Laura Mandanas

Lists/Top 10s

nonfiction

lesbian sex

8 Exceptional Excerpts From “The Joy of Lesbian Sex”

“We have heard of a number of attempts to go down on a lover underwater, but apparently few women possess the breath-holding capacity to take their lover all the way…

Laura Mandanas —

Feb 22, 2016

friday open thread

open thread

straddleverse

FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Will You Attend A Spider Bake Sale With Me, Y/N

Come eat food made by spiders, for spiders, of spiders! No, just kidding. We’re just hanging out and chatting it up in this Friday Open Thread.

Laura Mandanas —

Feb 19, 2016

dessert

get baked with autostraddle

recipes

Get Baked: Homemade Sparkle Truffles

Because my main objective in life is to make things as gay as possible, I coated these truffles in a form of edible glitter known as “disco dust.”

Laura Mandanas —

Feb 4, 2016

environment

notes from a queer engineer

politics + activism

How Road Salt And Environmental Racism Caused A Crisis In Flint

How do we learn from this and prevent it from happening again?

Laura Mandanas —

Jan 20, 2016

food lists

45 Picture Perfect Pomegranate Recipes

According to our calculations, wherever you are in the world, today is a prime time to start collecting pomegranate recipes.

Laura Mandanas —

Jan 18, 2016

Lists/Top 10s

movie review

geekery

How To Blow Up A Planet And Other Highly Scientific “Star Wars” Theories

I’ve been reading quite a few fan theories and Poe/Finn pairings recently, but I won’t subject you to that (unless you want to talk in out in the comments, in…

Laura Mandanas —

Jan 6, 2016

jennifer lawrence

Lesbian Fashion

celebrities (vapid fluff)

13 Outfit Suggestions for Jennifer Lawrence to Achieve Her Dream “Slutty Power Lesbian” Aesthetic

Two bodycon dresses and a swimsuit does not a slutty power lesbian make. As a part-time slutty power lesbian myself, I’d be happy to help Jennifer Lawrence correct course on…

Laura Mandanas —

Jan 5, 2016

abby wambach

notes from a queer engineer

sports

World’s Best Soccer Players Endangered By Sexism, Artificial Turf

There are historical reasons why artificial turf has come to be used so widely, but very few of them have to do with improving gameplay.

Laura Mandanas —

Dec 23, 2015

alcohol

beer

food and drink

A Muggle’s Quest For The Perfect Mug Of (Alcoholic) Butterbeer

I’m not interested in the kiddie theme park variety made of cream soda and syrup from a squeeze bottle; I want hot, alcoholic, grown-ass woman butterbeer.

Laura Mandanas —

Dec 21, 2015

bisexuality

emoji

geekery

5 Feelings I Had About Emojis In 2015

“I love emojis,” I babbled at an attractive friend as we walked. “They’re either very clever or entirely inscrutable. Which is how I’d like to be at all times.”

Laura Mandanas —

Dec 17, 2015

advice

how to be gay

dating

You Need Help: Cat Whistling Your Queerness To Other Closeted Queer Ladies

Need help flirting “in a way that’s subtle enough to fly over a straight girl’s head, but be picked up on by LBPQ woman?” Read on!

Laura Mandanas —

Dec 16, 2015

hanukkah

holiday gift guide

christmas

Holigay Gift Guide 2015: For The Cat Lady Without A Cat

Standing in front of her mirror, Cat Lady frowns and arches her back. Her cat pasties grin goofily out at her. They’re amazing, and so are her cat socks. But…

Laura Mandanas —

Dec 10, 2015