Youth + Family

Team Pick: “Dad Bingo,” A Bingo Game Invented By Rachel For Her Dad’s Upcoming Visit

“IS RUDE AND/OR DEHUMANIZING TO SOMEONE IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY” (What would you put on your Mom and/or Dad Bingo card?)

Arts + Pop Culture

Listling With Brief Commentary: Headlines For Posts That Neglecters Of Queer Women’s Websites Must Think We Write

“Eight New Kinds of Dildos For You To Gay Marry”

Straddleverse

Meet Autostraddle’s Brand New Associate Editors!

Laura’s going to Law School so she won’t be Associate Editing anymore — let’s reflect upon Laura’s awesomeness and welcome our TWO brand new Associate Editors to The Team!

Straddleverse

Meet Autostraddle’s New Moderator Army

Have you been wondering who these pieces of heaven are? Wait no longer.

Music

VIDEO: Brittani Nichols Releases Video for “Tandem Ride,” Furthers Excitement for Upcoming Rap Career and World Domination

The song is part of her upcoming and much-awaited mixtape, “Spirit Finger Gazebo,” which until recently often felt like a distant dream.

Music

This Letter Crystal Sent Me About Meeting Tegan and Sara

“All I really wanted to do was shake the Tegan and Sara’s hands. That’d be enough. Unfortunately, it’d also only take 10 seconds. I’d have at least 80 seconds left to fill.”

Straddleverse

15 Funny Things Rachel Said Recently

“five years from now when i’m living in a tree writing tracts about how monsanto is part of the illuminati cabal on recycled seventh-generation paper bags, you can pinpoint this as the moment it started.”

Camp Fake News

Introducing B-Camp

If you didn’t make it into A-Camp, there’s still a bright beaming ray of sunshine on your horizon and it’s called B-Camp! BRING YOUR OWN PROPS AND HAIR CRIMPER.

The Scene

Time Out New York Wants You To Date Gabby

Vanessa’s Team Pick: Time Out New York magazine thinks you should date Gabby and obviously we wholeheartedly agree.

Straddleverse

Most Underrated Posts of 2012: The Best In Non-Required Reading

Perhaps you have overlooked some of the many beautiful amazing posts we churned out this year.

The Scene

Carly and Robin’s Wedding Was, In Fact, Too Adorable For Words

I’d like to share with you the wedding album of one much-beloved Carly / DJ Carlytron Usdin and Photographer-to-the-Stars Robin Roemer, co-starring Arthur the amazingly statuesque dog and made possible by Kelly Kollar.