FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: But Does It Spark Joy?
Wishing and hoping and thinking and praying and planning and dreaming? Doing some fall cleaning? Excited for the long weekend? Get in here and let’s hang out!
Eva Gutowski Is Bisexual: YouTube Star Comes Out On Twitter
The 22-year-old beauty vlogger tells the world, “Just because you haven’t dated someone of the same sex does not mean you can’t be taken seriously as a bisexual.”
The Comment Awards Battens Down the Hatches
This week we’ve got cats pressed lovingly against each other (with consent of course), fields and fields of dildos, cobbler and so much more.
Sara June Woods Wants to Write About Being Fucking Weird: The Autostraddle Interview
“I think I feel a little less desperation to be liked and a little more “fuck you if you don’t like me.” I think I enjoy flaunting my monstrousness.”
An Incomplete History of Donald Trump and Mexico
How deep does Donald Trump’s preoccupation with Mexico go, and how did we get to his meeting with President Enrique Peña Nieto?
Business of Art Fix #35: Oh Gawker Were We Ever So Young
In which I say goodbye to Gawker.com for many words and also: freelancers getting fucked over by Vice, straight people reporting on LGBTQ stories and other fascinating tidbits of information and stories for you!
Satellite of Love: Queer Horoscopes for September 2016
This is a great time to release those old, dead stories about needing to be perfect to deserve being loved. This is a perfect time to remember that you get to make new choices about the present moment, free of attachment to the past or fear of the future.
How This 1976 Landmark Lesbian Film Helped Me Find Myself
How did I, a girl growing up in 1970s New York City, relate to a drama about two women who fall in love during WWI? And, why has it remained with me for 40 years?
Get Baked: Eggplant Parmigiana with Homemade Tomato Sauce
I’m here to defend eggplant’s honor and prove it can be damn delicious when done right.
Lez Liberty Lit: Collecting Queer History
Handwriting doesn’t matter, punk and magic in art, preserving lesbian pulp fiction, breaking up with a bad book and more.
Pop Culture Fix: YOWZAH, Carmilla!
Carmilla season three looks sexy af, Ellen’s producing a new sitcom, Jen Richards tells what’s what about cis men playing trans women in TV/film, Kerry Washington is going making an all-lady cop drama for ABC & so much more pop culture news!
How Endometriosis Helped Me Become a Tenderhearted Butch
“Instead of getting medical care, I had a work colleague help me to my hotel room and pour me a tumbler of whiskey. I downed the whiskey with a handful of aspirin and prayed for the pain to stop.”
The Autostraddle Insider: Issue 26, August 2016
“i’m stepping down from autostraddle
bye
you’ll miss calling me out when i give my body to the sea so”
Rebel Girls: How Women (and Women’s Issues) Are at the Center of the 2016 Election
This election has been shaped by Clinton’s campaign at least as much as Trump’s trainwreck of one. She’s aggressively capitalized on her gender by positioning it not as a side note, or even a historic anecdote waiting to happen, but instead as a tangible asset than shifts her ability to lead.
No Filter: Hey Samira Wiley, Where’d You Get That Shirt?
Samira Wiley is rockin’ a pretty familiar-looking shirt, Tegan and Sara finally learned how to communicate with animals and check out this SPICE GIRLS REUNION.
Foolish Child #4: The Straight Parents’ Guide To Explaining Gay Things To Children
“How do I explain anything not heterosexual to my definitely heterosexual children?”
“Take My Wife” Is Unprecedented TV In Which Lesbians Laugh, Don’t Die
Rhea Butcher and Cameron Esposito’s new show is truly delightful.
Hillary Clinton Unveils a Promising Plan to Improve Mental Health Care
Clinton’s new plan calls for prioritizing mental health care and putting it on par with physical health care when it comes to access or quality of treatment. For LGBT people, who are more likely to suffer from mental illness compared to straight people, this is a really hopeful announcement.
A Lesbian Etiquette Guide to Stealing Rural Farms
Now that everything’s been made public, the roll out on this is going to be quick. What rural town from which you’ll steal land is best for you? Should you diversify and steal from multiple areas? Should you stake claim on your new land by driving a dildo into the ground?
View From The Top: Playing Through Depression
It’s almost impossible to master while grieving. When that grief turns into a depression, is it even M/s anymore?