The Comment Awards Are Thirty Going on Thirteen
“Someday I’m gonna be a sexy spinster with a house full of ethically sourced dead ravens AND NO ONE CAN STOP ME!”
No One Else Is Going to Look Out for Us
“‘You realize you’re taking away the jobs and the health insurance of five people at the start of a pandemic and you don’t have to, right?’ She looked at me with her blue eyes, hands clasped to her heart and told me, ‘I have to do this for me.'”
Being or Becoming Real
“I felt disconnected from my art because I had part time and full time jobs that took up most of my time in the world. I wrote on scraps of paper during lunch breaks and tried, at the end of the day, to have an hour or so of “creative time” for myself.”
Hang Out With Our Senior Team on Discord!
We’re celebrating our birthday month and closing out our member drive next Monday, the 21st, with a chance for A+ members to chat with Autostraddle’s full-time staff. Come hang!
The Comment Awards Are Meeting At the Vending Machine
“I, too, was editor of my middle school yearbook!”
No Lie: I Was Editor-in-Chief of My Middle School Yearbook
“We’re just insecure horny little nerds looking for a place to call home.”
I Lived Two Lives; One in the World, One in Computers
I “dated” two women I’d met online, and the relationships mostly unfolded on screens. In my other life, I dated men and tried to convince myself I liked it.
This Indie Queer Media Site Made It To 13! What If We Kept Going?
Hell or high water, we’re making it to the end of thirteen years AND we’re going to celebrate the heck out of our queer community, too!
The Comment Awards Just Met a Dame with Enormous Dignity
“The last verse of ‘Puff the Magic Dragon’ sets me off.”
Our 13th Birthday Ask-Us-Anything is Tuesday March 8th!
Ask us about TV, being divorced, mental health, being a cool gay aunt, sex, queer dating and MORE!
The Comment Awards Are Traversing Time and Space to Love and Eat Cabbage
“Francine was almost definitely my root, so this is very affirming.”
The Comment Awards Are Asking: Won’t You Be Our Valentine?
“Who needs to pay for psychics when Autostraddle reads my mind like this?” (PS: There’s also a handmade Valentine in here, just for you, from my dog Milo!)
Autostraddle Is Hiring New Writers for Our Team! Is That You?
We’re looking to bring some more writers on our team and listen — maybe perhaps you are one of them?
The Comment Awards Are Curling in the Winter Olympics
“Yes, give me a Nordic woman who can ski a lot then shoot an animal and haul it back to our cabin for dinner! Sign me up!”
The Comment Awards Are Carefully Setting Traps of Tiramisù
“Two apples a day attract the Doctor. If you hear a TARDIS, get ready to run!”
The Comment Awards Know: There Are No Accidents
“Best moment is being in a room full of gays singing along to the Golden Girls theme song!”
Welcome Our New Director of Brand Partnerships, Anya Richkind!
I’m so excited to be here. Let’s build Autostraddle’s financial future into something stronger, steadier, and more exciting than we’ve ever imagined!
The Comment Awards Are Dressing Like the Antler Queen
“The 80s welcome you back with a glass of lemonade in a clear plastic glass with lemons on it, and a smile on its face.”
The Comment Awards Are Arguing Over the Gayest American Girl Doll
“I humbly submit for consideration Molly’s extended meditation on why her teacher’s hair is so shiny.”
The Comment Awards Are Together in the Gay Wilderness
“The requirements for these merit badges are… different than I remember.”