Autostraddle Autostraddle

  • About
    • About Autostraddle
    • Meet The Team
    • Advertise
    • Press
    • Events
    • Contact
  • Shop
  • Sign in
    • Register
    • Lost Password?
  • Support Us
    • Buy Our Merch
    • Become an A+ Member
    • Give Us Money
    • Shop Our Affiliates
  • Issues
  • A+
    • All A+ Posts
    • Join A+
    • The Autostraddle Insider
    • S L I C K Erotica
    • Into the A+ Advice Box
    • Some Answers to Some Questions
    • Sex Diary
    • Interview With My Ex-Girlfriend
    • Excerpts From My Secret Diary
    • Annual Report
    • Personal Essays
  • Television
    • All Television Posts
    • 2020 LGBTQ Television Guide
    • The L Word: Generation Q
    • The L Word: Generation Q recaps
    • The L Word
    • To L and Back Podcast
    • Recaps
    • Boobs On Your Tube
    • 202 Dead Les/Bi TV Characters
  • Arts+Pop Culture
    • All Arts + Pop Culture Posts
    • The 200 Best Lesbian, Queer & Bisexual Movies Of All Time
    • I Watched Classic Lesbian Movies
    • Film
    • Books
    • Vapid Fluff
    • Fashion/Style
    • Music
    • Comedy
    • Theater
    • Visual Art
  • Sex+Dating
    • All Sex + Dating Posts
    • Lesbian Sex 101
    • How To Have Lesbian Sex
    • How To Be Gay
    • NSFW Sunday
    • Shibari 101
    • Ultimate Lesbian Sex Survey
    • Anonymous Sex Toy Reviews
    • View From the Top
    • Bottoms Up
    • Poly Pocket
  • Politics
    • All News + Politics Posts
    • COVID-19
    • This Is Not The Church of Social Justice
    • The Resistance
  • Community
    • The Autostraddle Yearbook
    • Roundtables
    • Herstory
    • First Person
    • Queer IRL
    • The QTPOC Speakeasy
    • Advice
    • You Need Help
    • Events + Meet-Ups Hub
    • Queer Girl City Guides
  • Columns
    • Year Of Our Lorde
    • Come Vibe With Me
    • Straight People Watch
    • The Dyke Kitchen
    • For Your Consideration
    • Things I Read That I Loved
    • Queering Disability
    • Find Your Fit
    • Queer Horoscopes
    • No Filter
    • What I Wore
    • Butch Please

Life

  • Food and Drink
  • DIY / Crafting / Food / Home
  • Health + Athletics
  • Travel
  • Business + Work

Geekery

  • All Geekery Posts
  • Drawn to Comics
  • Queer Your Tech
  • Saturday Morning Cartoons
  • Notes From A Queer Engineer
  • Gayme Corner
  • Video Games

LGBT Culture

  • Politics + Activism
  • Herstory
  • Marriage Equality
  • Coming Out
  • International News

Our Best Work

  • Greatest Hits
  • Ranked By Lesbianism
  • Epic Lists
  • Research/Investigations
  • Personal Essays
  • Longreads
  • Photo Essays
  • Shopping Guides
  • Listlings Without Commentary
  • Serious Business
  • Playlists

Etc.

  • Things I Read That I Love
  • Fake News
  • This Business Of Art
  • The Way We Were
  • Events
  • Video
  • Lists/Top Tens
  • Calendar Girls
  • Hot 100
  • Autostraddle Merch

