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Recipes

Femme Brûlée: Cranberry White Chocolate Scones

We all deserve the reward of eating a perfectly winter-themed scone curled up in a blanket with some peppermint tea.

Reneice Charles December 8, 2018 5 Comments
Webcomics

Some Things: Nothing to Show

You’re sure it will continue to be awful.

Cameron December 8, 2018 9 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: Janet Smooches Janet Smooches Eleanor on “The Good Place”

Plus Legacies gives us a Hufflepuff/Slytherin power couple, All American gives us Coop in a suit. And quick hits on Coronation Street, The Young and the Restless, Charmed, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Star and The Flash!

The TV Team December 7, 2018 22 Comments
Christmas

Holigay Gift Guide: For the Overworked & Underpaid

Long days and even longer nights just trying to make ends meet? We can’t change everything but taking care of the mind, body and soul (very original) can hopefully make it a little easier. Check out these gifts to do just that!

A. Tony Jerome December 7, 2018 10 Comments
Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Can’t Sit Properly

“The chairs thing! THE CHAIRS THING. All my life.”

Darcy December 7, 2018 27 Comments
Straddleverse

FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Let’s Imagine a Coworking Space Just for Us

Let’s imagine if the Straddleverse became a real life coworking space! What would your ideal workspace look like?

Valerie Anne December 7, 2018 46 Comments
Issues

Powerful Perception

“I couldn’t help to associate this perception of my ‘powerfulness’ in drag as belittling my power when I dress and present as feminine.”

Marie Lou December 7, 2018 10 Comments
Literature

Things I Read That I Love #278: Drunk In The Taco Bell Drive Thru, I Kiss It Directly On Its Bony Mouth

Topics include taxidermy, a child sex trafficking ring engineered by a very rich assh*le, Heathers (the movie), murder, a cruise for cryptocurrency lovers, Lolita, weird online shopping, the Jewish American Princess and so much more!

Riese December 7, 2018 11 Comments
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NEW MERCH ALERT: Tees and Sweatshirts for Dramatic Dykes, Eternal Bisexuals, Non-Binary Babes and GAYS GAYS GAYS

As always, when you buy our merch, you’re directly putting money into the pockets of the Autostraddle staff, writers and contributors, SO THANK YOU FOR SHOPPING WITH US!

Sarah December 7, 2018 58 Comments
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“Black Lightning” Episode 208 Recap: Bonnie and Clyde

Jennifer and Khalil act out my favorite Beyoncé and Jay-z video! Except it’s all wrong!

Carmen Phillips December 6, 2018 5 Comments
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

Chloë Grace Moretz Kisses Kate Harrison, Demi Moore Maybe Has a Girlfriend? Is Everybody Gay Now

Look guys, I don’t know what to tell you. It seems like the prophecy has finally come true: everybody in Hollywood is gay, everyone is gay; your chances of getting a date with Janelle Monáe have never been better.

Stef December 6, 2018 36 Comments
LGBT Book Reviews

Surviving Utopia: Finding Hope in Larissa Lai’s Piercing Novel “The Tiger Flu”

Life – fierce, painful, unyielding, complicated – bursts from every page of The Tiger Flu, which tells a story of love (and hate) between women in a futuristic world overrun by corporate technocracy and the effects of climate change.

Kai Cheng December 6, 2018 4 Comments
Politics + Activism

The Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice Is Crushing it in 2018

The Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice has been doing incredible work for 40 years — here’s a little bit about that, and also about the Fueling the Frontlines gala I attended last month, and also about their upcoming benefit featuring Ellen Page, Kiersey Clemons and Olivia Wilde!

Riese December 6, 2018 3 Comments
TV Show Recaps

“Riverdale” Episode 307 Recap: Noir Betty Cooper is the Best Betty Cooper

Where the hell is Cheryl? Do we think things will come full circle for her and she’ll be the one to break her dear cousin out of the Sisters Of Quiet Mercy? Does Riverdale have any real plans for her this season?

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya December 6, 2018 5 Comments
LGBT History Politics + Activism

Holigay Gift Guide: For Queer Radicals, Trans Revolutionaries, and Menacing Lesbians

The age-old challenge: what to get for your rad, free-thinking, take-no-BS, burn down the cisheteropatriarchy, revolutionary friend or loved one? Capitalism sucks. These gifts don’t!

KaeLyn December 6, 2018 14 Comments
Issues

Hippie Pants Make Me Feel Pretty — and Guilty

“I wear Spiritual Awakening Pants, because I look good in them and sometimes I crave that feeling. I feel guilty while I do it, like I’m legitimising the remnants of colonialism that I see in the patterns of elephants.”

bee December 6, 2018 17 Comments
Movie Lists

The Top 10 Feminist Movies (That Weren’t Technically Gay) of 2018

As I’ve written and tweeted and whispered into the night repeatedly, 2018 was a stellar year for queer women on the big screen. It was also a very good year for women, in general, in film.

Heather Hogan December 6, 2018 12 Comments
Christmas Jewish Holidays TV Lists

16 Gay Holiday TV Episodes You Can Stream Right Now!

13 Christmas and three Thanksgiving episodes full of lesbians in matching two-piece pajamas, bisexuals in endearing sweaters, and a trans woman dressed up as a literal Holigay Angel.

Carmen Phillips December 5, 2018 11 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Here’s Your First Look at Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’s Christmas Special and Batwoman in Action

Also: trailers for Marvel’s Runways season two, Ellen’s new standup special, and grown-ish channeling A Different World. And: The Good Place is renewed, Jane the Virgin is spinning off, and more!

Heather Hogan December 5, 2018 4 Comments
Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft Book Lists

9 of the Best Witchy, Astrological or Otherwise Woo Books of 2018

Whether you’re into some kind of witchery yourself or you’d rather keep it fictional, thanks, here’s an overview of some of the best books from 2018.

Jeanna December 5, 2018 8 Comments
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