Things I Read That I Love #222: I Look For Myself In Other Women’s Bodies
Topics include the Olsen twins museum, Mary Gaitskill, taking up space, PewDiePie, the Milo bus, menstrual cups, women’s prisons, airports and so much more!
NSFW Sunday Is Taking Nudes With A Feminist Lens
Safer sexting from a feminist perspective, everything about your ex, brains on BDSM, whether you need to wash your hands before fingering someone and more.
Will Uber’s Very Public Sexual Harassment Debacle Actually Change Things For Women in Tech?
Are we finally moving past the storytelling phase and into doing real things to combat sexism in the technology industry, or is this Uber fiasco more of the same?
Boob(s on Your) Tube: Ten Entire Lesbian and Bisexual Women Canoodled on TV This Week
Arizona and Minnick finally made out, Sara smooched Guinevere in Camelot, Eleanor and Max had a heart-to-heart, and who even knows what the heck happened on How to Get Away With Murder’s season three finale.
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Show Me Your Photos
Post the 16th photo in your phone to the comments, whatever it is. You know, if you want to.
The Good Fight Episode 102 Recap: The Other Shoes Drop
Two episodes in a row of Maia and Amy canoodling in bed, heeeeeeey!
The Comment Awards are Glove Lunching
Mike Pence is scared of kittens – pass it on.
Black Queer Music History, Pt. 4 (1990s-Present)
Black queer musicians today are some of our strongest advocates, and they’re leading the revolution with singing and dancing.
39 Truly Innovative Ways You Described Your Relationship Status On The Autostraddle Reader Survey
“Desperately pining for the cute queer Hot Topic employee who complimented my yellow doc martens the other day”
The Struggle is Still Raging in North Carolina: “Bathroom Bill” HB2’s Status Under Trump
Here’s the latest updates in the struggle against HB2, an analysis of what a Trump administration means for Trans rights, and advice on what the rest of the country needs to learn from the fight in North Carolina.
PHOTO ESSAY: Permanent Reflections of Femme and Genderqueer People of Color
“My niece shows me her Instagram feed and I see no one like her looking back at me. The people I love have fleeting reflections in the media.”
Introducing the A-Camp Arts & Resistance Fund: A Tax-Deductible Way To Change Lives
The A-Camp Arts & Resistance Fund is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Find out more about donating and about applying to a campership specifically for QPOC artists in this post!
Persecuting Trans Women: Finally a Thing Breitbart and The Religious Right Can Agree On
Breitbart’s anti-trans messaging was shaped by Milo Yiannopoulos. The Religious Right’s was shaped by the Family Research Council, home of Josh Duggar. Trump’s position on trans rights gives them and men like them leeway to behave like the predators they falsely accuse trans women of being.
24-Year-Old Black Trans Woman Keke Collier is the Fourth Murdered TWoC This Year
We’re not even two months into the year and four trans women of color have been murdered, three of them Black, and the last two have been not even twenty five years old.
Poly Pocket: The Communication Cushion
Here’s how a 28-year-old Arab-American queer demisexual cis woman living in the urban Midwest does ethical non-monogamy.
There Are Too Many Websites: More Internet Haikus
This round we cover net neutrality, Y2K, away messages, left swipes made too soon, and astropoets.
Pop Culture Fix: Carol Aird Performs “You Don’t Own Me” at the Stonewall Inn
Roxane Gay is not here for your stupidity about Milo, the WNBA is not here for Candice Wiggins’ cry of reverse-homophobia, this new movie from Kristen Stewart looks good (but not as good as Totino), Hillary and Kate redux, and yes: Cate Blanchett at Stonewall.
Why the ACLU’s #IPeeWithLGBT Campaign Erases the T
While any and all support for the trans community is necessary and welcome, the ACLU is missing the mark with this hashtag. The big swing and miss for me is the fact that SB6 is an anti-trans bill that specifically aims to single out trans feminine individuals, regardless of sexual orientation.
The Fosters Episode 414 Recap: Degrassi Overload
Hey, let’s add a little dash of teen pregnancy to this overstuffed season of teenage dramatics.
Queer Artist Kelly Bartnik Blurs the Line Between Performer and Person in HERE
Queer triple threat performer, director, and visionary Kelly Bartnik is mixing the episodic TV show format with live immersive theater performance and you can see it this weekend!