You Need Help: Will I Ever Get Over My First Ex or Is Closure a Myth
Closure is a choice — often one you have to make on your own. And it’s absolutely okay to not be friends with an ex.
Into the A+ Advice Box: Quarantine Special Edition
Help! Your girlfriend is quarantined three hours away, your roommate’s partner moved into the apartment during the shut down without your consent, dying your hair before that next work Zoom call, handling an overwhelming group chat, and what to do when you are so alone!
Autostraddle’s Future Is Your Future, So Let’s Make Plans?
Instead of preparing for doom, I can’t help myself from planning for the utmost beauty and enjoyment, for pleasure and laughter, for sharing stories and connections, regardless of whatever else is happening. Here are the near-future plans I’m inviting you to invest in with me on Autostraddle, during this final stretch of our fundraiser!
Extra! Extra!: The Risk of Social Distancing, the Risk of Reopening
This week’s Extra! Extra! COVID-19 looks at what’s happened with the stimulus package and protests against social distancing in the US, and how countries the world over are thinking about reopening.
Pop Culture Fix: Watch The Alternate Ending to Kristen Stewart’s Sea Monster Movie and Enjoy it Way More
The trailer for Monica Raymund’s queer murder mystery series is here, Michelle Obama and Julie Andrews will read comforting stories to you, Queen Latifah’s chatting about her lady crushes, and Atomic Blonde 2 is in the works.
Every Fiona Apple Song, Ranked by Existential Despair
“Every single verse of this is like getting clocked in the side of the head with a Yankee candle.”
(Now including new, fresh rankings from “Fetch the Bolt Cutters”!)
Queer Tarotscopes: Taurus Season Offers Comfort, Power, and Deliberate Movement
It may be tempting to cling to familiar habits and routines, to find comfort in the ways we’ve always done things — but don’t be afraid to adapt, to learn, to grow. We have an opportunity, both with this challenging pandemic and this new season of Taurus, to find creative solutions and new ways to work, play, and rest.
14 Cookie Recipes For Baking a Whole Batch Of Cookies, Then Eating Them All In Two Days
It’s time to stress bake!!!
“To L and Back” L Word Podcast Episode 404: Layup With Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya
Here comes the showdown, what goes around comes around dooo doooo doo
Sunday Funday Is Hosting Socially Distant House Parties!
Just because we’re socially distant doesn’t mean we can’t party! Support a small queer business and get a cloth facemask, throw a Houseparty, watch a Meryl Streep movie, dance! It’s Sunday!
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Supporting Local Sex Shops
How the pandemic is impacting sex shops, what does horny on main even mean anymore, advice on breaking up in quarantine and more.
Reine #7: What Your Quarantine Cut Says About You
It’s been about a month and now your hair has grown. With all the barber shops and salons closed, and with nowhere in public to go, we’re busting out new looks. Here’s what your new choice says about you.
Boobs on Your Tube: “Twenties” Finally Gives Us The Problematic Hookup We’ve Been Waiting For
Plus, Lisbeth is back on Nancy Drew; Scylla wants Raelle to run away with her on Motherland; Rin and Maddie tackle tech on Siren; and Natalie concedes that Shondaland wins again.
Extra! Extra!: What the New Normal Means for Voter ID, Democracy and More
This week’s Extra! Extra! takes a look at the state of democracy, the use of the pandemic as an excuse for discrimination and harassment, climate change and more.
Fetch Those Bolt Cutters, Emotionally Intense Weirdos: It’s Fiona Apple Album Day
Where to begin, really, with this emotional juggernaut during one of the most emotionally intense periods of our collective lives?
The Comment Awards Are Reading! To! Kittens!
“Time to start the ‘I Got Jenny’ support group!”
You Are THE BEST and Raised $100k; Now We’re Shooting for $50k More!
You ALL came together to get us to $100,000 and we believe you can get us to $50,000 more. 79% of the donations that made $100,000 possible were $50 or less! We mean it when we say that this is an effort of everyone coming together and donating what they can to make a huge difference. Together, you and we are powerful. We can make change happen. Let’s never forget that.
S L I C K: A Date To Remember
I watched the way Dee moved as she went to the bar for our drinks: the confident swagger was there but I also noticed a slight hesitation as she placed down my wine glass. When she came back with our second round of drinks, I reached into her lap and cupped my hand over the shaft of her strap-on.
Slip Into S L I C K, The A+ Erotica Series
Whether you’re alone or living in a poly pod orgy, you deserve X-rated entertainment. So in honor of the incredible A+ members from way back and our latest fundraiser, we’re launching S L I C K, a weekly erotica series that will bring you sexy stories every week.
Also.Also.Also: A Surprise “My So-Called Life” Reunion, Rayanne Graff and Ricky Vasquez Remain Perfect as Always
Fundraising for Black Trans Sex Worker Survival Kits, the WNBA draft and a short film quarantine love story about a non-binary sweet potato that you’ve got to see!