Bam! Season 2 has begun. This episode is called “The Quickening”, maybe for how quickly time has flown by since the end of last season. Kidding! It felt like forever and I wanted to die.

“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.”

Same-sex marriage supporters take to France’s streets to show they can be louder and wittier than the conservative right.

It’s a moving picture show on the internet.

Hint: it’s not what The National Organization for Marriage’s Ruth Institute would like you to believe.

Shrinky Dinks have officially grown up.

Happy ‘Heartthrob’ Release Day! Process your feelings here.

To be a rebel is to stand defiantly and purposefully in the face of something. It’s not defiance for its own sake: it’s a war cry into the darkness.

This week we get to talk about Cher and Lady Gaga in practically the same breath.

In this week’s Liberty Lit: reading a book a day, heroines, books that feature Asian lesbians, bookstore cats and more.

This week on Bomb Girls, Betty McActuallyGerman wants to know if you are ready to rumble, and almost everyone needs to take a serious look at their lives and choices.

“Isn’t this what Valentine’s Day had always been to me? A pageant? An opportunity to try on the idea of being in love, being traditional, being a couple you could fit into a envelope.”

I like weird books, and these people write them.

This fifth installment finds our freshmen on their way home for the holidays. They’re becoming leaders, creating new families, meeting Andrea Gibson and recovering from finals, foot surgery and concussions! We just love them so.

“First of all, Ali Liebert, let me just repeat that you need to stop making these faces or I will not have a goddamned heart left.”

“Rachel Maddow is actually really sweet in person. Like, really really sweet.”

“Tampa is totally fun and fierce and fabulous.”

Young Hillary Clinton, the activists who did it for love – and life, and the ultimate response to the unforgettable question.

Jess chats with the genderqueer star of Eve Ensler’s new play, Emotional Creature: talented dancer, singer and actor, Emily Grosland.

Over 3,000 of y’all let us know who you are and what you want, so now it’s our turn to tell you who you are and what you want. With infographics!