Find the Perfect Summer Lip With These Four Shades
Who doesn’t want to look sun-kissed, moisturized, and blushing? Whether a soft matte or a high shine cream, I’ve probably got something for you.
Rainbow Reading: Happy “Our Wives Under The Sea” Week to All Who Celebrate
After another banger week for books coverage on Autostraddle, catch up on all the latest happenings in the queer lit world.
Foolish Child #122: Butter Warmer
“Is that like a wink-wink butter warmer from a catalog of ‘discreetly shipped’ adult play-things?”
Pop Culture Fix: Trans Superhero Dreamer Flies From Screen to Page
Nicole Maines co-wrote Superman: Son of Kal-El #13, which officially introduced Dreamer into the DC comic-verse!! Plus, Lily and Ola won’t return for Sex Education’s fourth season, a new show from the creator of First Kill, and more.
“Motherland: Fort Salem” Episode 304 Recap: Make the Yuletide Gay
It’s Yuletide in July! Our runaway witches are trapped in the Marshal Manor so they take a break from fighting to celebrate Yule.
“Wait, Is This a Date?” Podcast Episode 203: Dating Men
Whether you’re a lesbian who dated men as a teen or a queer person who dates lots of genders, our community is far too mixed and gender is far too complicated to leave men — cis and trans — out of our discussions.
No Filter: Literally What Is Not To Love About This Photo of Javicia Leslie
Plus, if I have said it once I have said it a thousand times: Keke Palmer is a 48-year-old Auntie in a 28 year old’s body and I! Love! It!
According to GLAAD, Social Media Companies Are Failing LGBTQ+ People
GLAAD released its 2022 Social Media Safety Index report, and all major social media networks – Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, and YouTube – earned below a 50% score out of 100. They are literally failing the queer community.
Also.Also.Also: What to Do When You Get the ‘I’m Not Gay Enough’ Blues
“Raven’s Home” made history with the Disney Channel’s first trans character, the WNBA All Stars said “We are not going to stop until everyone understands how serious this really is,” and more to read.
2022 Primetime Emmy Nominations: All The Queer Humans and Characters Who Did Good Today
The 74th Annual Primetime Emmy nominations were announced this morning and there are tons of queer characters and people nominated — and lots of notable snubs, too!
How Gay Is It? A Handy Visual Guide For Straights
Straight actors keep describing their projects as “very gay,” when they are, in fact, not! And so I have made a handy chart to help straights answer the question: How Gay Is It?
You Need Help: My Parents Want Me to Respect My Sister’s Homophobic Religious Beliefs
How do I get my parents to see that neutrality in this situation feels like they’re rejecting me too?
This Gay Ocean Horror Book Is So Good I Want To Scream
Our Wives Under The Sea is queer horror at its finest.
“Good Trouble” Episode 410 Recap: What I Wouldn’t Give for Love
Has Angelica always been tepid about Malika’s polyamory? Yes. But this isn’t communicating. This is Angelica telling Malika about a decision that she’s already made based on fears that she hasn’t bothered to tell Malika about.
Pop Culture Fix: “Gentleman Jack” Is Cancelled, Music Is No Longer Jaunty
Plus, first looks of Rosie O’Donnell in A League of Their Own, Florence Pugh freeing the nipple and taking down the patriarchy, a new Harley Quinn trailer, and more!
I Wish Peacock’s “Queer as Folk” Season One Had Like 14 More Episodes
Peacock’s new “re-imagining” of Showtime’s “Queer as Folk” is brimming with promise, exuberance and sex that is both groundbreaking and incredibly hot — and what I found myself wanting from the show was simply more of it.
This Sporty Queer YA Novel Is the Best Book I’ve Read in Years
In last year’s Like Other Girls, Britta Lundin creates a heartwarming depiction of queer mentorship and intergenerational queer friendship.
Lorals Latex Underwear Gave Me Minimal Pleasure and Maximal Wedgies
And as the latex was rolling in on itself, it took any hair on my body with it, so I got the bikini wax I never asked for.
Chris Belcher on “Pretty Baby,” Dungeon Dynamics, and the Expansiveness of Queer Sex
“I always envisioned this book as something that would allow me to talk about how I got to know masculinity as an adult through sex work and reflect back on how I came to know masculinity from the time I was younger.”
Quiz: Which Horror Musical Are You?
I am exhilarated, thrilled, absolutely gobsmacked at how horror musicals have gotten me through this pandemic.