Rebel Girls: 20 Autostraddle Community Members Who Are Changing the World
Documentary films. Policy initiatives. Direct action. These 20 activists are doing it all to save the world — and they’re Autostraddle readers just like you!
Serena Williams Wins Wimbledon Again, Is The Greatest Athlete In America
“She has done it longer and better than any active athlete in America. She has done it all by herself. She has done it right in the middle of a perfect storm misogyny and racism. And she is showing no signs of slowing down.”
So Now I Have An Instagram For My Cat
It’s Caturday! Let’s talk about how to get started with your purrfect pet instagram. Puns required.
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Baopu #10
“What is the sound people make when they feel safe?”
The Comment Awards Are Calling All Commenters
All the things you said.
Also.Also.Also: You Might Cry About a Dead Raccoon and Other Stories for Your Day
So many things for you to read with your eyeballs and your brains!
Fan Fiction Friday: 10 Historical Femslash Stories Full of Cowgirls and Knights and Nuns and Scissoring
Santana and Btittany join the circus! Paige and Emily traverse the Wild West! Carmilla and Laura are princesses!
Things I Read That I Love #179: I Would Have You Be A Conscious Citizen Of This Terrible and Beautiful World
Topics include lithium, a terrible cult, Taylor Swift, immigrant detention, Ta-Nehisi Coates’ letter to his son, LGBT Pride and The Awl.
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: The Editors Have Some Questions For You
The editors are all hanging out together and would like you to join them please. GET IN HERE!
Feelings Atrium: Some Preemptive Thoughts We’ve Had on “Jenny’s Wedding”
“Gabby, I wish this movie was about Bette Midler.”
VIDEO: Button and Bly’s Travel Show Interviews Swedish Lesbian Singer Beatrice Eli
Despite (or maybe because of) her lesbianism and shocking lyrics, she’s smashing into mainstream media and not giving any fucks. You will love her. You are welcome in advance for introducing you to your next favorite album.
Interview With My Ex-Girlfriend: Brittny
“I think it’s a pretty good reason to break up with somebody. Moving and getting knocked up.”
Lez Liberty Lit #76: Sideways Stories
Zines and sci-fi by people of color, queer magical realism, everything’s an essay, rewriting the diary and more.
Playlist: We Need You Bad As A Heartbeat So Please Don’t Go, Girl
This is basically a Drake song written just for you. It ends with a playlist that expresses how much we all miss you and your comments. This online community love thang is worth fighting for so here’s a love letter and 32 songs.
A Handy Form Letter For That Relative Who Won’t Attend Your Gay Wedding
WHY ARE YOU BEING SO MEAN TO ME?!?!?!!?!
News Fix: It’s a Rough Week for Anti-Marriage Equality County Clerks and More News Stories
The first-ever summit for Native American youth at the White House, an affirmative consent law in New York, Baltimore’s police commissioner is fired, and more news!
VIDEO: Queer Mama for Autostraddle Episode Seven — Help Name Our Baby!
No, seriously.
What We Comment About When We Comment About Commenting
The rise of social media and the triumph of trolls has led many popular websites to shut down comments or let them spiral into extinction. NOT US.
Love & Canada: The Waiting Is The Hardest Part
“When I woke up Saturday I was going to get a lot of stuff done and I was just pretty focused on that and by mid Sunday afternoon I had cried for about 12 of my weekend waking hours.”
Pop Culture Fix: The USWNT And Ruby Rose Are Everywhere
Additionally, Miley Cyrus is a cartoon bird, Ellen Page has another kickass movie on the way, Hannibal is dying a slow death, and Fox is making a movie about SCOTUS’ love affair with gay marriage.