Let’s talk about everybody’s favorite topic: money!!!

We see violence not only in the crimson of blood spilled far too many times but also in the varying shades of brown on the skins of people of color. To be a person of color in the United States, and in the global narrative, is to be the shadow of violence.

Is it a “friend” coffee or a “date” coffee, unemployed and feeling unmoored, negotiating initiating intimacy in a relationship with two people on the asexual spectrum, you feel like your best friend is making questionable dating decisions, grooming your armpit hair, taking a break from therapy, you’ve never been in a long-term relationship, trying to exist outside of capitalism, possible pelvic floor concerns — and more!

“My next note on this scene is, “I literally screamed in this hotel room,” which is true.”

Whether you’re interested in witches as a horror trope, a doorway to sex positivity, a topic of historical exploration, or rich characters and ideas in fiction or poetry, at least one of these witch books will bring something into your life!

The pandemic has many of us feeling, in some ways accurately, that we’re helpless, or that there’s nothing we can do. The good news is, there is; there always has been. To that end, I’d like to ask you, a white person reading this, to make a public and material commitment to what you’ll do to end state violence and the endless targeting of Black people by the police apparatus.

If you’ve got 15-20 minutes to tell me how and why you travel and where you go and what you do there and how you feel about it on a few different levels, it would be so great. Note: this is not the same travel survey we told you about last week!

“the sex bench is like all the flatware in beauty and the beast collecting dust waiting for somebody to come along and use it to feel purpose / meaning again”

Autostraddle’s giant survey last year showed that queers will make the most of even the tiniest outdoor patches they can get their green-fingered mitts on. It’s time we celebrated the wide open spaces of our rural and suburban queers too, imagining the possibilities for the expanses we inhabit today or dream about tomorrow.

We’re here today to talk about dealing with your crush’s pets, and also dealing with your own pets in the context of your crush!

We asked you for the political questions or issues keeping you up at night. From getting started in activism, to questions about phone banking and volunteering, to the Supreme Court and what will happen with the legalization of gay marriage, untangling the United States’ electoral system, talking to your conservative relatives, and more — the Autostraddle team takes on your questions related to the US election. We’re all super stressed, but at least we have each other!

“i love it when middle age white women lose their shit and yell in lengthy monologues, too”

Are the things we say about ourselves — and the things they say about us — true? If thousands of people take this survey, we’ll finally know!!! Be one of them today.

“Although not all of us are saving our shower water to nourish the eggplants growing next to our chicken coop, our study and several others show that we are indeed more environmentally aware than our heterosexual counterparts.”

Good morning to everyone who woke up with the a cappella hand clap chant from Portrait of a Lady on Fire in their head 🔥

“My one note is, “God, I wish Tasha was a firefighter, so I didn’t have to feel conflicted about her.”

Our first post from the 12k responses to the Lesbian Stereotypes Survey digs into our propensity for cat ownership, our failure to appreciate how great dogs are, and the definitive answer to the eternal question “which pet is most likely to summon ghosts to your home?”

We’ve spent years — our whole lives, sometimes, it seems like — talking about what our community could look like if we weren’t spending all our time and energy on just staying alive, a feeling that queer and trans people know all too well. With your help, we’re excited to find out what thriving looks like. 

The data from our Lesbian Stereotypes Survey shows LGBTQ women and non-binary people have fled Christianity in droves — we actually have more Pagans than Catholics.

Latinxs are under attack. Since gringos first decided to manifest their destiny on our land, Latinx people in the United States have been forced to live under a regime of fear and degradation: White Supremacy.