Working On It, Week 15: Taking A Hike
Hiking amidst fears of spiders the size of fists and also, separately, golf clubs.
Drawn to Comics: ‘Beyond’ Anthology is Packed Full of Terrific Queer Sci-Fi and Fantasy
LGBTQ readers so rarely get queer-normative spaces, and so to have an entire book full of comics where people casually use “they” or “xe” pronouns, where women make offhand mentions of their girlfriends and where trans people can just matter-of-factly be trans, is just wonderful.
Faking It Episode 216 Recap: Let’s Be Lesbians… Again!
This week on “Faking It,” Amy and Karma’s plan to give up lying about stuff gets foiled when Amy’s Mom needs them to be a lesbian couple again for just a minute.
Helping You Help Yourself #14
Figure out what’s supposed to be in your fridge, make a soy candle, create your own floor plan, wear your dark lipsticks that you never use, get to know some plants and more!
The Big Queer Guide to IUDs
We’re here, we’re queer, we’re getting an IUD.
DAY IN THE LIFE: Brittani Nichols, Comedian
Wish you were hanging out with Brittani Nichols? Yeah, join the club. Until then, we can follow her around through a day in her life through the lens of a camera!
Wild Child West: The End of the Road
Now I start over, and rebuild, and confront fear and learn to drive alone and figure out how to secure Eli in the loft so I can still snuggle with him at night. Now I have to hang the art I’ve collected from friends over the years, find a place for my autographed Eileen Myles books, and learn to do yoga. Now I need to meet all the versions of myself hiding in this city and make friends with every single one of them.
32 Apple Recipes For Fall And For Always
Apple recipes for everyone, with cheddar, caramel, blackberries, beer and more!
Sunday Funday is Celebrating Lesbian Activism and Raising Tiny Pigs
Weddings dresses with a gay twist, the Pope dissing Kim Davis, communicating with beavers but for real and not like a joke about lesbians, Fergus the dog going home again, and more!
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Wants To Eat You Like A Cupcake
A smutty comic, top/bottom/switch definitions, everybody’s still looking for “lesbian” porn, travelling with sex toys and more!
8 Apps to Help You Conquer Your ADD
From task management to mind mapping to white noise, these are the apps you need to help you take over the world! Or, you know, just meet your deadlines and get your homework done.
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Baopu #13
“Mother, I have so many secrets.”
The Comment Awards Are Raining Meh
Dealbreakers, driving and Demi Lovato and that bird.
10 Ways Educators Can Make Schools Safer for LGBT Youth
We’re participating in GLSEN’s Ally Week and talking about how K-12 educators can become better allies to the LGBT youth in their schools.
Allison Weiss and Mal Blum’s New Albums Help Us Look At Our Guts: The Autostraddle Interview
Two of our favorite queer rock stars chat with each other about their new albums, their mental health, and Mariah Carey.
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: What Are You Playing?
What are you playing? And how did your week go? What are you having for dinner? Did you take any cute selfies recently? What’s been on your mind? I’m here! Let’s talk!
“Law & Order: SVU” Adds Its Voice to the “Trans Debate” with the Confusing, Horribly Depressing “Transgender Bridge”
At one point in my notes I wrote “I’m really happy that they didn’t murder this trans girl,” only to watch her die in the hospital two scenes later. That’s how the whole episode went — any time I would get hopeful, they would let me down again.
This Is How We Do It: Build a Simple Shelf for About $10
In which I write you a poem about how great shelves are, and then I teach you how to build one in three straightforward steps.
43 Of The Gayest Things You’ve Fought About With Your Girlfriend
“Whether or not selfie culture upholds or demolishes the patriarchy”
Top 10 Weirdo Things I Collect Like a Weirdo
I’m starting to realize I’m not a connoisseur of anything so much as just a total fucking weirdo.