Autostraddle Autostraddle

  • Support Us
    • Buy Our Merch
    • Become an A+ Member
    • Give Us Money
    • Shop Our Affiliates
  • Issues
  • A+
    • All A+ Posts
    • Join A+
    • The Autostraddle Insider
    • S L I C K Erotica
    • Into the A+ Advice Box
    • Some Answers to Some Questions
    • Sex Diary
    • Interview With My Ex-Girlfriend
    • Excerpts From My Secret Diary
    • Annual Report
    • Personal Essays
  • Television
    • All Television Posts
    • 2020 LGBTQ Television Guide
    • The L Word: Generation Q
    • The L Word: Generation Q recaps
    • The L Word
    • To L and Back Podcast
    • Recaps
    • Boobs On Your Tube
    • 202 Dead Les/Bi TV Characters
  • Arts+Pop Culture
    • All Arts + Pop Culture Posts
    • The 200 Best Lesbian, Queer & Bisexual Movies Of All Time
    • I Watched Classic Lesbian Movies
    • Film
    • Books
    • Vapid Fluff
    • Fashion/Style
    • Music
    • Comedy
    • Theater
    • Visual Art
  • Sex+Dating
    • All Sex + Dating Posts
    • Lesbian Sex 101
    • How To Have Lesbian Sex
    • How To Be Gay
    • NSFW Sunday
    • Shibari 101
    • Ultimate Lesbian Sex Survey
    • Anonymous Sex Toy Reviews
    • View From the Top
    • Bottoms Up
    • Poly Pocket
  • Politics
    • All News + Politics Posts
    • COVID-19
    • This Is Not The Church of Social Justice
    • The Resistance
  • Community
    • The Autostraddle Yearbook
    • Roundtables
    • Herstory
    • First Person
    • Queer IRL
    • The QTPOC Speakeasy
    • Advice
    • You Need Help
    • Events + Meet-Ups Hub
    • Queer Girl City Guides
  • Columns
    • Year Of Our Lorde
    • Come Vibe With Me
    • Straight People Watch
    • The Dyke Kitchen
    • For Your Consideration
    • Things I Read That I Loved
    • Queering Disability
    • Find Your Fit
    • Queer Horoscopes
    • No Filter
    • What I Wore
    • Butch Please
  • More
    • Life
      • Food and Drink
      • DIY / Crafting / Food / Home
      • Health + Athletics
      • Travel
      • Business + Work
    • Geekery
      • All Geekery Posts
      • Drawn to Comics
      • Queer Your Tech
      • Saturday Morning Cartoons
      • Notes From A Queer Engineer
      • Gayme Corner
      • Video Games
    • LGBT Culture
      • Politics + Activism
      • Herstory
      • Marriage Equality
      • Coming Out
      • International News
    • Our Best Work
      • Greatest Hits
      • Ranked By Lesbianism
      • Epic Lists
      • Research/Investigations
      • Personal Essays
      • Longreads
      • Photo Essays
      • Shopping Guides
      • Listlings Without Commentary
      • Serious Business
      • Playlists
    • Etc.
      • Things I Read That I Love
      • Fake News
      • This Business Of Art
      • The Way We Were
      • Events
      • Video
      • Lists/Top Tens
      • Calendar Girls
      • Hot 100
      • Autostraddle Merch
  • About
    • About Autostraddle
    • Meet The Team
    • Advertise
    • Press
    • Events
    • Contact
  • Shop
  • Sign in
    • Register

      Lost Password?

iphone

A collage of three iPhone screens, side-by-side, against a pastel Orange background. Everything feels neat, serene, and calm.
The Scene

Hear Me Out, Extreme iPhone Minimalism Should Be the New Gay Agenda

Purging your phone, this tangible object that we are so connected to, could inspire you to do the same in other parts of your life.

By Shelli Nicole| October 5, 2020 | 17 Comments
Geekery Sex + Relationships

Safe Sexting: Tech Tips for the Stress-Free Sexting You Deserve

The world is full of unknown and terrifying possibilities, like accidentally sending a nude to the family group chat because it was the most recent thing on your camera roll. Protect yourself and loved ones against these dangers and more with easy tips!

By Rachel| March 12, 2019 | 7 Comments
A+

Monday A+ Roundtable: The Notes On Our Phones

“god forbid I delete that flirty note I drafted in 2014 to the hot babe from Alaska with the sexy tattoos inviting them to come visit me on my queer commune in rural Southern Oregon if they so pleased, you know?”

By the team| July 31, 2017 | 39 Comments
Geekery

10 Tap Games for iPhone, Rated By Their Inevitably Fleeting Relief of My Low-Grade Depression

A brief journey through the clicker games that have, if only briefly, buoyed me through ennui, ranked very subjectively by how effectively they distracted me from the always-looming malaise that dogs my every step!

By Rachel| April 2, 2017 | 37 Comments
Society + Culture

All 86 New iOS Emoji, Ranked by Lesbianism

83. Glass of Milk. Wayyyyyy too many lactose intolerant lesbians for this one. Maybe if it was “Glass of Soy Milk” or “Glass of Almond Milk” it’d be higher.

