Lists/Top 10s

Lists/Top 10s

qpoc

beauty

4 Vivid Lipsticks I’ve Known and Loved

If it’s bright, deeply pigmented and under $10, I’ll usually give it a spin. After searching high and low for quality formulas in current colors, I’ve gathered some of my…

Lydia O —

May 8, 2015

critter corner

Lists/Top 10s

pets & animals

8 Videos About Bees You Could Be Watching Right Now

To prepare you for life on our radical separatist commune, duh.

Laura Mandanas —

May 7, 2015

fools journey

Lists/Top 10s

astrology, tarot & witchcraft

3 Tarot Spreads for Checking in with Your Relationships

This week, I want to share a few tarot spreads with you, which you can use to look at what’s going on with your relationships. Firstly with your one-to-one relationships,…

Beth —

May 6, 2015

Lists/Top 10s

movie lists

7 Rad Queer Women Characters of Black and White Cinema

There aren’t a ton of queer women in classic cinema, but the ones we do have are pretty amazing.

Sara Century —

May 5, 2015

excerpts from my super-secret diary

Lists/Top 10s

af+

13 Excerpts From Stef’s Super Secret 8th Grade Diary

“Life sucks.. I don’t know what to talk about. This journal is the absolute truth, and I have nothing to say. Sure, all the big stuff happened. I own a…

Stef —

Apr 30, 2015

Autostraddle Reader Data

gay statistics

sex

The 100 Most Ambitious Places You’ve Had Sex

“Lost in the Dole pineapple maze in Hawaii.” “On my back in a Corolla on a bridge in a Little Bo Peep costume.” “The aardvark exhibit at the zoo.”

Riese —

Apr 30, 2015

feminism

LGBT history

lgbt history

Rebel Girls: 7 Suffragists You Probably Didn’t Learn About in School

I wanted to take today’s lesson as an opportunity to totally school you on the suffrage comrades they didn’t teach you about in school, but there’s a ton, so I…

Carmen —

Apr 29, 2015

feminism

Internet Activism

geekery

For Us, By Us: These Apps Are What Happens When Girls #HackForGirlsRights

Girl coders from around the world accepted a challenge in February to design websites or apps that increase girls’ access to safe spaces online and in their physical communities. Here’s…

Carmen —

Apr 24, 2015

Lists/Top 10s

comedy

Pick A Take, Any Take

No matter what kind of take you were interested in on that issue — you know the one — you’ll find something that works for you here.

Rachel —

Apr 23, 2015

#buyindiebuyqueer

androgynous fashion

queer fashion

10 Tenderly Tomboy Moments From Evan Rachel Wood’s Collaboration With Wildfang

“Evan Rachel Would”? Damn right, Evan Rachel Would.

Lydia O —

Apr 21, 2015

Autostraddle Reader Data

greatest hits

sex

41 Feelings You Had About Scissoring

How many of you scissor on the regular? And how many of you remain convinced that scissoring isn’t real? Here’s what our Ultimate Lesbian Sex Survey revealed about everybody’s favorite…

Riese —

Apr 19, 2015

Daily Fix

disability

politics + activism

Five Reasons the Fight for $15 Matters for LGBT People

Raising the minimum wage is a critical piece in a complex puzzle of alleviating economic struggle for queer and trans people.

Maddie —

Apr 15, 2015