You Need Help: Is It Really Over?
I had no choice but to accept her decision, but it really hurts, as I feel blind-sided and it’s hard to come to terms with what happened.
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.
I Missed a Lot of Deadlines, a Lot of Family Movie Nights
My work days got longer and I started saying, “Wait, just give me one second” to my kids a lot more.
Newfest 2021: “The Novice” is “Whiplash” Meets “Personal Best” and It’s Better Than Both
Lauren Hadaway has made a sports movie, a queer romance, a thriller, and, ultimately, a character study.
Pop Culture Fix: Beanie Feldstein’s Never Even Heard of Lea Michelle, Stop Asking
The first look at Harley and Ivy in season three of Harley Quinn, the trailer for the final season of Dickinson, how the Batwoman cast became a family, and more!
Newfest 2021: “Death and Bowling” is a T4T Fantasia On Death and Creation
Kash has created the ideal commentary on trans representation by abandoning that project altogether.
Asshole, Autistic and Other A-Words of My Love Life
Something was deeply wrong with me, something shameful. Turns out, the truth is more complicated.
QUIZ: Which Queer Spooky Book Should You Read This October?
Whether you want to be scared out of your wits by a haunted house story, disturbed by body horror, feel warm and fuzzy about witches falling in love, or vicariously get feminist revenge by reading about teen girl werewolves eating slimy men, there is a queer spooky book for you!
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Fingering With Any Nails They Want
Fingering with long nails is not only possible but also encouraged and so is healing from past relationships.
So! How Is The Autostraddle Fundraiser Going?
Let’s talk about it!
Well, That’s Mortifying: That Time I Didn’t Know About Roger Clemens
The class erupted in wide-eyed giggles and guffaws and I continued smiling at the front of the room, confident and certain that I’d made a very smooth move.
Boobs on Your Tube: New Amsterdam Keeps Saying Love Is Not a Lie But THAT’S Also a Lie!
Also! Updates on Rosewell, New Mexico and Nancy Drew and American Horror Story and Work in Progress!
The Morning Show: We Are Having So Much (Gay) Fun!
“I AM HAVING SO MUCH FUN!” Bradley yells from the floor where she is sitting (gay) and eating a plate of waffles.
Newfest 2021: Ruth Caudeli’s “Leading Ladies” Takes Dyke Drama Seriously
The various plots of Leading Ladies — with their backstabbing, cheating, and litigious consequences — would fit right in on The L Word. And yet they couldn’t feel more different.
Autostraddle Predicted the Future in 2014 🔮 And We Were Spot On
A+ is a key part of the reason Autostraddle can be the way that we are today, and why we can publish what you love.
The Comment Awards are Wearing Fuzzy Wuzzy Slippers
“I was indifferent to Miss Honey, but was really into Trunchbull, and no, I don’t want to unpack that.”
“Twenties” Episode 201 Recap: A New Dawn, A New Day
“After you sleep with the woman of your dreams, there’s only one right thing to do in that situation, which is to badly sing Anita Baker and also tell her you want to marry her.” Welcome to Autostraddle’s Twenties recaps!
Anti-Blackness and Bioessentialism Won’t Give Us Abortion Rights
On Lil Nas X, fake pregnancy, and projections on social media.
On Blackness and “The L Word: Generation Q”
Black queer people are in this community. Trans queer people are in this community. And we deserve to get lost in a good time, too. We deserve fun, messy, sexy storylines. Just as much as any cis white woman over 50.
S L I C K: The Cool of the Marble
Our narrator takes their sub over the edge. “I am so lucky to be the custodian of your pleasure and your pain, pet.”