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Black American Gothic: A Southern Herstory of Black Magic Women

For many black Americans, the South holds a bittersweet place in our heart; as much home as sorrow, as much ghostly as ancestral. Detangling our history is harder than detangling our hair — the webs of our lineage weave back and forth through time and space. Despite all the South has put my people through, it calls to me.

By Krista White| October 30, 2019 | 7 Comments
Society + Culture

Sunday Funday Stans This Lesbian Couple Who Met Touring With Beyoncé

Plus: #LesbianVisibilityDay tweets you may have missed, more confirmation on Star Trek’s gayness, Roxane Gay’s new magazine, a post-Bar/Bat Mitzvah educational program for non-binary Jewish youth, and more!

By Ari| April 28, 2019 | 4 Comments
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Tegan and Sara are Ready to Take You Back to High School

Plus: Stevie Nicks, the TIME 100, the 20th anniversary of Columbine, and an entire section dedicated Beyoncé’s “Homecoming” just because we can!

By Carmen Phillips| April 18, 2019 | 10 Comments
Society + Culture

Sunday Funday Thinks Beyoncé Is Maybe the Only Straight Person We’re Okay With Winning a GLAAD Award

Also, get ready for the year of the Horse Girl and we have your post-Broad City-blues reading list. Happy Sunday!

By Ari| March 31, 2019 | 4 Comments
First Person Music

Stories About Beyoncé That Are Really About the First Girl I Ever Loved

“I never could explain why my heart pounded when her soft hands reached out for mine. Why it felt like I was the only girl in the world, singing with her at the top of my lungs. The way my eyes would nervously glance down at her chest in that purple lace bra and white tank top. Until I could.”

By Carmen Phillips| November 28, 2018 | 14 Comments
Society + Culture

Sunday Funday Believes in Beyoncé and True Love

A wedding moment…no…experience…that you need to watch, queer Asian filmmakers telling their own stories, Rainbow Voices Mumbai, and the rebel cow who parties with bison.

By KaeLyn| January 28, 2018 | 18 Comments
Fashion/Style

Laverne Cox’s Latest Role Is a Turning Point for Black Trans Women in Fashion

By choosing Laverne Cox as a brand ambassador, Beyoncé is turning the spotlight onto her black, queer supporters, and allowing us to be seen.

By Carmen Phillips| September 12, 2017 | 8 Comments
Music

Gloria Carter, Blue Ivy’s Grandma, Comes Out As a Lesbian on Jay Z’s “4:44”

Beyoncé’s husband released a new album, but what I’m excited about is the track titled “Smile” where his mother, Gloria Carter, comes out as a lesbian.

By Ari| June 30, 2017 | 13 Comments
Music

Well Beyoncé and The Dixie Chicks Were Fucking Great at the CMAs

Hey, did you watch the 50th Anniversary of the Country Music Awards last night? I didn’t either! But I did watch Beyoncé and the Dixie Chick’s performance of “Daddy Lessons” and hot damn! It was fucking amazing.

By Yvonne| November 3, 2016 | 14 Comments
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Keyword Beyoncé and Other Stories for Your Week

Beyoncé annihilated the VMAs, true crime books, French mayors are trash, a book about girls and sex (titled ‘Girls & Sex’), that Kesha beat, PMDD, and so much more!

By Laneia| August 29, 2016 | 11 Comments
First Person

A Road Trip With Your Father In Honor of His 74th Birthday, In Playlist Form

A road trip which happens to coincide with the occasion of Prince’s death and the release of “Lemonade.”

By Aisha| June 9, 2016 | 8 Comments
Music

Playlist: Instead Of Texting Your Ex, Listen To These Songs

There’s no better distraction than music to keep your heart and hands from sending a message you might regret.

By Kayla| June 9, 2016 | 12 Comments
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Record Store Day Roundtable: The Best Albums on Vinyl

It’s almost time for Autostraddle’s International Meet Me At The Record Store Day. Let’s talk about our favorite albums on vinyl to get ready!

By the team| April 11, 2016 | 25 Comments
Arts + Pop Culture

Pop Culture Fix: Mattel Isn’t Selling Abby Wambach Barbies and Lily-Rose Depp Isn’t Gay

Topics include Lily-Rose Depp, Barbie being full of lies, hipster homophobia, Beyoncé, Zoolander 2, relationships and Netflix, BriaAndChrissy, Professor Sprout and more!

By Riese| February 10, 2016 | 43 Comments
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Beyoncé And Then Everything Else

All the things you’ll want to click and then read!

By Laneia| February 8, 2016 | 17 Comments
Music

Beyoncé’s “Formation” Is Two Middle Fingers to the Sky in Celebration of Black America

“On an otherwise boring Saturday afternoon on the internet, Beyoncé delivered big and I sat in my house, jaw to the floor counting the many ways you could love a thing.”

By Kari| February 7, 2016 | 43 Comments
Feminism Herstory Issues

Rebel Girls: 10 Feminist Gal Pals Who Made This World a More Awesome Place Together

As a follow-up to the time I used “gal pals” sarcastically and taught you all about the queer suffragists, and in honor of Gal Pal Week, this week’s Rebel Girls lesson is going to be about good, old-fashioned friendship.

By Carmen| August 5, 2015 | 14 Comments
Music

VIDEO: Nicki and Bey Giveth Much Life in “Feeling Myself” Music Video

The earth is aflame for the Nicki/Bey friendship canon. “Feeling Myself” delivers all the goods: cheeseburgers, bamboo earrings and Nicki Minaj and Beyoncé at their absolute best.

By gabby| May 19, 2015 | 22 Comments
Arts + Pop Culture

VIDEO: Djuan Trent’s 7/11 Remake is Fresher Than You

I’ve already watched this video about 50 times.

By Yvonne| January 5, 2015 | 9 Comments
News + Politics Society + Culture

25 Women Who Shook Things Up in 2014

From mounting revolutions to redefining realness, these are 25 women who made waves in the world this year.

By Carmen| December 31, 2014 | 17 Comments
Music

2015 Grammy Awards: Beyoncé, St. Vincent, Tegan and Sara Nominated

Beyoncé is officially the most-nominated female artist ever, Malala Yousafzai (sort of) and Elizabeth Warren can add “Grammy Nominee” to their resumé and lesbian country singer Brandy Clark earns two nominations.

By Mey| December 6, 2014 | 7 Comments
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