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Two Bratz dolls are in rainbow colored long fur coats while holding protest signs and are photoshopped in front of a pink background with gold and yellow sparkles. The dolls look millennial chic, despite being corporate pride.
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: I Wanna Be Mad About Bratz Commodifying Pride, but That Coat

Welcome to Corporate Pride season! Also, Will’s sexuality on “Stranger Things,” you can escape summer’s heat if you’re rich, and your personality, as explained by your annoying household habits.

Carmen Phillips May 31, 2022 6 Comments
12 images of Autostraddle team members are collaged together. Kayla stands in a bathing suit on the beach, Riese poses with Carol and a friend on a hike, Drew eats ice cream sitting at the beach, Nicole climbs over a field of boulders, Ro deals with the wind on a roof, Viv poses by a giant rock Georgia O'Keefe sculpture, Darcy lounges in a pool among trees, Carmen smiles outdoors at a rainbow flag painted intersection, Tracy sits in the Philadelphia magic gardens, Anya poses in front of blooming trees, Abeni lies in a hammock outdoors, and Vanessa poses with Zucchini the dog outdoors by a stream
AF+

The Autostraddle Insider Issue 92: May 2022

“ANYWAY YEAH come get a scorpion!”

The Editors May 31, 2022 10 Comments
Ann Walker in a braid stands in the snow looking at Anne
TV Show Recaps

“Gentleman Jack” Is Not Keeping The Bed Warm For Some Man!

Anne Lister employs the ultimate lesbian tactic of wearing a low power ponytail so that men will cower before her. Ann Walker has had it up to here with her greedy family.

Heather Hogan May 31, 2022 6 Comments
In a room with white walls, a woman with olive skin, long, brown hair and floral tattoos on her lower arm sits in a white bed with her chin in her hand. To her left, a woman with pale skin and short brown hair who is wearing a grey T-shirt sits with her arms crossed.
Dating

Competitive Queerness Gives Me the Ick

This residual harm, this chip on the shoulder, this something to prove — they’re proving it to the wrong person. They’re gay-tekeeping.

Yashwina May 31, 2022 16 Comments
A person with long hair sitting on her bed, silhouetted by the window, facing the filmy transparent curtains. Outside, there is the hint of a sunrise.
Relationships

You Need Help: Should My Relationship Really Be This Hard?

Moving through your relationship as carefully as you currently are is going to be unsustainable in the long-term. Your partner is enacting a sustained pattern of behavior that needs to stop.

Darcy May 31, 2022 20 Comments
Three arms are outstretched and have two lines of liquid blush painted on each wrist.
Beauty

Makeup for When Your Fingers Are the Only Tool You’ve Got

I’ve dumped my brushes and started using my perfect, gay hands to apply makeup. Here are some product recommendations and tips for going brush-less.

ashni May 31, 2022 7 Comments
Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya, a brown lesbian with brown hair and eyes, throughout her twenties
First Person

The Gayest Things I Did in My Twenties

I’m 23, and I’m not sure if I’m on a date (I’m not).

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya May 30, 2022 22 Comments
CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 24: Actress Lea Seydoux (L) and actress Kristen Stewart attend the photocall for "Crimes Of The Future" during the 75th annual Cannes film festival at Palais des Festivals on May 24, 2022 in Cannes, France
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Kristen Stewart Says She’ll Make This Bisexual Movie or DIE TRYING!!!

Wee-oooh! Wee-ooh! Gays in Disney+’s Willow series! Official Bratz Pride dolls??? And Jodie Foster’s taking over True Detective.

Heather Hogan May 30, 2022 14 Comments
Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya, when she was 22-years-old. Her hair is dark and down, and she's wearing a black backpack and a teal sleeveless buttondown. There's pink glitter on the lower left and upper right corners of the image.
Playlists

Playlist: I’m Turning 30 Tomorrow — Here Are 20 Songs From My Twenties

Every gay person has told me your thirties rule, and I BELIEVE it!!!!!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya May 29, 2022 6 Comments
Amity kisses Luz
TV Show Recaps

Luz and Amity Make Queer Kissing History on Disney’s “The Owl House”

Move over, Flynn Rider — there’s a new Prince Charming in town!

