Some Things: Surface Tension
“There is a point at which my body reaches maximum capacity for stress and responds to emotional stimuli, positive or negative, with tears.”
Femme Brûlée: Buttermilk Pancakes
If you could use a comfort food lift or a recipe to make your own memories with or you just love delicious breakfast carbs, I hope you’ll give these a try.
Boob(s On Your) Tube: It’s a Good Week For Queer Happy Endings on “Doubt” and “Stitchers”
Take a break from this hellscape of a week and swoon with some queer women who get their happily ever afters.
Things I Read That I Love #244: How We Want To Taste, How We Wish To Be Known.
Topics include women in the KKK, the Confederate flag, women’s magazines as aspirational employment centers, smartphones & teenagers, Captain EO, murder, the stories we tell ourselves and more.
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Blame It On The Eclipse
We can do this. I mean we can probably do this. I mean get in here and let’s do this together.
The Comment Awards Are Punching Nazis
I don’t know what to do with this week, so get in here and laugh with me.
Otheralls Are The New Overalls and They Are Seriously All Over
These ubiquitous denim suits have kept me walking around dazed and horny all summer, but I don’t even fully know what to call them.
We Love Lesbian TV Show “Take My Wife” and Will Give Up On Life Altogether If Season Two Isn’t Picked Up
Seeso’s shuttering puts “Take My Wife”‘s second season in jeopardy, which is bad news for fans of Cameron Esposito, Rhea Butcher, Brittani Nichols, Gaby Dunn, Tegan & Sara, Jen Richards, Clea Duvall and positive lesbian representation in general.
Queer Activists are Taking Down Racist Symbols in the South
“While there have been no arrests yet of the white supremacists who mercilessly beat a counter-protester in Charlottesville, there have already been at least three arrests for the removal of the Confederate monument in Durham, and two of them are queer activists of color.”
Interview With My Ex-Girlfriend: Kelly
“I think that’s a distinct problem that two women face. It’s that, first you’re friends with somebody. And you know you’re compatible. But you don’t know if you’re compatible just as friends or if you’re compatible as a couple because you care about each other.”
4 Tips for Dressing Dapper When You’re Petite
I’m supposed to be all suited up for work, but almost all dapper possibilities come from the men’s section, and are double my size.
“Tacoma” Isn’t “Gone Home” But It’s Got a Queer Couple and a Beautiful Story to Tell
In this world, Nat and Bert are women with their own unique flaws and strengths that have nothing to do with the fact that they are queer. They argue and they kiss and they laugh and they care very deeply about each other, all while trying to save the day in a life or death situation.
Lez Liberty Lit: Silent Book Club
A silent book club, women Vikings, small-press books out in August, Native people in literature, headless women on book covers and more!
Autostraddle Readers Get The Six Queercuts You’re Going To Want This Fall
Pixies and side shaves and short bangs, oh my!
You Need Help: You Can Want Sex Exactly as Much as You Want (or Don’t)
“Sex positive” doesn’t mean you have to have sex.
Pop Culture Fix: Shonda Rhimes and Netflix Are Teaming Up, TV’s About to Get a Whole Lot Gayer
There’s a lot of news in here! Alice Isn’t Dead is coming to TV and so is 2 Dope Queens. Shay Mitchell’s playing gay again. Anna Paquin joins Tell It To The Bees. Amandla Stenberg stars in The Hate U Give. St. Vincent is directing a brainbender. And so much more!
On The Upside, Texas’s Anti-Trans Bathroom Bill is Dead, So
During a never-ending cycle of negative news on our feeds, a failed discriminatory anti-trans bill is definitely something to celebrate.
8 Gayest National Holidays In August
Waffles are to pancakes as lesbians are to sex.
“The Bold Type” Episode 107 Recap: Bath Friends Forever
At the end of the day, Kat, Sutton, and Jane always have each other.
Foolish Child #29: The Case of Conditional Allyship
“You know they don’t like to be called white.”