Helping You Help Yourself #50
Storing plastic grocery bags, saying no, broken appliances, mini scrapbooks, keeping your energy up in stressful times and more!
Enjoy This 10 Second Play About Lesbians
“A woman enters the front door of a home that seems unfamiliar to her. She peers around, assessing.”
Sunday Funday Is Playing Dead to Avoid Men and Voting Trans Women Into Congress
Meet these cool dragonfly ladies who feign death to avoid dude dragonflies, a record number of trans women running for office, Democrats moving to outlaw conversion therapy, and more!
PHOTO GALLERY: Queer On The Outside
Your April community gallery is here! With more llamas than you’d think.
3 A.M.: Where Am I?
What on earth was that job interview?
The Autostraddle Insider: Issue 34, April 2017
“i feel like one of the best parts of getting older is learning new and surprising things about yourself, like how hot older slytherin women are”
NSFW Sunday Is Hacking Sex Toys
How to get over your breakup, what even are the sex bases, a new collection of trans erotica, why anal is awesome and more.
8 More Women Gamers on YouTube and Twitch
Because you can never have a stable of too many awesome folks making video game videos without the heaping dose of toxic masculinity.
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Repression
“Hey, how come you never talk about your crushes?”
What Happens When the “What Happens At The Abbey” Preview Happens
Finally, L.A.’s most famous gay bar has a reality show.
EXCLUSIVE: “Below Her Mouth” Opens in the U.S. Today, Here’s a Peek at the Pre-Nailing Nailing
Honestly “lesbian nailing” could be the subtitle of this film, which features very loving shots of Toronto and a little bit of clothed dialogue and just a whole lot of sex.
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: To Homecomings and New Beginnings
Hi, I’m new here! This week, I’m having feels about The Handmaid’s Tale and airplane turbulence. Come say hello! *cue group hug*
The Comment Awards Are Buying Dobby Socks
We’ve got dishonorable discharges, mantellectualism, and multiple uses for the phrase “comfortable hole bye.” It’s the Comment Awards!
This Is The Real Ellen DeGeneres Story: Remembering “The Puppy Episode” 20 Years Later
“She was an attractive woman, you know. If she hadn’t told us she was a lesbian, she could’ve been in a Miss America contest!”
Toward an Understanding of Whether Straight Fanfiction Exists: A Study
Straight fanfiction? I don’t know her.
Read A F*cking Book Club: Let’s Talk About The Handmaid’s Tale
Everything on the internet you need to read about The Handmaid’s Tale, plus our discussion!
21 Unintentionally Gay Vintage Newspaper Clippings That I Wish Were Gay For Real
If only they knew, back then, what “butch” and “queer” might mean today…
This Queer House: Outfitting Your Toolbox, Hanging Pictures Properly
Just take your time, measure early and often, trust your instincts, and you’ll be a pro at hanging stuff in no time.
Queer Crip Love Fest: Insider/Outsider
“I feel affinity for parts of Asian communities, neuerodivergent communities, queer communities and kink communities. I don’t really feel completely invested in one place. It’s always been like that.”
“Ladykiller in a Bind” Is the Surprise Love Story I Didn’t Know I Needed
Think of the 2001 Disney Channel Original Movie Motocrossed without the bikes and plus a whole lot of kink.