I don’t scroll mindlessly through Twitter and Facebook anymore. What I do instead is engage with the women activists who are leading our way in the battle through the darkness.
Nothing lasts forever.
Self-love. Indulgence. Horniness. Loneliness. Boredom. Revenge. There are many motives for posting a thirst trap!
A night to level the scales.
“We don’t talk about our roots as they relate to the heaviness of humid air recycled through our generations on swampy plantations. My family has never talked about it with me, at least. It feels like a small betrayal, choosing to go south when we were given a new chance in the West.”
“How much do I need to engage with my serious girlfriend’s racist immediate family members? She is close with them, and I’ve spent time with them in the past, but put simply I no longer have the energy or inclination to do so, even though I love my gf.”
It’s the end of the world and our girls have to work together to take down a serpent of a man.
As Venus is the planet of relationships, what’s getting exposed this month is what we need to reexamine, reconfigure, and reestablish in our relationships.
Topics include Hello Kitty, female TV detectives, sexual assault, Maya Rudolph, Puerto Rico becoming a tax haven for the rich, obesity, parties in the 80s, and more!
It’s LGBTQ History Month, and not a moment too soon! It’s absolutely necessary at this moment in time to remember some of the icons of our collective queer past who have overcome all kinds of adversity to change the world and our individual lives.
Malinda Lo’s all-new short story about an inauguration protest that’s interrupted by an alien invasion is available exclusively on Autostraddle dot com!
I want to devour everything that came before us so we can continue to grow better, brighter, louder, closer. These Instagram accounts are a great place to start.
Plus: Adorable lions and cows and misandry! And: Good equality news from India and Romania!
How to be good at sex. Plus what it’s like wearing latex, what it’s like being a unicorn, cuffing season by astrological sign, the feminist history of nudes in nature and more.
How do you say what’s unsaid every time you see your family?
Have you ever wanted a little chocolate cake? Like a literal mini cake that’s perfect for two and an easy dessert to whip up for dinner with a friend or cutie?
Let’s make radically caring space for each other, OK? Here are some tips and tricks for grounding ourselves and taking care of our communities in times of collective trauma like RIGHT DAMN NOW.
Also: Viola Davis in leather pants, more queer action on The Purge, Viola Davis in leather pants, updates on 9-1-1 and Killjoys and all your favorite daytime TV, and Viola Davis in leather pants!
It’s been a rough fucking week! Come hang out in here with the rest of us who feel like we’ve aged 25 years in seven days if you need it.
“also can you truly — in your true heart — think of a better headline than “i put a sheet mask on my cunt””