In “Truth of The Divine” We Explore What It Means To Be Human
A story that exemplifies the power of science fiction, encouraging readers to ponder what it even means to be “human”.
Lez Liberty Lit: Just for the Sake of It
The transformative power of queer breakups, exploring the ongoing trauma of the AIDS crisis, some 2021 faves, and more.
75 of the Best Queer Books of 2021
It was a banner year for queer horror! Plus, fantasy, historical fiction, memoir, nonfiction, YA, middle grade, poetry picks — and so much more!
Charlie Jane Anders on Trans Speculative Fiction and Rethinking ‘Hope’
In this Autostraddle interview, Charlie Jane Anders discusses her new collection of short stories, “Even Greater Mistakes.”
Quiz: Which Wintery Queer Book Should You Read This Holigay Season?
Whether or not you love the winter holiday season, Autostraddle’s resident lesbrarian has got some great reads for you this December! Just take this quiz and I will match you with an amazing queer book.
Holigay Gift Guide: What To Buy for Book Lovers (Other Than Books)
If it’s too much pressure to pick out a book for your literary pal, consider a creative display shelf, a customizable book planter, pressed flower bookmarks, and other presents that are bookish but not books!
Lez Liberty Lit: Do Not Privatize Libraries
Why is privatizing libraries a thing! Plus, centering voices not just bodies, banned books, stoner novels, nonlinear narratives, and more.
Malinda Lo Won a National Book Award for “Last Night at the Telegraph Club” — And I Yelled
Malinda Lo’s National Book Award win for Last Night at the Telegraph Club comes at a particularly crucial moment for LGBTQ+ YA as a genre.
Lez Liberty Lit: Queer Books as Hydra
The color-coded bookshelf conversation continues, queer books are unstoppable, queerness in Sally Rooney’s work, and more.
Things I Read That I Love #323: Pulp Fiction With a Hint of Social Justice
Topics include witchcraft consumerism, Kidz Bop, delivery workers in NYC, Ozy Media, abuse in the guardianship industry, Succession, documentaries and the hunt for a sober buzz!
Lez Liberty Lit: Reading in Front of the Screen Fire
Find out books to read if you like Practical Magic, what it’s like to cook like Frankenstein, where “old book smell” comes from, and more!
Jen Winstons’ Greedy Reminds You To Remember The “And”
“I learned to accept that I contain multitudes, and neither my sexual orientation nor gender identity are exempt from my multifaceted nature.”
Lez Liberty Lit: Love Is Renewable
Are you considering NaNoWriMo? Plus, a library from Solange, how literary gatekeepers can elevate Black trans women writers, queer webcomics and more.
Hurts So Good Reveals That Masochism Is Everywhere
Hurts So Good showcases pain experts of all types for a more holistic understanding of why and how we use pain for pleasure.
The Book That Helped Me Leave Religion: Kurt Vonnegut’s “Cat’s Cradle”
The first sentence of “The Books of Bokonon” – the fictional foundational text of Bokononism, the religion Kurt Vonnegut invented for his 1963 novel Cat’s Cradle – reads as follows: “All of the true things I am about to tell you are shameless lies.”
The Book That Made Me A Slut: Andrea Lawlor’s “Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl”
Trans people love to joke about having been every letter of the acronym but Paul is all of them at once. He is the ultimate non-binary fantasy — or at least my ultimate non-binary fantasy.
Lez Liberty Lit: Liminal Spaces
Queer time and liminal spaces, a library facing possible charges for carrying sex education books, the myth of universality in literature, and more.
The Book That Made Me Get Sober: Leslie Jamison’s “The Recovering”
Reading The Recovering was like reading a diary full of thoughts I would never have been brave enough to write down. I felt something I’d only ever felt once before, when I kissed a girl for the first time and a million tiny moments from my life suddenly snapped into place. I felt a corner of my brain relax, like it’d been trying to work out a code and had just been given the key. Oh, this is what I am. That explains it.
Tumblr Porn Offers an Inside Look at Early Internet Culture
If you ever wanted to know more about what it was like during Tumblr’s heyday — the good and the bad — Tumblr Porn is an excellent little primer from a very-invested insider.
Things I Read That I Love #322: A Dystopian Victory for a Particularly Narrow Vision of Nuclear Family
Topics include Aldi Supermarkets, Whitney Houston, McDonald’s, Brazilian Butt Lifts, The Rosie O’Donnell Show, COVID in Kirkland, restorative justice and more!