Read a F*cking Literary Journal: Prose & Lore
Audacia Ray’s Red Umbrella Project, an organization seeking to amplify the voices of sex workers through media, advocacy and storytelling, publishes a literary journal. And it’s great.
Things I Read That I Love #83: Sometimes I Think, This Is Really Chloë-ish
Topics include Cosby sweaters, depression, The Chive, Chloë Sevigny, Gabby Hoffman, PTSD, murder in San Bernardino County, undocumented immigrant activism and moar!
Lez Liberty Lit #24: Let’s All Crush On Imogen Binnie
Queer comics, a zine pop-up shop, new books to read, Judy Blume and more.
Orson Scott Card Should Consider Re-Reading “Ender’s Game”
“What if you’d like to let your loyalties walk some middle tightrope, where you can keep the good stuff about this book you loved while also turning your back on its creator? What’s the best way to hate the player and love the Game?”
Read A F*cking Book: Yoko Ono’s “Acorn” Can Help You Help Yourself
Charlotte’s theory was that it was up to us to use what we had around us – what the universe gave us – to find answers or come to peace with a lack of an answer. Mine was that people should beg for help. Acorn is for people ready to stop begging.
Things I Read That I Love #82: I Hate The Word “Bitch” But I’ve Used It So Many Times In My Head When I’m Thinking About You
Topics include food fluffers, music in prison, abortion, video games, “The Room,” publishing black literary fiction, picky eaters and so much more!
Canadian Children’s Book Explains How Babies are Made in a Gender-Neutral Way!
“Every thing that grows, grows differently. Each of us grow in our own way.”
Things I Read That I Love #81: If Sophie Had To Choose Between Two Awesome Things
Topics include temp workers, Dennis Rodman, Phish, Kanye, Wilcox County’s first integrated prom, murder, fertility, Mary McCarthy and so much more!
Lez Liberty Lit #23: A Spectacle To Taste
Queer book recommendations, oral histories, poet-prostitute profiles, if Gertrude Stein reviewed beer and more.
Things I Read That I Love #80: Whose Boxers Are These?
Topics include North Korea, gun control, animators from Mormon country, freelancing, the long con, the murder of Jam Master Jay, Brittney Griner, true war stories, indie bookstores and so much more!
Team Pick: “The Gender Book” Is The Best Thing You Will Read Online Today
Cara’s Team Pick: It’s illustrated, it’s interactive, it’s informative, and it’s not even done yet!
Things I Read That I Love #79: Subterranean Homesick Blues
Topics include Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), web developers, poetry and death, meth, psychic Sylvia Browne, Coyote Ugly, Wikipedia, The Whole Earth Catalog and more!
Lez Liberty Lit #22: Reading As Performing
Where to find queer books to read, starting books but not finishing them, perceived gender, 1984 and more.
Trauma Queen: An Autostraddle Book Review and Interview
Trauma Queen, the new memoir by Lovemme Corazon, is a hard read but equally hard to put down. There are many, many people who will find a familiar history in this book, and the author hopes that will be a jumping off point for healing and discussions.
Things I Read That I Love #78: Part High School, Part Rehab, Part Substitute Family
Topics include Lefrack City, UCB, American teeth, selling the South to Southerners, tech money’s influence on The Bay Area, The Bling Ring, The Preppy Murder case, Detroit, killer crushes, missing First Nation women and more!
2013 Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced
This year’s Lambda Award winners were announced yesterday evening.
Things I Read That I Love #77: Rage, Rage Against The Coming Of The Light
Topics include binge-watching TV, wikipedia, Mary Kay, why The Great Gatsby sucks, Freedomland!, ANTM, Hunter S. Thompson, oversharing, lesbian nightlife romances and more!
Lez Liberty Lit #21: A Lemon Wrapped Around A Gold Brick
In this edition of Lez Liberty Lit: the best literary cocktails, reading and forgetting, remembering the queer dead and more.
The House At The End of Hope Street: An Autostraddle Book Review and Interview
This book is a feel-good and I highly recommend it for hammock reading! Even if you don’t have a hammock, it should definitely go on your summer reading list.
10 Writers of Personal Essays For Your Heart and Brain
“It can be hard to even get started, because the best way to learn how to write is to read, and by definition your choices are pretty limited when it comes to personal writing. But hey, there’s still been some amazing personal writing whose authors have deemed it fit for public consumption”