Autostraddle.com

also.also.also

link roundup

Also.Also.Also: #Dykes4Roman Said Gay Rights and Shallot Pasta

Accepting Alison Roman’s culinary authority. Also: Zoom is the hottest dance club, celebrity culture is burning, and YA Books to celebrate Transgender Day of Visibility.

Carmen Phillips —

Mar 31, 2020

In Another World

issues

For Queers, by Queers, in Strait-Laced Boston

There’s a staunch Puritanical and traditionalist bent that persists in New England, now resulting less in atrocities like the perennially invoked Salem Witch Trials and more in people being doggedly…

Chaya Rusk —

Mar 31, 2020

In Another World

queer theory

issues

Enduring “Straight Time” to Build Our Own Radical Queer Utopia

The world tells us that we should not want anything beyond what is here and now, right in front of us, but what’s in front of us is violent and…

Nik Valdez —

Mar 31, 2020

'zines/magazines

covid-19

society + culture

Ohio Loses Prizm Magazine, the State’s Last LGBTQ+ Publication, in Wake of COVID-19

It’s a tragedy when any publication shuts down, but for the state of Ohio, Prizm Magazine was the lifeblood of the LGBTQ+ community in an area still lacking statewide LGBTQ+…

BJ Colangelo —

Mar 31, 2020

memoir

nonfiction

lgbt book reviews

Samantha Irby’s “Wow, No Thank You.” Masters the Art of Self-Deprecation

Irby evokes Nora Ephron in her latest essay collection.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Mar 31, 2020

covid-19

donald trump

politics + activism

Extra! Extra!: The US’s COVID-19 Cases Peak as Stimulus Package Passes; Here’s All That Explained

This is the week that the US finally reached the top of the global rankings in terms of number of confirmed cases; Congress just passed a stimulus package the likes…

the team —

Mar 30, 2020

sue perkins

tv reviews

“Hitmen” Review: Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins Trade Poached Pears for Contract Killing in This Silly Comedy Series

With a high focus on the banter between the two, it’s perhaps only the absence of Sue’s trademark lesbian blazer and Mel’s trademark not-lesbian blazer that nudges our subconscious to…

Sally —

Mar 30, 2020

killing eve

link roundup

pop culture fix

Pop Culture Fix: “Killing Eve” Is Coming Back Early, a Little More Sapphic Stalking as a Treat

Rebecca Sugar on the Steven Universe finale, Kim Raver on Teddy Altman’s bisexuality, good news for One Day at a Time, how the coronavirus is affecting the fall TV pilot…

Heather Hogan —

Mar 30, 2020