Bomb Girls 212: Feelings, Feelings Everywhere
This week on Bomb Girls, the sunshine is gone and nothing will ever be okay again.
Lez Liberty Lit #19: Strong Coffee, Stronger Bourbon
Queer Covers, Cristy C. Road, learning to be a lesbian writer in a feminist bookstore, Michelle Tea on trans* and bisexual representation and so much more!
Brittani’s Video Party: All About The Gays
A game show, a web series, and a set of interviews. All with or about gays. It’s a very queer party this week.
Really Powerful Theater: ‘Sans Merci’ Is Messy, Human, Incredible
This play kicks the living crap out of you while asking you to acknowledge the softest, sweetest, most vulnerable human parts of this world, and then it kicks you some more. I loved it.
A Prairie Homo Companion: Weather Watch Gender Presentation Fashion Crisis
I like to think my gender identity changes with the seasons. In the winter I can channel my great Canadian butch, and in the summer I can femme-it-up.
April Showers Bring May Flowers: Queer Ways to Wear Floral Prints
And what do May Flowers bring? Pilgrims and mini floral print fashions for grrls and bois!
You Should Go: Autostraddle’s Robin Roemer And Her Calendar Girls Are Putting On A Show
It’s the ‘Straddliest art show ever!
2013 Autostraddle Hot 100: Vote Your Pants Off For The Hottest And Coolest Queer Women In The Universe
It’s that time of year again, time to vote for the Autostraddle Hot 100!
Almost Famous: Jess Walker
Houston-based musician Jess Walker is a movie junkie and huge USWNT fan. She also writes impressive pop songs.
Also.Also.Also: Exploring Women(‘s Lives) and Other Stories We Missed This Week
Everything’s coming out gay!
Everybody Should Come Out, Or Not
Someone thinks Margaret Cho outed John Travolta, Fastrack thinks kids should come out, Ángeles Álvarez thinks lesbian politicians should come out, and now that Jason Collins is out, Andy West thinks everyone should come out.
Autostraddle Calendar Girls 2014: Parneet is Miss May
“I had shared a moment with myself that was loving and forgiving, and I found myself believing that I was enough.” We’re so excited to introduce you to Parneet! Lots of love here.
Ms. Fit Magazine: Finally, Feminist Body-Positive Fitness and Wellness
You should check out Ms. Fit Magazine. It’s inspiring, intelligent, positive and queer-inclusive.
I Went To Brooklyn Zine Fest, Had Feelings, Found Three More Zines You Should Read
“I think the way I felt here pretty much summarizes what Brooklyn Zine Fest is all about: the feeling that I have found my people.”
More Than Words: Dyke Pt. 1 — Baby Dykes
Was the world’s first dyke a snappy dresser, a 1st-century warrior queen, or a tiny antelope?
The Future of Gender Is the Present For Trans* Characters in SciFi Novels
What do the leading names in science fiction tell us about the future of gender?
Support Girls’ Activism and Sustain Our Feminist Future: Help SPARK Raise 10K!
Carmen’s Team Pick: I need your help to sustain girls’ activism and the future of feminism. Need I say more? Fine. Two words: Kate Nash.
Ontario’s New High School Gender Studies Class Will Probs Change The World
Ontario’s high schools will offer a gender studies class next semester.
Make A Thing: Geometric Glitter Garland
I’ve been really into geometric shapes and glitter lately and I’ve finally figured out how to combine the two without driving myself crazy.
12 Monumental Moments In Lesbian Blazer-Wearing History
Lesbians have always mastered the blazer, but this also means that we were especially vulnerable to the late ’80s-’90s terrible/AWESOME Blazer Situation. You know the situation I’m talking about.