FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Pretty on Fleek
I’m feeling myself this week. Are you? Get in here and tell me about it!
The Comment Awards Learns To Live Again
We’ve got fan fiction, threesomes, Heather Hogan’s sister and so much more!
Straight White Men’s Ring Placements and Their Meanings: A Guide
Making an appearance: the turquoise ring.
The Movement to Save Sarah Proves “Praying Away the Gay” Still a Real Danger
How her extended family is trying to save Sarah from a Christian “pray away the gay” camp, new ads in NY affirming trans people’s bathroom rights, a lesbian chef attacked in Charlotte, NC, and more.
Lez Liberty Lit #99: I Hate Queen Victoria But Love Bisexuality
The 2016 Lambda Literary Award winners, summer reading suggestions, why hardcover is the new vinyl, why language is colonized and more.
21 Fictional Ghosts, Ranked
Before Ghostbusters arrives in theaters and ushers in the Matriarchy and destroys all evidence that men ever existed in movies or in real life, let us celebrate the best ghosts.
A Road Trip With Your Father In Honor of His 74th Birthday, In Playlist Form
A road trip which happens to coincide with the occasion of Prince’s death and the release of “Lemonade.”
10 Times These Fake Sociologists Marveled That Lesbian Femmes Exist
“These women are called femmes, and their appearance is often deceiving. They dress in clothing associated with wholly feminine women, and an uninitatied person would never suspect them of sexual deviation.”
Playlist: Instead Of Texting Your Ex, Listen To These Songs
There’s no better distraction than music to keep your heart and hands from sending a message you might regret.
Rebel Girls: 9 Queer Glass Ceiling Crashers Currently Doing Good Sh*t
There’s a whole lot of patriarchy left to shatter in this cruel world, including at every level of our government. And we need people to crash through glass ceilings in politics who aren’t just straight women.
Pop Culture Fix: “Supergirl” Is Getting Gay With Detective Maggie Sawyer
Batwoman’s girlfriend is coming to National City, another sneak peek of Finding Dory, queer comedians tell the most important jokes, white dudes continue to rule TV, and Bobby Brown says Whitney Houston was bi after all.
Meet Autostraddle’s Newest Staff Writers!
You’ve read their writing so now let’s officially meet them!
This Business Of Art Fix #30: Where Do You Work (From Home)?
Topics include sitting on the couch, the most popular political candidates on social media, work/life balance, changes at Longform and moar!
No Filter: Jenny Owen Youngs Leads The Green Team To Victory
Also, Ellen Page is making short films about her dog, Amandla Stenberg is smoldering and Jiz Lee is taking us on a journey to the butch ballet.
Sex Toy or Craft Beer?
Which witch is which?
An Ode to Heather Hogan’s In-Flight “Carol” Breakdown
The story that keeps giving.
Jasmine Richards, Black Queer Woman and Activist, Going to Jail For “Lynching”
Jasmine Richards, founder of the Black Lives Matter chapter in Pasadena, was sentenced to 90 days for “lynching”; meanwhile, Brock Turner, convicted rapist, was sentenced to 6 months in jail; Home Depot’s founder endorses Trump; four people are arrested for the death of trans man, Amos Beede and more news.
Boob(s On Your) Tube: Look At These Bisexual Badasses on “Orphan Black” and “Wynonna Earp”
Hey, Sarah Manning is bi! And so is Waverly on Wynonna Earp (she finally kissed Haught right on the mouth!). Also, Scream is back and Rosewood ended stupidly.
Sweaty All The Time: 11 Things That Didn’t Cure My Hyperhidrosis and the One Thing That Did
Let’s talk about (excessive) sweat, baby.
View From The Top: Daddy
I wanted to hear her say it again. I wanted her to say it while we fucked, while I was inside her, while she kissed me, while she came. It felt right, it felt extraordinary, it felt entirely new.