Poly Pocket: Polyamory and Recovery
How a a 28-year-old white genderfluid bisexual in recovery from an eating disorder/anxiety/depression does polyamory.
No Filter: Laura Jane Grace Bearly Holds It Together (Groan)
Join us for a holiday beach party, in which Samira Wiley is shotgunning beers and Kaki King wishes to party with the penguins.
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“See now I’m performing emotional labor.” – Rachel, Managing Editor
Here’s What Autostraddle Is Doing For the Women’s Strike: A Roundtable and Stuff
“We support a strike that calls for recognition of women’s value and the necessity of the many forms of their labor; we also support all those who are already struggling economically and otherwise, who are deeply impacted by the administration and the systems we’re protesting, and who because of that can’t afford to risk financial instability or job loss for themselves and their families.”
“Supergirl” Recap 215: Love Lifts Us Up Where We Belong
Crime-fighting girlfriends, gal pals, and the eternal bonds of sisterhood!
24 Excerpts From Nikki’s Diary, 2013 – 2015
“Am I only attracted to Abby Wambach?”
47 Breakfast Cereals, Ranked By Lesbianism
They’re not girlfriends, they’re just a toasted trio of flakes, twigs and granola cereal!
If I Never Came Out
A cautionary tale.
Sara Quin, Ruby Tandoh and Others Share Their Mental Health Stories in “Do What You Want” Zine
“With a strong intersectional focus, this is a zine about mental health for all people, in all walks of life. We believe that mental health care and support should be a right for all.”
Drawn to Comics: Badass Ladies Wear Armor, Sword Fight and Make Out in The Order of Belfry
Everyone on earth knows that I’m gay for ladies in armor. So even if this was just a series of drawings and didn’t have any story at all, I’d still be madly in love with it. But the story is great too! It’s fun and intriguing and exciting, and it always leaves you wanting more!
Bottoms Up: You Are Not My Dom
Somehow, self-identifying as a submissive makes some potential doms think I am their sub.
No World For Us: Broken Girls and Embodied Trauma in Porpentine’s “Psycho Nymph Exile”
Psycho Nymph Exile is a cartography of brokenness, an answer to the question that no one wants to ask: What happens after exile? What happens to the girls who become trash?
SCOTUS Kicks Grimm Case Back To Lower Court, Trans Kids Remain In Legally Murky Hellscape
Today, the Supreme Court announced it would be vacating the lower court’s ruling, meaning it decided not to hear Gavin Grimm’s case after all and to instead send it back to the lower court. The immediate effects of this decision are that almost everyone is left with questions.
55 Gayest Ways You Met Your Significant Other(s), According to the Autostraddle Reader Survey
“Smashing the patriarchy and organizing for a rape crisis center on our college campus while also taking a gender studies class. Also I was a data point in her thesis. It was about gender neutral housing.”
“We Are Not Burdens and We Don’t Deserve to Die”: A Disability Day of Mourning Roundtable
“In the midst of all this grief and uncertainty, we must rise up and practice pride every day.”
Helping You Help Yourself #46
Cleaning your shower curtain, a lightbulb terrarium, movie theater popcorn without leaving your house, and some cool nerd stuff courtesy of NASA!
VIDEO! Getting In Bed with Kristin #7: Coming Out (to Others)
Last week on #GIBWK we talked about coming out to other people and tackled specifics like coming out via letter vs in person, coming out for a second time, coming out to religious family, and of course the hard-hitting issue of when I knew that my wife was gay…
The Good Fight Episode 104 Recap: FAKE NEWS! Is Forever
This episode has it all. Twitter harassment, revenge porn, good Scotch, FAKE NEWS!
31 Pasta Recipes To Make Your Belly Full and Your Heart Happy
After a long day of existing, nothing makes me feel better than a warm oversized bowl of warm noods. Maybe you feel the same? Well have I got a list for you.
Sunday Funday Is Ready For More “One Day At A Time,” Lesbian Paper Towels, Special Elections and Girl Scout Cookies
One Day At a Time gets renewed, Brawny Paper Towels puts a black lesbian fighter pilot in a new promotional campaign, the New York Public Schools will let trans kids use their preferred pronouns, churches mobilize against Trump’s immigration policies, famous queers get photographed in their self-described “castles” and more good news for your Sunday!