Gaby Dunn And Allison Raskin Hate Everyone But You
Check out this rad new queer YA book by your fave YouTube odd couple, Gaby Dunn and Allison Raskin!
VIDEO! Getting In Bed With Kristin #3: Crushes
Kristin got in bed last week to talk to you about crushing on friends, crushing while having marbles in your mouth, crushing when you’re in a committed relationship, and other such loveliness. So there.
7 Things People Outside the U.S. Can Do Instead of Helplessly Sitting By While the World Burns
Actions to take from beyond US borders to oppose Trump and the rise of fascism globally.
5 Boxed Wines, Ranked By Lesbians
Official rankings of five influential boxed wines from a Boxed Wine and Artisan Women-Made Cheese Tasting I conducted at a recent Autostraddle event.
Follow Your Arrow: Mushroom Grower Marita Smith on Patience, Permaculture and Petri Dishes
“When I started out, people knew me as the ‘girl growing mushrooms in her caravan,’ which was perhaps not the most flattering anecdote to have attached to your name.”
How To Oppose Jeff Sessions With Your Phone and Your Friends
Who needs to call: people who live in Iowa, Utah, South Carolina, Texas, Nebraska, Arizona, Idaho, North Carolina and Louisiana. People from Utah and Texas, both your Senators are on this committee and you should call both of them.
Want to Organize a Protest? Here Are 9 Things You Need to Know
We’re going to need to use our bodies and our voices as weapons against the Trump administration. We’re going to need to be brave.
An Action Guide for Supporting the #NoBan Cause
What you can do to help rescind the Muslim Ban right now.
Sunday Funday is Queer As in Fuck You
Bad news for Trump, good news for us, and an inspiring batch of photos that will keep you fighting and resisting. Happy Sunday Funday, comrades.
The Queer Lady Pirates of “Black Sails” Return For Their Final Season Tonight
Black Sails is so much more than a “lezzie pirate show.” It’s about finding humanity in a violent and lawless time; about finding, keeping, and cultivating power when those around you are determined to strip you of it; about knowing who to trust and learning whether or not it’s even possible to trust anyone in the pirate business.
NSFW Sunday Is Just Like The First Time
Virtual vulvas, queer sex as resistance, porn traffic dipped during the women’s march and other stories to read before/after you hit the streets.
Four More Tech Tools to Help You Get Involved, Call for Change, and Resist Trump
Four more apps for resisting Donald Trump. Calls, kittens and boycotts.
Saturday Morning Cartoons: New Era
“Dear Autostraddle family…” (painted with leftover paint from protest signs and love)
The Comment Awards are Doing Some Deep Breathing
We’ve got alternative yeasticides, sapphic cinema, a mama’s infinite love, and five million marchers – get in here!
PHOTO GALLERY: Queer in the Kitchen
Your communal photo gallery is here! Gaze upon nearly 200 queer as fuck kitchens, and the queers who queer them.
Trump Went Apeshit Anti-Science This Week, Let’s Fight Back
They want to overwhelm us and exhaust us with the chaos. I reject that. Here’s a recap of every anti-science action Trump’s administration made this week and some ways to fight back.
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: How Are You Keeping This Women’s March Feeling Going?
I’ve made a girl group playlist and intend to listen to it on loop at full capacity after filling Riese’s entire living room with sand, what are you doing?
Women and LGBTQ People Will be Hit Hardest by NYT’s Decision to Kill the Comics Best Seller Lists
This is a big blow to a part of the publishing world that is often regarded as “books for kids” or something less than “real literature.” It’s an especially big blow to marginalized people.
Things I Read That I Love #220: The Jaws That Closed Only To Chew Gum
Topics include Jared Kushner, Mike Pence, Trump Country, health care, CULT MURDERS, The Spur Posse, Tiffany from America’s Next Top Model, Sqirl and more!
Call For Submissions: “Renaissance,” Personal Essays From Black LGBT Women
I’m guest editing an essay series for Autostraddle next month and am looking for personal essays about how your black queer life has been saved or influenced by art in all forms, from television to sculpture.