Friday Open Thread: What Do You Wear To Stay Warm All Winter?
Every winter I try to find the widest, longest, thickest knits and wrap myself up in an almost mummy-state so that I can keep from crying. How are you staying warm?
On The 6: Confronting the Mortality of Girls Like Me
“Trauma wasn’t meant to happen at 9 a.m. on that August morning. Not when I was running on time, and somehow missed the long line for the day’s first cup of coffee. Nothing could have warned me that the meticulous construction of my person would be unraveled while my peers watched from their own cocoons of solitude.”
Holigay Gift Guide 2015: Tools For Your Girlfriend’s Tool Box
One time I went with a friend to the hardware store and helped her pick out an S-Drill for her girlfriend. Now they’re married and live together in Indiana. Coincidence? I think not.
Strange Bedfellows: “The Hunger Games” and “Monster”
What does Monster have to do with The Hunger Games and Katniss Everdeen? You’re about to find out.
17 Incredible Autostraddle Personal Essays By Trans Women
This post is 25% Mey Rude Appreciation Club and 75% “personal essays by trans women oh my gosh how do I pick only 16.” (I picked 17.)
Follow Your Arrow: Virtual Assistant Lizzy Goddard on Entrepreneurship and Chronic Illness
“In 2013 I was too ill to work, living on disability benefits, and had just dropped out of my masters degree. I was introduced to the world of lifestyle design, which then led me to the world of online business. Here were all these people, working from home/travelling, and running fun businesses from their laptops. About 2 months in I was making more than enough to live off, had doubled my rates and was hovering around fully booked…and now I’m a full-time, accidentally permanent VA!”
Queer Mama for Autostraddle Episode Eleven — My Birth Story Wasn’t At All What I Expected
“The moment I met my child for the first time was nothing like I imagined it would be.”
Get Out There: Taking Local Transit To Tex-Mex Town
I checked out Austin’s brand-spankin’ new local transit system and then ate some breakfast tacos. What’d y’all get to exploring in the last two weeks?
We’re All Exhausted: Minneapolis Police Kill Jamar Clark, Is All Too Familiar
Protesters in Minneapolis demand to see video evidence of how Jamar Clark died, Jackie Biskupski is the first openly gay Salt Lake City mayor, student action at Yale and other universities and more.
Game Over: Diary of a SAD Girl #2
This week, it’s a cartoon. Next week, maybe I’ll write you a poem in the sky from inside a hot air balloon! Or, you know, just use my words. It’ll be an adventure. Me, you, and my Philips GoLITE BLU Energy Light, slogging through the snow and sunless days together.
Holigay Gift Guide 2015: Flower Power
All things wearable and floral-themed, for folks of all shapes, sizes, gender presentations, and also flower print preferences.
15 Best Trans Woman Movies According to Trans Women
Who better to decide the best movies featuring trans women than the trans women who watch them?
Fool’s Journey: Cristy C Road’s Next World Tarot is the Deck of your Queer Punk Dreams
“Aside from bringing another deck to the world, I’m excited to create a deck that illustrates a blend of mind and body outcasts. The deck originated as a ‘queer deck’ but its definitely grown since that. I want to focus on people’s cultural and subcultural backgrounds, I want to blur fundamentalist spirituality, but maintain a lot of the traditional concepts behind the images.”
All The Things I Should’ve Said In My Rural Town
“The first girl I ever kissed spent her summers on her uncle’s farm, helping him bale hay. She would come back to school with the insides of her wrists all welted-up like she had been stung by bees. I wanted to kiss each sting but I never asked.”
I Demand to Be Sexualized
This is a story about how the Buzzfeed series “You Do You” made me feel like someone might wanna do me.
“Carol” Rescues Lesbian Culture From Obscurity, Samira Wiley Drinks A Lot Of Water and Other Stories
Samira Wiley’s photoshoot & interview with Mimi Magazine, New York Magazine’s feature story on Carol, 28 icons on their favorite lesbian cultural artifacts, a new trailer for “The Wiz,” Lena Waithe interviewed by Vogue, Drew Barrymore’s possible dip in the lady-pond and more!
No Filter: Leisha Hailey Wants You To Stay In This House And Continue To Rock Her World
Lindsay Lohan’s offensive outfit, Cara Delevingne’s animal onesie, Tegan and Sara’s throwback oversized tees, Laverne’s glasses and other fashion and life choices for the ages.
Our Favorite TV Tomboys and Their Underwear Style
Masculine-of-center and tomboy representation on television has always been lacking, but it’s getting better. Let’s talk about our favorite TV tomboys and what TomboyX gear they’re most likely to have on.
Notes From A Queer Engineer: The Science Mixtape
This playlist is best enjoyed in the range of 20 – 20,000 Hz.
You Need Help: You & the Ex Are Friends — But Fight Like You’re Still Together
You broke up a long time ago and you’re cool with each other, but still fight just like you did when you were together. Is that, uh, normal?