View From The Top: Giving Orders
Giving orders is more than the words coming out of my mouth. It’s the tone of voice I use, the eye contact, the confidence, the ease with which I speak.
Drawn to Comics: Fan Entitlement, Bullying, Steven Universe and Queer Representation
When fans drive a queer woman off the internet because the extremely, extremely specific type of queerness they wanted wasn’t in a few episodes of a show that they like that doesn’t help anyone or anything.
GFW’s Long Sleeve Button-Down is a Good, Solid Shirt (With a Surprise Secret Button)
This is a good solid shirt, with a surprising (and surprisingly effective) secret button.
Queer Girl City Guide: Bellingham, WA
Bellingham is often described as a little version of Portland, Oregon. It’s the best city I’ve ever lived in, and I’m proud to call it home.
Countdown to Baby T. Rex: Saying Goodbye to Our Childfree Days and Queer-Friendly Baby Books (39 Weeks)
It’s time and we’re ready-ish. Plus queer-friendly baby books, infant NFL jerseys, nightshade free living, and pregnancy acupuncture!
18 Cupcakes That Would Almost Definitely Get You To Second Base With Me, If I Were Single
Something else for you to think about: “cupcakes” is a slang term for “boobs.”
22 Lesbian/Bisexual Movie Covers Featuring Women’s Faces Just Inches From Each Other
Women who love women express it like this: with their faces just inches from each other, mouths slightly open like they’re about to kiss but not actually kissing, no, no, no, it’s too taboo, perhaps they will never kiss and just exist in this void until the end of time.
Sunday Funday Will Make Out With You at the Olympics in the Name of Gay Rights
Amazing women taking the Olympics by storm, a kiss-in because who doesn’t love a good kiss-in y’know, pride pride pride, the slow death of anti-gay laws, and more!
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Getting Virtually Real
Sex and virtual reality, sex and depression, sex and stagnation and what to do about it. Plus tips for moving out after a breakup, edging, vintage vibrators and more.
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.