Comedy Crush: Liza Dye, “SNL Ready”
New York comedian, actress, and impressionist Liza Dye talks about her Michelle Obama impression, all those “ready for SNL” lists, and Kanye West.
American Horror Story Episode 308 Recap: The Sacred Faking
“Apparently the witches’ journey to New Orleans was just like the Oregon Trail, only with less fiber and more smelly vaginas! This fucking show, you guys. This. Fucking. Show.”
These 2014 Autostraddle Calendars Are F*cking Beautiful
The 2014 calendars are here, they are gorgeous, you can purchase them, and I have the photos to prove it.
Captain’s Log: St. Vincent Is Back To Save The Universe
In which I tell tall tales of the various indie rock, electronic and pop siren songs I heard echoed across the ocean by a chorus of whales as I navigated the briny deep with a parrot on my shoulder and a dream in my heart.
Tired of Gravy? That’s Okay, Use Your Potatoes for Gnocchi!
Gnocchi! Learn how to pronounce it and all the delicious, delicious ways to eat it.
“In Our Own Voices”: Making Partner Abuse Resources Work for Queer Survivors
Organizations around the U.S. understand that the barriers queer people in abusive partnerships face are related to issues that are bigger than the relationship. They envision an end to all violence faced by queer people.
Party of Five: Emily Gould of Emily Books
“There’s something really magical about creating the job you want for yourself from scratch.”
Straddler On The Street: Vanessa
Straddler On The Street turns one year old today, so we captured Vanessa and insisted she let us interview her instead of vice versa like usual. The results are predictably full of floral print and feelings.
Sunday Funday’s Suffragist Cats Are Going Down Under
Let’s put the LGBT in D and go strolling through the snow.
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Will Define Sex However She Wants
This week on NSFW Sunday: science refutes slut shaming, trying Cosmo sex tips with your girlfriend, the attractiveness of vegetables, turning your sexts into short films and more.
Have A Slick Holigay: A Guide To Buying Lube For Yourself And Others
The kinds of things you should ask yourself when in the market for some lube. Plus product recommendations to get you started.
A 20th-Anniversary Interview With The Founders Of Babeland
“If we could each have authentic understanding and acceptance of our sexuality and identity, that would make a sex-positive world.”
Glee Episode 508 Recap: Previously Unaired Christmas Gets A Little Too Much Air
What drug were the Glee writers on while designing this year’s Christmas special? That question and more will not be answered in this week’s recap!
Herstory In Our Pants: The 1950s-Era Handy Hannah Vitalator
In the first edition of Herstory In Our Pants, we put herstory literally into our pants with a review of a retro vibrator.
The Comment Awards Are In A Holidaze
A dose of queer holiday cheer brought to you by cats in clothes and dykes on bikes.
Holigay Gadget Gifts for You and Yours
Here are a few ideas for the gadgety girrrls and bois among us (you know the ones? Those that already have all the gizmos and a bunch of accessories for them).
The Poet and the Scientist: The End of Road (For Now)
“We’ve traveled the great wide countryside, but there’s nothing like coming home.”
Evolution’s Rainbow: Joan RoughGarden Explores Queer Sex in Animals
Evolution’s Rainbow is both a catalogue of diversity across the natural world in sex, gender, and sexuality, and also an “indictment” of all academic fields for suppressing or ignoring the diversity that we see.
Holigay Gift Guide 2013: Finicky Feminists Want Books, DVDs, and Even Some Tees
What do you buy someone who fuels themselves only on the knowledge that the world is an inherently imbalanced structure built to take advantage of people made the most vulnerable by its constructs?
Things I Read That I Love #104: Drinking, Trucks, Girls, Hot Days, and Southern Nights
Topics include Joe Jonas, the Men’s Right movement, a serial killer, cystic fibrosis, teacher/student affair, the South Pole, Florida Georgia Line, sleeping pills, The Khmer Rouge and more!