This Thing Bigger Than Us: Creating Sacred Space
If you have a spiritual practice, that means you, well, practice.
Loving the Women Who Look Like Me: Queer Black Women in Love
I realized that one of the hardest parts about accepting my sexual orientation was that I literally did not believe that Black women were lesbians, bisexuals, pansexuals, asexuals or queer. I want to see stories of Black women with happy endings that entwine with my own realities and fantasies. I want to see us Black women no longer the Unmentionables or Untouchables, unafraid of the power and beauty of us loving one another.
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Wants To Know What You’re Doing Later
Orgasms and pain thresholds, using clamps for the first time, 3D printing and sex toys, worrying about being queer enough and more.
Sunday Funday Is Seeing These Corgis For the First Time On Your Gay Marriage Day
It’s time for another week of activism and adorableness!
Learn HTML and Build A Better Internet Comment: Part 2
For everyone who’s ever wondered how to post an image in the comments on Autostraddle.com
Saturday Morning Cartoons: The Puzzle
“Ahh. Classic non-date.” Is it a date, or isn’t it?
Carmen Carrera and Tyra Banks Are Making A Docuseries About Trans Women
Carmen Carrera, a transgender model and activist is set to star in a brand new docuseries about a group of young trans women living in Chicago. The series, produced by Tyra Banks, will debut its eight hour-long episode run on VH1 in late 2014 or early 2015
The Comment Awards Want A Group Hug
Oh my gourd, we love you guys. Also Ellen Page.
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Books and Beer (or Tea, Whatever Pickles Your Cucumber)
What are you reading? What are you drinking? What did you do this week? Please leave all the comments and comment back and all the things and just be lovely and wonderful in general.
Things I Read That I Love #127: Waiting For The Garden of Eden To Open Up Again Under A New Management
Topics include Nuyorican poets, Nigeria, MSN Messenger, gendered toys, Miley Cyrus, domestic violence, Miley Cyrus and more!
21 “Orange is the New Black” Premiere Pics to Sustain You ‘Til June 6th
You guys! Orange is the New Black comes back in 21 days!
Wilder Hungers: Orecchiette with Marinated Eggplant and More California
An Abby Mills sighting and a delicious eggplant pasta with burrata.
Anonymous Sex Toy Review: The Candy-Colored Glass Dildo
The ultimate intro glass toy.
Impress and Feed Everyone Around You Without Going Broke or Insane (the Secret is Potstickers)
Excitedly bought an unnecessary amount of mushrooms at the farmers market but now you aren’t sure what to do with them? Stir-fry that shit with a little soy sauce and some chili paste and put it in a potsticker.
Brittani’s Video Party: Hannah Hart and Samira Wiley are Best Friends with a Cat
Party in your onesies with Hannah Hart, one of my favorite sketch videos of all time, a cat with places to go, and Samira Wiley.
Lez Liberty Lit #46: Today’s So Quick
Eileen Myles poems, reading poetry, topless reading parties, excerpts from An Untamed State and more.
Chelsea Manning Faces Possible Prison Transfer In Complex Case of Transphobia
Manning is in a tight spot. Not only does she have to deal with the military’s transphobia and transmisogyny, but she also has to deal with the same thing coming from prison industrial complex in which she is imprisoned.
Your Primer on TV Upfronts 2014: A Mixed Bag
ABC, NBC, and FOX have released their upfronts for this fall’s new shows and I have a lot of feelings.
Erin Foley’s “Lady With Pockets” Comedy Review: This Is A Good Album, Listen To It
Lesbian comedian Erin Foley’s new album “Lady with Pockets” is worth your time.
There May Be Two Sides to Every Story; That Doesn’t Mean They’re Both Important
Wisconsin’s Janesville School District issued an apology for showing a pro-marriage-equality video without also showing an anti-equality rebuttal. When it comes to educating kids, though, that kind of “fairness” doesn’t help anyone.