Is Love a Lie? Our Staff Weighs In
Everything’s fine!
Beauty and Exquisite Strength: Beyond the Surface of Oceti Sakowin
It’s this community strength that makes me proud to be Native. It’s this show of solidarity that makes me worry less for our Water Protectors who have chosen to hold down the camps throughout the winter.
12 Incredible Post-Holiday Sales That Know What You Want, What You Really Really Want
What a day for steals and deals, my friends! WHAT A DAY.
Helping You Help Yourself #41
Make a ton of quesadillas, drink mulled wine, write in a guided journal by the light of a Himalayan salt lamp and more!
Top 10 Hillary Clinton Pantsuits of 2016
A look back on the stuff of legends.
Queer Crip Love Fest: Talking with Queer Disabled Latinx Activist Annie Segarra about Family and Connection
Introducing a new series on disability and love! Disabled people’s lives are bursting with affirmation, affection, and meaning well beyond half-baked romance narratives. So I’m talking to disabled queer folks about the love all around them — for partners, family, friends, pets, fictional characters, whatever — and sharing it with you right here.
15 Silver and Gold Dessert Recipes to Make Your New Year Bright
There’s nothing like a bunch of dazzling desserts to distract you from the hellscape that is our collective future!
Playlist: Middle School Dance While Unknowingly Gay
Slow-dancing.
Sunday Funday Supports Your Big Gay Romantic Gesture and Your Revolution
A video game with a lesbian main character, the trans girl who made history on the cover of Nat Geo, a cute proposal that included a bonus cute older lady watching in the background, and other links that will calm you down when you remember the world is ending.
NSFW Sunday Is Unwrapped
Christmas porn searches, mouthwash fights STIs, why blocking porn doesn’t work and more.
Why the Distinction of Online vs. IRL Makes No Sense (Or, Our Reality Is Already Virtual)
On the term and concept of “IRL” and why it’s totally incorrect and we should stop using it.
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Baopu #29
Let’s play similarities!
OPEN THREAD: Thank Goddess It’s Christmakwanzakah
I want to know everything about your holigay celebrations and your day-to-day life and I want to know it now and I ideally want you to wrap it up in tissue paper inside of a baby pink plastic bag and then put that bag inside of a box inside of a box inside of a box inside of a box, with each box intricately wrapped in paper, so that I can spend as much time immersed in the everlasting gift of your love as possible.
The Comment Awards Meets Good Samaritan
This week we’ve got feelings about Hillary Clinton, thrift shopping, emojis and so much more!
Witch Hunt: The Darkest Night of the Year
What are your favorite solstice rituals? What kind of power do you get from the darkest night of the year? What kind of renewing energy does it give you?
9 Lesbian Romance Audiobooks To Warm Your Heart On Chilly Nights
Looking to listen to some lesbian romance as you travel (or don’t) this week? Need to take a break from it all and escape into your headphones? Here are the 9 lesbian romance audiobooks you’ve been waiting for!
Lez Liberty Lit: Reading Fever
What counts as trans literature, the Baby-Sitters Club’s feminist legacy, weird stuff in old books, a guide to being a tomboy and more.
By the Light of “Moonlight”: How I Saw Myself in Male Intimacy
“What ultimately makes Moonlight such a heartbreaking film to me is that despite these reflections and ways I am ever-present to myself, I’m not actually in the film. And yet, here is my masculinity – both what I am and what I strive to be – showcased in the most honest ways.”
The Autostraddle Insider: Issue 30, December 2016
“Do you think Putin is upset that we did not include “Vladimir” in this list? It is a pretty lesbian name.”
Dragon Age Forever: Distract Yourself From Donald Trump’s Impending Reign Of Doom With An RPG!
One woman’s quest to woo sweet angry baby Morrigan and forget, for a moment, the imminent collapse of the United States of America.