26 Excerpts From Scathing Amazon and Netflix Reviews Of “Orange Is The New Black”
“Two sets of breasts in the first 50 seconds told me not to bother.”
Boob(s On Your) Tube: 3 New Queer Characters Join The Summertime TV Mix
It’s going to be a big summer, so we’ve made you a calendar to use as a queer lady TV-viewing guide.
VIDEO! Queer Mama Interviews +one: They Want To Help You Get Pregnant
+one, a new integrated product and platform that helps lesbian couples conceive, is poised to fill a serious void for us in terms of resources, materials, and peer-to-peer support.
Ain’t No Pride Like Autostraddle Pride Because You Get To See Each Other’s Faces, So Host An #AutoPride Meet-Up Already!
All month, we’re inviting you — yes, you there in the cute crop top and biker shorts! — to host Autostraddle meet-ups and celebrate pride with some of the shiniest faces of wonder on the Internet. You in? Okay, good. Let’s make it happen!
Brouhaha’s Trans Women of Color Storytelling is Healing, is the Revolution
“I’m so tired of our stories being saturated in death and martyrdom. What’s lacking in the way our stories are told by the media is our joy. This is an entire show where we’re sharing laughter. That’s heart medicine.”
55 Recipes To Make You The Empress Of Ice Cream
Vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free, soy-free, egg-free, paleo and totally regular and awesome ice cream for everyone.
“Fun Home” Made History Last Night and This Is Entirely About That
I never even thought there’d be a role in a musical for a masculine-of-center woman and then “Fun Home” made history, but it was already so much more to me.
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Wants To Spend All Day In Bed With You
Learning to masturbate as a trans woman, a dildo shaped like a gun, the Girl Sex 101 book, a field trip to a sex shop and more.
Sunday Funday is Proud to Present Miss Piggy With This Batch of Warm and Fuzzy Queer News
A bear that’s very happy to see you, some major institutions taking steps toward inclusion for trans folks, a FIFA game that looks a little more like you, and more!
Holy Crap, Watch the Humanoid Robots of the DARPA Robotics Challenge Do Amazing Things
Watch the awesome humanoid disaster relief bots today. Have feelings.
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Camping
“You promised we’d go camping on my birthday.”
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: What Were You Up To While We Were At Camp?
I left the real world to hang out on the mountain but I’m not looking to leave the Autostraddle universe anytime soon, so let’s just hold each other or whatever. GET IN HERE!
Team Pick: Holly Miranda Wants To Be Your Girl
If you like Holly Miranda and gender-variant circus performers then you will also like this music video.
Why We Are Witches: An A-Camp Roundtable
“Witchiness is in my family: my people are the original hilljacks. I grew up with stories about my great-grandma Fern who traveled around Appalachia holding seances where she raised spirits and tables.”
Anonymous Sex Toy Review: The Fusion
I have never wanted to love a dildo as hard as I wanted to love the Fusion. (But I didn’t.)
10 Music Videos That Would Be Better as Drag King Performances
When you watch these videos, imagine that they are a subversive act poking fun at masculinity while simultaneously, maybe, being incredibly hot. I promise that it will make the problematic less problematic, the weird a little less weird, and the leather pants as queer as they’re supposed to be.
OPEN THREAD: A-Camp Was So Amazing We Can Hardly Believe It Was Real
WE MISS YOU AND EVERYTHING
Pregnant Beginnings. Literally.
Ah, pregnant beginnings. Literally and figuratively. The first trimester of this rainbow pregnancy (yes, that’s actually the term for a pregnancy after a loss). Is it possible to grieve and hope simultaneously?
Your Very Own Diarists’ Hike That You Can Have Wherever You Are
Jump into journaling with these fun tips and prompts.
30 Excerpts From Heather’s Diary, 2010-2012
She’s like, “What do you want from a partner in bed that you’ve never had before?” And I’m like, “Reading a book while she’s reading a book and nobody’s talking.”