I Built a Lesbian Sex Robot
It did not go well.
The Autostraddle Insider: Issue 43, February 2018
“ok who sent me an autostraddle email address request for kristen stewart”
“Annihilation” Review: Gina Rodriguez Steals the Show as a Soft Butch Lesbian
Gina Rodriguez is a certified action star!
Desiree Akhavan on Sex Scenes, Spectatorship, and Shooting ‘The Miseducation of Cameron Post’: The Autostraddle Interview
Behind every great indie film is a great woman. Or, as “The Miseducation of Cameron Post” shows, an entourage of them. Autostraddle spoke with director Desiree Akhavan about making the film that won the Sundance 2018 Grand Jury Prize for Drama and got gay teens in Montana on screen.
Monday Roundtable: How Do We Live with Ourselves?
Everyone has some things that make them hard to live with — like, literally, like in the same apartment as them. Here are ours.
Sunday Funday Is Beat For the Gods With Laverne Cox
Laverne Cox’s music video Beat To The Gods, LGBTQ athletes winning at the Olympics, Daniela Vega is the first openly trans presenter at the Oscars, gender-inclusive makeup launch, Pulse survivors join gun control activism, and tear-jerking photos of Black kids watching Black Panther that will probably destroy you in a good way.
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Knows How To Muff
The dating apps working to create safer experiences for people of color and queer and trans people, how to muff, how to have boundaries and more.
VIDEO! Getting in Bed with Kristin + Reneice: You Can Cook Food!
Reneice got in my bed and we MADE COOKIES. That should be all you need to know but I will also tell you that we answered food-related advice and also some relationship-advice, all while filling my sheets with crumbs! Woot!
Y’All Need Help #20: Is This Too Many Metaphors?
Your family buys you weird gifts, your mom is kinda rude about your long-distance girlfriend, and you can’t move on after this breakup. Let’s get some shit done! Come on!
The Intensely Detailed Janelle Monáe and Tessa Thompson Timeline You’ve Been Waiting For
Okay, are these two dating or not? We did the research, and we have receipts.
Yo! That’s Not Cool #8: Practice Being Me
I discovered the #1 thing that isn’t cool: giving a damn about someone’s opinion of me.
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: TAG YOURSELF!!!
TAG YOURSELF!!! HAPPY FRIDAY!!! JANELLE MONÁE GAVE US TWO BISEXUAL ANTHEMS!!!
The Comment Awards Are in San Junipero with Janelle Monáe
I scream, you scream, we all scream for bi-scream!
Lesbian Married Couple Battle South Africa’s Homophobic Dept. of Home Affairs Over Spousal Visa
South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs has come under fire from LGBTQ activists and community members for discriminating against LGBTQ people in their processes.
My Absurd Skincare Routine Is the Softest I Am to Myself
Sometimes being queer and black, bisexual and biracial, feels like contradiction, like too many things, and sometimes I’m not sure that I’d recognize myself if I walked by.
What Is Your Damage, New “Heathers” TV Show?
The “Heathers” reboot pilot dropped yesterday and Heather and Riese are here to tell you why it shattered their queer dreams into a million tiny terrible pieces.
MUSIC VIDEO: Tessa Thompson Makes Janelle Monáe (and Us) Feel Pretty F*cking Queer Today
I’m not sure what else you have going on today, but you are going to want to make room for this video.
I Love “Black Panther” with All My Heart, and I Deserve to See My Queer Self in It Too
The very premise of Wakanda is based on imagining new black realities. Creating new legends, tales of heroics that aren’t predicated on whiteness. Stories of community and strength. Liberation and stardust.
Playlist: Cardio Is My Boss Battle
We’ve got one warm-up song to help you be the very best like no one ever was, as well as two songs of cooldown, totaling about five minutes, from everyone’s favorite queer farming simulator. And everything in between.
Notes From A Queer Engineer: Badass Princess Engineers and Gaming Manifestos
So much good STEM news this week! Come and get your links.