Dolly Parton Turns 70 Today, Let Us Rejoice Together
Today Dolly Parton, light of many of our lives, turns 70. Inside this post, you may enjoy a variety of cute and enjoyable multimedia Dolly experiences curated for your viewing pleasure!
Love Non-Orgasmically: She’s Not Coming But We’re Still Here
“I came. You didn’t. I’d kind of expected it to happen because of our connection – hoped egotistically anyway. I was disappointed but figured I’d give it time.”
Lesbian Lawsuit in Future for Homophobic Psychic Landlord
Psychic and homophobic landlord refused to rent to a lesbian couple, HRC endorses Hillary Clinton, it’s harder for queer women to get a job interview call-back, Montana’s Governor signed a new executive order to protect LGBT state employees and more news!
Back to the Beginning: 8 Authors Who Connect Our Past to the Present
Brain Pickings’ Maria Popova curated a reading list just for Autostraddle readers!
“Her Story” Delivers on the Authentic, Quality Trans Representation it Promised
“It’s precisely because Her Story is written and directed by trans women, starring trans women and featuring trans women on the crew that it’s able to be so authentic and so acutely focused on its trans characters.”
Drawn to Comics: 7 Comics I Can’t Wait to Add to My Pull List in 2K16
I know that my pull list is already getting way too big, but there are just too many awesome feminist and queer-lady-centric comics out there today!
Read a F*cking Serialized Book: “Tremontaine” Is a Paradise of Queerness and Chocolate
“Every love story is between men who love men, or women who love women, or men and women who love both men and women. The sex is good fun, but the romance is deliriously well-written. Such aching and longing and pining and promises (amid cups and cups of chocolate!).”
Relevant To Your Interests: Outfit Your Dungeon Master
A list of things to get that badass queermo Dungeon Master in your life — even if (or especially if) that person is you!
Democratic Debate Sees Sanders and Clinton Snippy in South Carolina
Last night’s democratic debate showcased lots of talk about guns and healthcare, but the discussions on racial and criminal justice were less substantive.
Some Answers to Some Things You’ve Been Asking Us #5
“Right now I’m working on my astral projection skills and I think that should speed things along.”
45 Picture Perfect Pomegranate Recipes
According to our calculations, wherever you are in the world, today is a prime time to start collecting pomegranate recipes.
Tig Notaro And Her Wife Are Having Twins And Now It’s Sunday Funday!
Taiwan has a woman president, Tig Notaro’s gonna have twins, trans bride-to-be Precious Davis is saying Yes to the Dress, the weather’s making the squirrels fat, a lesbian reverend in Kansas has a lot of support, and more good news!
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Will Never Be Satisfied
The only good reason to move in together, vibrators are cool now, flirting with plausible deniability, a new way to learn about sexual pleasure and more.
Rowan Blanchard Is Queer: 14-Year-Old “Girl Meets World” Actress Comes Out On Twitter
Last night, one of Rowan Blanchard’s Twitter followers tweeted: “BisexualRileyMatthews2k16.” Blanchard respond: “would really be here for this! if not Riley- its vvv important to me, being queer, that there is representation on our show.”
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Tired
“You look tired. Your hair’s on point, though!”
The Comment Awards Has A Red Door
We have feelings on “Carol”, ground-breaking coloring book ideas, Buffy references, and so much more!
12 Presidential Candidates Who Dress Like Lesbians (Besides Hillary Clinton)
Today’s Slate.com article about Hillary Clinton dressing like a lesbian misses one very important point: EVERY presidential candidate dresses like a lesbian. Luckily, we are here to make that point for you.
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Come As You Are, Babe
No theme, no agenda. Just come as you are and hang out with me!
GOP Debate Features Trump/Cruz Feud and Zingers Galore
Trump and Cruz are officially out of the honeymoon phase as of this last GOP debate, and it raises questions about what it will mean for the party if Mom and Dad are fighting.
Things I Read That I Love #193: I Sincerely Don’t Know Why Poetry Can Be Mortifying But Tattoos Can Be Cool
Topics include emotional nakedness, Scores, douchebag T-Shirts, abusive relationships, remembering a murdered sister, Haruki Murakami’s birthday, Pembroke, Jonathan Franzen and more!