read a f-cking book

Autostraddle’s International Staycation Spectacular

read a f-cking book

book lists

Nerdy Staycation: Books You Can Totally Complete In A Weekend

Recommendations include books with queer content, reads you might have missed in high school, and recent award nominees!

A.E. Osworth —

Mar 9, 2015

autostraddle book club

latina

lgbt book reviews

The Speakeasy Book Club #2: Come Talk About “Borderlands/La Frontera” With Us

“I didn’t want the only thing I had ever known to be taken away from me. So I ignored my desires in order not to lose everything I loved.”

The Speakeasy —

Feb 16, 2015

barbara smith

nonfiction

lgbt book reviews

Rebel Girls: Why You Need Barbara Smith and “Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around”

These shouldn’t be revelations. These should be the frameworks of our revolution.

Carmen —

Jan 21, 2015

autostraddle book club

latina

book features

Hey, Let’s All Read Borderlands/La Frontera by Gloria Anzaldúa!

Come join the Speakeasy Book Club as we quest for literary enlightenment and embiggen our collective minds.

Laura Mandanas —

Jan 6, 2015

comics/graphic novels

gender identity

lgbt book reviews

Read a F*cking Book: Liz Prince’s “Tomboy”

Liz Prince’s new graphic memoir Tomboy is a smart and outright cute exploration of girlhood by a girl who didn’t ‘fit’ but survived to tell the tale.

fonseca —

Jan 2, 2015

Caitlin Doughty

Claudia Rankine

book lists

Top 10 Queer and Feminist Books of 2014

Definitely read these books.

Ryan Yates —

Dec 29, 2014

audre lorde

autostraddle book club

lgbt book reviews

The Speakeasy Book Club #1: Let’s Talk About “Sister Outsider”

“Without community there is no liberation, only the most vulnerable and temporary armistice between an individual and her oppression.”

The Speakeasy —

Oct 22, 2014

interview

lost lesbian spaces

book features

If They Build A New Queer Bookstore, Will You Come

Listen up all queermos within striking distance of Philly! There’s a new bookstore coming your way — a very very queer bookstore with a café and art and all sorts…

A.E. Osworth —

Aug 6, 2014

Ann-Marie MacDonald

Caitlin Doughty

book lists

Read a F*cking Book: Late Summer Reading For Queers and Feminists

With new books by Roxane Gay, Hannah Hart, Sarah Waters, Radclyffe and more, there are lots of things to read and talk about.

Ryan Yates —

Aug 5, 2014

nonfiction

read a f-cking book

lgbt book reviews

Read A F*cking Book: ‘G.R.I.T.S.’ Is So Much More Than Food

This shiny new collection of queer Southern poetry and stories is guaranteed to stick to your ribs.

fonseca —

Jul 14, 2014

alison bechdel

Chinelo Okparanta

book features

2014 Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced, Include Alison Bechdel, Imogen Binnie And More

This year’s Lambda Award winners were announced yesterday evening and now it’s time to read ALL OF THEM.

Ryan Yates —

Jun 3, 2014

friday open thread

open thread

straddleverse

FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Books and Beer (or Tea, Whatever Pickles Your Cucumber)

What are you reading? What are you drinking? What did you do this week? Please leave all the comments and comment back and all the things and just be lovely…

A.E. Osworth —

May 16, 2014