Slow Takes: “In My Skin” and the Value of Second Chances
The second and final series of In My Skin is one of the best seasons of television I’ve ever seen.
Very Special Gay Episode: In 1986, Golden Girls Created the Most Enduring Lesbian Joke on Television
10 years before Ellen, 25 years before Santana (and if you’re keeping track — 35 years from today), Blanche Devereaux launched the joke that just will not die.
Style Thief: How To Dress Like Taissa From “Yellowjackets”
Rock teen Taissa energy by day and adult Taissa energy by night.
Quiz: Which “Yellowjackets” Character Are You?
What choices would YOU make if you existed in the season’s buzziest 90s teen girl survival horror show?
10 Yellow Jackets I Want to Wear While Convincing People To Watch “Yellowjackets”
Consider this your reminder to get caught up on “Yellowjackets” but also your reminder that coats are a fun fashion staple.
There’s Something About a Stud With Dimples
I love Black butches. Studs. Masc folks. I love them when they’re quiet and when they are loud. I love it they are soft — and when they are hard. Just a whole Dr. Seuss rhyme of loving them.
There’s Something About Bookish Men I Can Step On
Let’s just {redacted} on top of a pile of demonology books?
Everything You Need to Know About “Sex and the City” to Watch “And Just Like That”
Not like you NEED a need backstory to enjoy Sara Ramirez strutting around in a suit.
What’s My Type? I Dunno, You Tell Me!!!
Consider this an interactive entry in this series
There’s Something About a Scary Woman With Questionable Morals
Especially one who probably wouldn’t let me top her.
Lena Waithe on “Twenties” and the Highs and Lows of Being Black, Queer, and Masc in Hollywood
“And the truth is, this is what I’ll say, if people don’t show up for Twenties, it will go away.”
JoJo Siwa Didn’t Win DWTS, But She Remains the Housedyke’s Favorite
I do wonder if it was all a bit too gay too soon for JoJo to win. It’s pretty incredible that despite knowing how many people would be up in arms about a same-sex pairing, no-one on the show ever shied away from foregrounding it at every given opportunity, which is a win in itself.
There’s Something About a Vulnerable Bad Boi With a Troubled Past
Would I make the mistake of falling for a Shane-type? Sadly yes.
There’s Something About a Commanding But Goofy Tomboy
Someone who stands up to meanies and also had a silly side has always done it for me.
I Can’t Believe Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop Sex Show Actually Self-Helped Me
The Goop sex therapists’ techniques range from having the couples crawl around sniffing each other’s butts to exploring a handcrafted vulva model to that thing Bette Porter did with Candace the Carpenter in season one of The L Word where she had psychic sex with her using just her brain and her horniness.
On Blackness and “The L Word: Generation Q”
Black queer people are in this community. Trans queer people are in this community. And we deserve to get lost in a good time, too. We deserve fun, messy, sexy storylines. Just as much as any cis white woman over 50.
4 Autostraddle Writers Play a Non-Lethal Version of “Squid Game” — Kind Of
I have eaten a lot of squid! But I think batter can hide a multitude of sins. And also the real body shape of a squid.
“The Circle” Season 3: If Your Quarantine Life Was Suddenly a Game Show
“Sometimes everybody is so stupid I just want to scream!”
Dua Saleh on “Sex Education,” Cal’s Sexuality, and the Trans Language Barrier
“It feels really good and kind of dreamlike that this was my debut role.”
Presenting the Winners of the Fourth Annual Autostraddle Queer TV Awards!
We love queer television because television brings us together, and nothing better defines that spirit than this little homegrown awards contest.