Heather Hogan May 28, 2022 13 Comments
This feature image is made up of one image that is flipped and doubled on the other side, creating a mirror effect. The photo is of Analyssa and Courtney at Gay Asstrology. Analyssa is a a young latinx person with shoulder length brown hair, wearing shorts and a navy shirt with a jean jacket around her waist. She is leaning back against a bright and colorful background of rainbow streamers. Courtney is a white woman, and in front with short black hair, wearing all black with red lipstick, and giving double V for Victory signs with her fingers.
AF+

Interview With My Ex: Courtney

“Isn’t it funny how much Facebook used to play a role in flirting?”

Analyssa May 28, 2022 6 Comments
In a two panel purple and blue comic, Dickens talks with their friend Sarai. Sarai wants to know why the neighbor's front yard "looks like the Capitol Building on January 6th" and Dickens responds, "that woman is lost to the dark side."
Webcomics

Foolish Child #120: The Neighbors

In a special SATURDAY edition of Foolish Child, “Literally all I heard you say is that we live next-door to TWO white supremacists and now we have to move.”

Dickens May 28, 2022 1 Comment
In a still from Grey's Anatomy, in a dark parking lot at nightfall, Amelia and Kai kiss. Kai's hands are on Amelia's waist.
TV Show Recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: Grey’s Anatomy’s 400th Episode Is Classic Shondaland Gay

Plus updates on All American, Charmed, NCIS: Hawai’i, New Amsterdam, and more! There’s a lot of queer smooching in this post!

Natalie and Valerie Anne
May 27, 2022 18 Comments
Three people in sunglasses: A white femme person with rust colored lipstick and a blonde bob wears oversized square sunglasses with both lenses and frames in a monotone tan color; A black masc person with dreadlocks in a messy top bun and a yellow shirt wears round glasses with a keyhole on the nose bridge, the glasses have dark lenses and a tan brown frame; A woman with brown skin, long dark hair, and an orange tank top has on dark green hexagon shaped sunglasses with thin gold frames.
Queer Fashion Shopping

Statement Sunglasses for Summer That You Can Buy on Memorial Day Sale

We made it to summer, and babe you are going to look so hot.

Carmen Phillips May 27, 2022 4 Comments
A small, brown and white dog peeking over their laptop screen, with a caption that says "Hey did you see that comment?!"
Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Thinking About Old Flames

“This post inspired me to wear a no bra neon green/yellow large mesh shirt around the house this morning, so thank you for that!”

Darcy May 27, 2022 5 Comments
Anne Hathaway sits on a bed and stares lovingly at Zendaya over her shoulder
Pop Culture Fix

What in the Lesbian Heck Is This? “The Princess Diaries 3” Feat. Zendaya?

It claims to be “Bulgari branded content” — but I’m not so sure.

Heather Hogan May 27, 2022 16 Comments
Maria Bello and Kristen Stewart, Queen Latifah and Melissa Etheridge, Sarah Paulson and Sara Ramirez
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

Unearthed Photographs of Queer Celebrities Together

Queen Latifah and Whitney Houston in 2003! Lily Tomlin and Jodi Foster in 1996! Niecy Nash and Wanda Sykes in 2005!

Riese May 27, 2022 20 Comments
Vanessa and PB pose in front of a pool in bathing suits, wearing sunglasses. Vanessa's sunglasses are red and heart-shaped. PB's are clear with greenish lenses. PB is white and has blonde hair that is long on top and under a hat with a swoop of bangs visible and with shaved sides. Vanessa is also white with long brown hair she is wearing up.
AF+

Things I’ve Never Asked My Girlfriend About Wildflowers, Baby Names and Time Travel

“Why do you think it took us so long to get together as girlfriends considering we’ve been friends for almost a decade?”

Vanessa May 27, 2022 12 Comments
A set of Scrabble tiles spell out GAME ON
First Person

I Beat My Girlfriend at Scrabble and We Never Played Again

Scrabble has always been an exciting way to show that my English degree might have meant something.

Julie Gentile May 27, 2022 1 Comment
Ellen Degeneres and Jennifer Aniston hold each other in a hug on the last episode of the Ellen DeGeneres show. Jennifer Aniston is in a sleeveless black dress and Ellen is in a black blazer with a white button down.
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Well, Today Ellen Said Goodbye

They’re making a Laverne Cox Barbie for Pride (I want one).

Carmen Phillips May 26, 2022 4 Comments
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