Fan Fiction Friday: 10 Sapphic Slayer Stories (Where No Witches Die)
Willow and Tara in love (and alive) forever!
Dannielle Owens-Reid Needs Your Help Making a Documentary About Every LGBT Character In American TV History
She knows who killed Jenny Schecter.
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Show Me That Thing You Ate
What’s the last thing you ate that you loved?
Pretty Little Liars Episode 608 Recap: New Romantics
Aria asks Emily to prom and she says no!
Hidden Gems of Queer Lit: “Mermaid in Chelsea Creek” and the Chelsea Trilogy
“If you adore any of Tea’s other books, you’ll find Mermaid in Chelsea Creek to be every bit as transgressive and illuminating. If you ever escaped into the magical realms created by J.K. Rowling or Tamora Pierce, or if you got hooked on what dystopian YA like the Hunger Games had to say about class and privilege, you’ll relish Mermaid’s intriguing mixture of magic and social realism.”
The A+ Bee Issue Twenty-Four: Y’all Ready for This?
This issue will make you want to take a Gal Pal tour around some tropical shit, go back in time and go to every Pride ever with the adorable Straddlers of this here nation, and hope with all hope that the Museum from Gaydventure will be a real place one day.
Follow Your Arrow: Building a Gender-Neutral Footwear Brand from the Ground Up
“The best thing about my work is when I have people from all over the world write me about how excited they are to find my shoes or learn about my company and how it inspires them. Having so many others who shared my pain and experience of not finding shoes that represent my style really motivates me to keep pushing to turn this dream into a reality.”
Love & Canada: Just So Much Canada
“After explaining who Shannon was in relation to me, we were let in to go through airport-like security around 7:40, I was handed a laminated piece of paper with ‘Applicant 1’ on it and an accompanying feeling of having won at waiting in line, and we were let up to the floor for the interview at 8.”
Make A Thing: Hanging Wallflowers
These wallflowers are little rays of sunshine for any space.
Daily Fix: Ray Tensing Is Indicted for Murder of Sam DuBose and More News
Restoring the defaced mural honoring Sandra Bland in Ottawa, an Arizona Republican who wants to protect college students accused of sexual assault, the drive to defund Planned Parenthood, and more.
Top Five Best Cheesecakes I’ve Ever Eaten
“Does anyone know why is this is only a national holiday? What gives, America!? As the arbitrator of cheesecake and cheesecake vendors worldwide, I’m declaring today to be a global celebration for us all.”
22 Excerpts From Laura’s Misanthropic Teen Diary, 2000-2003
“I became defensive and snappish and surly. I continuously blew him off and disagreed with everything he said. He called me closed-minded and I said, ‘ok.’ So he put headphones on and looked glumly resigned after having failed EVERY possible conversation topic, ruining everything.”
Autostraddle Book Club #8: Let’s Talk About “The Argonauts,” Also Here’s An Interview With Maggie Nelson!
This book is jam packed with awesome. Unsurprisingly, so is Maggie Nelson.
Pop Culture Fix: Interviewer Thinks Cara Delevingne Needs To “Take A Little Nap” And Other Less Infuriating Stories
Queen Latifah and Mary J. Blige are co-starring in The Wiz, Raven thinks Caitlyn Jenner is moving “too fast, too soon,” Megan Rapinoe was inducted into the LGBT Athletes Hall of Fame, Tig Notaro has an Amazon pilot on the way, and more!
No Filter Is Playing Sports In The Park With Kate Moennig
Take a look at these sex-crazed weasels, and also DeAnne Smith’s grandma!
Fool’s Journey: Poet Leah Horlick Explores Trauma, Healing and Transformation Through Tarot Symbolism
Poet Leah Horlick’s book of poems For Your Own Good uses the symbolic language of the tarot as a vehicle to express some of the most traumatic experiences of her life. These poems tell the story of an abusive relationship and its aftermath, using tarot cards and tarot symbolism to do so.
Homesteady: Embroidered Engineer Prints (Two Ways)
Got a black and white photo you just loooove and some embroidery floss in your craft stash? Stitching a design on an engineer print is a very affordable gift idea, or a way to take DIY decor to the next level.
Working On It, Week 5: Meditation and Hydration
This week I’m talking about working out at my apartment, finding the best germ-free water bottle, and a cool meditation app.
Drawn to Comics: Team Girl Comic Issue #11 Brings Even More Great Comics By Women
Do you want a comic anthology with comics from fifteen female creators? Of course you do!
Daily Fix: Officer Pepper Sprayed Black Lives Matter Activists After Their National Conference and More News Stories
KC Haggard is the 11th trans woman to be murdered this year, a San Francisco high school will be the first to offer a LGBT history class, a 37-year-old Cleveland woman was found dead in a jail cell and more news.