The Autostraddle Insider: Issue 38, August 2017
“guys do you think i’ll ever have sex in a penthouse with floor to ceiling windows and a view
like while i’m still young enough to be bendy”
Photoessay: Electric Dirt and Radical Community with Queer Appalachia
Queer Appalachia celebrated the release of Electric Dirt: A Celebration of Queer Voices and Identities from Appalachia and the South while raising funds for Southerners on New Ground and oh, having a Queer Granny Witch party!
“Sonic Mania” Is a ’90s Kid’s Dream Come True
Sonic Mania isn’t just heavy on nostalgia; it’s a really good video game.
“Whitney: Can I Be Me”: An Intimate, Heartbreaking Portrait of Houston’s Life and Long-Rumored Bisexuality
“While Can I Be Me speculates that Houston was bisexual, no one seems willing to define her connection to Crawford as anything other than a solid friendship.”
NEW MERCH ALERT: Safe Space Enamel Pins
Be the safe space you want to see in this world with this tiny but mighty enamel pin!
Lez Liberty Lit: Take Up Space
The beauty of language in translation, reading the classics while black, top 10 books about tyrants for no reason, parties as literary devices and more.
Pop Culture Fix: Get Your Hot Takes Ready for the Queerish “Heathers” Reboot
Also, the trailer for season two of One Mississippi, a note from a lesbian writer on The Bold Type, Stephanie Beatriz chatting up Cameron Esposito, and more!
38 Lesbian and Bisexual Women From History Who Did That Thing First
What do the first Chinese-American filmmaker, the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and the first woman to wear man-tailored shorts at Wimbledon all have in common? They had romantic feelings about other women, just like you!
Here’s How to Help LGBT Houstonians After Hurricane Harvey
On Thursday, I heard we were going to have some rain over the weekend, and now the city that I have lived in my whole life is underwater. How do you grieve such a catastrophic loss?
Foolish Child #30: Everything’s Just Fine
“Wait! Don’t leave me all alone here with this white guilt!”
No Filter: Danielle Brooks Has Her Carrie Bradshaw Moment
Also, Brittani Nichols hits the VMAs, Kristin Russo starts hoarding citrus and Ellen Page is in lo-o-o-o-ove.
15 Charity Tees (and Tanks) Worth Buying Right Now
Look good, give back.
The Nashville Statement: Homophobic Evangelicals Continue Delusional Conviction of Their Own Victimhood
It’s nothing new, but that doesn’t mean it’s not dangerous.
“The Bold Type” Episode 109 Recap: Defying Gravity
Despite everything being stacked against them, Kat and Adena write their own rom-com.
The New “Great British Bake Off”: Nothing’s Changed, Except Everything That Matters
Is Great British Bake Off even Great British Bake Off without Mary, Sue, and Mel? (No. Not really.)
How To Easily Grow Your Own Onions (And Other Root Vegetables)
Infinite scallions, infinite power!
Fall 2017 TV Preview: Some Lesbian and Bisexual Characters for You
There aren’t many new lesbian, bisexual, trans, or queer characters on fall TV, but there are a few; and a handful of returning favorites.
This Queer House, Vol 5: How to Patch Walls and Other Easy Moving Tips
If you’re moving this fall, one way to help ensure that you get a full security deposit back from your landlord or management company is to repair any obvious issues in the apartment.
Drawn to Comics: Recapping My Favorite Mini-Comics from Flame Con
Artists’ Alley is full of comics and drawings and zines and buttons and stickers showing gay and bi and queer and pan and trans and gnc characters of all types being happy and being themselves. It’s hard not to spend all the money you have in just one afternoon, and in fact, I bought a lot more comics and pins than I was planning on buying.
The UK’s Reality Dating Shows, Ranked by Queerness
Yes, we’ll be talking about “Love Island”.