Helping You Help Yourself #42
The ideal way to stack nachos, proactive steps for a Trumpian world, getting compensation from airlines, some important ketchup info and more!
Angry Transgender Woman Writes Story About Texas Bathroom Bill, Changes the World
“I refuse to place myself in danger because it makes some fools at the Texas capital uncomfortable that girls like me exist publicly. I will not be limited to a sexual fantasy or some kind of untouchable position in society because I am a transgender woman.”
Evan Rachel Wood Wears A Goddamn Tuxedo To The Golden Globes, Everyone Faints
Evan Rachel Wood is here to squire you to prom.
NSFW Sunday Resolved To Have More Sex
Sex-related New Years resolutions, best and worst sex toys of 2016, porn on Tumblr, a new sex toy storage box and more.
Sunday Funday Will Join Your Bechdel Brigade
Totally gay companies, a totally gay District Attorney, a bunch of totally gay policies at the state level, some totally gay women in theater, and also some good news about The Golden Girls.
Two-Spirit Lakota Woman Jamie Lee Wounded Arrow Is the Second Reported Trans Woman Murdered in the US This Year
Wounded Arrow was loved by many and will be sorely missed. Her murder is hitting the community hard. The Sioux Falls Two-Spirit group said “our hearts are broke as we will miss her very much. So again, prayers are needed. Pilamaye.”
GOP Approves Fine for Streaming Video of Protests, Makes Government Less Transparent
To be clear, photography on the House floor is already disallowed. They’ve just added a fine for it. So it’s not really unprecedented, nor is it unconstitutional, to enforce a rule that already exists. But I still think it’s wrong. Here’s why.
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Fingerguns Nihilism
On 2017 resolutions and coping mechanisms.
BREAKING: Netflix’s “One Day At A Time” Shouts Out Autostraddle But You’ll Love This Latina Lesbian Storyline Regardless
Netflix’s new sitcom eschews the long white tradition of TV comedies and focuses on a Latinx family with a lesbian daughter and a mom who reads our website!
Golden Globe Drinking Games That’ll Keep You Stone Cold Sober
Drink every time the camera cuts to Jennifer Lawrence and she’s not drinking directly out of the table’s Moet bottle.
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Be Honest, How Is The 2017 You Doing?
THIS IS A NO JUDGEMENT ZONE.
The Comment Awards Makes Headlines
This week we’ve got murder, turtles, stolen hearts and so much more!
“Hidden Figures” Shines As Bright As The Stars
When you’re stargazing, remember Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson’s work. Tell their stories over and over. They’ve been silenced for so long; now it’s our turn to keep them alive.
Donald Trump’s Cabinet Nominations, Ranked By Terror They Inspire In My Heart
[UPDATE: This post will continue to update as new appointments are made.] Here’s an in-depth explainer of Trump’s cabinet picks so far, people who range from “wolf in sheep’s clothing” to ACTUAL F*CKING WOLF WATCH THE F*CK OUT.
Liquor On The Farm: A Classic Margarita
Start the year off right — by learning how to make a classic margarita recipe.
Anti-Trans Bathroom Bills Get A Makeover into “Privacy Acts,” Take Hold in These Six States
With just a few days into the new year, lawmakers in Alabama, Missouri, South Carolina, Virginia, Texas and Washington have introduced new bathroom bills they’re calling “privacy acts” and ensuring we have a long year of battles ahead of us.
Also.Also.Also: The Lesbian Couple Who Brought You Home Ec and Other Stories You Shan’t Miss
Shower beer, a tiny letter I think you’ll like, this doula drama, tarot decks, do you want to see a bunch of queer kitchens?, identity politics amen, and so much more!
Black Trans Woman Mesha Caldwell Is The First Trans Person Murdered in 2017
Five days into the new year, as the GOP ramps up its trans-scapegoating rhetoric and legislation around the country, we once again begin counting the trans women’s lives taken by hate.
Lez Liberty Lit: Being Difficult
Love for Roxane Gay, Joan Didion’s literary descendants, the end of the 2016 book lists, a cheat sheet for your ereader and more.
I’m Playing “Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines” Because I’m Ready For Some 2004 Adult Content
What is even the point of heterosexual vampires?