Things I Read That I Love #127: Waiting For The Garden of Eden To Open Up Again Under A New Management
Topics include Nuyorican poets, Nigeria, MSN Messenger, gendered toys, Miley Cyrus, domestic violence, Miley Cyrus and more!
Lez Liberty Lit #46: Today’s So Quick
Eileen Myles poems, reading poetry, topless reading parties, excerpts from An Untamed State and more.
Things I Read That I Love #126: Oh I Feel Misunderstood All The Time, Including Right Now
Topics include Lorrie Moore, being a conductor in the NYC subways, the ugly ramifications of mandatory minimums, Mystery Science Theater, faking a hate crime and much moar!
Things I Read That I Love #125: To Understand As A Gut Reality The Phenomenon Of Rulers Setting The Ruled Against Each Other.
Topics include the whiteness of MFA programs, multiple sclerosis, fireball whiskey, social science, Gmail, rape culture in Universities and Ellen Willis.
Lez Liberty Lit #45: Saved By The Bell Jar
Unknown female beat poets, lesbian historical fiction, the problem with essays, reading more, the answer to the question “how much gay sex should a novel have?” and more.
Home Decorating Tips for the Trend-Conscious Bookpocalypse Participant
Oh my stars and garters. You’d better find your pearls and start clutching, because winter is coming and the death of print is upon us. Here are some home decorating tips to help you stay on-trend during bookpocalypse.
Read a F*cking Book GIVEAWAY: Write Bloody Wants To Fill Your Heart With Poems
Write Bloody Publishing is giving away a stack of books to two lucky Autostraddle readers!
Read a F*cking Canadian Book, Eh: Diane Obomsawin’s “On Loving Women”
If you only have about an hour and you’re in the mood for pig-eared coming-out stories and illustrations of naked, horse-faced lesbian lovers lounging on vintage sofas drinking wine, On Loving Women is the book for you!
National Poetry Month: Sonya Renee Isn’t Sorry
“The work I do is all about how we make peace with the body, our own and other people’s bodies. I can’t have that conversation without talking about my queerness, or my blackness, or my size, or my mental health, or trans issues, or disability. It’s about everybody’s right to be on this planet.”
We Love The Library So Much: 13 Autostraddle Writers On Their Favorite Libraries
Libraries give us the chance to know something about ourselves and we love them.
Things I Read That I Love #124: Well, I Want A Dog Too
Topics include the first teenagers, SF’s housing crisis, murder, too-safe playgrounds, sex workers, life after incarceration and so much more!
Dear Queer Diary: All The Feelings (and Alison Krauss)
When you’re happy/sad/grumpy/giggly/annoyed and you know it, write in your journal!
National Poetry Month: YaliniDream Opens Spaces and Hearts
I ended up taking advantage of the fact that I was on the margins. I used the power of invisibility to crack open spaces at the edges. The power of performance is impermanence — nobody could catch it and say “here’s proof of what she is saying or doing.”
Things I Read That I Love #123: I Am Not A Melodramatic Person.
Topics include Clueless, wounds and self-denial, cults, Vera Nabakov, the Top Chef cruise, a botched rape investigation and more!
Lez Liberty Lit #44: Silent Reading Party
I don’t know about you, but a party where everyone sits quietly in a bar and reads together sounds like MY KIND OF PARTY.
National Poetry Month: Denice Frohman Slams Down Oppression With Survival Poetry
“Poetry calls us into ourselves. It’s asking you to be truthful and say whatever it is you need to say.”
Things I Read That I Love #122: This Is Not a Good Town For Psychedelic Drugs
Topics include Heathers, college football recruiting, when a novelist’s truth hurts, living Barbie, publishing, the murders at the lake and so much moar!
National Poetry Month: Lauren Zuniga Will Lull You Awake
“I just started working on a piece that’s a mash up of Neil Degrasse Tyson and Nicki Minaj.”
Things I Read That I Love #121: You Don’t Want To Fall In Love With Your Own Story Of Tragedy.
Topics include underpaid cheerleaders, the “gig economy,” Circle Football, Rebecca Walker, heroin, sex ed, grad school, Upworthy and moar!
Ten Books For Queers And Feminists To Read This Spring
Ten important queer and feminist books coming this spring.