Butch Please: Butch and Swag
It’s that tie-straightening and sunglass removal feeling.
IMPORTANT NEWS: Amber Heard Probably Dating Hot French Model Marie de Villepin
BREAKING: A number of sources have been reporting that Amber Heard is probably scissoring Marie de Villepin.
Formspring Friday: These Queers Desperately Need Your Advice Because We’re Stumped
Boys creating problems, exes who won’t own up to stuff, flirty best friends, and how to start checking your own privilege in the name love. It’s time to give advice to anonymous strangers on the internet!
Things I Read That I Love #59: That Cosmic Biblioteca Back Home
Topics include Good Will Hunting, the Zumba Instructor, holding gun stores accountable, the arcade, the facebook bus, Kozol, losing your library, Suze Orman and so much more!
Pretty Little Liars Recap 315: Mona-Mania Versus Spanking Spencer
This week Paige and Emily have a sleepover and Spencer does her very best to spank Mona. You don’t really want to miss this.
Bound and Determined: Coptic Book Binding For The Persistently Crafty
Hand-stitch a journal that’s cream of the Copt. Now with more video!
New X-Men Relaunch Will Feature an All Women Team, Albeit Still Drawn By Men
Jubilee is heading up a female superhero team. Yay!
9 Reasons More Guns In Schools Is An Idiotic Idea
74 percent of Americans think more armed security guards in public places would reduce mass shootings. I disagree.
What We Talk About When We Talk About Flogging
Gather ’round, queers, and let me tell you the tale of The Christmas Flogger. It is a tale of how my girlfriend and I negotiated, bought and learned to use our very first flogger.
Apply To Be Part of The Brown Boi Project, Shape the Future
The Brown Boi Project is a community of masculine-of-center human beings of color working toward racial and gender justice. You have until January 26 to become a part of it.
Maggie Keenan-Bolger On Being A Queer Lady In Musical Theater
There is a certain level of ostracism that happens when you realize you are different from most of your peers, and not that that can’t be played at by straight actors, it just feels even more gratifying when the actors of the characters you fall in love with have or are looking for female partners.
Brittani’s Video Party: Naya Rivera is a Sexy Scorpion and Kendrick Lamar Likes Cereal
A choreographer dances away from labels, an 11-year-old wants to play football in peace, Naya Rivera sings and Kendrick Lamar talks cartoons.
Utah School District Returns Controversial Lesbian Family Book To Shelves, We Win A Thing
Davis County, UT school board realizes that maybe letting books help teach students’ tolerance about same-sex families is actually an awesome idea.
Get Baked: Magnolia Bakery’s Famous Banana Pudding
When your friends try this they are going to tell you that you are a Baking Goddess and you are going to smile and nod, never letting on exactly how easy it is to make Magnolia Bakery’s famous banana pudding.
Also.Also.Also: This Is Not A “Super Sin” and Other Stories We Missed This Week
Miley Cyrus dreams of Katy Perry and pubic lice yearn for an unwaxed abode.
GLAAD Nominates Autostraddle.com For “Outstanding Blog,” Other Things For Other Awards
AUTOSTRADDLE HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A GLAAD AWARD! Other noms include Glee, American Horror Story, Degrassi, Mosquita y Mari and so much more!
Going Down (South): On Taking Your Sweet Time
Everything is slower in the South. I’m (slowly) realizing that this includes progress.
7 Videos That Have Something To Do With Destiny’s Child
Because without Destiny’s Child, there’d be no Beyoncé and how else would I have learned to crip walk? Also, something something Half Time show Destiny’s Child.
Almost Famous: Kings
“It’s the best whiskey-soaked campfire sing-along ever.”
Science Says Reading the Classics Makes You Smarter, Nicer, Better Overall
If you enjoy Shakespeare, other classical texts, and poetry, your brain has superpowers.