Results for: be the change
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A-Camp September Recamp #2: Blame It On The Altitude
On Thursday, geeks and introverts met each other, girls in white got wet, everyone got wild and we all had mature discussions about intense topics like gender and being a queer woman of color!
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TESTIMONY Exhibition Gets Born, Tells The Story Of Being Young And Queer
Were we ever so young? “Testimony” is here to tell us we were (and it was actually kind of okay.)
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You Are Not Alone: On Being A Queer Survivor
“I called it sexual assault at first. Sexual assault seemed less damning, less permanent.”
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Where the Shampoo Ends: Tame Your Mane with Pantry Supplies
It’s been six latherless months, but I still smell great.
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Help Kickstart Our New Webseries, WORDS WITH GIRLS!
As much as I love to complain while not doing anything to change the way things are, I put that aside to create a new comedy webseries about words and two girls that love them.
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B&B Stands for Bigoted & Bitchy When the Owner Hates Gay People
Innkeepers are using their title of Boss to freely discriminate against patrons and spew hate on religious grounds. Luckily brave individuals are calling them out and you can too.
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Totally True Tampon Tales!
Alex, Gabby and Riese share gripping accounts of their conversions to o.b.® tampons… with illustrations.
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Autostraddle’s Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide 2012: What We Want
This massive six-page guide is full of holiday gift ideas and wishes from your friendly neighborhood Autostraddle staffer! We think you’ll find it very useful and inspiring, much like Autostraddle itself. What is modesty?
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Autostraddle Calendar Girls 2013: Brittany is Miss July
Brittany is a caring nurse on her way to the top and a gymnast with a penchant for handstands. You’d better be able to throw a football!
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Art Attack! An Introductory Guide to Comics for Ladygays
The comics industry is a big, crazy, complicated, ever-changing world with a lot of history — and some of that history is about queer characters.
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Woven From Me: “Gender, Bespoke” Explores How Identity Creates Style
“For queer women, clothing is about much more than what you’re wearing. Clothing allows us to create an identity for ourselves—and to control how other people view us and consider us.”
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Todd Akin Is Terrible Tip of Terrible Iceberg That Is the Republican Party
Todd Akin is awful, but the idea of “legitimate rape” isn’t going to go away if he does.
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Young Conservatives for the Freedom to Marry: Gay Marriage is Family Values
“By taking out the ‘moral’ question of marriage equality and instead communicating it in Republican lingo itself, this campaign may have found a way to get someone to listen.”
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Sh*t People Say About Natural Hair, Mine and Others’
We need to talk about how we need to stop talking about Gabby Douglas’s hair, and also mine.
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Buckle Up and Bike In Style: The Autostraddle Helmet Guide
Get something stylish to keep that sexy little brain of yours safe.
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Queer Girl Hairstory: Our Hair’s Not So Straight Either Part 3
Remember what it felt like to finally stop wishing you were straight? Well, we’re in the same boat. Only this time it’s not us we’re talking about, it’s our hair.
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House Democrats Urge DHS to Explicitly Recognize LGBT Families Yet Again
One year since the Obama administration announced a verbal policy regarding protection for binational LGBT families, House Democrats say the administration has fallen short on its promises.
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Fundraising Update #1: Autostraddle Raises 40K In 21 Hours, Still Has 44 Fun-Filled Days Ahead
BASE GOAL MET. Now let’s see what we can do with the next 44 days!
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Republicans Continue to Waste Time, Money, Energy, Our Patience on Upholding DOMA
Kevin McCarthy is not going to let DOMA go, no matter how many federal judges tell him to.
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Schooled: Remember That Gay Teacher You Had?
Ever wonder what that teacher was thinking? How they handled being out at work? Or did you wish they were more out and outspoken? Here are three real-life queer teachers to give you a peek inside their teacher-brains!