A+ Roundtable: The First Time We Kissed A Girl
“There were all these fairy lights and we drank and were drunk and everything felt warm and easy.”
Autostraddle’s Ultimate Team Holigay Gift Guide 2017: Everything We Want Besides World Peace and Impeachment
Find out what the entire Autostraddle Team wants for the holigays, and nab a couple of sweet gift ideas for you and your loved ones while you’re at it!
Trans Day of Remembrance Roundtable: What Chosen Family Means To Us
“When I think about Trans Day of Remembrance and how I’ve survived to see another one, I know that it’s because of my family.”
Relevant To Your Interests: Thanksgiving Pi
Wear your pi and eat it too.
I Met My Sperm Donor’s Mom and It Changed Everything
As the daughter of lesbian mothers, I always knew I had a sperm donor, and that I could meet him when I was 18. I loved my moms; I loved my queer family. Still, I had always wondered what part of me was cut from a different cloth.
Boob(s On Your) Tube: Arizona Robbins and Annalise Keating Suffer Through Their Midseason Finales
Plus some thoughts on this season of Queen Sugar!
Excuse Me, Did True Blood’s Rutina Wesley Just Come Out By Announcing Her Gay Engagement On Instagram?
Go ahed, scroll through her Instagram gallery yourself; I’ll wait.
Sunday Funday Knows All You Need Is Elderly Lesbian Love
This elderly lesbian couple’s gonna make your heart burst, some sweet non-elderly queer couples too, and Melissa Etheridge doesn’t seem too worried about getting arrested for pot possession.
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is A Person, Not A Phone
Relationship autopilot does not exist, correcting bad texting, how to date someone with anxiety, the perks of sex in late-stage capitalism and more.
Y’All Need Help #14: Yes or No Edition!
Answers to all the yes/no questions you sent in since last Tuesday!
Grease Bats: Astrology Is Real And Meaningful
“You can tell that now is a good time for Scout to finish their erotic novel ‘Buffy The Butt Slayer’ just from their astrological sign?”
The Most Wonderful Time Of Year: Holigay Meet-Up Season!
It’s the most wonderful time of year so let’s spend it with our chosen family!
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Balancing Act
Work AND leave my house? Eat well AND go to bed on time? Hang out with other people AND also myself? How do you even do that? (No really, I’m actually asking you.)
Read A F*cking Book Club: Talking with Ariel Gore About “We Were Witches”
We’re discussing We Were Witches and sharing a brilliant interview with author Ariel Gore. Come join Autostraddle Book Club – the comments are wide open and we wanna hear everything you’ve got to say about this book.
The Comment Awards Are So Mommi Right Now
“Can confirm bisexuality to be even more luxurious than a fancy tin can.”
Friendsgiving Challenge #2: A Dessert You Can Also Eat for Breakfast
Vegetarian with allergies to nuts, coconuts, and sesame seeds? Well Julia Turshen has a delicious warm dessert (or breakfast!) for you!
The Mammalian Dive Reflex
I changed. But it was a gradual process, in the way a forest becomes stone. Petrified forest of a body.
S.H.E. Episode VII: Night And Day
“What a great city.”
Exploring the Messy, Imperfect Joy of Queer Foster-to-Adopt Parenting
“And then she told us there was another child — a baby — at a nearby hospital. Were we interested? We said yes even though we had a thousand questions and just as many concerns (why was he in the hospital? Where were his birth parents? Who was holding him when he cried?). That baby turned out to be our son.”
Friendsgiving Challenge #1: Real Friendship is Working Around Everyone’s Dietary Restrictions
Kyle’s created a full Friendsgiving menu that accommodates about a dozen dietary restrictions, and she’s used an impressive graphing system to make it happen.