The Comment Awards Are Eating Leftover Chocolates in Bed
“I’m calling it Carbmas now.”
“PIMP” Review: Queer Love, Sisterhood, and a Reminder That We Need to Tell Our Own Stories
“It’s as if the BET classic Player’s Club ran head first into Hustle and Flow, but cast a cadre of child stars turned ingenues.”
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: What’s Something Good That Happened To You In 2018?
2018 wasn’t *all* bad, was it? I mean, we called it 20GAYteen for a reason.
11 of the Best Dressed LGBT Celebs in 2018
It’s been a wild year for gay pop culture, and a great year for some very well dressed queers — enjoy it with this very subjective but deeply felt top 11 of 2018, as based on an internal Autostraddle staff survey.
Getting In Bed With Kristin + Ryann Holmes: Creating Community, Breaking Up With Social Media and More!
bklyn boihood’s co-creator is here to answer all your pressing questions!
Do the Damn Thing, Part 2: Focus, Boundaries and Single-Tasking
You’ve crafted some longterm goals and set some realistic expectations. Now you’re ready to tackle the most important part of doing the thing: actually doing the thing.
20 of the Best LGBTQ Graphic Novels of 2018
From memoirs to how-to’s to love stories to sports to space, 2018 was another brilliant year for graphic novels written by queer people about queer people.
For Your Consideration: Throwing a Highly Specific Themed Party For No Particular Reason
Here’s a secret: The best parties actually have no occasion attached (sometimes the occasion is that you feel dead inside).
Pop Culture Fix: Some “Killing Eve” Season 2 Photos For You to Think About All the Time and Other Stories
Topics include a sneak peek at Killing Eve Season 2, Sabrina’s Lachlan Watson journey “from lesbian to trans to non-binary,” “thank u next” co-writer Victoria Monet on coming out as a queer black woman, a lot of things about The Favourite, Christmas movies ranked by queerness and so much more!
Anonymous Sex Toy Review: TuLips
This toy is a reasonably priced, absolutely fine version of a clit vibrator.
“In Between” Review: The Super Gay, Super Feminist Film No One’s Talking About
No false promises of “girl power” or happiness. Just a reassurance that being alone together is better than being apart.
Oh, Hey! It’s Alyssa #61: Loose Ends
It’s sometimes funny, the things we find ourselves feeling attached to…
No Filter: Samira Wiley and Lauren Morelli Are the World’s Cuddliest Humans
Come for Teddy Geiger’s thirst traps, stay for Ellen Page’s Christmas soup.
POST-HOLIDAY MERCH SALE: 20% Off Everything in the Autostraddle Store
Celebrate the end of #20GAYTEEN with 20% off everything in the Autostraddle store! We’re pretty sure that your happiness and our future depends on it.
TODAY ONLY — All A+ Members Get 25% Off in the Autostraddle Store
Today only, A+ members get an extra-special deal on Autostraddle merch!
OPEN THREAD: Do You Need a Little Gay Christmas Right This Very Minute
I will bring the peppermint bark!
Make Susie Gay, You Cowards: On The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’s Lesbian Problem
This was gonna be a review of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel but instead it’s just an entire thing about how Susie Myerson is a butch lesbian who works at a club surrounded by lesbian bars frequented by other butches and yet somehow she is not, officially, a lesbian, and neither is anybody else on this usually delightful show!!!
Monday Roundtable: Eggnog?
Y/N?
“Goddess Mode” Is The Cyberpunk Magical Girl Comic of My Dreams and Also My Reality
I absolutely adore all parts of this comic because all elements of it perfectly straddle two tones. The first, a serious critique of actual modern issues of socially applied technology and the second, something we’re all in serious need of these days: a good gay romp.
The Queer Spirits of Christmas Past
Demonic witch queens are always queer. Fact.