2009 is over! And now Audiostraddle has recapped some of the best and worst musical moments, releases and artists of the year – the things that made us laugh, sigh, say “WTF” and wish we could reach into our TV screens so that we could slap Kanye West silly.

“I wore a hooded shirt with a suit jacket which is a look I really enjoy but there aren’t any pictures of me in it because I’m not important, so I avoided trying to make people care about me by skipping most of the red carpet.”

Doing your hair yourself is fun, much cheaper than going to the salon, and probably only moderately hazardous to your health.

“And every time she has sex with a man, she is ass naked. Literally. I have seen her ass now twice. My problem isn’t her being ass naked. She has straight sex and is naked, but this other character has gay sex and both of them — bras on, underwear on.”

It’s cold outside, so heat things up with warm, spicy colors and dark smokey eyes. Nothing’s hotter than copper, cinnamon and mulled wine or more festive than emerald and cobalt.

It’s Open Mic Night in Rosewood and Emily’s about to learn just how good Shana is at fingering.

Fascism was here, ripe and ready, growing steadily but profoundly in our own backyard.

Today the stage has been set for a historic double strike in Hollywood — the kind of which has not been seen in 63 years.

I chose four new to me recipes — a gingerbread cake, gingerbread rolled cookies, gingerbread drop cookies, and gingerbread bars — and am here to report back.

In a field that was once dominated by the cis straight white male voice, LGBTQ poets and poets of color are finally starting to get their due.

Lately I’ve been thinking about the concept of “straight time” — the way a life unfolds, or is expected to unfold, within heteronormative frameworks.

Think of Aries season as an opportunity to get your shit together.

In honor of Valentine’s Day, here are some mini fic romances alongside fashion recs.

What if we all committed to a radical reading list for 2021? What would we learn? And with this, what could we do? This collection of books will set you up with hope and pathways toward radical change in 2021.

When exactly did they develop a taste for the cherry and on which day in history did they finally deign to take a bite?

i would also watch an incredible ryan murphy show about this with sarah paulson and jessica lange as the wronged lesbian penguin parents.

Everybody on this list except Angela Chase really believes in themselves and I truly do appreciate that in a human being.

We lost a lot of queer Jewish characters this year, and we’ve never needed them more.

“What do we in want from and for Lisa in 2019? Justice for him, or peace of mind for us? The desire to reach back in time and pull him into our present is natural because we – especially trans people – want to see her character restored in dignity, thus preserving our own dignity.”

“SHIT WAS GAY HEATHER
SHIT HAS BEEN GAY”