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Music

Julia Nunes Is Relentlessly Personal: On New Music, Big Changes, and Community Being Crucial

Julia Nunes has been self-producing her music for almost ten years, and her newest album “Ughwow” is a drastic change from her old sound in the best way possible. We talk about the work of being a human and how that’s showing up in her creative work lately.

By Ari| October 3, 2019 | 4 Comments
Television Vapid Fluff

Are You The One?’s Paige Cole on Coming Out, Finding Love and Breaking Bisexual Reality TV Barriers

In which Paige’s perfect match is trying to get her to watch The L Word for the first time.

By Stef| September 10, 2019 | 7 Comments
Television

“Vida” Showrunner Tanya Saracho on Working in a Room Filled With Latinx Creators and Getting Queer Sex Right

“I was like Roberta, do your thighs hold both of you? Like if you slide down the wall? And she was like, let’s see. So we tried it on the sidewalk.”

By Yvonne| June 22, 2019 | 8 Comments
Television

Lauren Morelli on the Terrifying, Rewarding, Humbling Experience of Remaking “Tales of the City”

“There are so many ways to love and be loved. Now we get to explore that.”

By Heather Hogan| June 21, 2019 | 6 Comments
Visual Art

Talking With Candy Feit About ‘Cruel To Be Kind,’ Her Photo Project Highlighting Kink and Intimacy

We interviewed photographer Candy Feit about her inspiration, process, and intentions for Cruel To Be Kind, her most recent photography project.

By Vanessa| June 19, 2019 | 4 Comments
Books

Kristen Arnett’s ‘Mostly Dead Things’ Is a Funny, Dark Story of Messy Queer Love (also, Taxidermy)

Mostly Dead Things is the story of what happens to a young woman when her life is torn open and reset in a different pose, and how she deals with herself — and her queerness — as a part of that confusion soup.

By Molly Priddy| May 28, 2019 | 9 Comments
Books

Cherríe Moraga on Delving Into Her Queer Chicana Memories in “Native Country of the Heart”

Moraga’s latest, “Native Country of the Heart,” is a deep meditation on memory — reflections of the past, recalling hard moments, losing ourselves, and remembering who we are as Mexican-Americans, in more ways than one. She spoke to Autostraddle about her new book and the journey her queer feminism has taken over the course of her career.

By Yvonne| May 1, 2019 | 8 Comments
Television

Natalie Morales on Playing a Revolutionary Bisexual Bartender on “Abby’s” and Sharing the Stage With Squirrels

“It’s so important to tell stories about marginalized people, but if we tell stories that reduce them always and only to the ways they’re marginalized, it just perpetuates the problem.”

By Heather Hogan| March 27, 2019 | 6 Comments
Books

“Long Live The Tribe of Fatherless Girls” Is a Gritty, Glittering Debut Memoir of Family, Grief, and Boca Raton

I talked to lesbian author T Kira Madden about her debut memoir, the challenges of writing about family and addiction, and finding a sense of belonging in queer community and in life.

By Vanessa| February 26, 2019 | 5 Comments
Television

Russian Doll’s Rebecca Henderson on Lizzy, Love and Working With Her Wife

Rebecca Henderson doesn’t just play gay; she’s a real-life lesbian who also happens to be married to Russian Doll co-creator/writer/director Leslye Headland.

By Heather Hogan| February 21, 2019 | 12 Comments
Books

KaeLyn Rich’s “Girls Resist!” Is a Guidebook for Intersectional Feminist Superheroes

“It’s the urgency of being a girl, in the broadest sense of that admittedly binary term, of being a marginalized person and knowing in your heart that you have the power to change your world.”

By Heather Hogan| November 16, 2018 | 32 Comments
Film

“Rafiki” Star Sam Mugatsia on Sudden Fame and Her Banned Debut Film

Freshly returned from Frankfurt, Germany where Rafiki won its first two international awards at the Lucas Festival and following the first commercial screenings of the film in Kenya, I caught up with Sam to talk about her unexpected fame and the controversy surrounding her debut film.

By Kari| November 1, 2018 | 11 Comments
Books

Mary Lambert Is Brutally Vulnerable in Her New Poetry Book, “Shame Is An Ocean I Swim Across”

Mary Lambert talked to Autostraddle about vulnerability, the impossibility of separating the art from the artist, and her incredible new book of poems.

By Vanessa| October 16, 2018 | 19 Comments
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Music

Julia Weldon’s “Comatose Hope” Captures the Anger and Catharsis of Being a Non-Binary Artist

We chatted with Weldon about their new music video for “When You Die,” their upcoming NYC show, and the revival of their childhood acting career.

By Ari| October 11, 2018 | 1 Comment
Books

Megan Falley’s “Drive Here and Devastate Me” Is a Love Letter to the Queer Community

Drive Here and Devastate Me, queer femme author Megan Falley’s fourth collection of poetry, is a love letter to the queer community. We talked with Megan about her writing process, femme invisibility, body politics, and of course, love.

By Vanessa| September 11, 2018 | 7 Comments
Film

“The Miseducation of Cameron Post” Director Desiree Akhavan Makes Queer Women’s Movies Because She Just Loves Queer Women

“I want to prove that money can be made off of women’s sexual stories. It’s not just a queer thing. It’s about women receiving pleasure, and giving pleasure. It’s still completely taboo.”

By Heather Hogan| August 17, 2018 | 19 Comments
Herstory

PERSONALS App Brings an Old School Dyke Dating Format Into a Hot New Future, Thanks Instagram

Your favorite queer Instagram dating account has changed its name to be more inclusive, is creating an app just for you, and is hosting a party in NYC to kickoff its crowdfunding efforts Wednesday night, June 13! Read our interview with creator Kelly Rakowski for all the hot details!

By Alexis| June 12, 2018 | 5 Comments
Film

Kiersey Clemons’ Heart Beats Loud for Young Black Queer Women: The Autostraddle Interview

Kiersey Clemons talks to us about sliding into those Instagram DMs; her undying love for old school Disney channel; being an out queer black actress in Hollywood; and of course her new movie, Hearts Beat Loud!

By Carmen Phillips| June 11, 2018 | 10 Comments
Television

Talking to Hayley Kiyoko About Her Twisty New TV Show “Five Points”

“Honestly, I never really get cast as a lead. When they offered me the role, I was like, are you sure?”

By Riese| June 6, 2018 | 15 Comments
Television

Tanya Saracho Made “Vida” With, For and About Latinxs — And She’s Not Apologizing

Vida’s queer showrunner Tanya Saracho talks to Autostraddle one-on-one about the politics of building a Latinx LGBT writers room, Beyoncé, and why Vida is going to be your new spring obsession!

By Carmen Phillips| May 3, 2018 | 9 Comments
Television

Vida’s Non-Binary Latinx Actor Ser Anzoategui Already Knows Their Show Will Be Your New Favorite

Vida’s out non-binary actor Ser Anzoategui gave Autostraddle an one-on-one interview about the show, the importance of queer Latinx representation in front of and behind the camera, and even sang a little Selena for the heck of it. You want this!

By Carmen Phillips| April 30, 2018 | 14 Comments
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