Drawn to Comics: Like Superheroes? Like Ladies? Then You’ll Love Supercakes!
While DC and Marvel are struggling to keep just a handful of queer superheroes in the spotlight, Supercakes puts two queer ladies front and center.
Into the Woods: Apps for Camping
How can I resist the plethora of outdoorsy camping apps out there? I can’t. I can’t resist.
MCALC Knows The Difference Between Gender and Menstruation: Track Your Period Without Pink Flowers
It’s finally here. And nary a petal in sight.
It Just Never Ends Does It, Misogynist Gamers
Men seem to think that the gaming world belongs only to them. However, as more and more women are playing, designing and reviewing video games people are finally seeing how ridiculous and outdated the gaming community sounds when it tries to keep them out.
Queered Science: Gender Bias OPEN THREAD
Let’s talk about how you can work for equality in your workplace, school, neighborhood or life.
Data After Death: A Digital Will for a Digital Age
More of our lives are lived digitally by the day, and it’s time to start thinking about what happens to all this when we die: do we want it to go to someone else, to be erased, or to remain indefinitely in the ether(net)?
Queered Science: Eradicating Misogyny in the Scientific Community
Dr. Ben Barres, an openly trans scientist, is on a mission to end gender discrimination in the sciences.
Drawn to Comics: Princess Princess Makes All Your Queer Fairy Tale Fantasies Come True
For a long, long time I’ve loved princess movies, but I always wished there were more princesses like me. Well, with Princess Princess, I’ve finally found some.
22 (Mostly Weird) Superpowers I Wish I Had When I Was A Kid
9. The power to make people allergic to any food/cure any allergy.
Never Have I Ever Reviewed a Queer iOS App
What if you’re feeling fancy and/or just don’t want to think up things you’ve never done? There’s an app for that! Meet Gay Never Have I Ever for iPhone and iPad.
Your Weekend iOS 7 Guide and Feelings Atrium
Verdict: iOS 7 is sexy.
OPEN THREAD: Coming Out In The Sciences, Let’s Discuss!
Often, we feel we have to keep our science self and our queer self separate, but this is the perfect space to merge them. Let’s talk about coming out in the science fields!
Special Autostraddle Fallen London Access Codes In This Post!
Run, don’t walk, to our special Autostraddle Fallen London in-game goodies codes and the chance to learn a bit more about Failbetter’s new game, Sunless Sea.
Queered Science: Why Social Justice and STEM Fields Should Hang Out More Often
“There is no space for subjects that could be classified as social, like talking about inequalities. Of course, this is a false differentiation, because there is really no way to entirely separate the two — social dynamics are just as important as technical abilities.”
DC Hires an Openly Gay Writer for Batwoman to Appease Audiences
Its certainly been one hell of a week for DC’s PR team. (Emphasis on hell.)
The Science and Technology Of Making (And Breaking) Things By Hand
Technology helps artists and artisans, whether it’s in a new way to think about or talk about their work or in a new way to create something classic. Sometimes it helps humans deconstruct something.
Queered Science: LGBTQ Scientists and the Legend of the Unicorn
“Now tell me the name of a queer scientist. Nothing? Yeah, I thought so. But it’s not your fault – I couldn’t think of any either. And this got me to thinking: where are all the queer scientists?”
Batwoman Creative Team Quits After DC Editors Prohibit Planned Lesbian Marriage
“With their decision to prohibit not only Batwoman’s marriage, but also several other character developments, it seems like DC has gone too far.”
Badass Lady Astronaut Candidates: Meet NASA’s Class of 2013
Selected from a pool of over 6,100 candidates, NASA picked some incredibly impressive individuals. In this totally biased writer’s opinion, the women especially are killing it.
Four Ways to Learn a New Language With Your Tech
So many ways to get your language learning on! Enjoy, queermos. Et bonne chance!