Also.Also.Also: Not Just a Tomboy and Other Stories for Your Story
Cats, marijuana, Carrie Fisher, politics, the Queen, Dykes on Bikes, LGBTQ campus equality, a deep south lesbian minister, and so much more! Really, a lot more. Lots.
90s nostalgia
9 90s TV Lady Crushes Who Changed My Life for the Gayer
Let’s take a Skip-It down memory lane and explore my 9 most influential telecrushes from the 90s.
Also.Also.Also: Making You Think of “Chasing Amy” On a Monday and Other Stories for Your Week
It’s time to get some links in your eyeballs.
Weird But Legal Fashion Idea: Copy Outfits Leonardo DiCaprio Wore in the 90s
I need some realistic solutions for something that’s not actually a problem. Which is why I went a little off script to break from routine. Just for fun. Privately. Shhh, it’s just for me. Until now!
RonCo Inventions, Ranked
“I’d actually use this, maybe even daily, but I’d absolutely hate knowing it existed somewhere in my kitchen. It’d be like the broom in the closet, but for your cabinets. Like you need it, but it’s always in the way and there’s really no way to conceal it.”
Also.Also.Also: Let the Oral History of ‘Jawbreaker’ Usher You Into This Week
It’s time to start your Monday with some links!
Playlist: Best Songs Never Performed at P3
If you were a popular band in the late 90s/early 2000s but you never appeared on Charmed, then did you even exist in the first place?
If Lesbian/Bi Celebrities Were 90s Boy/Girl Bands
Not all boy/girl bands have stood the test of time — sorry 5ive and The Dream — but the ones that have leave a bit to the imagination when it comes to queer sensibilities.
Tomboy Fashion According to Young Adult Novels I Read In The ’80s and ’90s
“It’s comfortable and utilitarian, and perfect for when you are dreaming about living in a treehouse or wrangling a menagerie of household pets who are trying to eat you.”
8 Winona Ryder Movies That Tug On Our Nostalgic Heartstrings
“Have you ever confused a dream with life? Or stolen something when you have the cash? Have you ever been blue? Or thought your train moving while sitting still?”
18 Questions We Have About the X-Files Reboot
“17. Oh god, is anyone on this show a medical doctor? ANYONE?”
Top 10 Lesbian, Queer or Bisexual Celebrities We Remember Being Out Back Then
On our recent survey of Autostraddle readers over 29 we asked “who was the first lesbian or bisexual celebrity/public figure you remember being aware of?” These are the scientific results of that particular investigation.
12 TV Stars Of The ’80s and ’90s Who Turned Out To Be Lesbian, Bisexual or Otherwise Totally Queer
I woke up this morning with a burning desire to talk about Tori from “Saved by The Bell.” Did you wake up wanting to talk about Mama Keaton or Darlene Conner? I bet you did.
Sunday Top Ten: Heartwarming Midwestern and Southern Restaurant Chains I Miss
Nobody does breakfast like Bob Evans.
DOS Games Are My Madeleines
This week, The Internet Archive (same folks responsible for the Way Back Machine), released over 2,000 classic DOS games that we can all now play for free on the internet. Cue everyone’s productivity coming to a screeching halt.
Holigay Gift Guide 2014: 90s Kid Forever
If you or someone you love has been affected by 90s Kid Syndrome™, enable their disease with these gifts that are way cool and da bomb.
This Marked-Up 1998 dELiA*s Catalog Is Everything We’ll Miss About Our Fave Teen Retailer
What better way to pay homage to the demise of dELiA*s than by making me scan an entire 1998 catalog that my friend Loren wrote all over?
Also.Also.Also: A ‘Bend It Like Beckham’ Musical and Other Stories We Missed
VAMPIRE DEER. Clarissa Explains It All, Rebecca Solnit on feminism, Fireball whiskey, cats, BLACKandSTEM and a woman, the first bra, Southern Baptists, and so very much more!
Counting Down On Gamergate
I’ve played games all my life, and I stand with Zoe Quinn, Anita Sarkeesian and Brianna Wu. #StopGamerGate
22 Things Lesbians Said About The Internet In 1994
“I know more about dyke cultures by being net-connected. It expands my world. We are definitely trail-blazing and cutting edge.”