Gunpowder Milkshake? Gotta be gay. Also, Jamie Murray claims Myka Bering, Ashley Nicole Black claims the Stacey Abrams biopic, and I claim Batwoman season two as the best thing on TV.
Last week I was full of the nervous anxiety you feel when you know something big is about to happen, and you’re just counting down the clock. This week I’ve been full of the nervous anxiety of indefinite waiting. And yet, in that time, so much has happened in the world. In this week’s Extra! Extra! we share some reflections on the 2020 election and news on events from Vienna to Poland to Ethiopia to the Philippines to New Zealand to Chile.
Here’s some smart stuff you can read in between obsessively refreshing those result maps, including: Judith Butler on Donald Trump, memes galore because we’re never getting out of this hell, and why your therapist was right — you really can’t plan for uncertainty.
In wasn’t the Rainbow Wave of 2018, but there was lots to celebrate.
These cities, counties and states passed some ballot measures last night that are worthy of at least one small sigh of relief.
Fall TV is here, despite it all; the first news and set pics from season two of Gentleman Jack; Gillan Anderson just lounging; how Hollywood has failed Black witches; and more.
RBG’s death and ACB’s confirmation left a lot of LGBT folks reeling, wondering what Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation means for marriage equality. Are folks right to be worried? Yes, admits Mary Bonauto, the Civil Rights Project Director at GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) and the lead attorney in Obergefell v. Hodges.
Many of the crises we’re being warned about with this new 6-3 conservative Supreme Court majority, including people not being able to have abortions, already exist — and so do the solutions.
Janelle Monáe and Tessa Thompson are baiting us for Democracy this Election Day… and I’m not mad at it? Also: Lots of good, thoughtful election reads that (mostly) won’t piss you off and concrete, actionable ways to distract yourself right now if you need it.
Not sure what to do with your tired brain and nervous energy? We’re here to provide a communal space to feel less alone and to help process a bit among friends, and because it’s so confusing to even know what to do on this day! Come pull up a seat.
Garnet’s the star of Cartoon Network’s new anti-racism PSAs, Gillian Anderson is FREAKING ME OUT in this The Crown trailer, how to watch Bly Manor without getting jump-scared, Shondaland has arrived on Netflix, and more!
Experimental composer Pauline Oliveros approached her identity as a musician not as a solitary genius but as a collaborator and facilitator. Her Deep Listening practices emphasize the connection between healing and activism, and can teach us how to navigate fear and despair together.
Between Republicans rewriting rules and COVID-19, there’s a real potential for historic levels of voter suppression. Here’s a look at some states where voter suppression efforts are already at work.
Also: the perfect cheese pairings for your Halloween pairings, Whitney Houston keeps right on proving that Black femmes simply cannot lose, and that AOC longread profile that everyone’s talking about!
Autostraddle spoke to reps from US political parties – including third parties – to ask them directly about their commitment to trans issues and what we can expect from them going into this election.
Nicole Kidman’s The Undoing has a moment of queerness, the first lesbian couple on Bridezillas, the Nintendo Switch really is just the queerest thing, the teaser trailer for the final season of Sabrina, and Kate McKinnon’s 2019 psychic has a warning for JK Rowling.
Fortune Feimster got married, Laverne Cox is on the cover of Paper Magazine, women making pizza are hot — pun not intended, and links for all your big post-Amy Coney Barrett is on The Supreme Court rage feelings.
Niecy Nash is getting her own daytime TV talkshow, more lesbian Bly Manor outtakes, The L Word: Generation Zoo, a new album from Miley Cyrus, and Dolly Parton’s new Christmas movie has already replaced Carol in my heart.
Treatment of Barrett as a feminist icon reflects a broader trend of oversimplifying the politics of powerful women across the ideological spectrum on the basis of their gender.
Over 2,000 respondents lay out the “real” gay agenda: If queer people were running the United States it would be, undeniably, a more environmentally friendly, equitable and humane place to live.