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giveaway

read a f-cking book

book features

Read a F*cking Book GIVEAWAY: Write Bloody Wants To Fill Your Heart With Poems

Write Bloody Publishing is giving away a stack of books to two lucky Autostraddle readers!

Adrian —

Apr 29, 2014

canada

comics/graphic novels

lgbt book reviews

Read a F*cking Canadian Book, Eh: Diane Obomsawin’s “On Loving Women”

If you only have about an hour and you’re in the mood for pig-eared coming-out stories and illustrations of naked, horse-faced lesbian lovers lounging on vintage sofas drinking wine, On…

Malaika —

Apr 28, 2014

personal essay

read a f-cking book

pop culture fix

In Spring Love With These Three Books, Latinas in Media and Sister Spit

“Go see weirdos and women and everyone living on the fabulous fringes of society doing things, please. I’ll go with you. We can take all our boos, cats, and brujas…

gabby —

Apr 17, 2014

A.K. Summers

janet mock

book lists

Ten Books For Queers And Feminists To Read This Spring

Ten important queer and feminist books coming this spring.

Ryan Yates —

Apr 4, 2014

nonfiction

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lgbt book reviews

Read A F*cking Book: Sometimes Being Bad Is Good In “Southern Sin”

“Set in the land of deep-fried Christian morality, a natural tension is created in each one of the anthology’s 23 stories, making for a mostly sexy, sometimes terrifying, but always…

fonseca —

Mar 24, 2014

feminism

melissa gira grant

book lists

Read A F*cking Book: 5 Truths About Sex Work I Learned from “Playing The Whore”

It’s not up to just anyone. It’s up to sex workers to define their own destiny.

Carmen —

Feb 28, 2014

interview

memoir

lgbt book reviews

Read A F*cking Book: Denice Bourbon’s “Cheers!” Is All Booze, Burlesque, and Big Dreams

“Writing a Rita Mae Brown ‘Sudden Death’ or Jenny Schecter ‘Lez Girls’ was never an option.”

Carmen —

Jan 6, 2014

Amber Dawn

blue is the warmest color

book lists

Top 10 Queer and Feminist Books of 2013

Read these books.

Ryan Yates —

Dec 31, 2013

autostraddle book club

contest

lgbt book reviews

Autostraddle Book Club #7: Let’s Talk “Blue Is The Warmest Color” and Win an Autographed Copy!

Did you read the book? Now it’s time to join in the discussion! We have questions, you have answers, and hopefully additional questions. It’s a book club! Let’s go!

A.E. Osworth —

Dec 23, 2013

nonfiction

read a f-cking book

lgbt book reviews

Read a F*cking Book: Read Best Sex Writing 2013 Before 2013 Is Over

If I had to compare this book to a physical object, it would be a box of chocolates. But not fluffy, easy chocolates – I’m not talking Russell Stover, here.…

A.E. Osworth —

Dec 20, 2013

body image

interview

lgbt book reviews

With “Portable Homes,” Domestic Violence Survivors Reclaim Their Bodies

The second book to come out of the “Attention: People With Body Parts” project invites survivors of domestic violence to heal through discussions with their own body parts.

Kaitlyn —

Dec 10, 2013

autostraddle live

read a f-cking book

the scene

You Should Go: Queer Ladies Speed Dating At Strand Bookstore, Holiday Edition

We’re partnering with Strand Bookstore in New York City to host another round of Queer Ladies Speed Dating, right in time for the holidays! Our own Gabby and Katrina will…

Vanessa —

Dec 2, 2013