Results for: book
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The Comment Awards Are Bubbly Inside and Out
“‘Raw-dogging some pre-pickles in a Sodastream’ made me spit take my very boring Diet Coke.”
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The Comment Awards Are All Lit Up Inside
“I came for the lights and left wanting to know more about your Disney villain mom!”
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Horror Is So Gay
Welcome to Horror Is So Gay, a series of essays, lists, and fearsome explorations of queer and trans horror, running throughout the month of October.
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Alright! Come Join Us on the Totally Temporary, Ephemeral A+ Discord!
For thirteen warm days in these cold months, let’s hang.
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Who Else Is Going To Publish a History of Lesbian Cheerleaders?
At a small, indie operation like Autostraddle, I can say that the more funds we raise, the less we have to remain hyper-vigilant about our own survival, the more we can concentrate on the core of our work, the sooner I can get these projects out into the world, the more I can do the kind of erotic-academic work I love to do.
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The Return of Sister Spit: A Love Letter to Queer Spaces of Belonging
The traveling show Sister Spit is back on the road, and it’s making a lot of old queers nostalgic about our weird and holy gay spaces.
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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!”
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Being or Becoming Real
“I felt disconnected from my art because I had part time and full time jobs that took up most of my time in the world. I wrote on scraps of paper during lunch breaks and tried, at the end of the day, to have an hour or so of “creative time” for myself.”
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Obsessed: Twin Flames Universe, a New Age Cult With a Surprising and Insidious Approach To Turning Gay People Straight
Two documentaries about the Twin Flames Universe exposes a psuedo-spiritual cult that emotionally abuses and financially exploits its followers who are simply looking for love. Underneath their alleged LGBTQ+ acceptance, however, lied a practice described as what would happen “if excessive liberal progressives got drunk and had a baby with conservative Christians.”
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A Goodbye Plan: 17 Queer Spaces Now That Twitter Is Maybe Ending
For many folks like me – Black, queer, and desiring connection – Twitter has served as a vehicle for dialogue, digital intimacy, and a lot of laughter. It’s hard to say goodbye.
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The Comment Awards Are Puzzling It Out
“My first attempt was actually cara-bi-ners, before I realized the dashes were there for a reason!”
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The Comment Awards Are Releasing the Bees
“How is Bud Lite like having sex in a canoe?”
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Welcome Our New Director of Brand Partnerships, Anya Richkind!
I’m so excited to be here. Let’s build Autostraddle’s financial future into something stronger, steadier, and more exciting than we’ve ever imagined!
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What Is a Girlypop Masc?
The term has gained momentum and popularity among masculine-presenting lesbians who feel seen by the term’s allowance for masculinity and femininity to coexist in their identity.
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The Comment Awards Are As Gay As Velma
“Great day for all of us whose first foray into cosplay was wearing an atrocious tangerine turtleneck for half of second grade and saying jinkies a lot!”
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The Comment Awards Are Riding the Lesbian Party Bus
“I still wear my actual red Straddle This boxers!!”
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All 37 Surviving Lesbian Bars In the U.S.
Building on the work of so many queer archivists, writers, and historians, we have created this list, meant to be an ongoing record, of lesbian bars operating in the U.S. today.
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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.
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This Is a Highly Serious Post
Who wouldn’t love to see the AS senior staff sit in a bathtub of cold legumes, just for the sheer hell of it?
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Event: Making the Queer Media You Want to See in the World With Gabrielle Korn and Riese
Join us for a conversation with Riese Bernard (Co-Founder and CEO of Autostraddle) and Gabrielle Korn (author of “Everybody (Else) is Perfect,” former EIC of Nylon, former Autostraddle writer) about building the queer media you want to see in the world, and the work that is left to do!