This week was “DIVA” week, which means Santana Lopez was back in full force and none of the new kids really had any lines.

This L Word recap was originally published on Riese’s personal L Word recap blog in early 2009, before the Autostraddle YOU know and love got invented! It has been republished here for your viewing delight, but there may be messed up formatting and missing pictures. Remember last week when I said that I wanted 603 to […]

“We kidnapped Intern Grace on our first snowy evening and took her to the Red Roof Inn where we forced her to eat pizza and watch the 30 Rock finale with us.”

This week on Glee, all the men took their shirts off and all of the women kept their shirts on!

Books. Champagne. Gabby and Katrina. Cute queer single girls. How can you say no? (You can’t. So we’ll see ya at The Strand!)

Gabby’s Team Pick: Help a fellow Autostraddler win a spot for the Women of the World 2013 Spoken Word Tournament

We did a thing, and people are paying attention, because we deserve it like that. And more importantly: so do you. In case you don’t believe that, here’s a gallery of perfect pictures to prove it.

An amazing chill accepting relaxed fun pop-up barber shop party situation where anyone can show up and have a drink, get a haircut, chat to some cool humans, dance quite a lot, and generally have a fanfuckingtastic time.

Let’s take a trip down memory lane with Julie & Brandy, Brittani & Hannah, Croce & Ashley, Alex & Riese, Alex & a blonde wig, Mikey & Raquel, Calendar Girls, Amber Heard and so many more VIDEO STARS.

Because without Destiny’s Child, there’d be no Beyoncé and how else would I have learned to crip walk? Also, something something Half Time show Destiny’s Child.

“It’s the best whiskey-soaked campfire sing-along ever.”

We’re making crafts, putting a bird on it and pretending to be Shane.

As a prairie homo, I have a lot of feelings about the night sky.

Everything is slower in the South. I’m (slowly) realizing that this includes progress.

“This was the first city that I chose for myself, and I’ve never looked back. This is home, and for good reason.”

The South is notoriously friendly. It is also notoriously bigoted. In 2006, the year I moved to Nashville, an anti-marriage equality proposition passed. It felt like a slap in the face and a sign to leave. Six years later, I couldn’t be more happy that I stayed.

“I just don’t see why a woman would want to aspire to masculinity when she doesn’t like men.”

“According to other websites’ ‘Best Of’ lists, I didn’t listen to many good albums this year. So here are ten albums that I predict would have made it on to Autostraddle’s own “Best Of’ list, had I actually heard them.”

Coasters and magnets, together at last.

Happy New Year’s Eve! We’ll be in here talking about our feelings and figuring out how to make the world/ourselves better. And ok, probably drinking.