It’s Here: International Autostraddle Meet-Up Week Starts Now!
TIME TO GO MEET THE GREATEST PEOPLE IN THE UNIVERSE! WELCOME TO THE SECOND ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL AUTOSTRADDLE MEET-UP WEEK(S)!
Be a Human: Helping People Through Trauma When You Don’t Know What To Say
At some moment in your life, you will be in a room with someone who is disclosing to you about their trauma. You are not going to be a counselor, you are going to be just another human in a room.
GLAAD’s “Where We Are On TV” Shows Best Place To Be On TV Is Behind The Camera
“Where We Are On TV” has some promising and not-so-promising numbers for queer women on the teevee, and also raises some questions about how we quantify “representation” in the first place for all groups.
Brittani’s Video Party: Disney Princesses Release Outtakes from Failed Pilot
Disney princesses are back in a new webseries, Erika Linder is dreamy in a music video, Tig Notaro could have been on primetime television, and a mockumentary webseries about two trans* guys.
Also.Also.Also: Ramming Lesbian Girl Scout Cookies Down Your Throat and Other Stories We Missed This Week
The weed fairy’s coming, Colorado’s in the doghouse, and there’s a straight chick making a living as a male model. Or something like that. I was too busy licking the lesbianism off of my Samoas, actually.
Jillian Tamaki’s SuperMutant Magic Academy Is Just Like Your High School, But With Added Absurdity
SuperMutant Magic Academy is weird. It’s not just weird, it’s often times so completely bonkers, but definitely in the best way possible. And despite (or perhaps because of) that absurdity, it’s also completely relatable.
Queer Outfit of the Week: Fall Foliage Walk
Dig out your favorite summer dress and revitalize it for a nice long autumn stroll in the crunching fallen leaves!
The Women’s Libation Movement: Oregon’s Full Sail Brewing Co. Makes An Actual Feminist Beer
“My beer defies the traditional expectations of a ‘girl’s beer.'”
Almost Famous: Eb Tonkin, Jack Counteract
Like a mix of Pennywise, H2o and Rise Against, but with a singer who’s an Australian plumber.
5 Fisting Tips For A Happy (Belated) International Fisting Day!
Because every day should be International Fisting Day.
High Femme: Elevate Your Smoking Situation, With Accessories!
I want to focus on those extras that make our lives that much easier. So I’m submitting, for your education and approval, the top five must-have smoking accessories!
Make A Thing: Learn How To Crochet, Knit, Embroider and Cross Stitch!
Crochet, knit, embroider and cross stitch your hearts out.
Idol Worship: An Alanis Morissette Feelings Atrium
A thank you letter to my mother, Alanis Morissette, and the nineties. Sort of.
Mattes, Metallics, and Other Fall 2013 Makeup Trends (for Brown-Skinned Folk)
Are you tired of flipping through fashion magazines and reading through makeup trends posts only to find that the looks are designed for white women? I’ve arranged some fall makeup looks designed for darker skinned women.
20 Things You’d Find In A Real Lesbian Haunted House
Paper mache’d wombs and emasculation stations are great and all, but what if there were a haunted house that was just filled with a fuckton of things lesbians are terrified of?
Poetry After Dark: Pure (Sex) Poems from A-Camp 4.0
If there’s anything y’all love, it’s sex and pure poetry. So obviously, both took center stage at A-Camp. Here’s a selection.
UPDATE: Thanks To You, Carly And Robin Will Be Creepy, Kooky, Mysterious, Spooky, Et Al
As my fellow writers and I watched incredulously in a moment many likened to the millennial New Years’ ball drop, 500+ dedicated queermos and their friends signed my change.org petition!
More Than Words: Which Witch is Which?
“[No one can break] the spell laid by language on this word.” Happy Halloween, witchez.
Listling With Brief Commentary: 53 Fried Foods I Didn’t Eat At The Texas State Fair
I went to the Texas State Fair and all I got was a lousy turkey leg.
The Poet and the Scientist: Deep In My Heart, In Texas
After our little trip to the big easy, we were ready to relax, get back on budget, and try some real Texas barbeque!