By Mey| December 20, 2016 | 34 Comments
Geekery

All I Am Saying Is Give Peach a Chance

Here’s a review of Peach; in short, I’m enamored with its magic word capability and think you should try it and screw it if people say it’s already dead.

By A.E. Osworth| January 23, 2016 | 28 Comments
DIY / Crafting / Food / Home

This Is How We Do It: Turn Your Smartphone Into a Hologram Projector

If I can do a craft, trust me, you can do a craft.

By Stef| August 14, 2015 | 12 Comments
Geekery

We Played Lindsay Lohan’s “The Price Of Fame” So You Don’t Have To

You know when you were bored in middle school math and you just pressed +1 on a calculator for half an hour? Have I got a game for you!

By Stef| December 15, 2014 | 14 Comments
Geekery Health + Athletics

5 Apps to Track and Predict Your Period (and More!)

Apps to predict when Flo visits, the painters paint the house red, when it suddenly turns to chocolate season, etc. LET’S TALK ABOUT PERIODS, Y’ALL!

By Kaitlyn| November 22, 2014 | 45 Comments
Society + Culture

Ok Let’s All Do This: Miranda July’s Somebody App

“I don’t totally have this figured out yet but I bet it’s going to be really great and not weird at all.”

By Rachel| August 28, 2014 | 30 Comments
Geekery

Top Five Worst Emoji Ever

“To me, it’s always read as “stabbing myself in the eyes with shards of glass,” which come to think of it is a pretty useful emoji.”

By Stef| March 25, 2014 | 41 Comments
Geekery

Top Five Best Emoji Ever

I strive for a life in which these emojis are the only ones I ever need.

By Cara| March 25, 2014 | 18 Comments
Geekery

Lick This App: Exactly What It Says On The Box

Lick This App is a mobile oral sex teaching app that will get you uncomfortably close to your phone.

By Loraine| March 22, 2014 | 31 Comments
Books Geekery

Getting Your Lit Nerd on with Reading Apps

“After flying 2,678 miles and over the Pacific Ocean, I realized that I was gonna have to rebuild my collection. But this time, it would be digital (and therefore move-proof).”

By Loraine| February 22, 2014 | 18 Comments
Geekery

10 iOS Games for Your Long-Distance Relationship

And other similar two/multi-player type situations, because being on different continents shouldn’t get in the way of Boggle. (Bonus! Featuring the worst drawing of Brooklyn ever, courtesy of yours truly.)

By Fikri| November 23, 2013 | 22 Comments
Geekery

Mini Gay Girlfriends Make Out in Dragopolis: Gaymes For Your Smartphone!

But for all of my many apps, there is one category that was tragically absent. And that category was gay-themed games. That is, until now.

By Laurie| November 9, 2013 | 27 Comments
Geekery

Quist Brings Global LGBTQ History to Your Smartphone

Sarah Prager created Quist to make navigating our past a little bit easier.

By Kristen| July 31, 2013 | 6 Comments
Health + Athletics

Three Apps for Working Out Your Hot Hot Bod Without Having To Leave the House (Mostly)

Exercise is hard and boring, but these are some apps that make it a little more reasonable.

By Rachel| June 19, 2013 | 30 Comments
Geekery

Team Pick: Buycott Helps You Save The World and Support Pro-Gay Companies While You Shop

Because I’m perpetually spending my last dollar and I want to know exactly where it goes.

By Cara| May 17, 2013 | 5 Comments
Geekery

How To Back Up Your iPhone

Raise your virtual hands if you’ve got an iPhone.

By Lana Turing| January 5, 2013 | 13 Comments
Sex + Relationships

I Seek, You Seek, SheSeek: Esther Zinn and her Girl-on-Girl Culture App

Meet Esther Zinn, the creator of the iPhone app that lets you find clubs, bars, events and even news for queer ladies anywhere you go.

By A.E. Osworth| December 21, 2012 | 56 Comments
1 2 3 Next Page →

BECOME AN A+ MEMBER!

