What does a female moderator actually do to shift discourse? What impact have they had? It turns out, looking at their stories and experiences, that gender still permeates the debates — and their ability to have an impact on the conversation.
Also, Holland Taylor built a shrine to her girlfriend, Gaby Dunn joins the bisexual government and Annie Clark doesn’t have time to talk to you.
“What’s the hardest thing about your job as a 911 dispatcher?”
Welp! That debate happened! Only two more to go.
I have to be willing to reveal the messy, intimate parts of my life to have this authority exchange really work 24/7. Otherwise, it just isn’t sustainable.
“Vegan Cinderella” ends on a bright note, entering the small canon of TV love stories between queer women that get a happy ending.
Sure you know about the Field Museum and the Rock’n Roll Hall of Fame but did you know about the Mars Cheese Castle or the Dungeons & Dragons Memorial Park? If you’re a weirdo and you’re traveling through Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan or Indiana any time soon, this post is for you!
I had my doubts – because honestly, consuming media as a disabled person is an exercise in disappointment. So I was cautious when Margarita finally popped up on Netflix. Could it be? Was it really that good?
Your votes are in and you’ve chosen your favorite comics in seventeen different categories celebrating not just the best in comics, but also the best in positive representation for queer women and non-binary people and feminist themes, for the Autostraddle Comic and Sequential Art Awards.
It was the end of my innocence when I realized that being Black or being Queer in this country could get you killed. This was the time before Hurricane Katrina, before 9/11, before Ferguson. Before. Before. Before.
In honor of celebrating Latinxs during Hispanic Heritage Month, Autostraddle curated a collection of essays by lesbian, bisexual, queer and trans Latina and Latinx writers to showcase our experiences, our pulse.
If you’re looking for trans actors playing trans characters, the absolute best place on TV to look is Jill Soloway’s show for Amazon Prime, Transparent.
Did you love Susan Choi’s My Education, about a sexy student/professor love affair? Here are eight more books you won’t want to miss.
As you walk down the street, every blonde, blue-eyed farmer’s daughter (there are so many farmer’s daughters) you see smiles and says “hello!” only to follow up with “don’t go into the woods, there are strange women in the woods” in a hushed voice as they walk past you.
Zucchini is bad. Zucchini, in fact, is the worst vegetable. Uncooked zucchini exists in a vacuum of flavor. Cooked zucchini, on the other hand, tastes like what I imagine hot turtle water tastes like. How you can go from nothing to unholy with the mere introduction of heat is a testament to zucchini’s darkness. Zucchini is the cantaloupe of vegetables. Zucchini is the vegetable you pair with yellow squash and serve in vats to large groups of people you disrespect. Zucchini is a miserable cucumber.
Really, all that I know is that zucchinis (or zukes, as I like to call them) are damn healthy, damn versatile and damn delicious. They really are so terrific that every good person likes them.
Obama included LGBT people in his remarks opening the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, parents who are good to their trans kids, and Pride!
An overview of everything going on with porn these days, how to have a secret relationship, why sex work should be decriminalized, where to learn more about submission and more.
It felt like every major tech company or platform had some kind of announcement or product release this week. It was so much, y’all.
“A lesbian floral 90’s witch party!”