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Politics + Activism

12 Quotes About Freedom from Queer and Trans People of Color to Meditate on This Independence Day

Queer and trans people of color know more about the ugliness of America than most. But we’re still here. We’re still fighting for our liberation. Let us lift up those voices today.

By Carmen Phillips|July 4, 2019|13 Comments
Comedy

20 Things To Say When Your Rideshare Driver Asks If You Have A Husband

What do you do when the guy behind the wheel (yes it’s always a guy) doesn’t take “I’m silently putting my earbuds in right now” for an answer?

By Kai|June 23, 2017|34 Comments
Television

Some Questions For Phoebe Waller-Bridge From “Fleabag”

Just wondering, no reason.

By Erin|January 5, 2017|29 Comments
First Person

I Am Excited About My Future And This President Won’t Change That: A List

I’m excited about my future. I’m a little nervous also, but I’m more excited than nervous, because just as the seasons change, our president will as well.

By Al(aina)|November 17, 2016|35 Comments
Books

30 Book Titles That Sound As Gay As “Tipping The Velvet” But Mostly Aren’t

“4. Passionate Vegetarian – Crescent Dragonwagon”

By Erin|April 4, 2016|42 Comments
Herstory

Gal Pals In History: 8 Ways To Avoid Using The Words “Lesbian” or “Bisexual”

“God-insulting grannies.”

By Carolyn Yates|May 29, 2015|14 Comments
Herstory

10 Theories About How Lesbians Have Sex From Straight People In History

“Probably the devil is involved”

By Carolyn Yates|April 3, 2015|51 Comments
Herstory

16 “Hard-Core Facts” About Lesbians From 1963’s “A New Look At The Lesbian”

Conversations among their own group consist of sexual gossip, certainly in excess of what we might have designated as “good taste.”

By Riese|November 14, 2013|65 Comments
Camp Health + Athletics

Listling Without Commentary: Shit You Weirdos Are Allergic To

“Fire ants, maybe.”

By Riese|March 12, 2012|138 Comments
Youth + Family

Listling Without Commentary: Responses From AS Writers to “What Was Your Best X-Mas Gift Ever?”

“A used, tag-less shopping bag from the ’80s wrapped in an empty used candy box wrapped in trash.”

By Laneia|December 27, 2011|63 Comments
Youth + Family

Listling Without Commentary: Sh*t Your Family Said Last Christmas

“What’s the next thing you’re gonna be telling us? That you’re a serial killer?”

By Riese|December 14, 2011|104 Comments
News + Politics

Listling Without Commentary: Excerpts From Past News Coverage of Herman Cain’s Campaign

“Cain later told Fox News that abortion should not be legal, but the family can make the decision to break the law.”

By Carmen|December 6, 2011|15 Comments
Business + Work

Weird Shit People Ask Me at This Dumb Restaurant Job

Ha ha! I’m quitting my job next month! Hahahahahaha!

By phoenix|November 24, 2011|108 Comments
Straddleverse

National Coming Out Day Listling Without Commentary: Selections From Your Coming Out Stories

“I’m gay, dipshit.”

By Riese|October 11, 2011|98 Comments
Business + Work

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

“Tried to find the place on a map, but apparently they’re stuck somewhere in 1956.”

By Riese|August 19, 2011|25 Comments
Television

Listling Without Commentary: Real L Word Recap Images Riese Asked Her Intern to Create This Season

“If you could take a ‘cap of Claire talking about that magazine stuff and then draw all over it to express how it makes me feel, I’d like that”

By Intern Grace|July 29, 2011|45 Comments
Straddleverse

Listling With Minor Commentary: 21 Words You Invented to Describe Autostraddle

If you make up a word, you don’t have to say “awesome.”

By Riese|June 22, 2011|51 Comments
Society + Culture

Listling Without Commentary: Rejected Liveblog Topics From My Personal Life

“A conversation I had in line at the post office about sex toys, which were in the opened-by-customs package I was picking up, and the reaction of the nice lady who handed it/them to me.”

By Carolyn Yates|June 1, 2011|35 Comments
Society + Culture

Listling Without Commentary: Headlines About Judgment Day

Is Harold Camping’s Doomsday Affecting Your Travel Plans?

By Riese|May 21, 2011|52 Comments
Straddleverse

Listling Without Commentary: Statements (NOT QUESTIONS) Left for Riese and Laneia on Formspring (Part #3)

“I’m high now and these pants are UNBEARABLE.”

By Laneia|May 20, 2011|44 Comments
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