The music has been so consistently good that I was inspired to make individual playlists for our six main Yellowjackets.

The feeling of wanting to book a rage room and smash a lot of shit, or journal so hard you conquer weeks of pent up emotions in one go? That’s this playlist.

Lifting weights half-naked in my apartment? That calls for 190 to 200 BPM house and pop music only.

Find sexy pirates, bachelorette viewing parties, and Whitney Houston crushes in these pop culture-packed queer short stories.

“Happy” Cancer season! Here are some songs to cry to, selected by a group of Cancers.

Disclaimer, no, I don’t own a caftan. Yes, I wish I did.

This playlist walks the line between the fun, playful crush energy that comes with any new relationship, and the contemplative mood that comes when conversations stop being about how cute you are and instead revolve around if you’ve also decided to take it more seriously.

Here’s about seven hours of songs to play behind conversations and to fill the comforting silence of breaking bread over a tofurkey, ham, or whatever you like to stuff your face with.

Pride means owning our horniness!

Step One: You must unfollow her on Spotify to ensure that you cannot see what she’s listening to anymore.

Listen to these songs while you’re destressing on a weekend, pretending to be a sea creature in the ocean, getting high on the floor of your bedroom, or looking to the stars to tell you what your life means.

Welcome to another Short Fiction Playlist! In honor of Valentine’s Day, today’s theme is queer sex! Dig into these five stories featuring a sex-talking parrot, period sex, gay clubs, spanking, and more.

I’m not saying every playlist I make is everyone’s favorite, but I have been enjoying doing it since my days of repressed feelings, plaid skirts, and passive-aggressive after-school text posts.

Because what’s a celebration of women’s contributions to 50 years of hip-hop without a playlist?

I asked some of my friends whether they had any love songs that they still love today, originally given to them by exes.

A road trip, a strip mall, a breakup, a painting, and a pregnancy bump — read these five queer short stories where humor sits inside of sadness.

I asked queer adults to choose songs with the most middle school dance vibes, and the results smell like Axe bodyspray and taste like gum. Plus, read the real, true story of me kind of rudely rejecting a boy before my own 8th grade dance!

Every gay person has told me your thirties rule, and I BELIEVE it!!!!!

Find strangeness, horror, spit, and surreality in these five queer short stories available online. And let me know if you want to see more short fiction recs on Autostraddle!