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memoir

nonfiction

Jill Gutowitz's book cover for her debut essay collection Girls Can Kiss Now is dark purple with pink font and many line drawing illustrations of cool lesbians in the background

“Girls Can Kiss Now” and Other Realizations with Jill Gutowitz

We reviewed “Girls Can Kiss Now,” Jill Gutowitz’s debut essay collection about pop culture, the internet, growing up, and being very very gay. You’re gonna love it.

Vanessa —

Mar 8, 2022

gabrielle korn

memoir

The cover of Everybody (Else) Is Perfect repeated three times

literature

“Everybody (Else) Is Perfect,” Gabrielle Korn’s Debut Essay Collection, Examines the Media World She Helped Create

“Everybody (Else) Is Perfect” is a bold and complicated meditation on media, feminism, and the internet, written from the perspective of a thoughtful and deeply honest insider. It is also…

Vanessa —

Jan 26, 2021

death is sad

women in media

politics + activism

Phyllis Lyon, Incomparable Lesbian Civil Rights Activist, Has Died at 95

The Bay Area Reporter is reporting that Phyllis Lyon, lesbian activist and half of first legally married same-sex couple in California along with her wife Del Martin, has died in…

Rachel —

Apr 9, 2020

"personality cult"

team pick

community

Riese Bernard Has Always Been Our Queero So We’re Really Glad She’s Featured In Them’s Queeroes 2018 Series

“How many lives has Autostraddle changed? How many lives has it saved? Thanks, Riese.”

Vanessa —

Jun 21, 2018

body positivity

fat positivity

community

Fatventure Mag Is Here to Reshape the Way We Tell Stories About Fat People and Adventures

Fatventure Mag, a print and digital magazine, seeks to change the narrative about who deserves an adventurous life and who can tell stories about those adventures. The first volume is…

Vanessa —

May 30, 2018

lesbian webseries

Lists/Top 10s

tv feature

5 Steps for Making Your Gay Web Series Dream a Reality

Get that lesbian vampire space opera out of your head and onto the interwebs!

Chelsea —

Nov 7, 2017

alcohol

crime

comedy

Kathie Lee and Hoda Have Wasted Over 3200 Glasses of Wine on “The Today Show”

They don’t drink their wine.

Erin —

Nov 7, 2016

lost lesbian spaces

support indie media

society + culture

AfterEllen Is Shutting Down

AfterEllen’s contribution to lesbian and bisexual visibility is incalculable. Friday is the website’s last day.

Heather Hogan —

Sep 20, 2016

olympics

women in media

health

The Century-Old Art of Negging Women in Sports

The sexist coverage in Rio joins a rich tradition that dates back over 100 years.

Erin —

Aug 18, 2016

ghostbusters

kate mckinnon

film

Oh Neat, Another Man is Trying to Kill “Ghostbusters” Before Its Second Weekend

“The entire ‘Ghostbusters’ legacy is what’s at stake here.”

Erin —

Jul 19, 2016

daniel mallory ortberg

Lists/Top 10s

pop culture fix

(Some of) The Best of The Toast, According to Autostraddle

To The Toast!

Laneia —

Jul 1, 2016

elliot page

women in media

film

The Audience Is Everyone: An Evening with Ellen Page’s <em>Tallulah</em> and Women in Film

The more I look at film trends over these past social media-soaked years, the more I see the same pattern emerging. The films that end up doing well and making…

Isabel —

May 6, 2016