Oh, Hey! It’s Alyssa #28: “No Chill”
“For me, there’s pretty much always been a clear line between sexual intimacy and emotional intimacy.”
Well Damn, Kesha’s “Rainbow” Is a Complicated Reclamation of Pride and Strength
It’s got the desperate earnestness of a confession, the tenderness of sharing a secret with your best friend and the raw emotion and heart of a bridesmaid’s speech, graduation speech and eulogy put together.
“American Horror Story: Cult” Centers On Michigan Lesbian Horrified by Donald Trump, A Little On the Nose There Ryan
Sarah Paulson will play Ally, one-half of a lesbian couple (her partner, Ivy, is played Alison Pill), who loses her shit when Donald Trump wins the presidential election.
Wedding Looks for Andro-Femme Leaning Folks
A reader asked for some wedding looks for a person with an androgynous/femme aesthetic that they could wear to a straight family member’s wedding and I immediately asked to make a style guide because getting fancy for grandma while still feeling like myself is one of my favorite things to do.
Drawn to Comics: “Slam!” Is the “Whip It” of Comic Books
If you love roller derby, you’re going to love this book.
AM/PM: It’s Morning
Welcome to AM/PM, where Autostraddle team members share our morning and evening rituals. This is how Erin starts her day!
You Need Help: Even Sex Gods Get Anxious Sometimes
Share your feelings with your partner, stud.
Youtube Retire Bitch: More Internet Haikus
This round we cover sarahah, unsubscribing, the return of mallory, crush retweets, and more!
27 Lady-Lovin’ Pins To Stick On Your Jacket This Fall
Whatever kind of jacket you’re wearing this year, here are the cutest, queerest buttons with which to adorn yourself.
Masculine-of-Center Roundtable: How We Do It and What It Means To Us
“To me, being masculine-of-center means boyishness, it means blurring gender lines, it means a more vulnerable and delicate form of masculinity. It gives me the freedom to not fulfill expectations based on my assigned gender and body.”
18 Lesbian Power Couples From History Who Made Really Great Art For You
These are the ladies who made kickass sculptures, movies, music, children’s books, regular grown-up-books and, of course, wrote fabulous, sick, neurotic, tortured love poems to one another.
Relevant To Your Interests: Science In The Kitchen
These science-y kitchen gadgets will make you feel like wearing a lab coat instead of an apron.
Sunday Funday Is Giving Free Puppy Access to ALL!
YouTube channels, homes for homeless LGBT youth, puppies, engagement, feminism and more!!
NSFW Sunday Is Into Car Sex
Turn your car into a sex bed on wheels, date ideas when you only have 30 minutes, a possible herpes vaccine, sharing secrets, and more.
“Wynonna Earp” Episode 211 Recap: Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey
Waverly and Nicole have to work together to try to save Wynonna…the only problem is, they don’t remember her.
Some Things: Surface Tension
“There is a point at which my body reaches maximum capacity for stress and responds to emotional stimuli, positive or negative, with tears.”
Femme Brûlée: Buttermilk Pancakes
If you could use a comfort food lift or a recipe to make your own memories with or you just love delicious breakfast carbs, I hope you’ll give these a try.
Boob(s On Your) Tube: It’s a Good Week For Queer Happy Endings on “Doubt” and “Stitchers”
Take a break from this hellscape of a week and swoon with some queer women who get their happily ever afters.
Things I Read That I Love #244: How We Want To Taste, How We Wish To Be Known.
Topics include women in the KKK, the Confederate flag, women’s magazines as aspirational employment centers, smartphones & teenagers, Captain EO, murder, the stories we tell ourselves and more.
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Blame It On The Eclipse
We can do this. I mean we can probably do this. I mean get in here and let’s do this together.