5 Cooking Tips From A Former Kitchen Gadget Engineer
Working for four and a half years in the quality department at a kitchen gadget company has left me with some strong opinions about proper cooking prep.
Fool’s Journey: Tarot is a Language of Symbols, Here Are Some Starting Points
Keys and moons, mountains and gateways, lizards and birds… a tarot deck is filled with intriguing images. Here are a few common symbols to help you read between the lines and find the subtler stories hidden in your cards.
A+ Inbox LIVE! #3: I Am Really Fond of Mermaids
Autostraddle’s senior editors are answering more of your Priority Inbox questions in another episode of A+ Inbox LIVE! This week’s topics include profile pics, avoiding the role of experimental queer gateway drug, passive aggressive co-workers, space and even more puppy barks.
India Beaty, Queer Black Woman, Killed By Police in Norfolk, Virginia
India Beaty, a queer black woman, was fatally shot by Virginia police for carrying a replica handgun, bombs in Brussels kill at least 31 people, a new study finds Canadian LGB people have chronic stress and drink heavily, The Bronx Trans Collective opens and more news!
Attempting to Contain Everything: Dodie Bellamy’s “When the Sick Rule the World”
“I finally felt that I was being led by someone as deliciously ill-equipped at being in this world as I am. And by the time it was over I thought the book was masterfully human, cerebral but self-aware, wistful, curious, judgmental, forgiving, repentant and broken.”
Boob(s On Your) Tube: The Walking Dead’s Denise Cloyd Is Dead Lesbian #147
Another day, another stray arrow in the eyeball. Plus: Hannah has her first queer hook-up on Girls.
Relevant To Your Interests: I’d Rather Be In Hyrule
For days when you need some Zelda to bring some zest to your life.
You Should Go: Gabby Rivera’s “Juliet Takes a Breath” Book Release Party!
This Saturday, come hear Gabby read from Juliet Takes a Breath. She’ll also answer your questions and sign your book!
Bottoms Up: She Wants Me To Send Nudes But I Think She’s a Fuckboi
Nude selfies are how I first learned to see myself as a sexual being, and now they also let me determine how others see me — especially within kinky power dynamic relationships.
Drawn to Comics: Lumberjanes Has Cute Selkies, Scary Whirlpools and Gay Kisses!
When Lumberjanes is at its best, like in these issues, it’s not only one of the best queer comic books out there, but it’s also one of the best fantasy comics, one of the best comedy comics, one of the best adventure comics and definitely one of the best all-ages comics.
You Need Help: Are You Asexual or Was Having Sex With Dudes Just the Worst?
“I was bred as a Southern Baptist, which gave me plenty of reasons not to let a guy touch my boobs. For example, it would break Jesus’ heart. And also I would go to hell.”
Helping You Help Yourself #23
Getting that weird label glue off things, making a thousand tacos, growing herbs indoors, avoiding tax scams and more!
10 Adorable and Terrifying Things My Girlfriend Said While Playing a Post-Apocalyptic Lesbian in Fallout 4
“Unlike TV shows, no lesbians die in this game, motherf-cker!”
Dear Able-Bodied Partner
“I’ve been disabled for as long as I’ve been a woman, gay and, y’know, alive. So I don’t even know how it’s possible to “see past” something so fully baked into my experience. Instead, I need you to work a little harder and understand disability as part of my value rather than a caveat on it.”
20 Single-Serving Recipes, Because Love is a Lie and We All Die Alone
Hello would you like to make food just for yourself today? You totally deserve it.
Sunday Funday is Popping the Question to Her Girlfriend By Way of Revolutionary Rap Verse
A rap duo from Cuba fighting homophobia with rhymes, an arctic fox that just can’t stop laughing, a laundry list of times anti-gay legislators tried to pull some bullshit and failed in the past week, updates about SF Pride and the St. Patrick’s Day parades that will melt your queer heart, adorable photographs of a femme proposing, and a changing tide of acceptance for those of y’all hoping to adopt some kiddies.
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Will Go Anywhere With You
Queer sex dreams, BDSM and the law, kinky headspace, sex positivity basics, five books to read about sex work and more.
This Matters: ProtonMail Offers Top-Notch Email Security
This email service, created by CERN and MIT scientists and based entirely in Switzerland, uses a combination of end-to-end encryption and Swiss law to protect its users’ information.
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Baopu #19
Baopu on the nature of pretty things.
60 Incredible Titles Of Very Special Lesbian and Bisexual TV Episodes
From “Oy Vey, You’re Gay” to “The Deadlier Sex” to “Holy Lesbo Batman!” and beyond!