POST-HOLIDAY MERCH SALE: 20% Off Everything In the Autostraddle Store
You deserve it.
Monday Roundtable: Our Personal Perfect Perfect Moments in 2017
This year was marked with so much bad – it throws the beautiful and the light into starker relief.
Ariela Barer is Gay: “One Day at a Time” and “Runaways” Star Comes Out on Twitter, Happy Holigays Everybody
Barer tweeted, “Literally everything I do is to get back at the people who called me ugly & gay n middle school. They were right, but it was mean spirited!”
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Strategically Placing Mistletoe
Everyone is obsessed with how much sex everybody else is having, “the Procter & Gamble of sex toys,” OK Cupid is doing away with usernames, why you hate talking about sex with your parents and more!
Sunday Funday is Celebrating the Season with Fiona and the EqualiTeam!
The EqualiTeam is here to save the day, Fiona’s first Christmas, Bangladeshi hijra candidate Nadira Begum in it to win it, Laura Dern and LGBTQ star wars representation, queer teens saving 2017, Arizona continues to be shockingly cool, long queer lady nails a-ok, and more!
OPEN THREAD: Another Year, Another Christmakwanzakah
Can we just put on holiday themed pajamas, sit by the fire place, and open gifts together? The gift can be a conversation or a hug or a puppy, I’m not picky.
Femme Brûlée: Apple Pomegranate Crisp with Gingersnap Crumb Topping
This is absolutely one of my favorite recipes that I’ve created so far, both for it’s level of deliciousness and the fact that it’s super simple to make. It warmed my belly and my heart, and I hope it’ll do the same for yours.
Baopu #41: Feelings Make Me Strong
Feeling fragmented, feeling tired, feeling determined…
2017’s 18 Best Episodes of Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans TV
These were entire TV episodes that paid off queer storylines that had been building, or approached lesbian and bisexual and trans stuff in ways we’ve never really seen on-screen, or expanded queer storytelling into genres where it’d been lacking, or utilized new TV platforms in queer ways.
2017’s 14 Best Podcasts for Escaping the News and Politics
News and politics podcasts are important, but sometimes you just need to listen to something else.
Things I Read That I Love #253: Surrendering To The Trash Aesthetic
Topics include screwed millenials, America Online going offline, lana del ray / the love witch / i love dick, the reckoning, photo-editing apps, wrongly accused, Plimouth Plantation, the most hated poet in Portland, murder, and so much more!
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Impossible Things
What impossible thing are you doing? What impossible things have you done? What are you adding to your list?
The Comment Awards Are Wintering in Themyscira
“The Ocean’s 8 trailer is gayer than the Carol one, I’ll tell you that right now.”
S.H.E. Episode XII: A New Nope
“Why should any of us have to prove ourselves … by ourselves?”
VIDEO! Getting In Bed with Jen Richards: Holiday AMA
Jen! Richards! Is! The! Best!! We talked about everything from HerStory to Keanu Reeves to being trans and home for the holidays to witchcraft and related book recommendations, and it *all* ruled.
The 15 Gayest Pop Songs of 2017
We’ve got Tegan and Sara, of course, but also Hayley Kiyoko, Demi Lovato, Lauren Jauregui, Kehlani, Kesha Halsey, Mary Lambert, Babeo Baggins and more! This is great! We’re taking over the industry, the future is queer!
The 17 Most Romantic Lesbian and Bisexual TV Moments of 2017
There were songs and bike races and hot air balloon rides and promises of forever and allusions to some of the most romantic tropes and movies of all times.
Lez Liberty Lit: It’s Almost Over
Literary fiction is out, unicorns are in, a master list of queer poets of color, all the best book lists of 2017 and more.
I Accidentally Punched The Virtual Reality Assistant Who Helped Me Become Wonder Woman and It Was So Worth It
It’s so weird and different and fun!
I Almost Set Myself on Fire for this Maple Rye Old Fashioned
If this were a standard Old Fashioned, you’d serve it up exactly like this or you’d spear a cherry for garnish. BUT WE ARE FANCY FOLKS. We’re going to play with flames.