team pick

AZMarie

gossip

celebrities (vapid fluff)

Raven-Symoné and AzMarie Are Basically The Cutest Thing Ever

Raven-Symoné AzMarie Girlfriends!!

Riese —

Sep 5, 2013

bitch magazine

team pick

pop culture fix

Team Pick: Bitch’s “Popaganda” Podcasts

Feminist takes on pop culture that will make your commute slightly less aggravating. Listen to what smart humans have to say about sexism in the tech industry, “hardwired” notions of…

Fikri —

Sep 2, 2013

team pick

sex

Team Pick: “All About Anal” Video Series

The Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health has your back.

Araguaney R. Da Silva —

Aug 29, 2013

race

team pick

politics + activism

Today Matters: Connect With The March On Washington

Fifty years ago today, an estimated quarter-million people gathered in the nation’s capitol for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

Laura Mandanas —

Aug 28, 2013

"personality cult"

serious business

comedy

Team Pick: “Dad Bingo,” A Bingo Game Invented By Rachel For Her Dad’s Upcoming Visit

“IS RUDE AND/OR DEHUMANIZING TO SOMEONE IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY” (What would you put on your Mom and/or Dad Bingo card?)

Riese —

Aug 27, 2013

Lesbian Musicians & Queer Female Artists

mary lambert

music

Team Pick: Mary Lambert’s “She Keeps Me Warm” Video Is So Queer And So Cute

Mary Lambert’s video for “She Keeps Me Warm” stars two queer women and was produced by an all queer, female crew. Plus: handholding in the backseat of a cab!

Vanessa —

Aug 26, 2013

autostraddle the actual website

team pick

straddleverse

Autostraddle Makes Refinery29’s “24 Best Websites For Women”

Refinery29 wasn’t thrilled with Forbes’ list of the top 100 websites for women (and really, who was?) so they decided to compile a list of their own. We’re proud to…

Vanessa —

Aug 26, 2013

online dating

team pick

comedy

Kristen’s Team Pick: DIY Dating Profiles Without All of That Pesky “Yourself”

Kristen’s Team Pick: Use a lorem ipsum generator to fill out your dating profile for when you’re too distracted by all of the potential boob dates to remember how to…

Kristen —

Aug 22, 2013

taylor swift

team pick

music

Team Pick: Taylor Swift Becomes Tegan & Sara’s Erotic Third, Many Lesbians Rejoice

Taylor Swift performed “Closer” with Tegan and Sara at a concert in LA last night and when Vanessa and Lizz saw the video they collectively died. You will too.

Vanessa —

Aug 21, 2013

novel

team pick

lgbt book reviews

Soap Opera + Clue + Lesbians = Mariel Cove Season 2, Your New Beach Read

Ali’s Team Pick: The content is very much Clue + Soap Opera, but the style recalls lesbian pulp + the final season of the L Word. I’m only on the…

A.E. Osworth —

Aug 14, 2013

team pick

websites we like

culture

Team Pick: qu.ee/r Magazine Wants Your Submissions, Ali and Hansen Are Editors!

qu.ee/r Magazine is a brand spanking new literary magazine accepting fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and visual art submissions both for their first issue titled “The Call to Adventure” and year-round!

Vanessa —

Aug 12, 2013

hannah hart

read a f-cking book

book features

Team Pick: Vaginal Fantasy Discusses “Tipping The Velvet” With Hannah Hart

Felicia Day, Hannah Hart, and your other favorite geek girls are talking about Tipping the Velvet!

Laura Mandanas —

Aug 9, 2013