The Autostraddle Insider: Issue 35, May 2017
“WHY IMMEDIATELY FISTING”
Celebrate Pride with an Autostraddle Meet-Up
What do you look for in a Pride celebration? What should a community Pride event look like? Well reader, YOU have the power to make that decision this year when you host or attend an Autostraddle Pride meet-up!
What I Wore: Navigating the Heteronormative Patriarchy, Pt. 11
“This was going to be my last interaction with the heterosexual agenda for an entire week and I needed to keep my eye on the prize.”
Also.Also.Also: Center Women of Color Or Get the Fuck Out of the Way and Other Stories for Your Week
A whole new Jupiter, Keko is a lesbian, if you only ate potatoes, Spotify is rude, wtf is in a tampon, ICE is still shit, Sally Yates, Jezebel, and so much more!
Masturbation Month and Beyond: A Staff Survey Experience
May is Masturbation Month! Here’s how the AS staff does it, featuring first time stories, all the weird places we’ve masturbated, how we feel about that and more.
Follow Your Arrow: Queer Hairdresser Klara Vanova on Trust and Community
In this month’s Follow Your Arrow, Klara shares the story of her gender-neutral barbershop business, how she made the leap from office-worker to sole-trader, and the importance of building trust in the community she serves.
8 Urban Fantasy Books That Feature Queer Women
These gritty and glittery queer urban fantasy novels feature sex-work activism, genetic experiments, polyamory, erotic antique-postcard painting, sibling rivalry and more — and a ton of queer women characters.
3 A.M.: First Day, Huh?
“My name is Mae, today’s my first day.”
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Just Saw A Face
How to take perfect naked selfies, why people like masochism, how much sex (some) people are having, seeing the same faces on dating apps over and over and more.
Sunday Funday is Wearing Rainbow Chucks to the Frontline Awards
U.S. national soccer is sporting rainbow letters for pride, super gay sneakers from Nike and Converse if that’s your thing, self-care according to the laaaadies, Astrea’s Fueling the Frontlines Award are intersectional feminist fire, a new album from artists living in countries where being gay is dangerous or illegal, and more good queer stuff!
5 Technologies I Wish I Had Known About Before I Started This Move
LEARN FROM MY MISTAKES.
Some Things: Ghosts
I know I’ve left behind ghosts.
23% Of Women Don’t Shave Their Pits, Thanks Feminism!?
I did my own research, aka I texted a bunch of my queer and trans friends to ask them about their body hair. What do you do with your pit hair? How does that choice connect with your gender, your other identities, cultural or family expectations?
Four Hot New Queer and Queer-ish Singles From Your Faves to Usher In Summer
Mary Lambert, Halsey and Lauren Jauregui, Hailee Steinfeld and Carly Rae Jepsen all gave us new queer or queer-ish songs this week, and it’s up to you to make at least one of them the song of the summer.
Things I Read That I Love #238: Mythological Teen Goddesses Haunting Texas Supermarkets.
Topics include Twin Peaks, the Menendez Brothers murders, white supremacy, the artwashing of Boyle Heights, Richard Nixon, waterparks, “The Perils of Privilege” and so much more!
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Let’s Warm This House Up
Do you have any fur kids? What are their names? How did they come into your life?
The Comment Awards Are Knotting Their Pearls
Come for the euphemisms, stay for the butties! It’s the Comment Awards, now with more gender bending Gillian Anderson. Praise.
Steal Their Looks: The Donald Trump Administration
Not only are they serving up our wholesale demise, they’re serving looks.
Sherrell Faulkner of NC 11th Trans Person of Color Murdered in the US This Year
Nearly all those murdered, including Faulkner, have been Black trans women.
Queer Crip Love Fest: More Seen Than I’ve Ever Felt
An A-Camp love story to help ease your comedown!