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Health + Athletics

The Autostraddle Guide To Queer Mental Health

An epically organized guide to some of our best work on topics including depression, anxiety, grief, eating disorders, substance abuse and other legitimately important topics.

By The Editors| October 24, 2019 | 24 Comments
Music

14 Music Videos That Confirmed My Sexuality

“Soft butches everywhere? I don’t know what your heaven looks like, but this is mine.”

By Alexis| July 13, 2017 | 56 Comments
Books

215 Of The Best Longreads Of 2015 — All Written By Women

This should keep your brain busy for quite some time.

By Riese| December 29, 2015 | 24 Comments
Society + Culture

The Grossest Tales Ever Told By Women On The Internet

You may have heard that somebody’s gynecologist found a cat hairball in her vagina. Why stop there? There are so many other wonderful tales to tell each other!

By The Editors| September 3, 2015 | 51 Comments
Books

Women In Prison: A Longform Reading List

“Orange is the New Black” premieres today, here is your really thorough reading list — from Assata Shakur to nuns against nukes to incredible journalism on the various horrors of the U.S. criminal “justice” system.

By Riese| June 12, 2015 | 10 Comments
Music

28 Gay Girl Covers Of Straight Songs Because Everything’s Better When It’s Queered

Some songs are just a lot better when queer people are singing them.

By Riese| September 8, 2014 | 97 Comments
Music

Five Ciara Videos That Made Me Queer

I’m pretty sure I became gayer in the process of putting together this post.

By Rachel| February 6, 2013 | 49 Comments
Music

7 Videos That Have Something To Do With Destiny’s Child

Because without Destiny’s Child, there’d be no Beyoncé and how else would I have learned to crip walk? Also, something something Half Time show Destiny’s Child.

By gabby| January 16, 2013 | 16 Comments
Issues Television

When After School Specials Made Gay People Seem Not-So-Special

Curated video from 80’s and 90’s afterschool specials in which being gay was a lot like being a tornado or a flesh-eating virus.

By Riese| June 19, 2012 | 26 Comments
Television

Top 10 Santana & Brittany Glee Musical Numbers

What if Glee had no dialogue, just music and lesbians? Then it’d be just like this post.

By Riese| May 7, 2012 | 69 Comments
Music

8 Kickass Crowd Songs From Movies & TV: From “Almost Famous” to “Skins”

You know what you need today? You need a stirring musical number from a popular film! There are eight videos inside this post. EIGHT!

By Riese| April 9, 2012 | 30 Comments
Issues Travel

Here/Queer: Things We Wrote That You Loved

Let’s take a trip back in time to Bali, Michigan, Nigeria, New Orleans, New York and many other fine fine locales.

By Riese| March 19, 2012 | 4 Comments
Arts + Pop Culture

A Very Queer Edition of “Things I Read That I Love”

Topics include “The L Word: Not Your Mother’s Lesbians,” “Straight Girl’s Seduction” and “the ambisexual, heteroflexible teen.”

By Riese| February 29, 2012 | 9 Comments
Arts + Pop Culture

Things I Read That I Love #12

Topics include Hollister, the U.S. prison system, an amusement park about Charles Dickens, Mitt Romney and AshleyMadison.com!

By Riese| February 11, 2012 | 26 Comments
Books

Things I Read That I Love #8

Topics include airport security, Stephen Colbert, Forever 21, Lucy Grealy and a surgeon who left his patient on the operating table to go cash his paycheck.

By Riese| January 6, 2012 | 15 Comments
Books Society + Culture

Things I Read That I Love #5: Law & Order Edition Part Two

Humans doing really terrible things to other humans!

By Riese| December 16, 2011 | 18 Comments
Television

Ellen DeGeneres Lesbian Interview Extravaganza: Celebrating The Women Who Showed Up

Lindsay Lohan didn’t show up for her Ellen appearance. To cheer you up, we bring you SEVENTEEN other lesbosexy Ellen interviews. (THIS IS EPIC)

By Lizz| December 15, 2011 | 36 Comments
Society + Culture

Top Ten Viral Videos About Gay Marriage

We got your Zach Wahls, we got your Husbands and Husbands, we got your Gaythering Storm!

By Riese| December 1, 2011 | 42 Comments
Books Society + Culture

Things I Read That I Love #2: Law & Order Edition

True stories about terrible things.

By Riese| November 25, 2011 | 31 Comments
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50 Pictures of Rachel Maddow

“It’s time, isn’t it?” “It’s time.” “It’s time for 50 pictures of Rachel Maddow.”

By Riese| November 8, 2011 | 82 Comments
Music

Lampshades, Harmonicas and Penguins: Four Covers of Feist’s “1, 2, 3, 4”

Get down with the jangly, bouncy hipness that is “1, 2, 3, 4.” And did you know that Feist fronted a punk band way back when?

By Whitney Pow| November 8, 2011 | 12 Comments
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