I’m pretty sure most of us who were weird kids grew up wanting to be witches, I know I did.So let’s celebrate that fact!

Lumberjanes got a nod, too! And for the first time ever, nine out of ten nominated TV dramas feature queer women!

Reject the sodanormative standards that society tries to force upon you!

You’ll never guess what’s #1….because you definitely know what’s #1.

Marginalia, feminist shelfies, expanding the queer canon, 2014 in queer diversity in YA and more.

The recent cultural trend of supporting trans women has made us highly prized assets; somehow you can prove your radicalness by being the example of someone who has worked through transmisogyny enough to view us as worthy of sex and love. But what kind of love views us as disposable?

Do TV creators internalize the stereotypes portrayed on TV as “normal,” replicating it in their work environments and causing additional stereotyped portrayals? That’s a chicken-or-the-egg question of art imitating life imitating art.

It also turns out that I’m a foodie and love brunching sober because I get to focus and spend more money on the actual food! (Pizza and Oreos are NOT theeeeee best combination of food I’ve eeeeeeever eaten. That was the vodka talking.)

I have a historic amount of good gay news for you today, and you won’t wanna miss a thing.

You deserve a hunk of hunk of burnin’ happy queer notes from the recent past today.

No one wants to actually wake up or be productive in the summertime. But with some great DIY iced lattes and teas, soon you’ll be approaching your summer morning routine with, if not excitement, at least not abject horror.

Lego is building female scientists, tension at the Supreme Court is building up, and organizers are working to build a more equal future.

My cat loves Autostraddle, an OITNB writer realizes she’s gay while working on the show, global governments are changing, the kidnapped Nigerian school girls may be found, and activists are as fierce as ever in fighting injustice.

Peanut butter love, uteruses as fictional characters and open thread chatter, #Blessed

They are both really good at speeches.

Recently, GO Magazine published an interview with Romi Klinger of The Real L Word regarding the current state of her relationships, her career, and the controversy surrounding her sexuality. What does one complicated public figure representing bisexuality mean for the rest of us?

Recipes from my birthday bake sale: criss-cross peanut butter oatmeal cookies, chocolate mint brownies, seven-layer bars, vegan gluten-free applesauce situations and chocolate chip cookies!

For my birthday, I wanna give gifts to other humans: specifically, Team Autostraddle. If you donate, you’ll be giving me the best birthday ever, and I’m willing to bake you cookies or even raffle off an A-Camp campership and more!

Butching it up with Marni at Butch Voices, how to listen to your dad and the fine art of crushing on Power Rangers.

“Tomorrow we’re getting on a plane at 6 am and flying from LA to Boston and not returning until Thanksgiving. It’s quite possibly the craziest thing we’ve ever done.”