Now More Than Ever: Navigating the Heteronormative Patriarchy in a Post-Trump World
What I wore on Election Day and Post-Trump.
Tila Tequila What The Fuck: Former MTV Star Now Identifies as “Literally Hitler”
How the bisexual social media star at the heart of MTV’s “A Shot at Love With Tila Tequila” became a symbol of white nationalism, or why I never want to look at the Internet ever again.
How To Cook Vegducken (Or: How to Spend Thanksgiving Heartsick and Far From Home)
“I get up off the floor, reach for a long, heavy leek and a cutting board and my favorite knife, its weight in my palm like an amulet. I feel like a stranger in my own life, but I have seven hours and eight dishes left. There is work to be done.”
View From The Top: Aftercare For Tops
“Perhaps trust is my biggest kink. That would explain a lot.”
Aggressively Adorable Gifts to Make the Long-Distance Dating Struggle a Little Easier
Ease the sting of distance with these mostly practical (but yes, some are sappy… DISTANCE IS HARD, y’all) gifts.
Feelings Rookie: The Terror of Hope
Hope is light, hope is all that is good, hope is what keeps humans alive when all other circumstances say they should be dead. So why was I so afraid of this life-giving feeling?
Well Hot Damn, Limerence Press is Republishing Colleen Coover’s “Small Favors: The Definitive Girly Porno Collection”
Small Favors is “a classic masterpiece of lady-friendly erotica… The critically-acclaimed girly porno comic by Eisner Award-winning cartoonist Colleen Coover is back in a deluxe hardcover edition and we invite you to join the fun and meet Annie and her tiny taskmaster Nibbil in erotic adventures sure to make you blush.”
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza’s “There Should Be Flowers” Is A Piercing Look At The Physicality Of Trans Women’s Lives
There Should Be Flowers is a healing map, a compass that shows us back to the world after having left it for too long – that allows us to live inside the pain and love ourselves anyway.
Holigay Gift Guide 2016: More Super Cute Stuff Made by Women Indie Artists
Look at this awesome list of gorgeous stuff I’ve put together for you—all of it designed and/or created by at least one woman or nonbinary artist!
How To Be Alone on Thanksgiving
So, you’re spending Thanksgiving 2016 alone. I’m here to let you know that spending Thanksgiving alone is not only just fine, it’s also damn fun.
You Need Help: What To Do With Your Gay Hair In Trump Country
I think you could style your hair like Dolly Parton and people on Kentucky front porches and in Kentucky truck beds would still call you a dyke in that horrible ugly tone that only bigots can growl with.
Miss Major Stars in “The Personal Things,” a Powerful and Inspiring Animated Short for Trans Day of Remembrance
Miss Major has always been a badass, and in this three minute long animated video, she’s no different. With all the spirit in the world in her voice, she explains how we can each use our own personal acts to make political change.
Sunday Funday is Having the Best Day Ever, Considering the Circumstances
Random acts of kindness have persisted despite the election outcome, these tiny salamanders are really something, nobody likes you Pat McCrory, Gaela had the best day ever and it’s on video and also adorable, and more good gay news!
On Trans Day of Remembrance We Look Back on the Worst Year Yet and Prepare for a Terrifying Future
I don’t know how to be hopeful right now, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to stop writing or working or fighting, and I know everyone at Autostraddle stands firmly with me.
NSFW Sunday Knows What Porn You Watch
Why sex is good, Tinder gets trans-inclusive, the Bad Sex Writing nominees, chronic sickness and love, and some predictions on the future of sex.
The Comment Awards Watches A Documentary About Duck Stamps
This week we’ve got rescued cats, butch lesbians, Subaru and so much more!
Steven Universe Returns with “Gem Harvest,” Reminds Kids It’s Okay to Have Hope
Steven Universe tells kids that they’re loved, that they’re special, and that there is nothing wrong with being themselves. This week it taught them that they don’t have to give up.
How to Secure Your Info In The Time of Voldemort: Some Handy Guides
It’s scary when evil wizards rise to power, especially if your texting isn’t encrypted.
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Trump
The Grease Bats react to the President-Elect.
Lauren Jauregui is Bisexual: “Fifth Harmony” Singer Comes Out Gloriously In A Biting Open Letter To Trump Voters
Fifth Harmony member Lauren Jauregui is a proud bisexual Cuban-American, and also has some very choice words for Donald Trump voters so LISTEN UP.