This Business of Art
The reason we’ve made it this far is because of you, and if we’re going to stick around — that will also be because of you.
You Raised $50K, Unlocked $23K in Match Funds, Are the Wind Beneath Our Wings!
Do you know?! Did you hear? WE MADE IT TO OUR MATCH GOAL! That means we’ve unlocked $23,000 in match funds. We’ve also reached a total of $76,217, which brings us 76% to our goal! Thank you. It’s because of you.
The Comment Awards Are Talking, Laughing, Loving, Breathing, Fighting, Fucking, Crying, Drinking…At Home
“2020 has been full of unexpected plot twists but Mel and Sue teaming up as contract killers has got to be up there.”
Ensure Autostraddle’s Future: Announcing Our Spring 2020 Fundraiser & $23,000 Match Gift!
In a time when digital resources and connection are more vital than ever — including workplaces that employ LGBTQ people sustainably — Autostraddle wants to not only keep our lights on, but ensure they’ll keep burning as brightly as possible.
You Should Make A Blanket Fort This Weekend
Literally why not?
The Comment Awards Are Taking It One Day At A Time
“I have never been as concerned about our community as I am to hear that pool sex came in 8th place instead of 1st.”
Shelter In Our Place: Autostraddle’s Virtual Community Care Week
We made you a week-long virtual hangout space on Instagram because times are very tough. If you’re feeling alone right now, please come Shelter In Our Place for a little while.
The Comment Awards Are Daydreaming Of Pizza, and Of You
“I’d facepalm, but I can’t touch my face.”
We Have To Take Care of Each Other: Mutual Aid for COVID-19 and Beyond
We don’t know the answers to most of our questions about COVID-19 and this specific moment in history. But we do know this: together, we can take care of each other. We have no other choice.
We’re Celebrating our 180 New A+ Members With a Merch Giveaway – Today Only!
To honor and to uplift everyone who contributes so that Autostraddle can still be here, we are hosting a merch giveaway today, March 16th!
This Checks Out Is Our New QTPOC Newsletter: Let Us Slide Into Your DMs
You can now sign up for This Checks Out, our bi-weekly newsletter curated by Carmen and Kamala that features work by queer people of color FOR queer people of color — because isn’t that the dream?
Meet The Queer Activist Teaching Sex Ed to LGBTQ Appalachian Youth
“Bad sex education for queer kids it’s so violent and erasing and makes kids in rural places feel even more isolated.”
The Comment Awards Are Imagining The Future We Need
“I don’t wear a lot of sports apparel, but petty lesbians might just change that.”
You Should Join A+ So We Can Have a Merch Giveaway!
Help us reach our stretch goal and you could win an Autostraddle merch package!
Wow Happy Birthday to Us: Here’s How Our A+ Birthday Membership Drive Went!
Yesterday’s Advice-a-Thon was beautiful!!! A+ Members got advice on friendship, family, dating, peoples’ jobs and work, gay weddings, just navigating queer life — we are receiving word from our correspondents that one reader even told her girlfriend she loved her after getting advice about it!
The Comment Awards Are Thinking About Harley Quinn’s Breakfast Sandwich
“Nudes With Friends, the bafflingly popular sequel to Words With Friends.”
The Comment Awards Are Power Dressing For Three
“Cheryl Blossom wasn’t in this episode because she was at a fashion show with Hannah Marin and her girlfriend.”
The Comment Awards Are Meeting Their Girlfriends On Lex
“I CAN’T BELIEVE WE’VE RECLAIMED CHERRY CHAPSTICK!”
The Comment Awards Are A Bunch Of Happy Little Trees
“Who else saw Janelle Monáe in that flower outfit and wanted to watch things BURN?”
Raechel Anne Jolie on Class, Gender and Being a Rust Belt Femme
“I’ve come to embrace that ‘lack of decorum’ that I grew up in.”