Oh, Hey! It’s Alyssa #58: Envy
…I know. I know. Jealousy is a toxic and entirely unfavorable emotion.
We Ruined Our Days and Our Relationships With New Astrology App “The Pattern!” and You Can Too
If you’ve enjoyed the way Co-Star describes hypothetical or even existing relationships between yourself and your friends, but you don’t feel like you’ve emotionally devastated yourself enough lately, you’re going to love The Pattern, a new app for masochistic astrology enthusiasts.
Mary Lambert Is Brutally Vulnerable in Her New Poetry Book, “Shame Is An Ocean I Swim Across”
Mary Lambert talked to Autostraddle about vulnerability, the impossibility of separating the art from the artist, and her incredible new book of poems.
For Your Consideration: Devastating Art When You’re Devastated
If you’re going to be emotionally raw for the rest of the day, why not surround yourself with devastatingly beautiful art to cauterize those wounds?
Food and Water, Silence and Solitude: The Bike Trip That Returned Me to Myself
In 2014, after learning how to care for a person on the edge between life and death, I went on the bike ride that would, ultimately, return me to myself.
Sex & Accessibility 101: How to Have Super Hot Sex with or as a Disabled Person
Disabled people have sex. Trust me, I know.
“Supergirl” Episode 401 Recap: A New Hope
Nia Nal is the hope we all needed on this show, and Alex Danvers’ haircut is gayer than ever.
HBO’s “Camping” Review: Harry the Lesbian is the Only Likable Character on a Show Full of Dillholes
The main problem with Harry is that she’s just not around enough to make up for everyone else’s assholery.
Netflix’s New “Haunting of Hill House” Gave Us a Lesbian Who Lives, Took Our Whole Weekend
The new Netflix reboot of Shirley Jackson’s classic has made a lot of changes; one thing that’s stayed, though, is kickass horror lesbian Theo — now with a whole backstory of complicated family trauma!
“Charmed” Review: Come for the Kickass Lesbian Witch, Stay For the Sisterhood
Mel, a graduate student in women’s studies, is the kind of misandrist, angry, radical, combat-boot wearing, feminist lesbian your mother warned you about.
Monday Roundtable: Since You’ve Been Gone
These are the things that are gone from our lives now but we still think about and miss all the time.
“Donut County” Is a Perfect Game For People Who Need a Break From Their Rage
I don’t need another anger hobby, I have Twitter. Give me easy games, bud. That’s what I want.
Sunday Funday Loves the WNBA’s Queer Style and The First Trans Superhero on TV
The not-so-secret style of the WNBA, trans tech workers, activists, and superheros, lesbian mom mice (whose kids go off to have kids of their own), and a surprise with Hayley Kiyoko!
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Over Texting
What if we all dated but didn’t text constantly or at all? Plus: stop making sex about the orgasms, how to talk dirty during sex, finding queer asexual intimacy and more.
Femme Brûlée: Banana Bread
An easy, filling comfort food for fall.
Some Things: Blah-loween
Don’t freak out, but I’m just not feeling that into Halloween this year.
Boobs on Your Tube: “How to Get Away With Murder” Is So Close To Giving Us The Annalise & Tegan Hook-Up We Deserve
Plus: Another dead lesbian on The Purge, another almost dead lesbian on You, and less murderous updates on Grey’s Anatomy, Star and Fresh Off the Boat!
Things I Read That I Love #274: Sheila Was Such a Fucking Bitch It Was Awesome
Topics include The Good Place, The English Patient, child abuse, Dr. Death (again, sorry!), working at Disneyland, “radical sex,” ’90s webzines and so much more!
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Zodiac Signs, Hogwarts Houses, Myers-Briggs — What’s Your Preferred Personality Sorter?
Those patient Hufflepuffs are true, and unafraid of toil.
The Comment Awards Are Raising Mx. Ocean Baby Sharks
“It would be amazing/hilarious/infuriating if Disney’s first true queer representation was in a movie about lesbian dogs.”