Nutshell Studies of Quarantine: Part Three, Summer 2020
Frida seeks relief as anxiety takes hold while watching the never-ending despair of the 2020 news cycle.
Boobs on Your Tube: Fire House Wedding Bells Send “Station 19” into Summer Hiatus
Plus updates on the season finale of Nancy Drew, Top Chef, New Amsterdam, The Bold Type, and.. did y’all see Cynthia Erivo’s gay new music video?
Leah Johnson Is the Toni Morrison of Queer YA, It’s Time We Get Real About That Fact
“I just want people to know that at the core of every book I write, I want to center black girls in their wholeness and show that you can be flawed. You can be scared. You can be beautiful.”
EXCLUSIVE Excerpt: Meet Toni, One of the Main Characters in Leah Johnson’s Latest Novel “Rise to the Sun”
Leah Johnson’s new novel “Rise to the Sun” follows two Black queer girls falling in love at a music festival — here’s an exclusive excerpt!
MISSED CONNECTION: I’m Sorry I Went to the Gym Instead of Letting You Fuck Me in My Twin Bed
Maybe I would have been something you’d be good at.
The Comment Awards Are Going for a Double Double
“Would absolutely watch this movie directed by Celine Sciamma.”
Into the A+ Advice Box #36: How Do You Become the Mean Femme Top of Your Dreams?
The Autostraddle team offers advice on a relationship crisis, dealing with the fact that your ex has moved on quickly, a friend who is less interested in rekindling the friendship than you are, commitment and marriage and more!
“Feel Good” Season Two Confronts Trauma and Finds Messy Queer Romance
While Feel Good season two is certainly not lacking in laugh-out-loud moments or Mae Martin’s endless charm, it’s also a very heavy experience.
The 10 Best Fictional Pets Who Started Some Shit
Hey remember when Cruella de Vil’s mom got absolutely bodied by some ravenous Dalmatians and fell over the edge of a cliff and died???
Kristen Arnett on “With Teeth,” Lesbian Motherhood, and Sagittarius Chaos
“I want to read stories about dykes not acting right. I want to read about people being messy. So I want to write about that too.”
It’s Your Anniversary: Craig David’s 7 Days Is Really About Lesbian Dating
“I’m sure Mr. David didn’t set out to write a Black lesbian dating anthem but this is where we are — where I am — in regard to this timeless banger.”
Lez Liberty Lit: Counterfactual Realities
How memory works, BOOK IT nostalgia, why pleasure should never be guilty and more.
I Still Can’t Believe They Did Marley Rose So Dirty on Glee
I’m here to bitch about the one thing I feel like not enough people speak up about when listing things Glee did wrong, like how they continued to let Matthew Morrison rap or how Finn outed Santana: The way they treated Sweet Marley Rose.
“Clarice” Proves There’s No Such Thing As a Progressive Procedural
The Silence of the Lambs was right. Trans women and law enforcement are enemies. All it got wrong was the villain.
Pop Culture Fix: JoJo Siwa Does Not Want to Be Perceived Kissing Boys
Plus, Stephanie Beatriz is pregnant, Atypical released a teaser, Busy Phillips is proud of her queer kid, Dance Moms star Zackery Torres is trans and more!
Foolish Child #97: Kink at Pride
“Pride in June in central California means it’s guaranteed to be 105+ degrees Fahrenheit. I, too, would show my bare ass if I felt like being outside in that kind of heat.”
“Trust Falls” Fail Early on in the Bold Type’s Final Season
“It’s their parting conversation that makes the show’s intention clear: Kat is standing there, telling Eva that her beliefs are causing her actual harm — with Aisha Dee’s eyes brimming with tears — and the camera waits for Eva, as if her reaction is the one that matters most.”
No Filter: Laverne Cox and Trace Lysette Said “Its Time for the Twerkulator”
Happy Birthday, Laverne Cox! Also, King Princess wants to be your gender queer Marky Mark, Hayley Kiyoko is stealing your aesthetic, and who else does dramatic shit like Gigi Gorgeous?
Also.Also.Also: Sci-Fi Stars Celebrate June 1st by Coming Out All Over the Interwebs, Happy Pride
Kaylee Bryant came out as queer and Krys Marshall came out as pansexual! Gays for everyone! Also: queer mechanics, trans jocks, eavesdropping on $5,000 anti-racist dinner parties, and the secret power of menopause.
Two L Word Generation Q Season 2 Teasers Are Here and Full of Sex, Hair and Hands
Two L Word Generation Q Season 2 Teasers have finally dropped! We’ve got hands on backs and heads going down and facial wounds and bras coming off and A LOT OF THEORIES