Playlist: Let’s Go On A Picnic / Lay In The Grass
If you have the right weather for listening to this outside, please do that. But if not, put your sunglasses on inside and live the dream anyway.
Daily Fix: Frat Lobbies Are Why We Can’t Have Nice Things and Other News Stories
The death of trans teen activist Blake Brockington, good legislative news for same-sex parents in Maryland, Roy Moore says something regrettable, Ellen Pao takes sexism in venture capitalism to court, and more!
Sober in the City: Adventures in Sober Dating
“I could not wrap my head around having to jump back into the dating scene – sober no less. Where would I find suitable dating candidates? How do I “come out” as sober? It’s bad enough that the queer dating pool is incredibly small. Now, I had to contend with the fact that some people would be averse to dating a sober recovering addict.”
This Business Of Art Fix #1: That Awkward Moment You Realize That There Is No Businesswoman’s Lunch Special
The very first edition of a biweekly link round-up of stuff I’ve read and thought about relevant to the work we do here: online media, women in business, entrepreneurship, journalism, start-up culture, publishing, advertising, management, freelancing, literature, queer visibility, etc. LET’S TALK BUSINESS, LADIES.
This Binder is Magic: A Gushing Review of the GC2b
“Anyhow, I put this binder on, and after the initial struggle that always comes with putting on a thing that fits as tightly as binders should fit, I felt — nothing. The binder felt like nothing. THE BINDER FELT LIKE NOTHING, THIS IS NOT A DRILL.”
Daily Fix: Evan Rachel Wood Would And Other Stories We Missed
Brittney Griner and Glory Johnson keep being adorable, Orphan Black is almost back, Evan Rachel Wood’s got tomboy style advice, J.K. Rowling threw some magical shade on Twitter and more pop culture stories you need to know about!
Stef’s Team Pick: “Teenage Bedrooms On Screen” Will Be Your New Favorite Thing
Are you ready to painstakingly examine the psychological profile of every character Winona Ryder has ever played?
Fool’s Journey: Slow Holler’s Queer/Southern Artists Tell Their Stories Through Tarot
We tell stories to stay awake. We tell stories to communicate. It is how we come to know each other. It is a part of our culture. We may be black, brown, white, queer, undocumented. We come from swamps, foothills, and sandy pines. We have different histories and experiences, but we came from this place and we shape this place.
Glee Episodes 612-613 Recaps: Last Stop On The Midnight Train
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, and now it’s over.
Last Call: Stories from New Orleans’ Disappearing Dyke Bar Scene
A new podcast dives deep into New Orleans’ dyke bars of the 1970s and ’80s. Here are a few of the funny, sweet and powerful stories from Last Call.
The Autostraddle Insider: Issue Nine, March 2015
This is an especially epic edition of The Insider, if I do say so myself. There were a lot of funny chats during the Advice-a-Thon and you had SO many questions for the A+ box and Yvonne went on a press trip to Philly and so many other neat things happened!
18 Questions We Have About the X-Files Reboot
“17. Oh god, is anyone on this show a medical doctor? ANYONE?”
50 People Who Are Definitely A on Pretty Little Liars
Tonight’s Pretty Little Liars season finale promises a huge reveal about Big A, but we already know who it is.
Daily Fix: Ted Cruz For Not President and More News Stories
A look at Ted Cruz’s horrible policy proposals, a bunch of college dudebros get punished for their misogynistic actions, Los Tigres del Norte win an award for singing about lesbian love, conservative lawmakers propose more dangerous legislation and more news stories.
Drawn to Comics: Let’s Talk About Lumberjanes #12 and the Batgirl Cover Controversy!
Lumberjanes was excellent! The proposed Joker variant cover for Batgirl #41, not so much.
Boob(s On Your) Tube: Everyone Is Gay And Nothing Hurts
We’re back with our weekly column about all the queer stuff that’s happening on television that we don’t have time to recap!
34 Awesome, Non-Existent and Otherwise Special Jobs You Wish You Had
Featuring excerpts from your answers to “if not your present job, what job do you aspire towards?” from The Autostraddle Grown-Ups Reader Survey!
DW Trantham, Courageous Trans Teen, Stands Up For Her Bathroom Rights and Finds Community Support
“We’re not freaks, we’re not perverts, we’re just people. I’m worried about my bathroom safety more than anyone else.”
Also.Also.Also: Why Can’t Link Be A Girl and Other Stories You’ll Super Love
Just so much unresolved brain-work to do re: Monica Lewinsky, losing your child at a museum, a trans character on The Bold and the Beautiful, Legos hurt your feet so damn bad, why can’t Link be a girl, why are we so cool with peanut allergies, why are you so awesome?? And so much more!
We Won A Thing: Autostraddle Triumphs At GLAAD Awards, As Does Kerry Washington
The 26th Annual GLAAD Awards in Los Angeles was a fantastic and star-studded evening of joy and magic laughter!