10 STEAMy Instagram Accounts To Tantalize Your Brain
Refresh your feed with these science and technology inspired Instagram accounts and make your brain grow three sizes!
Saturday Morning Cartoons: The Dark Side
He’s more Fox News than man now, Meg.
News Fix: Report Finds Baltimore Police Policies Unconstitutional, What a Surprise
The Department of Justice finds the Baltimore Police Department definitely discriminates against Black people, a Houston man gets life in prison for murdering his daughter and her girlfriend, LAPD shot and killed 14-year-old Jesse Romero, there’s a shortage on injectable estrogen and more news stories.
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: I Might Be Violating New York City’s Fire Code
Hi! It’s your elusive writer friend, Isabel, and I am here to host my first ever Friday Open Thread! Just as I wrote that, the skies darkened and a thunderclap rattled my windows, so it seems like everyone is excited for this. Right?
12 Amazing Online Sales That’ll Earn You A Gold Medal in the Buying Stuff Relay
Includes 50% off at asos and a special Autostraddle merch discount code. ISN’T CAPITALISM FUN?? DON’T HATE THE PLAYER HATE THE GAME!!
Black Trans Woman Rae’Lynn Thomas is At Least the 19th Trans Person Murdered This Year
She was the light in her family’s life. She was 28 years old. She is the fourth trans woman of color to be murdered in the last six weeks.
Things I Read That I Love #208: To Be Free Of Other People’s Bullshit Is To Be Truly Free
Topics include the American Shopping Mall, going to Disneyworld alone, the Tamir Rice case, a killer in Yosemite, aesthetic homogeneity and so much more.
WATCH: Tegan and Sara Team Up with Bojack Horseman Producer in “Hang On to the Night”
The snakes have boobs! The weird bird people have butts! The horse uses the mountains as a blanket! The video for “Hang On to the Night” has it all!
Trump Contradicts Own Pro-LGBT Stance to Court Anti-Gay Evangelicals (and Not Very Well)
Trump doesn’t have a very strong base among evangelical Christians; can addressing anti-gay pastors in Orlando just two months after the Pulse shooting — and going off-teleprompter — fix that?
A Modern Catalogue of Queer Slang
Falcons, hawks, vultures, buzzards, shikras, kites, caracaras; hell, a lesbian can be any bird of prey.
PHOTOESSAY: Outside Lands Was An Actual Rager
Outside Lands is magical and full of lots of happy faces. Here’s what I saw.
Break Out the OJ: Autostraddle International Brunch Weekend Is Coming Right Up!
International Autostraddle Brunch Weekend will be on August 20 – 22. You should host one! You should go to one! You should eat every last piece of toast in the building!
Follow Your Arrow: Bluestockings Boutique Owner Jeanna Kadlec on LGBT Lingerie
“In business, especially when starting out, you need to be able to embrace risk with open arms, which is a nice way of saying you have no idea how to swim but are jumping in the deep end anyway.”
The Lonely, Infinite Beauty of “No Man’s Sky”
Remember when Skyrim was like, “See that mountain? You can GO THERE”? No Man’s Sky is like that, except with every star in the sky.
Comic: Pride in Portugal
I visited two Pride parades in Portugal and I’m here to tell you all about it!
A-Camp September 2016: It’s Time To Donate To Or Apply For Camperships!
Read these essays and feel inspired to apply for and/or donate to the campership fund for our September 2016 camp in Wisconsin!
My Virtual Brunch With Dolly Parton
“Dear Editor: You are cordially invited to have brunch with country music icon Dolly Parton this Sunday, August 7th.”
Fool’s Journey: Tarot Cards Love to Talk About Love
Falling in love (or falling out), opening up your relationship, getting back to what matters, exploring new desires..tarot cards love to talk about what’s happening in our relationships. Here are a few ideas for interpreting the cards in your love readings.
Erykah Tijerina, Trans Latina, Becomes the Latest Killed in the Plague of Anti-Trans Murders This Year
After we learned about three trans women, all of them Black, being murdered in July, the number of trans people reported murdered in the US this year became 17, now with Tijerina, it’s 18.
Are The 2016 Rio Olympics The Most LGBT Inclusive Ever?
As of Friday, the list stood at 257 Olympians, 11 Paralympians, and 10 Olympic alternate/reserve athletes, with additions already rolling in as more athletes come out.