25 Secretly Gay Vintage Valentines For A Very Special Valentine’s Day
Can I PURR-SWADE you???
Friday Open Thread: Hey Valentines, Can I Squish Your Cute Faces?
I’m really excited to talk about much of a total babe you are all weekend long.
Follow Your Arrow: Pathfinder Pace Smith On Chasing Your Heart’s Calling
“Own it, grrl. The world is getting queerer and queerer, and all the big businesses that refuse to acknowledge that are in their death throes. Your time is coming. Follow your heart. Do what you love. Start now.”
10 Love Poems by Queer Poets for Your Queer Valentine’s Day
Have some love poems by queer & lesbian poets along with your Hallmark cards and chocolates.
10 Movies That’ll Make You Pleased To Be Single On Valentine’s Day
“First everybody chews spaghetti really loud.”
This Business Of Art Fix #21: Nothing Is Off-Limits, Everything Is Content
How to be a person and/or a brand and/or a confessional female memoirist, Huffington Post Gay becomes Queer, optimizing your to-do list, a reporter in trouble at The Intercept and more pressing stories from the edge of your supportive office chair!
Follow Your Arrow: Plumber Hattie Hasan and Her Army of Female Tradespeople
“About half our plumbers are lesbian or bisexual, but that is by accident, not design. We think that women living outside the dominant box are probably more likely to also work outside of it.”
Itty Bitty Valentine’s Day Gift Committee: Small Things for Your Gal or Your Pal
Enamel pins, yes, but also so much more! Come get some ideas for tiny small Valentine’s Day gifts for your little heart thief and/or best friendo.
You Need Help: You Want the Job, But Don’t Feel Qualified
I’ve been on both sides of the hiring table. I’ve been the one applying for a job and the one interviewing job applicants. Here’s what I’ve learned.
This Business Of Art Fix #20: A Headline With The Word “Naked” In It
Topics include celebrity clickbait, the National Magazine Awards, the truth about the public interest in quality journalism, the end of Al Jazeera US, foods that boost productivity and more!
The Top 11 All-Natural Things That Help Me Calm The F*ck Down
“I’ve got anxiety, and lots of it. When my grandma sends me a Facebook message asking me to call home, I know everyone I love is dead. I know at least three serial killers live under my bed.”
Follow Your Arrow: Hot Tips From Queer Entrepreneurs to Inspire Your Business in 2016
Will this be the year you finally quit that job and launch your own project? Or the year you plan to up your game in your existing business and outshine all of your competition? Wherever you’re at, let these awesome queer entrepreneurs inspire you to follow your own arrow in 2016.
Get Out There: Ramble On, ‘Straddlers
I really hope that these challenges have helped inspire you to love your city and to realize that it’s a growing, ever-changing location.
This Business Of Art Fix #20: Those Early Days Were Terrifying
Stories include Gawker’s affiliate marketing payout, Vice Media maybe being a bunch of lies, the early days of Vox, why pageviews won’t die despite being useless, a new podcast from Issa Rae, a robust Businesswomen’s special and more!
NEW YEAR’S OPEN THREAD: What’s 2016 Gonna Be All About For You?
In 2016, we’re giving ourselves permission to do stuff we wanna do, on our terms, for ourselves. How about you?
POST-HOLIDAY AUTOSTRADDLE MERCH SALE BLOWOUT! TREAT YOURSELF!
EVERYTHING IS ON SALE! Discounts of 20% – 60% store-wide! We’ve got ‘zines, flasks, sweatshirts, hoodies, t-shirts, crop tops and so much more!
OPEN THREAD: Get In Here and Spend Christmakwanzakah With a Bunch of Queermos
HAPPY HOLIGAYS TO ALL, AND TO ALL SOME REPLIES!
This Business Of Art Fix #19: In The Future, Everybody Will Be Famous For 15 Dollars
Topics include being both YouTube famous and broke, Nieman Lab’s predictions for journalism in 2016, the year’s funniest media corrections, productive things to do while job-hunting, a new website for conservative women, LGBT folks and people of color, and moar!
I Made Tamales With My Mom for Christmas; Here’s How You Can Too
For me, making tamales is a way for me to connect with my mother, to feel like her daughter, and to take parts of herself that she’s passing down and make them a part of myself.
Top 12 Corporations Who Lured Us In With Their LGBT Ads in 2015
The 1% really pulled on our heartstring with these ones.