Book Lists

Rebel Girls: The True Stories of 10 Women Breaking Barriers in Contemporary American Politics

The stories of 10 American women who fundamentally altered history simply by showing up and working like hell — in their own words.

Politics + Activism

News Fix: North Carolina Democrats Motion to Repeal HB2, Don’t Get Your Hopes Too High

North Carolina Democrats file to repeal HB2 and 54 protestors are arrested; Florida’s 24-hour waiting period before an abortion is halted — for now; three teenage girls drowned in a stolen car and their families are questioning if the cops did all the could to save them; an editor of a LGBT magazine in Bangladesh was violently killed and more news.

TV Show Recaps

Boob(s On Your) Tube: IFC’s “Boxed In” Is “Portlandia” For Lesbians

Boxed In will make you feel known, and it looks like Callie and Arizona are headed to court to brawl over Sofia in the next episode of Grey’s Anatomy.

Sex

10 Tips For Texting About Sex (and Having the Kind You Want)

“You will have the best sex possible when you abandon yourself to pleasure.” The fastest way to find that feeling of abandon? Telling someone what to do to get you there.

Sex

View From The Top: It’s Like 10,000 Femme Tops When All You Need Is A Bottom

Before you can find someone who wants what you want, you have to say no to everyone who doesn’t.

Playlists

Playlist: Slow Skate Night

All the songs you’ll need to create a magical atmosphere during your romantic evening at the roller rink. Spandex bodysuit not included.

Geekery

Drawn to Comics: Which Eisner-Nominated Comics Should You Check Out?

A handy list of some of the Eisner-nomiated comics I think you’d enjoy!

Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

Remembering Chyna, a Polarizing Powerhouse

On WWE superstar Chyna, her impact on young girls who grew up watching her, and what the media fails to note about her legacy in light of her recent passing.

Food Lists

31 Brainpower Breakfasts For Starting Your Day With Triumph and Glory

Just a few ways to get some brain-and-energy boosting foods into your body as soon as possible.

Queer Pregnancy

Countdown to Baby T. Rex: Crying Over MasterChef Junior and Halfway There (23 Weeks)

I’m not a crier. I really resist the idea that hormones affect me, but pregnancy hormones affect me. OMG.

LGBT Book Reviews

5 Things I Learned from “The Gutsy Girl”

“The Gutsy Girl” is part memoir, part instruction manual, part unbelievable true adventure tale. It’s also a New York Times bestseller, which gives a hint about how ready we all are for a no-holds-barred hurrah for bravery now that we’ve integrated the term “impostor syndrome” into our mental catalogue of what’s holding us back.

Society + Culture

Sunday Funday Came Out as Non-Binary to President Obama On The Way To Mount Mitchell

President Obama dissed anti-LGBT laws and then someone came out to him, more and more folks are exacting sweet revenge against HB2 — on mountaintops and in courtrooms, an alpaca in here just got a haircut and Angelica Ross won Best Actress.

AF+

The Autostraddle Insider: Issue 22, April 2016

“it’s amazing how much more grownup writing a column on the internet makes you seem.”

NSFW Sunday

NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Will Eat You Like An Edible Arrangement

The first time you sleep over, cognitive similarities between kink and meditation, how rejecting trans women’s sexuality comes from rejecting any women’s sexuality, sex toys and industrial design, and more.

Geekery

See You In Fallen London’s New iOS App, Delicious Friends!

Exactly what it says on the box. Fallen London has an iOS app. It’s also pretty gay. Let’s play.

Webcomics

Saturday Morning Cartoons: Cat

“…now that you’re all settled, you guys gonna get that cat you’ve been talking about?”

TV Show Recaps

Boob(s On Your) Tube: Root and Shaw Are Getting Ready To Rip Each Other’s Clothes Off

Person of Interest really, truly is going gay. Orphan Black’s fourth season continues to be spectacular. Brittani Nichols is in a new series on IFC. Raven-Symone returns to Black-ish. And even more queer TV!