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.”
16 Ways to Eat Like Hillary Clinton on the Campaign Trail
A reporter asked Hillary how many calories are in this and she booed him and kept eating. Damn right.
NSFW Sunday Is Ready For This Election To End So We Can Have Sex Again
What makes an orgasm an orgasm, why crushes are fun, why queer porn is into safer sex (but you should still vote no on 60) and more.
Sunday Funday: Sally Ride Is A U.S. Navy Ship And You Better Vote
Sally Ride rides again, the Cubs won the World Series and here are some literal bear cubs, good gay and trans news from around the world, Hillary’s interview with The Washington Blade, and more!
Boob(s On Your) Tube: Yep, “Jane The Virgin” Is Still The Best Show On TV
Luisa and Rose take 153 trips around the Great Barrier Reef, Arizona’s got a new love interest, Maggie’s got a real girlfriend, Rosewood keeps the slow reconciliation burn going, and more queer TV from the week!
7 Fiction Podcasts To Make Your Upcoming Holiday Travel A Lot Less Painful
Unlike books, podcasts block out other-people noise.
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Hangover
“We were up all night reading articles about the election.”
Atlanta Man Given Life Sentence for Brutal Murder of LGBT Activist Catherine Montoya
An Atlanta man who killed Catherine Montoya was was found guilty of murder, rape, aggravated assault and aggravated sodomy; gentrification and the closing of gay bars; a group within the FBI is pro-Trump and attempting to influence the election; a Muslim trans woman in Russia was murdered and more news.
We Can’t Hardly Wait for “Brown Girls,” Already My Fave Web Series of 2017
2016 has seen the expansion of black storytelling on major TV networks with shows like Insecure and Atlanta, but Brown Girls’ DIY attitude and background opens up the possibilities of experiences that can be shared.
Some Answers to Some Things You’ve Been Asking Us #10
Can you help me understand why I identify so strongly with 80s music videos?
Friday Open Thread: Is It Fall Where You Are?
Do you have enough flannels? Tell me all about it.
The Comment Awards Ate All The Leftover Candy
This week we’ve got genius column ideas, eloquent troll slayers, librarians and so much more!