Also.Also.Also: Megan Thee Stallion Launches Mental Health Site for Hotties, “Bad Bitches Have Bad Days, Too”

Photo of Megan thee Stallion, who started the new mental health site Bad Bitches Have Bad Days, Too, by Shirlaine Forrest/WireImage

I had a really gorgeous day today that involved Apple Cider and buying all the Pumpkin Spice things from Trader Joe’s that I could have. I’m wishing you similar fall peace this weekend (and if you are in the path of Hurricane Ian or any of this worldwide epic flooding, I’m wishing you safety on top of that).


Queer as in F*ck You

I love this. I love it so much. I love it with everything I have.

Megan Thee Stallion Launches Mental Health Resoures Site For The Hot Girls. Megan thee Stallion, who’s been open in the past about her own depression, especially following the death of her mother and her survival of domestic abuse situation, has started a mental health resources site that’s directed for her fans. And sure, on its face, a lot of celebrities have done similar ventures, but mental health care is still rarely talked about in Black women’s communities and we know that for bisexuals in particular, there are statistically high rates of depression. When you put those two things together, what Megan is doing in this moment, the small ways that she’s taking mental health care and giving it life in the language of her communities? Whew. Here’s the site directly: Bad Bitches Have Bad Days, Too.

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Alex Scott Opens Up About Falling in Love With Ex-lionesses and Arsenal Teammate. “BBC sports presenter and pundit Alex Scott recalls a past love affair with England’s second-highest goalscorer and former Arsenal Ladies player Kelly Smith.”

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Georgia Lawmaker Comes Out as Nonmonogamous: ‘I’m in Love With Two Wonderful People.’ “Atlanta City Council member Liliana Bakhtiari, the first queer Muslim person to be elected in Georgia, has two partners, and the three of them plan to build a family.”


Saw This, Thought of You

Vibrating Butt Toys Are Exactly What Chess Needs. I’m gonna go with… yes.

How to Help Those Impacted by Hurricane Ian

Ok so I didn’t know that there was going to be an Interview with the Vampire tv show? How did I miss this? And it’s! going to be! gay! ‘Interview with the Vampire’ Offers a Dark and Delicious Revision To A Familiar Story

Instagram Food Is Having a Vibe Shift


Political Snacks

Pakistan’s Biblical Floods and the Case for Climate Reparations “Isn’t it time for rich nations to pay the communities that they have helped to drown?” Yes. Yes, it really fucking is.

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Carmen Phillips

Carmen Phillips is Autostraddle's former editor in chief. She began at Autostraddle in 2017 as a freelance team writer and worked her way up through the company, eventually becoming the EIC from 2021-2024. A Black Puerto Rican feminist writer with a PhD in American Studies from New York University, Carmen specializes in writing about Blackness, race, queerness, politics, culture, and the many ways we find community and connection with each other.  During her time at Autostraddle, Carmen focused on pop culture, TV and film reviews, criticism, interviews, and news analysis. She claims many past homes, but left the largest parts of her heart in Detroit, Brooklyn, and Buffalo, NY. And there were several years in her early 20s when she earnestly slept with a copy of James Baldwin’s “Fire Next Time” under her pillow. To reach out, you can find Carmen on Twitter, Instagram, or her website.

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1 Comment

  1. everything i come across about the scandal rocking the elite chess scene (which, talk about top-tier introductory clauses) is just one more ‘sure, this might as well happen’ after another, so sure! they were cheating via vibrating butt toys that telegraphed ideal moves! why not!

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