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It’s here and queer and only comes once a year: it’s the annual HOMO FOR THE HOLIDAYS sale! Now through Small Business Saturday and concluding on Cyber Monday.
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Notes for a Queer Homemaker: Tips From Someone Who Loves You
Many of us are getting into the season of hosting and cleaning that comes with the holidays, and I hope that this makes preparing for company feel a little easier and brings a little order to what can sometimes feel like an unhinged time of year.
The Comment Awards Are With Jodie Foster! On a Skateboard! At the Eiffel Tower!
“Let me have the illusion that I am tough and mean please!”
Halle Berry’s “Bruised” Is a Bloodied Mess (But at Least It’s a Gay Mess)
If you’re anything like me and your main reasons for watching “Bruised” were to see Halle Berry fight and make out with girls, you won’t be disappointed. But you might walk away wishing it had stuck to just those two things.
S L I C K: Home for the Holidays
Our narrator recalls the time she finally hooked up with her best friend. “In just a few moments, Winnie had confirmed two suspicions I’d had for years: Winnie was a top and Winnie was little spoon.”
“Legends of Tomorrow” Episode 707 Recap: A Bouquet of Rosies
Astra and the Legends do a little Bomb Girls cosplay as they find themselves in the midst of WWII.
Lena Waithe on “Twenties” and the Highs and Lows of Being Black, Queer, and Masc in Hollywood
“And the truth is, this is what I’ll say, if people don’t show up for Twenties, it will go away.”
“Twenties” Episode 207 Recap: Girl’s Trip
In which a weekend at Sundance doubles as a girl’s trip, like we’re watching a Queen Latifah and Jada Pinkett Smith summer blockbuster.
Pop Culture Fix: Please Allow Non Binary Trans Guy River Butcher to Introduce Himself
The trailer for season two of Euphoria, 25 celebs who have come out as pansexual, gay Santa, and more!
Autostraddle’s Ultimate Team Holigay Gift Guide 2021: We’ll Tell You What We Want (What We Really Really Want)
LGBTQ+ books, scented candles, kitchen tools, fancy pillows and robes, and more! Find out what the Autostraddle team wants with our ultimate gift guide.
No Filter: Queen Latifah Has Been Terrorizing Us by Looking Like That…for Decades????
Autostraddle Slack took a little trip down memory lane, so enjoy a selection of vintage images! Hark! A Young Lesbian Jodie Foster Approaches! On a Skateboard No Less!
JoJo Siwa Didn’t Win DWTS, But She Remains the Housedyke’s Favorite
I do wonder if it was all a bit too gay too soon for JoJo to win. It’s pretty incredible that despite knowing how many people would be up in arms about a same-sex pairing, no-one on the show ever shied away from foregrounding it at every given opportunity, which is a win in itself.
“Yellowjackets” Episode 102 Recap: Girlhood Is a Horror
“F Sharp” deep-dives into the wonderfully weird world of Misty, a baffling, thrilling, chaotic character you can’t look away from.
I’ve Been Thinking About The Way Tessa Thompson Looks at Ruth Negga in “Passing” A Lot
Irene gazes upon the profile of Clare’s face. Feeling heat, Clare looks up. Irene sharply inhales, blushes, and looks away. And every single time, I finally understood why white lesbians love Carol so much.
You Need Help: I Feel Like a Bad Queer Because I’m Not Good at Being Friends After Breakups
When we’re friends after the breakup, it has felt confusing because everything feels the same to me intimacy and connection-wise, minus the fact that we’re no longer having sex.
There’s Something About a Vulnerable Bad Boi With a Troubled Past
Would I make the mistake of falling for a Shane-type? Sadly yes.
If There Was Better Queer Latine Storytelling this Year Than “Gentefied,” I Don’t Know Her
In its second season, Gentefied soars. It’s nearly unfathomable how good it is now — how it matured without losing its heart, how it never takes an easy out or answer.
Pop Culture Fix: Sweet Sapphic Santa, There’s TWO New Lesbian Christmas Movies This Year!
Also! Cardi B invited JoJo Siwa over for Christmas, let’s talk about Mary’s transition to Poison Ivy on Batwoman, HBO Max’s 12 Dates of Christmas features a handful of LGBTQs this year, and more!
“Yellowjackets” Episode 101 Recap: Okay, This Teen Girl Survival-Horror Series RULES!
Created by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, it’s a survival-horror series centered on a teen girls soccer team, a premise that in and of itself prompted multiple people to text me and ask: “Hey, have you watched Yellowjackets yet?”