Autostraddle Book Club #7: We’re Reading “Blue Is The Warmest Color”
And! Because I’m the one doing the book club, I have a bit of an added element. There is a drink recipe in here, folks!
And! Because I’m the one doing the book club, I have a bit of an added element. There is a drink recipe in here, folks!
140 articles and essays to read and save and love, in celebration of the 100th edition of “Things I Read That I Love”
Topics include HIV, farmer’s markets, the worst serial killer ever, Jay-Z, Salem Witch Trials, slave dwellings, undocumented farm workers, queer sororities and moar!
Topics include a “the girl in the closet” (a terrifying story of child abuse), stripping, the funeral business, 12 Years a Slave, sadness, sweatshops, bell hooks on “Lean In” and moar!
This week in lit: creepy books to read while we’re all still obsessed with Halloween, 10 years of queer YA, Emily Dickinson, “City of Night” and more.
We want to hook two commenters up with copies of Julie Maroh’s graphic novel, Blue is the Warmest Color!
Maybe my mom was onto something. Maybe family really is everything, so long as you build it yourself.
Topics include Elliot Smith, larping, snuff, Lean In and facebook feminism, the lived history of Concord MA, child sex trafficking, growing up Chinese in West Van and so much more!
Topics include Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Cinnabons, mugshots online, young women in porn, Norman Rockwell, Nina Simone, “white girls” and so much more!
This week in lit: YA novels with trans* characters and authors, Canadians winning everything, grammar games, dinosaur erotica and more.
Topics include Dave Chapelle, Ryan Murphy, cities for women, Second Life, 4-chan camgirls, journalism internships, participatory television and more!
No matter what your reasons are, or where your piece winds up, we think it’d be cool if you got to write about sex with us.
Inside Year of the Mermaid is Ashley’s story. And it’s eerie how similar it sounds to yours.
Okay, so you have a pen and paper and some feelings. Now what?
Lo is that girl you had a secret crush on in high school, the one who could skate and wore baggy shorts. And with everything she goes through, you genuinely care about her.
Two queer comic professionals are starting a brand-spanking new anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy comics featuring queer characters and stories. And the best part is, they’re looking for contributions from people like you!
Topics include dead malls, Mary Gaitskill, fear of clowns, Space Jam, teenage girls on social media, dead malls, ‘Real Life’ and so much more!
This week in lit: reading apps, Beowulf, diversity, that guy who doesn’t teach books by women or queer people and the end of the world.
Basically, this book is one big giant sex-ed zine, but it’s a book.
Topics include a face transplant, Janelle Monae, business school, Jodie Foster, mattresses, the men who brought 9/11 home, letters to the editor, last meals, writing advice from Rick Bass and moar!