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View From The Top: Don’t Come Until I Say You Can

Tease and denial is a classic flirtation. Orgasm control is just one step further.

Sinclair Sexsmith April 12, 2016 12 Comments
Geekery

Drawn to Comics: Webcomic “Goodbye to Halos” is Full of Cute Queer Characters and Amazing Colors

Valerie Halla’s art is on a higher level, making each panel feel magical and stunningly gorgeous, and her writing really nails the feelings and emotions of queer characters in the most adorable ways.

Mey April 12, 2016 7 Comments
Comedy

Let Me Google That For You, Pt. 3

“When will I—”

Isabel April 12, 2016 24 Comments
Gender

Shante Thompson Becomes 8th Trans Person Murdered in US So Far This Year

Shante Thompson, a Houston native and Black trans woman, was shot along with a man named Willie Sims late last night and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Mey April 11, 2016 6 Comments
Queer Fashion

VIDEO: Ari Fitz Wants to Help You Get Dressed Like a Tomboy for Prom

Ari Fitz debuts PROMBOYISH, a two-part miniseries spotlighting solid tomboy prom looks.

Carmen April 11, 2016 5 Comments
Music

The 12 Gayest Moments in Carly Rae Jepsen’s Extremely Gay “Boy Problems” Video

This music video is so gay Ali Liebert is playing it in the movie version. It’s so gay it’s legal to discriminate against it in Mississippi and North Carolina. It’s so gay the CW is planning on killing it off next week.

Mey April 11, 2016 53 Comments
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: A Rideshare for Women, by Women and Other Stories for Your Face

Rainbow wasp nests, feathered dinosaurs, more People vs OJ Simpson feelings, raising fat-positive kids, Josie and the Pussycats 15 years later, the southern states’ governments still hate you in case you were wondering, a by-women-for-women rideshare is coming soon and so much more!

Laneia April 11, 2016 34 Comments
Community Music

Record Store Day Roundtable: The Best Albums on Vinyl

It’s almost time for Autostraddle’s International Meet Me At The Record Store Day. Let’s talk about our favorite albums on vinyl to get ready!

the team April 11, 2016 25 Comments
Food Lists

20 F*ck-Up-Proof Dinner Party Dishes

These delicious, uncomplicated recipes can serve lots of hungry people without forcing you to spend the whole day in the kitchen and/or all of the money. Huzzah!

Maree April 11, 2016 22 Comments
Friendship

You Need Help: Making Friends as a Queer Adult

“How exactly do I make new friends, especially queer ones? This is the first time I’ve been not-in-school for a long time.”

A.E. Osworth April 11, 2016 100 Comments
NSFW Sunday

NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Knows What Will Warm You Up

How to have group sex, how to buy a paddle, disability and desire, a national kink survey, first date ideas and more.

Ryan Yates April 10, 2016 8 Comments
Society + Culture

Sunday Funday is Fighting for LGBT Rights with Rosie and Bruce Springsteen

Mayors Against Discrimination and Governors against bathroom bills, Bruce Springsteen’s message of support for the “freedom fighters” in North Carolina, Rosie’s anti-Trump song in the fashion of Rizzo, gay marriage in Colombia and LGBT protections in Pennsylvania, and more!

Carmen April 10, 2016 7 Comments
Geekery

Queer Your Bots: The Bot Builder Roundtable

In which queer bot builders talk bot training, biased data sets and audience awareness in response to Microsoft’s Tay debacle.

Caroline Sinders April 9, 2016 16 Comments
Webcomics

Saturday Morning Cartoons: Rite of Passage

“I’m gathering my courage…to ask a girl out.”

Archie April 9, 2016 30 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Boob(s On Your) Tube: Empire’s Dead Lesbians Bring The Death Toll to 152

Let’s hope Pippy and TMI didn’t drive off a cliff during Rosewood’s two-week hiatus.

Heather Hogan April 8, 2016 33 Comments
Camp

Campership Alert: We’ve Got a Campership WITH TRAVEL For A Lucky Trans Woman Who Could Use a Break! UPDATED WITH WINNER

Need a break from all the transmisogyny and cissexism of the world? Want to come to California to hang out with a few hundred other queer women and folks on a mountain? Then I’ve got some super great news for you!

Mey April 8, 2016 22 Comments
Straddleverse

FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: TV And Teeth

What TV shows are you emotional over right now? Do you have a picture of your dog??? Get in here and tell everyone about it!

olgalexell April 8, 2016 273 Comments
Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Gets A New Shirt

We’ve got multiple references to The L Word, superheros, Dinah Shore fun and so much more!

Bren April 8, 2016 20 Comments
Literature

Things I Read That I Love #199: A Life-Size Vagina Mascot Runs Around The Field With A Megaphone

Topics include “Men Explain Lolita To Me,” Marcia Clark, Trumplandia, spinsters, the University of Texas Tower shooting, the escort who killed her client in self-defense — I didn’t do this on purpose but this week’s TIRTL is like a treasure trove of kickass female writers.

Riese April 8, 2016 16 Comments
Music

Tegan And Sara Are Back With “Boyfriend” and “U Turn”

Tegan and Sara’s “Boyfriend” is the anti-“I Kissed A Girl,” and I kinda love it.

Stef April 8, 2016 21 Comments
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