Saturday Morning Cartoons: Better Than A Hoverboard
“You should’ve brought me a hoverboard.”
The Comment Awards Are Coming Out Swinging
One small step out of the closet, one fantastic step into internet lore.
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: What Are You Holding On To?
Stuff is just stuff. But sometimes some stuff is more. Let’s chat about it. What special trinkets and items are you holding on to? What do they mean to you?
Things That I Read That I Love #186: As If They Had Just Been Waiting For Us To Ask
Topics include not having children, Nicki Minaj, the black family in the age of mass incarceration, Bernie Sanders, Ina Garten, the Tonys, a gay commune and more!
12 Ways I’m Still a Total Punk After Becoming A Mom
I hold on to those principles of starving artist days past and strive to integrate them into this new realm of diapers, strollers, and temper tantrums
How To Look Like You Weren’t Just Crying
“I mean, not to brag, but I’ve probably cried more tears in the past year than some people manage to eke out in their entire lives.”
26 Fantastic Excerpts From Your Coming Out Stories
“I was sobbing continuously and finally blurted “I’m gay!” and then Skype, wonderful technology that it is, DROPPED THE CALL.”
Oh Hey, Brittani Nichols is Running Tig Notaro’s Twitter Today
I’ll see you in the faves.
California Hits It Out of the Park With New Laws Protecting Women, Gays, Trans People
Hillary has retracted her support of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, California has banned gay and trans panic defenses in court, a new poll about attitudes towards immigration, and more!
Follow Your Arrow: Coffee Roaster Tara Brown on Courage, Connections and Simple Pleasures
“A-Camp was sort of a turning point for me. We were talking about building a year-round Autostraddle community and it was decided that I’d be the coffee roaster. I was like, ‘Well, guess I better get good at this coffee roasting thing.’ You can’t have mediocre coffee in a queer commune. I started actually writing a business plan the next weekend.”
You Need Help: You’re Poly And Married And Want To Date
You can be poly and married and want to date, but no one will know what your deal is until you tell them, so tell them up front.
Where To Start If You’re A Tarot Newbie
Getting into tarot can be totally intimidating. Where do you start with learning the meanings of all of those cards? And how do you actually do a reading, anyway? And so forth! Here are some tips for getting started.
Gal Pals, Community, Money, Marriage, Bike-Riding and Acceptance Make LGBTQ Women Feel Healthier
Welcome to the first in a series of exciting discoveries from our survey of over 4,000 Autostraddle readers over the age of 29.
Y’All Need Help #2: You Can’t Avoid Your Ex Forever
Quick and dirty advice for a brand new lesbian in Chicago, a small town bird who’s ready to be in the same room with her ex, and someone who’s tired of being The Gay One. Get in here!
Missing Someone Gone While Raising Someone New
They call a child born after a loss a rainbow baby. The storm left a devastating aftermath, but this rainbow is bringing us daily joy.
No Filter: Amber Rose Slut Walks Right Into My Heart
Hannah Hart and Ingrid Nilsen dressed to the nines and staring adoringly at each other, Sara Quin playing fetch with cats and MORE.
The “Gay-to-Queer” TV Game, Ruby Rose’s Garden Party With Shane, ABC Family’s Brand New Name and Other Cool Stories
This is an especially wonderful fix, if I do say so myself: Ruby Rose & Phoebe Dahl have a dinner party, ABC Family changes its name, a new docuseries on QPOC in the deep south, an in-depth look at every TV show on a gay-to-queer scale, a hilarious interview with Julie Goldman & Brandy Howard, a new Hunger Games trailer, films that got LGBT history right and so much more!
Liquor in the Cider: A Snakebite
Autumn means hard cider, and (though I love cider) sometimes I find cider to be too sweet. That’s where a Snakebite is truly outstanding—the beer bitters up the cider as the cider sweetens up the beer, making the perfect combo.
“The Beginner’s Guide” Is Brilliant, Horrifying, Secretly Feminist
Want to be filled with awe and rage? I have just the video game for you.
Boob(s On Your) Tube: It Wasn’t a Dream! Annalise Keating is Bisexual!
ABC Family pulls the plug on Chasing Life, Callie and Arizona start dating other people, Carmilla ends with a swoon and a resurrection, and what the hell Lost Girl?