Mike Pence Will Buy Me My Lesbian Vampire Themed Tampons
The government should already be buying me my tampons, but they’re not, and so Mike Pence will.
Lez Liberty Lit: Wonder Woman for President
Literary ASMR, exclamation points and emoji, queer retellings as reclamation, Zadie Smith, recordings of Black women poets and more.
Learn Basic Embroidery With These Essential Stitches
“I get a real sense of satisfaction from making something cute and domestic, just a bit deviant. Whether it’s a cake piped with ‘Happy Fucking Birthday’ or a set of kitchen towels with embroidered ball gags and whips — I just can’t get enough.”
Rebel Girls Reading List: 16 Things Hillary Clinton Meant
Hillary Clinton is not President of the United States.
We Grieve, and Then We Get to Work
It’s heartbreaking to know that this is the country we live in — that this is the country we’ve lived in all along. But the fact that this is the country we’ve lived in all along and that we’re here to read this means that we’ve survived it so far, and that the tools to keep surviving in it are at our hands.
No Filter: Just 12 Really Cute Pictures Of Samira Wiley Because I Don’t Know What Else To Do
Honestly.
Post-Election Open Thread: We Love You And We Will Never Stop Fighting For You
Hear me: We love you. You are not alone. All hope is not lost. We will face this uncertain and terrifying future together. We will never stop fighting. We will never give up. You are our family and we will never give up.
Foolish Child #9: Co-Parenting For Nerds (Of Color)
But Dickens, what IS co-parenting?
Drawn to Comics: Annie Mok’s “No Exit” Will Make Your Heart Stronger
Mok fills each panel of her comics with so much emotion and power that reading them is a full body experience, taking you to a place either you’ve never been before or a place that’s all too familiar.
“Supergirl” Episode 205 Recap: Welcome To The Team, Danvers!
From the beginning, Supergirl has been fundamentally about three things: Women, love, and hope — and knowing how much strength is in each of those three things. Alex’s story is no different. Our story is no different.
View From The Top: Tops Have Limits, Too
“I knew she wanted it, I trusted her to know she could take what she asked for, and I wanted to give her what she wanted. But I couldn’t do it.”
Feelings Rookie: A Canyon of Grief
My problem with grief is its general shape. Grief is somehow both slippery and sharp, rolling over you with sadness then sneakily attacking your soft underbelly with its claws.
A+ Inbox LIVE! Podcast #15: You’re Already In Pretty Deep
Moving in with your girlfriend after just one year (even when you have an ominous feeling about it maybe), dating someone significantly shorter than you, and the politics behind not commenting on our political posts but definitely commenting on our cookie posts. It’s a podcast!
2016 Election Day Liveblog and Open Thread: Oh God It’s Really Happening
Let’s be with each other on this most harrowing of days to follow updates as they come in and support each other as we drag ourselves across the finish line of this election cycle.
Liquor In The Autumn Evening: Spiked Mulled Cider for Two
Cozy boozy cider for you and your date person or your best friend or your mom or whoever IT’S PROPER FALL COCKTAIL TIME!
DeAnne Smith Doesn’t Feel Like A Third Wheel In New Comedy Show “Girl on Girl on Girl”
Comedians DeAnne Smith, Jess Salomon and Eman El-Husseini star in their new stand up show “Girl on Girl on Girl” happening in NYC on November 9th. And they’re giving away tickets to see it!
Kathie Lee and Hoda Have Wasted Over 3200 Glasses of Wine on “The Today Show”
They don’t drink their wine.
What’s Going On in Alicia Keys’ New Gay Song “Where Do We Begin Now”
On her new album HERE, Alicia Keys first in three years, she has a lot of songs, but none as specifically suited to our interests here at Autostraddle than “Where Do We Begin Now,” a confusing song about first time sapphic attraction.
8 Middle Grade Books with LGBTQ Characters
“I have a very precocious eight year old daughter who began speaking at nine months and decided that she would marry a woman before she turned two. She learned the term lesbian from the show Supergirl, and now matter of factly proclaims herself a lesbian to anyone.”
Playlist: I Bought a Baby Pink Stationary Bike and I’m Okay With Myself
I realized something inside of me had forever changed the first time I was smoking with the windows down and the music loud in my car and thought to myself “Huh, I could imagine myself doing SoulCycle to this song.”