Reads: Who else? ...is gonna tell you that NO YOU SHOULD NOT TEXT YOUR EX no matter how many times you need to hear it? Support our writers who are doing this WORK. Become a Member! (Just $1 / Week)

Affiliate of the Month

wet for her logo

Wet For Her is an online sex toy retailer that's a welcoming space for queer women and the folx they love — celebrating a diverse range of bodies, genders, and orientations.

shop Wet For Her →

Support Autostraddle While You Shop!

Illustration of shopping bag surrounded by sparkles. Text reads Visit the Affiliate Marketplace

kickback some of your amazon purchase to us!

From the Archives

  • Listling With Minimal Commentary: Selections From Anti-Lesbian Bridal Salon’s 868 Yelp Reviews

    Listling With Minimal Commentary: Selections From Anti-Lesbian Bridal Salon’s 868 Yelp Reviews

  • On Display: Navigating the Male Gaze As A Lesbian Trans Woman

    On Display: Navigating the Male Gaze As A Lesbian Trans Woman

  • 8 Nerdy Ways to Mend Your Broken Heart

    8 Nerdy Ways to Mend Your Broken Heart

Latest Comments

  • Gold star On “RuPaul’s Drag Race” Episode 1304 Recap: Three Hot Businesswomen and One Hot Clown "This! I’m a lesbian woman and a “gold star” and I really dislike the term because of how often I’ve…"

  • Maria On Pop Culture Fix: Batwoman Batwoman Batwoman Batwoman Batwoman "“It’s just before Thanksgiving, and Thompson is at home in Los Angeles, beautiful as ever, sitting in a chair with…"

  • Maria On Pop Culture Fix: Batwoman Batwoman Batwoman Batwoman Batwoman "God dangit sorry I replied by accident. Apologies for the derailment and +1 to your argument, less bodice-ripping and more…"

  • Maria On Pop Culture Fix: Batwoman Batwoman Batwoman Batwoman Batwoman "“It’s just before Thanksgiving, and Thompson is at home in Los Angeles, beautiful as ever, sitting in a chair with…"

  • Fluix Software On Follow Your Arrow: Natural Builder Barbara Jones on 35 Years in Construction "Indeed. I am also a woman in construction and I am absolutely comfortable working with male construction workers. There are…"

  • monae On “RuPaul’s Drag Race” Episode 1304 Recap: Three Hot Businesswomen and One Hot Clown "You’re allowed to call yourself whatever you like. If you do that in a public space, bisexual people, later in…"

  • monae On “RuPaul’s Drag Race” Episode 1304 Recap: Three Hot Businesswomen and One Hot Clown "Soooo can we talk about Denali’s and Rose’s tender whispering “I need you here” moment on Untucked? I got pretty…"

  • Bee On How To Negotiate Better Consent: An Asexual Perspective "Thank you so much for discussing this with such clarity. I am grateful that this is here for my ace-spec…"

Support Us

Latest Posts

  • Come Vibe With Me: What About Your Friends?

    Come Vibe With Me: What About Your Friends?

  • NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Likes Mean Things

    NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Likes Mean Things

  • “RuPaul’s Drag Race” Episode 1304 Recap: Three Hot Businesswomen and One Hot Clown

    “RuPaul’s Drag Race” Episode 1304 Recap: Three Hot Businesswomen and One Hot Clown

  • Rein #17: New Hobbies, Same Friends

    Rein #17: New Hobbies, Same Friends

  • Did JoJo Siwa Maybe, Possibly Come Out? Her “Best Gay Cousin” Shirt Thinks So!

    Did JoJo Siwa Maybe, Possibly Come Out? Her “Best Gay Cousin” Shirt Thinks So!

Upcoming Meet-Ups & Events

Submit to our Community Calendar →
View More Meet-Ups & Events →
1 2 3 Next Page →
Autostraddle Autostraddle

Our Network

  • Community
  • Store
  • A-Camp

About Us

  • What is AS?
  • Meet The Team
  • Press
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • Write for Us

Follow Us

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • Tumblr
  • Instagram
  • RSS

Copyright 2009 - 2021 The Excitant Group, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Comment Policy

NEW SHIRTS, SWEATSHIRTS, STICKERS AND FACE MASKS IN THE AUTOSTRADDLE STORE! Get your gay apparel while its hot →