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Playlist: My 2018 Brand Is Dirtbag Femme
Join me, my purple lipstick, my long tangled hair (and, let’s be real, my fucking Bullet Journal) as we take charge and live our best lives.
How to Keep Seeing Autostraddle in Your Facebook Feed
Facebook’s new algorithm has the potential to badly affect us; here’s how you can help!
Sunday Funday Believes in Beyoncé and True Love
A wedding moment…no…experience…that you need to watch, queer Asian filmmakers telling their own stories, Rainbow Voices Mumbai, and the rebel cow who parties with bison.
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Exploring Electrosex
What “marriage is work” means, what to do when pleasure brings up trauma, how to be direct, poly people on poly, electrosex and more.
Y’All Need Help #19: “Happy Senior Old Lady Giving Thumbs Up, Supporting Your Decision Fully”
You sent your Yes/No questions and now I’m answering all of them!!! Do what I say!!
Yo! That’s Not Cool #7: Listen
Don’t doubt yourself.
Boob(s On Your) Tube: “Grown-ish” Goes After Internalized Biphobia
And Ximena smooches Callie right on her mouth!
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: What’s Your Favorite?
What was your favorite thing from this week?
The Comment Awards Are Suited and Booted
“Tag yourself — I’m ‘not sure who is supposed to make the first move.'”
GLAAD Survey Finds Straight People Fine with “Equal Rights” in 2018, Not So Much Actual LGBT People
The statistics on acceptance of LGBT people were generally staying the same or improving, until last year — when, as GLAAD CEO Sarah Kate Ellis puts it, “the acceptance pendulum abruptly stopped and swung in the opposite direction.”
Playlist: My 2018 Brand Is Queer Lady Magician
Being a Queer Lady Magician to me means sharing the truths of our lives in unexpected, thought-provoking ways, instilling a sense of wonder, expanding our imaginations around what is possible.
6 Over-the-Counter Eczema Treatments I’ve Tried, Ranked From Worst to Best
A rundown of the more effective products I’ve tried, plus some common treatments that just did not work.
Some Answers to Some Things You’ve Been Asking Us #17
“I don’t know who you are but I’ve never believed in anyone’s ability to reach peak mommi more than you”
This Queer House, Vol 10: New Year, Newly Organized Queer House
It’s okay if your end result isn’t completely bare and minimal and perfect; the most important thing is feeling in control of the spaces you create.
25 Pictures Technically Not of Lesbian Sex According to Stock Photography
“I realized all the lesbian sex photos were hiding where they usually do: in Close Female Friendship City.”
29 Citrus Recipes to Fill Your Day with Brightness and Vitamin C
Eat all the citrus and fight off all your colds this winter!!
I Demand a Lesbian Cop Show Spinoff of “The End of the F**king World”
I don’t want a Season Two. I want a dark comedy / procedural with two lesbian cops on the prowl, fighting crime and battling sexual tension.
“Black Lightning” Episode 102 Recap: Three Minutes in Heaven
This is brave and historic. But it’s played intimate and vulnerable and small and more than anything, normal. Just two people sharing together. Like we have seen straight people do a thousand times.
Pop Culture Fix: LGBT Faves Dee Rees, Rachel Morrison and Yance Ford Make History With Their Oscar Nominations
Kate McKinnon is as good at being Robert Mueller as you knew she would be, St. Vincent covers Sleater-Kinney, some gay news from Sundance, updates on The Bold Type and grown-ish, and more!
Notes From A Queer Engineer: A Land Built On Dikes
During the 1800s, most land creation in Boston was accomplished via sea walls (“dikes”) and infill.