Introducing Camp Autostraddle 7.0
Who wants to join Cameron Esposito, Rhea Butcher, Brittani Nichols, Julia Nunes, Jenny Owen Youngs, Dannielle Owens-Reid and 300 other weirdos on a mountain in Southern California? YOU DO!
You Need Help: You Don’t Agree With Your Best Friend’s Advice
I think she’s being the most supportive—and she’s exactly what you want in a best friend, because she’s in your corner and she’s supporting you as a whole person. She’s giving you some solid advice here—this is a bad idea. It is. Darling, this is a terrible idea.
Also.Also.Also: Wizarding Schools, Chin Talk and Other Stories to Start Your Week
Lots of Harry Potter stuff happening right now, emotional complexity, late people, rich kids and veggies, reparations, being a teenage girl, “diversity,” and honestly more amazing stuff than you can shake a stick at, so get in here.
“Master of None” Sets New Standard For Diversity, Overall Awesomeness
There has never been a show like this on television, one that moves with warm precision from scene to scene, self-assuredly asking questions about race, immigration, sexism, modern love, and (brilliantly) minority media representation.
55 Banana Recipes to Make Before Bananas Go Extinct or Whatever
The future of bananas may or may not be sound. For that reason, we must make as many of these banana recipes as possible as an homage to what may be the most underrated fruit in your kitchen.
Sunday Funday Would Like to Thank the Cast of “Orange Is the New Black” for This Batch of Good Gay News
Lots of good local news from across the United States for queer and trans folks, a legislator who loves her trans kid, a sick burn for Tony Abbott courtesy of his gay sister, the diverse OITNB cast at the SAG Awards, and a dog that looks like a raccoon. Get in here!
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Will Tell The Story Of Tonight
Porn alternatives, how to actually exercise your kegels, a lesbian adult coloring book, butts, pervertables, ways to describe orgasms and more.
Trans Latina Monica Loera Murdered in Texas, Misgendered by Police and Media for a Week
To add to the tragedy, when Loera was murdered, she was misgendered by the Austin Police and local media, something that happens far too often.
Celebrating “Civil” with Seven Kinds of Civil Comments (As Seen on Autostraddle)
A new software is seeking to create civil comments online. Probably, the Internet could also learn a lot from you.
Saturday Morning Cartoons: The GOGAs
And the Girl on Girl Award goes to…
The Comment Awards Look Great In Hats
We’ve got murder rates of fictional towns full of liars who are pretty, Rachel’s mom, avocados and so much more!
Trump and Cruz Slouch Toward Bethlehem and Iowa Caucus After Latest GOP Debate
The Iowa caucus looms ahead, and Trump and Cruz are both talking loudly in front of large groups of people about it! God help us all.
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Your Favorite Vegetarian Recipes and Hottest Takes
Also dinosaurs, Vagina Monologues, tabletop RPGs and whatever else you want to hang out and talk about!
Things I Read That I Love #194: She Wrote My Childhood Before It Happened
Topics include Flint, Margaret Atwood, the business of swinging, being emotionally ambushed by Oprah and everything that came before and after, Hokkaido, Alice Goffman and so much more!
Also.Also.Also: Weed for Cramps, Urban Trees and Other Stories to Start Your Weekend
Texts from Titanosaur, mushroom death suits, fashionable femmes of color, spruce up your Resting Bitch Face, I’m shipping these Barbies, Ellen Page, ya cramps, trans athletes in the Olympics and so very much more!
Playlist: Lullaby Renditions of Rock Songs That Will Soothe Your Very Soul
There’s nothing more adorable, heart-warming, or deeply inspiring as a tried-and-true rock song played by children’s instruments in a soothing manner. I promise.
17 Realistic Ways to Break Anyone Down
“Imagine them attempting to get on too tall of a bike.”
The Autostraddle Insider: Issue 19, January 2016
“It was like throwing a tennis ball at a wall and expecting it to bounce back but against all odds it gets stuck in the bricks.”
Follow Your Arrow: Plumber Hattie Hasan and Her Army of Female Tradespeople
“About half our plumbers are lesbian or bisexual, but that is by accident, not design. We think that women living outside the dominant box are probably more likely to also work outside of it.”
Ted Cruz Makes an Anti-Gay Gamble in Iowa as Trump Sits This One Out
Ted Cruz reassures voters in Iowa that he’s still very uncomfortable with LGBT people, Donald Trump says he’s boycotting tonight’s debate, a bisexual Nigerian woman denied asylum in Ireland, and more.