Results for: be the change
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26 Really Special Ways You Described Your Relationship Status In The Autostraddle Reader Survey
“I am so alone please send cats”
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27 Cupcake Situations That Do Not Include Box Mix
27 Cupcakes: Just like that movie 27 Dresses, only way more edible and satisfying.
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I’m Not Mad, Just Disappointed: Where Are The Women of Google’s Project Ara?
The idea of a modular phone is really amazing, but there is something conspicuously absent from Google ATAP’s Project Ara press.
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Faking It Episode 201 Recap: It Wasn’t A Phase, Mother
This week on “Faking It,” Amy woke up in bed with Liam, Tommy spills Lauren’s secret, and Karma waterboards Amy’s heart! Welcome back!
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Also.Also.Also. Janet Mock is Re-Queering Documentaries and Other Stories We Missed This Week
It’s TIME to recognize super cool artists and activists, fight the wrongful imprisonment of transgender youth, and watch some neat documentaries.
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Liquor On The Mountain: How To Taste Beer
See, swirl, sniff and sip!
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Orphan Black’s Delphine and the Dangers of the Bisexual Femme Fatale
“For the duration of the plot so far, Delphine’s bisexuality is the premise for the moral tension that she causes, and a key to the danger that she poses to Cosima.”
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Carmen Carrera and Tyra Banks Are Making A Docuseries About Trans Women
Carmen Carrera, a transgender model and activist is set to star in a brand new docuseries about a group of young trans women living in Chicago. The series, produced by Tyra Banks, will debut its eight hour-long episode run on VH1 in late 2014 or early 2015
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Things I Read That I Love #123: I Am Not A Melodramatic Person.
Topics include Clueless, wounds and self-denial, cults, Vera Nabakov, the Top Chef cruise, a botched rape investigation and more!
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First Ever “Lesbians Who Tech” Summit Proves That Nerdy Ladies Get Shit Done
The Lesbians Who Tech Summit was awesome, is a way to combat sexism and also meet adorable nerdy gays.
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Orphan Black 206 and 207 MegaRecap! Road Trip to Family Day and Beyond
Welcome to a deluxe two-in-one review of the sixth and seventh episodes of season two of Orphan Black! These would have been up sooner, but things like A-Camp, A-Plague, and A-Pain of Returning to the Hetero World have sidelined me. So what did I miss? ALL THE THINGS, apparently.
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You Need Help: You Fell In Love With A Girl and It’s Exploding Your Whole Life
So you fell in love with a girl and it upended your life with family, kids and religion. What now?
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Want to Support the Women of the Trans 100? Here’s How.
I spoke with Janet Mock, Imogen Binnie, Fallon Fox, Bailey Jay, Geena Rocero, Angelica Ross, Sarah McBride and more women from the Trans 100 to find out how to best support the women on this list and trans women in general.
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Without a Safety Net: Talking Women-Owned Tech Startups with Section II’s Allie Esslinger
“Start-up culture is odd. There’s a lot that I struggle with — it’s not something particularly designed for anyone who isn’t already privileged. It’s hard to go into it without a safety net. There’s a certain element of romanticizing struggle that is hard to internalize as a woman, a queer woman, and/or a woman of color. “
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Trans Teen Girl Remains in Adult Prison Despite Not Being Charged With A Crime
Despite being only 16 years old and charged with no crime, a young transgender girl is being shuffled around in a Connecticut adult prison.
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Brittney Griner, Gabourey Sibide, and Cara Delevingne Have The Perfect Pet Name for You This Sunday Funday
We’re getting ready for a really gay mother’s day with a tiny-ass deer. Don’t miss it!
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Take the Lead: A Beginner’s Adventure at Queer Tango Festival
“Trying to be cool about it, I stood next to a woman with gravitas who immediately turned to me and asked me to be her partner. She told me she’d been dancing tango as a follow for three years and was now learning to lead. And so yours truly, a middle-aged butch dyke, happily took the position of follow to a 20-something lead in an A-line dress.”
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The Fosters Episode 201 Recap: Things Unknown
The Fosters is back! You’re excited. Let’s talk about it.
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Science Will Not Save Us: Medicine, Research Ethics, and My Transgender Body
“The growing “body of evidence” emerging from biological and medical research, according to some commentators, speaks loudly and clearly: transgender people exist, science says. Of course, we already knew that… Any responsible approach to folding science into advocacy efforts should not only understand what scientific research says, but how and why it came to say what it does.”
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Impress and Feed Everyone Around You Without Going Broke or Insane (the Secret is Potstickers)
Excitedly bought an unnecessary amount of mushrooms at the farmers market but now you aren’t sure what to do with them? Stir-fry that shit with a little soy sauce and some chili paste and put it in a potsticker.