Live-Blogging Dinah Shore Weekend: Autostraddle vs. The Lesbians
Reading this Dinah Shore live-blog, updated constantly, is almost like being at Dinah Shore’s legendary lesbian Palm Springs weekend historical event of fun.
Brooke Means Business: Franco Stevens, Founder and Publisher of Curve Magazine
Time for the second edition of Brooke Means Business, in which Autostraddle COO Brooke Levin finds ladies who will talk to her about business. Today we bring you Franco Stevens, who was 22 years old when she decided to stop looking for a National lesbian glossy magazine and start her own — and thus CURVE was born.
New Reports on Traveling, Working & Aging While Homogay
places to avoid while traveling homosexual, and places to go (like vegas for a sweet party). also; stats on closeting in the workplace & the lives of lady baby boomers. a gay teen is allowed prom but gets kicked out of the house instead, manifesta’s 10th anniversary, fabulis’s future and moar!
How to Road Trip Right: Music & Feelings For Long-Distance Driving
Spring break is the perfect time of year for a road trip through the desert! Or anywhere, really. You’re gonna need the right music and Autostraddle’s got you covered.
Will Healthcare Reform Lure College Grads Back to The Parental Units?
Some are ‘worried’ that extending family health care under Obama’s plan to 26 year-olds will encourage ‘slackers,’ many more find this safety net ‘awesome.’ New provisions will make it harder to kick gays out of the army ’cause of DADT (like your ex-girlfriend can’t do it for revenge, etc.) while they decide what the f to do long term. Also; the redacted memo, web 3.0, prom in New Orleans? & marijuana legalization on the ballot.
Health Care Reform Passes: What’s Next, Gaymos? (Is Rush Limbaugh Moving to Costa Rica?)
Health care reform passes — what do gays & ladies think of it? Constance goes to prom court and her school plans a private prom at a furniture mart and doesn’t invite her. Also; tea partiers protesting in DC manage to be horrifyingly disrespectful to everyone ever, gay sex might be decriminalized in Delhi, and reports on homophobic professors, companies, and bed&breakfasts.
Brooke Means Business: Talking to Dinah Shore Masterbrain Mariah Hanson
Welcome to Brooke Means Business — your look at the future of the lesbian marketplace. We debut with the lesbian party promoter responsible for all those girls oil-wrestling in bikinis at Club Skirts’ Dinah parties — the grand master Mariah Hanson.
Lily’s College Lesbianage #7: Smart Girls, Spice Girls & Girl-Dates to School Dances
This week in lesbianage, Lily celebrates a dead composer’s birthday while wondering why she can’t major in “being Whitney Houston”…
Lesbians Take Girls to Prom: We Have a Gallery For That
A Mississippi school would rather shut down prom than invite a cute lesbian couple. Well, that’s nonsense! Let’s get visible, lesbian/bisexuals/queers/etc. Autostraddle wants your cute same-sex prom/fancypants/homecoming photos. You could even win a prize!
Dinah Shore Weekend 2010: Lesbian Events, Parties & Concert Schedule
It’s Autostraddle’s guide to both Club Skirts and GirlBar Dinah Shore Weekend events 2010– bookmark this page and “right-click-save-as” our special Dinah Shore Map. We will help you navigate and make sense of what is sure to be an epic weekend with Rosie O’Donnell, Salt ‘n Pepa & more!
Lily’s College Lesbianage #6: Lesbians Are Scary
When the Beastie Boys sang “college girls are easy,” I don’t think they’d ever gone into a lesbian bar…. with me.
Valentine’s Day Mix Tape 101: 43 Love Songs, 49 Anti-Love Songs & Some Videos!
Audiostraddle and the rest of the team pick our favorite love songs and anti-love songs for your Valentine’s Day mix tape. It’s not too late to give the gift of song.
Get Baked with Autostraddle: Valentine’s Day Edition
Work your magic on Valentine’s Day with these four ridiculously irresistible recipes (with photos!) from our Team. Seriously, don’t read this if you’re hungry.
Lily’s College Lesbianage #5: Up on the Airplane, Inspired by Gravity
Things have been up and then down and then she was up in the air between home in Florida and college in New York writing this. A look back at where she’s been, why we all feel so lonely, and where she hopes to go… and also why the f did her brother not know she was gay?
Holiday Hangover: Shopping Deals, Half-Men, Anti-Gay Ads & 12 Muppets Singing!
D.C. Buses plastered with anti-gay marriage ads, post-holiday shopping deals, Charlie Sheen gives us an even more serious reason to hate “Two and a Half Men,” ABC Nightline asks why there are so many single black women, Haviland Stillwell interview, best TV moments of 2009, drag queen on the X-mas tree, and some funny Christmas Carol videos!
Christmakwanzakah Open Thread: Share Your Homo-Holiday Feelings!
Hey girls all over the world, how’s your Christmakwanzakah going? Did you tell Grandma about the Girlfriend? Does your Mom like the Susan Boyle CD? Is your closeted cousin doing the “Single Ladies” dance? Tell us your stories! Share your feelings! Open thread open 24/7.
What Your Girlfriend Wants: Autostraddle’s Final Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide 2009
Ready to do some last-minute shopping? Well welcome to the ultimate most LOL-worthy gift guide to totally rock your socks off all around the Christmas tree, with input from the whole gang.
Holigay Gift Guide: Music For Your Mom & Other Loved Ones
Caught up in the last-minute holiday gift panic? We’re here to tell you about some of the more gift-able music CDs and DVDs on the shelves right now, and the sort of stockings they’re made for. From Madonna and Michael Bublé to Little Boots and Sara Quin’s Macbeths, there’s something for every lady in your life.
Alex’s Team Pick: The Decade in Logos
Mediaite put together a nice little gallery of redesigned logos from the last 10 years. AOL & their hired design firm was obviously on LSD when they did their logo redesign… which I had no idea happened!
Lily’s College Lesbianage #4: Oh, College Girls!
Lily loses a girlfriend and finds new friends, goes home to Florida and wonders why she still feels uncomfortable discussing her sexuality amongst liberals and takes a gay retreat into the woods with fairies.