We asked our editors to pick one thing published on Autostraddle in 2021 that they had absolutely zero things to do with. Something that they loved purely as a reader.
“Eddy and Becky, best friends who boned on OnlyFans to earn cash to fund Gay Chaos’ first album, started out with bathtub ukelele covers and careening, desperate ballads that made rock bottom sound like the world’s only emotional truth.”
“My daily announcement that ‘MARISA TOMEI’ is an anagram of ‘IT’S A ME, MARIO.'”
Believe it or not, there are a lot of quizzes and a lot of gay sports and a lot L Word Generation Q Content on our list of the most popular new Autostraddle posts of 2021!
“Glad to see that Harold has finally learned about lesbians!”
“I think I just ascended to another plane of being.”
Hey sugar plums, let’s celebrate!
“It is now my accepted headcanon that Rudolph is a lesbian who is very handy with her toolbox.”
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“Let me have the illusion that I am tough and mean please!”
“‘Opportunity to be ghosted by Kristen Stewart’ was my knee-jerk dad joke response.”
“I completely misunderstood Big Dick Energy.”
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“When we got to the bar, I definitely thought this was going to turn into a quiz about your ideal steamy lesbian date.”
YOU DID IT!!! YOU DID THIS TOGETHER!!!
“I need to know more about your house and its secrets (it’s haunted, right???) just like folks need to donate to the fundraiser.”
That’s what makes these posts so special, really, is that they’re not about a singular person bestowing their wisdom onto faceless readers but rather a coming together of a community to help each other sort through their shit in confidence.
It wasn’t the first time or the last time I declared it Time to Quit, a statement I always throw around a bit too carelessly.
We’re having a Member Drive! And an AMA on Friday! Ask us questions! Do it!
I want to encourage writers to pursue their wildest, weirdest ideas.