Lists/Top 10s

christmas

Autostraddle’s Ultimate Holigay Toolkit

A handy collection of our very best holigay content to help you make it through this special time of year. Good luck out there!

the team

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Nov 28, 2019

tv lists

Top 25 Most Egregious Acts of Queerbaiting on TV

“They murdered someone together which was sex. I don’t understand what’s confusing here.”

Heather Hogan

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Nov 25, 2019

tv feature

How To Name a Lesbian or Bisexual TV Character

“Start here: Franky. Frankie. Sounds good, right?”

Riese

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Nov 12, 2019

lgbt book reviews

8 Great Books About Queer Monstrous Women

“Books about *monstrous women* of all varieties. Softhearted giantesses, feral shapeshifters, malicious sea creatures, lonely gorgons. Women with the strength of gods, women with fangs and fur, women formed of…

Casey

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Nov 12, 2019

sex

10 Things I’ve Learned in 10 Years of Going to Play Parties

A play party is just like any other party — if it’s a good party, it’s probably a loud party, and if it’s a great party, it ends in an…

Ash Wilder

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Nov 4, 2019

recipes

5 Breakfasts to Impress Your Hookup Who Unexpectedly Stayed the Night, Dietary Restrictions and All

If you, like me, have incredibly niche neuroses and intensive caretaker concerns that include providing your hook-up a breakfast to remember (or at least sustain themselves), these five quick, low-maintenance,…

Shayna Maci

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Nov 1, 2019

movie lists

10 Horror Movies and What Type of Crush to Watch Them With

It doesn’t really matter what you watch as long as it has a few good scares. But why not bond with your crush over some very pointed queer horror? Here’s…

Drew Burnett Gregory

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Oct 31, 2019

the l word

Every L Word Sex Scene, Ranked

Our TV Team has expertly ranked all 111 sex scenes from legendarily sapphic series, “The L Word.” Which lesbian sex scene will rule them all??

Riese

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Oct 29, 2019

movie lists

5 Girl-on-Girl Vampire Relationships That Do More for Me than Willow and Tara’s

Five vampire couples who may not be safe to hang around when they’re hungry, but are pretty good girlfriends

BJ Colangelo

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Oct 24, 2019

halloween

10 Low-Key Horror Movies to Watch With Your Sensitive Butch Date

It’s officially October, which means it’s time to break out the horror movies. Here are a few suggestions to win over your summer crush that will be gone by spring.

danijanae

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Oct 23, 2019

movie lists

Gal Pals Without Benefits: Why Does Kissing Your Bestie Get You Killed in Horror Movies?

Using Barbara Creed’s ‘The Monstrous Feminine’ as a guide, I take you on a journey of exploration and analysis across the lethal lesbian kisses of horror history.

Raid

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Oct 22, 2019

halloween

8 Lightly Murderous Mythological Ladies to Dress as This Halloween

Why wear just one costume when October lasts an entire month? Halloween is for the queers, own it.

Siobhan

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Oct 17, 2019