing out each year with a word.
Autostraddle’s Most Popular Stories of 2022
From Generation Q to football gays, Stardew Valley to The Golden Girls, these were our most read posts of 2022.
HBO’s “His Dark Materials” Makes The Garden of Eden Gloriously Gay
Dr. Mary Malone reveals that she’s a lesbian in series finale. It’s a revolutionary change from the books.
Rainbow Reading: Hey Siri, What’s the Opposite of Listless?
Instead of discourse, you know what we’ve got during this last mellow week? Lists. SO MANY LISTS.
Word Search: The Situationship
A judgement-free zone.
Queer Naija Lit: Hausa Is a Language of Love in Arinze Ifeakandu’s “God’s Children Are Little Broken Things”
To be human is to be, or not. To love, or not.
“Call Me Miss Cleo” and the Queer Legacy of TV’s Most (In)Famous Psychic
When the PRN lawsuits were settled, Cleo essentially went into hiding. But she soon found a queer coffee shop in Florida that felt like home.
Pop Culture Fix: Could Nicole Maines and Javicia Leslie Make the Leap to the DCU?
HBO’s The Last of Us won’t be TOO graphically violent, Blackpink’s tour of queer yearning, the best celeb gossip of the year, and more!
Practical Magic: How to Nourish Your Body When Executive Dysfunction Has Other Plans
There’s a saying they mention when feeding babies: “fed is best.” That principle’s not just for babies, my friends!
No Filter: Every Few Months I Remember Chrishell Stause Is Dating G Flip
Welcome back to No Filter, the place where I gather up the best celesbian nonsense and put in one handy column for you!
Mini Crossword Has Notifications Silenced
In a large bowl, whisk two cups all-purpose flour, half-cup granulated sugar, half-cup brown sugar, one and a half tsps baking powder, half a tsp baking soda, and three quarters tsp of kosher salt.
Also.Also.Also: Saying Goodbye to “The Internet’s Most Hellish Year”
How the Cheesecake Factory became the chain restaurant of millennial dreams, on the practicing abolition in the wake of the Tory Lanez verdict, and it wasn’t your imagination — this was absolutely the worst year to be online.
Mira Bellwether, Author of ‘F*cking Trans Women,’ Has Died
It’s clear that Bellwether wrote this zine because it absolutely needed to be written. Now it’s her legacy.
Eight of the Best Queer Albums of 2022
I’ve always used music as a way to relate to others.
Woke “Yellowstone” Cowgirls Kiss, Ruin Real Americans’ Favorite Show
Until this week, the only thing I knew about the TV show Yellowstone is that Republicans f*cking love it.
You Need Help: I Just Turned 65 and I’m Questioning My Sexuality
I think everyone in the queer community knows this but I think we need to say it more explicitly and more often: Queerness is a journey.
Playing House
The game is simple, really.
Guessing Game: Code Blue in the Sack
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Say When
In the five years since I ended that relationship I’ve reflected on how I got into it, why I stayed, and my own part in the failure of it.
“To L And Back: Generation Q Podcast 306: The Gen Q Musicale
“I am so certain that this episode will have polarized us the most of any episode we’ve done yet. I’m certain of it.”