8 Ways to Spring Clean for Your Mental Health
It’s not just about making your home space spiffy, it’s about doing things that are going to make you feel good on the inside after winter has beaten you into a sad, unmotivated pulp.
Also.Also.Also: Cameron Esposito Talks to Samantha Bee and Other Stories for Your Monday
Thundercats, horror movies of 1976 and their greatness, death and emojis, Samantha Bee and Cameron Esposito, your face, North Carolina come on, this lesbian couple who fosters kids which will make you cry, me, you, everyone you know, and so much more!
14 Snacks to Feed (and Impress) Your Unexpected Guests
Here are some quick recipes utilizing inexpensive ingredients you likely already have on hand that will sate your guests and ensure your grandma won’t disown you. She can deal with the whole “gay thing,” but God Forbid you embarrass her with poor hosting skills.
The Cast of “Orange Is the New Black” Performs “Pinot Noir” This Sunday Funday
Politicians and laws that don’t suck, an LGBT-friendly church AND an LGBT-friendly gym, “Pinot Noir” by the Orange Is the New Black cast, and “Formation” by some Pikachus.
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Fisting A Watermelon
Fisting a watermelon, orgasm denial, new sex positions, talking about porn in academia and more.
What We Talk About When We Talk About Virtual Reality
Why I think we as a community of queer women and non-binary folks need to be talking about virtual reality at this exact moment.
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Perfect Apartment, Part Two
“I thought the Craigslist ad said ‘Newly-Renovated?'”
Boob(s On Your) Tube: Rosewood’s Lesbian Couple Finally Smooches on The Lips
Plus Callie and Arizona have a conversation on Grey’s Anatomy, and someone who isn’t a lesbian gets killed on Younger.
Autostraddle’s Ultimate Infographic Guide to Dead Lesbian Characters on TV
The dead lesbian TV characters trope is even worse than you think.
The Autostraddle Insider: Issue 21, March 2016
“I will probably be Connie Britton Editor from now on. Also heading up our Star Witness Akita division.”
The Comment Awards Wants World Peace and an Honest Frozen Yogurt
We’ve got illness-seeking dogs, all of the cookie dough, period talk and so much more!
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Revival, Reduce, Reuse!
I turned 30! I climbed a waterfall! I got a chance to feed a miniature pony a carrot but then a turkey stole it and ran away! I met my dead grandmother! Get inside and help me!
Things I Read That I Love #198: I Wondered Why Female Violence Was Always So Quick To Turn On Itself.
Topics include gay chefs, Colonel Sanders, gentrification, online dating, tindering across Europe, Instacart, writing about feminism for Playboy and moar!
Straddler Nation: We Built This Meet-Up on Rock ‘n Roll (And Baked Goods)
In which Claire and Whitney talk to folks who have planned or hosted meet-ups and ask them for tips and tricks they’d pass along to others. Also, there’s a lot of dreaming big in here. Get into it!
Also.Also.Also: Body Hair, Board Games, Bunny Stamps and More for Your Friday
We’re making a doll that fits in a matchbox, confronting the lack of diversity in all the things, getting jazzed about pet stamps, dreaming of undercover gigs, crying, getting high, watching The O.C., knitting, and oh yeah talking about my armpit beards. And so much more!
What I Wore: Navigating the Heteronormative Patriarchy, Pt. 2
To a casual viewer, this might seem like a down home, girl next door outfit. Oh, just some casual slip-ons, a jersey top, cut-off jean shorts and a baseball hat. Hey y’all! But then it’s like, oop, nope, that’s just a bra.
With the Passing of HB 2, North Carolina Signs Hate into Law
“What’s so scary about HB 2 is that it doesn’t seem discriminatory when first read, but the contradictions are all over it. It says that North Carolinians have the right not to be discriminated against, but then makes the basis of that protection “biological sex”, immediately endangering anyone who isn’t cisgender. This is terrifying.”
GOP Fear Tactics and Transmisogyny Are Colliding, with Trans Women in the Crosshairs
How trans women became the victims of the latest conservative backlash, Jian Ghomeshi’s acquittal, the horrors inherent in seeking asylum, Islamophobic threats from Trump and Cruz, and more.
8 Reasons Cameron Esposito is “Marriage Material” in Her New Special
Just two days before marrying fellow comedian Rhea Butcher in her hometown of Chicago, Cameron Esposito invited a whole bunch of strangers to her bachelor party, otherwise known as her first standup special.
After North Carolina: 9 States Have 14 Anti-Trans Bills in The Works
Opening the floor for this kind of transphobic debate only preys on people’s ignorant fears and perpetuates the kind of untrue stereotypes that have led to a pandemic of violence against trans people, particularly black trans women.