Grease Bats: Holigay Obligations
“You know what I’m doing for the holigays? Absolutely NOTHING that I feel obligated to do!”
Holigay Gift Guide: New Year, New You!
Two Things: First, I want nothing more than for you and your loved ones to start off 2018 being your best selves. Second, I checked this list. I checked it twice. Everything on it can still be delivered by December 25th (in case you are as much of a procrastinator as I am. No judgement! 2017 was hard, after all.)
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Happy Holigay Meet-up Season!
Welcome to our virtual Autostraddle Holigay Meet-Up — I brought Nutella stuffed brown butter salted chocolate chip cookies!
The Comment Awards Are Eating Creamed Spinach in Waterloo
Milk is not a sexy beverage.
S.H.E. Episode XI: A Working Day
“Look, this isn’t rocket science.”
Fuel For Your Fire: LGBTIQ Activists From Around the World Share Their Stories
LGBTIQ+ activists from around the world gathered to discuss the challenges and the solutions from the front lines around the world at OutSummit.
A Day in the Life: Anita Dolce Vita of dapperQ
A day in the life of LGBTQ fashion/lifestyle/activist staple Anita Dolce Vita, who does more in a day than you would have thought possible.
The Top 11 Gayest Christmas Songs
Ring-a-ling-a-ling-a-#dingdong-ding!
Brandi Seals Is the 28th Trans Person Murdered in 2017
Seals’ family called the 28-year-old Houston native a beautiful and loving person.
“You Should Stay Inside”: Environmental Racism and Marginalized Health in Our Gayborhoods
How the atmosphere is changing, literally and figuratively, in dangerous ways in Seattle’s historically LGBTQ Capitol Hill neighborhood.
Style Thief: How to Dress Like Riverdale’s Firey Maple Goddess Cheryl Blossom
Go forth and wreak havoc, my lil vixens!
You Need Help: What Should You Do With Your One Wild and Precious Life?
Queer time moves differently than regular time; we’re on our own schedule; we exist outside the rigidity of the patriarchal space-time continuum.
8 Soft Femme Memoirs for Your Femme But Not Too Femmey Needs
The following eight memoirs, which deal with gender, food, writing, relationships and more, reflect soft femmes, tomboy femmes, chapstick femmes, and other femmes who aren’t all that femmey.
Pop Culture Fix: America Chavez Is Coming To Your TV and “One Day at a Time” Will Be Back Before You Know It
Plus a very wacky and exciting-sounding Harley & Ivy & Betty & Veronica crossover; PB and Marceline holding hands; a first look at Lena Waithe on Dear White People; and people won’t stop asking Kristen Stewart about that Charlie’s Angels reboot.
Lavender Menace Gift Guide: For Passionate Feminist Lesbians and Herstorical Queers
Feminism encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians. Happy holidays!
Rosa Diaz’s Big Coming Out on “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” Was Bittersweet — and Specifically Bisexual
Rosa’s full coming out on Brooklyn Nine-Nine is rocky and bittersweet, incorporating uniquely bisexual experiences to cement itself as a uniquely historic TV moment.
Oh, Hey! It’s Alyssa #36: Nose Holes
“People say all kinds of things to hurt each other…”
“Marvel’s Runaways” Episode Recap 106: Gay Glow
Hulu marketing, stop trying to make Chase/Karolina happen!
Holigay Gift Guide: Perfect Presents for Sporty Queers and Gym Rat Gays
’Tis almost the season for gift-giving! Here are some suggestions for the fitness-focused cuties in your life. Happy shopping, and enjoy the benefit of all those post-exercise endorphins!
Black Voters Defeat Roy Moore in Alabama, Infusing Liberals With a Small Hope at the End of Bleak Year
Doug Jones’ victory is a reason to be joyful, and when you combine it with November’s elections, where a record number of POC and trans folks rallied their way into office, it’s even a reason to hope.