Lez Liberty Lit #35: These Are Words
This week in lit: the best of the best of lists, holiday crafts with books you want to punish, digital national libraries and more.
La Virgen de Guadalupe: Brown Goddess in My Heart Forever
La Virgen de Guadalupe has always been dear in my heart and always will be, but the way I view her has changed throughout the years, through various lenses with different interpretations, including now as a queer woman.
Dear Queer Diary: Drop Everything and Read!
I don’t know whether it’s the snow that has begun falling in picturesque flakes outside my window or the blizzard of end-of-year lists on my Twitter feed, but it suddenly seems like ‘tis the season for curling up with a good book.
Homespun Love: Pour a Teacup Candle
Whether you’re living above the equator and could use a little extra light right now or chilling on the beach and need something to keep the bugs away, there’s a candle for that.
Australian High Court Shuts Down New Marriage Equality Law, Gay Marriages Declared Invalid
In extremely upsetting and infuriating news, Australia’s High Court has overturned ACT’s legalization of same-sex marriage.
Comedy Crush: Aisha Muharrar Loves Raisins and Apologizing
“Parks and Recreation” writer and terrible black best friend, Aisha Muharrar answers a few questions.
DeAnne Smith and Hot Yoga
“This is a ridiculous amount of sweat. I know this is hot yoga and everything, but how is there even this much sweat in me? How is this possible? This seems unsafe. Is this normal? Maybe I’m peeing. Am I peeing? How can there be this much sweat in a person? I think it’s pee.”
You Should Go: Travel Size Comedy Show
Caitlin Bergh and Brittani Nichols are hosting a new stand-up show in Los Angeles. Catch the first one this Friday at 8pm.
QUIZ: Which of Sleepy Hollow’s Mills Sisters Is Your Imaginary Girlfriend?
To help us through this difficult time, we turn to the time-honored genre as brought to us by such venerated texts as Seventeen and CosmoGirl: the quiz that promises to deliver your true “type.”
Queer Outfit of the Week: First Snow Day
What do you wear when you’ve got places to go and people to see but the first snow of the season is upon us?
Holigay Gift Guide 2013: Urban Explorers
A gift guide for city mice who miss the country. Terrariums, adventure kits, stargazing stuff, and more!
DIYke Club: Etched Glass Tumblers and Whiskey Neat
I mean really – who doesn’t feel like a baller sipping whiskey out of a personalized glass?
Holigay 2013 Gift Guide: Paint It Black
This guide is for the people in your life who are super enthusiastic about this colour; the metalheads and punks and goths, the artists and sad folk, those who can’t colour coordinate or those who can but prefer not to.
Also.Also.Also: Kathleen Hanna, Ellen Degeneres, and The San Antonio Four Walk Into a Pantene Commercial and Other Stories We Missed This Week
Feminist, gamers, and Bound 2 parody fans had a lot to rejoice about this week.
Two and Half Men’s Portrayal Of A Trans Woman Is (Shocker!) Not Respectful
On the latest episode of Two and a Half Men, Jon Cryer’s character starts dating a trans woman. Despite what you may have heard, their interactions are pretty much as disrespectful and tasteless as you would have expected from a show like this.
ChaosLife, Adorable Queer Couple Comic: The Autostraddle Interview
If you’re anything like me, you love to read comics about queer couples, weird cats and even weirder nature. ChaosLife covers all those bases and I chatted with the creators.
Edie Windsor Recognized On Time’s Person of the Year Short List
In turn, the “matriarch of the gay-rights movement” released a statement recognizing the gay community. Recognition all around!
Four Immigration Activists and UndocuQueers to Watch Out For
Many young activists are leading the charge for immigrant justice. As they come out for immigrant justice, many are also coming out as queer.
Autostraddle’s Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide 2013: What We Really Want
It’s everything we want this year! And probably a few things you want, too.
More Than A Minimum Wage: What Recent Protests Tell Us About Women’s Economic Justice
“This is the beginning of a war on an economy that makes certain people vulnerable so a select few can survive.”