Everything Is Queer Community: Instagram, the Void, and #SoftEggContent
Why did we all want to share this thing? What made some videos so appealing? Why…are we like this?
The Newbie’s Gentle Guide to “Doctor Who”
If you’re overwhelmed by Doctor Who’s 50-year history but want to get into it for the first time for the first woman Doctor, this guide’s for you!
The Real-Life LGBT Outlaws of the American West and Writing Queerness Back to Historical Fiction
Each of these small bits of history made me hungry for more information, and brought home how many stories — especially those about queer folks — have been lost, compared to those few that have survived. I wanted to imagine queer people where they must have been, in shipyards and customs offices and coastal boom towns. I wanted them to be in love, to be gender outlaws and survivors, to triumph.
One Pen to Rule Them All: Our Favorite School Supplies
Raise your hand if you will buy all the school supplies whether or not you’re actually in school at the moment.
Harlots’ Season Two Is Queer, Here, and Transcendent
Harlots’ second season has five queer women and a story that proves sex worker narratives are uniquely capable of illuminating the restless, uncomfortable gender dynamics and power structures that may experience shifts in style or public acceptance, but never by degrees of import or influence.
How to Behave at Boarding School
“Boarding school teaches self-possession repeatedly and thoroughly, because it teaches you how to be in control when you’ve made every effort to be out of it.”
You Can Leave Your Partner Who Scares You
“I’ve been dating this person for four years who is genuinely the light of my life but has some anger management issues. Though they would never, ever turn that anger towards me, it still terrifies me just witnessing it. They are aware of it, but I don’t think they’ll ever go to therapy about it. They don’t really want to even though they acknowledge it’s a problem.”
Princess Bubblegum and Marceline Smooch On-Screen, Live Happily Ever After in the “Adventure Time” Series Finale
Adventure Time’s hour-long finale, “Come Along With Me,” was everything I hoped for (and more) — it was weird and sad and silly and funny and harrowing and so quietly profound I’ll be thinking about it probably forever.
Pop Culture Fix: Kristen Stewart’s Screenwriting Debut Includes Line “Her Hand In My Wide-Open Cunt” and Other Stories
Topics include Kristen Stewart’s take on women’s sexuality, “The Purge” kicking off with a bisexual threesome, Hayley Kiyoko’s ModCloth campaign, Lily Allen’s “seeing female sex workers” phase, “Law and Order: Hate Crimes,” Cynthia Nixon is not Miranda, Lauren Jauregui’s NYLON cover and so much more!
9 Tips for Surviving Grad School With Mind and Body Intact
It’s easy to get caught up in how difficult grad school is, and to use that difficulty as an excuse to slack off on taking care of yourself, but the skills you build now will follow you into your career. It’s more important than ever to really make time and space for YOU, and I don’t just mean bubble baths.
Oh, Hey! It’s Alyssa #55: Conflation
Why push each other down when we all need some heavy lifting?
No Filter: Hayley Kiyoko Stars in My Imaginary Remake of “Children of the Corn”
Come for the Lindsay Lohan awkwardly dancing in Mykonos content but stay for the picture of Janelle Monáe biting coyly into an olive.
VOTE NOW in Autostraddle’s Inaugural Gay Emmys!
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences — like Hollywood itself, and mainstream TV criticism — continues to be dominated by a voting block of mostly straight white men. So, for the first time ever, we’ve decided to host our own Autostraddle TV awards to coincide with the Emmys.
Squirting 101: Soak Up the Pleasure, Soak Up the Fun
The thing is, there’s no RIGHT way to squirt or to get someone to squirt. There’s no one trick that gets every person, without fail, to magically ejaculate like a pro. That said, here are some places you can get started in trying to hosting your very own water show.
The Nothing Between Your Legs
“She’s a tomboy,” your mother says, frustrated. “I’m sure she’ll grow out of it when she gets interested in boys.” “More dolls,” repeats Mrs. Morris. They plan to doll this little problem out of you.
“In Intimate Detail” Is the Singular Guide to Lingerie – and It’s Queer-Inclusive
“I’ve had conversations with brands where they’ve been very explicit about who their customers weren’t. They weren’t plus size people. They weren’t queer people. They weren’t people of color. And those attitudes affect me as well as a black, queer woman.”
For Your Consideration: Ignoring Someone You Run Into
Is it cold to ignore or avoid someone from your past when you cross paths? Maybe! Does it also often feel a whole lot better than engaging? Hell yeah!
“Wynonna Earp” Episode 307 Recap: Haught for Sheriff
Wynonna gets to know her sister’s girlfriend a bit better as her and Haught run around town getting into all kinds of hijinks.
Don Draper vs Jenny Schecter: The Sexist Battle of the TV Anti-Heroes
Even now, almost a decade after The L Word’s final season, with LGBTQ+ representation at unprecedented heights, we still hold Jenny Schecter up as our ultimate villain. Her name is a curse, a swear, a shortcut for derision. She is a model of bad behavior.
Queering the Jewish Holidays: How I Celebrate Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur
Apples! Honey! Vision boards! Fasting! Resolutions! Let’s talk about how we celebrate the Jewish High Holidays.