The Autostraddle Insider Issue 93: June 2022
“i just think patty melt IS a gender tbh”
Are All the Queer Moms Hanging Out Without Me?
As we start to shift the narrative about raw honesty online about motherhood, I wish that queer moms opened up more about how hard it is to create their inner circle.
“I Feel Love: Notes On Queer Joy” Reminds Us That Suffering Is Not Our Destiny
Queerness doesn’t have to be a burden. That’s what I wish I could tell my younger, lonely, and confused self.
MUNA Songs Ranked by Their Song-of-the-Summer Potential
MUNA knows how to make a song of the season, and I’m here to encourage you to find your song of the summer from their new album.
Rainbow Reading: Give Me Your Most Escapist Book Recommendations
There’s been a ton of new queer romance coming out, as well as queer mystery. Catch up on the latest LGBTQ literary news.
“Motherland: Fort Salem” Episode 302 Recap: The Dark Witch Rises
Tensions rise as the Unit goes on the run together, but they are unified in their quest to save one of their own.
“Brown Neon” Is a Tribute to the Power of Art and Community in the American Southwest
Over the course of these ten essays, Raquel Gutiérrez skillfully maps the realities, struggles, and joys of queer, Latinx, artistic life in the Southwest U.S.
Foolish Child #121: A Stands For
ABORTION ACCESS FOR ALL.
“Wait, Is This a Date?” Podcast Episode 201: Mommi Culture
Honey, we’re home!!!! “Wait, Is This a Date?” is back and we’re talking all things mommi culture! And all things dating as an actual mom!
A+ Members Can Submit to the Wait Is This a Date Mailbag!
Imagine hearing your own voice on WITAD. Personally, I think it sounds thrilling.
Pop Culture Fix: Harley and Ivy are Doin’ a Ton of Bangin’ in the “Harley Quinn” Season 3 Trailer
Also! The very hot marriage of Niecy Nash and Jessica Betts, the Hocus Pocus 2 teaser trailer, and is Jodie Foster actually going to be gay in True Detective???
No Filter: Urgent Gay News — Niecy Nash Has a Mrs. Cora Betts *THIGH* TATTOO
Also…BREAKING: Hot Moms celebrate Pride!!!
Editor’s Notes: On Pride 2022
As Pride increasingly becomes co-opted, soured by capitalism, and diluted from its original organizing and protest roots, it’s easy to become exhausted every June.
Kiersey Clemons and the “Fairfax” Youths Are Back to Spoof Hypebeast Culture
Fairfax is like if 30 Rock had a baby with Daria that was raised inside the world of BoJack Horseman.
What Are Lesbian Eyebrows? A Housewives Investigation
On the new season of Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip, Brandi Glanville said a woman has “lesbian eyebrows,” prompting questions like: What are lesbian eyebrows? Do I have them?
Also.Also.Also: “My Girl” Made Tegan and Sara Gay, Just Like Every Other 90s Kid
He can’t see without his glasses! Plus: How queer chefs are reclaiming “bottom food,” Wimbledon’s Victorian dress code, how to tell if an elephant is about to get violent, and more.
Welcome Our New Art Director, Viv Le!
Hi there it’s me, Viv Le, aka the first Art Director of Autostraddle and your resident grinch.
Queer Books Across America: Incredible Lesbian and Queer Novels and Memoirs Set in Every State
Take a gay road trip to all 50 states right on your couch with queer fiction, memoirs and graphic novels set all across the United States.
Some Answers to Some Things You’ve Been Asking Us #42
“Thanks for listening to my lesbian soccer rant!”
A Letter to My Ex-Best Friend This Pride
I will always love you, and I know you will always love me. Sometimes love isn’t enough.