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Literature

Things I Read That I Love #255: An Extended Exposure Therapy To All The Things You Once Feared.

Topics include Newsies, Katja Blichfeld, the abuse of temps in a Toronto factory, Diana Vreeland, book covers, privileging choicelessness and so much more!

Riese January 19, 2018 5 Comments
Straddleverse

FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: What’s Your Type??

Happy Friday I have a crush on an actor! Let’s talk about it!!

Ari January 19, 2018 286 Comments
A very small tan and white pup with floppy ears poking over the top of a white laptop with the text "Hey, did you see that comment?!"
Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Weak in the Knees

“Of course Kristen would be scissors.”

Darcy January 19, 2018 22 Comments
First Person

On Loving My White Mother

In which a debate over body hair pushes a white mother and her brown daughter to the limits of mutual understanding.

Maya January 19, 2018 25 Comments
[Text] 2018 Personal Brand Playlists / Autostraddle [Image] Collage of various images including feet in a blue bathtub, a girl wearing a crown over her eyes, an old vintage stamp, an instamax image of a FEMME sign, veronica from river dale, and an illustration of a crystal.
Playlists

Playlist: My 2018 Brand Is Basically Just Eartha Kitt in the “I Wanna Be Evil” Video

It’s 2018, we’re sick of this, and we’re hungry for blood.

Raquel January 19, 2018 14 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Tig Says Lesbian Masterpiece One Mississippi‘s Season 3 Was Gonna Be “Quite The Force” and Other Stories

Tig’s statement on the unfair no-good terrible cancellation of the wonderful One Mississippi, a new Heathers trailer continues to confound, Bellevue features a trans actress playing a murdered trans girl, Lena Waithe is gonna be on “This Is Us,”omg Black Lightning, the story of Steven Universe and so much more!

Riese January 18, 2018 10 Comments
Movie News & Trailers

In a Movie Full of Tops, Who has the Most Top Energy in the “Ocean’s 8” Trailer?

“This is a pant-suited Cate Blanchett in the kind of natural leg spread that would make a young Jodi Foster seethe with envy.”

Erin January 18, 2018 69 Comments
Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft Visual Art

Cristy C. Road’s “Next World Tarot” Boldly Defines a New Generation of Saints

Cristy C Road’s intersectional tarot deck, enchanted with resistance, survival and spirituality, is no longer a dream of the future.

Courtney Trouble January 18, 2018 3 Comments
Literature

Lez Liberty Lit: Backwards Books

A proposed New York prison book ban, asexuality in fiction, working from home, paper planners, spine-in books and more.

Ryan Yates January 18, 2018 7 Comments
Music

Day in the Life: On Tour With Australian Songwriter Alex Lahey

I met up with singer-songwriter Alex Lahey while on tour at her San Diego show.

Molly January 18, 2018 6 Comments
Television TV News & Trailers

“One Mississippi” Got Cancelled and I’m Going to Set My Television on Fire

AMAZON CANCELLED “ONE MISSISSIPPI” AND “I LOVE DICK” WHICH IS A PERSONAL ATTACK AGAINST ME AND ALSO BUTCH LESBIAN VISIBILITY

Riese January 17, 2018 70 Comments
Television TV Show Recaps

“Black Lightning” Episode 101 Recap: Are You Ready for a Black Lesbian Superhero?

She’s ready to win over my heart, and I am very ready to let her.

Carmen Phillips January 17, 2018 37 Comments
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: Heather Matarazzo Got Engaged To Another Heather

Samira Wiley, Lauren Morelli and Cara Delevingne are all having a real time with their eyelashes this week.

Stef January 17, 2018 10 Comments
Queer Fashion

The Best Plus-Size Pants/Suits Are on Sale and You’ll Want Every Color

Pair with a cigar (actual smoking not necessary) and some slick butch swagger.

Nora January 17, 2018 12 Comments
Television TV News & Trailers

Here, Try These Semi-Sweet Morsels of Queerish TV Info From the 2018 TCAs I’ve Prepared For You

We got the scoop on 2 Dope Queens, Pose, The Handmaid’s Tale, Heathers, Sweetbitter, Living Biblically, Roseanne, Vida and Life Sentence — all shows bringing queer women to your teevee screen very soon.

Riese January 17, 2018 8 Comments
[Text] 2018 Personal Brand Playlists / Autostraddle [Image] Collage of various images including feet in a blue bathtub, a girl wearing a crown over her eyes, an old vintage stamp, an instamax image of a FEMME sign, veronica from river dale, and an illustration of a crystal.
Playlists

Playlist: My 2018 Brand Is Tumblr in 2010

Love a good spiral backward!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya January 17, 2018 11 Comments
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

Demi Lovato Playing “Who’d You Rather” on “Ellen” Is F*cking Delightful

Also, Demi Lovato wants Kristen Stewart to call her.

Stef January 16, 2018 24 Comments
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Television TV Show Recaps

“Supergirl” Episode 310 Recap: We’ll Make It, I Swear

Supergirl is down for the count, so Alex and the DEO have to figure out how to stop Reign without her.

Valerie Anne January 16, 2018 16 Comments
AF+

The Autostraddle Insider: Issue 42, January 2018

i don’t claim most of the dude bro lesbians in nyc who used to be shitty to me at the bar cause i have long hair
BUT YOU KNOW I AM NOT EVEN THAT MAD ABOUT THEM I HOPE THEY GREW UP AND GOT BETTER

Riese January 16, 2018 35 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

The 2018 NAACP Image Awards Included a Major Moment for Feminists and LGBT Black Women

With Angela Robinson, Lena Waithe, and Laverne Cox donning the stage, three of the six women represented were out queer and trans black women. In the middle of this already big moment, these three women broke another glass ceiling.

Carmen Phillips January 16, 2018 5 Comments
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