Things I Read That I Love #27: What Have We Done
Topics include tattoos, an ultra-Orthodox anti-internet rally, memes, Noomi Rapace, food stamps, inequality, and travel photography!
Unicorn Plan-It Needs Your Music, Sweet Music
Unicorn Plan-It wants to see your name in the music credits for season two!
VIDEO: Michelle Obama Questioned About Same-Sex Marriage, Answers Correctly
“For Barack and me, it really comes down to the values of fairness and equality that we want to pass down to our girls.”
Autostraddle Calendar Girls 2013: Mollie is Miss June
Mollie is a voice for Marriage Equality, she’s starting a nonprofit to promote positive visibility of the LGBT community and she has an interesting tattoo. Oh, yeah, and she’s pretty smokin’ too.
My Drunk Kitchen Likes Girls and Grills
“I shoulda bought this chicken a drink first.”
New Music: A New Single From Clinical Trials Is Free For You!
Two-piece rock-electro-grunge outfit, Clinical Trials, have a little gift for you.
The Invention of the Book, and Also Douglas Adams
Carolyn’s Team Pick: Books, Douglas Adams, and killer animation? Yes please.
The Last Thing I’m Ever Gonna Write About Dharun Ravi
Dharun Ravi has issued an apology in which he failed to actually apologize for anything, but maybe we need to look at the big picture and the scary numbers now, instead.
Hey, Men, I’m Funnier Than You
“Being funny is like any other artistic skill, but to wield it successfully requires outspokenness, unapologetic honesty, supreme self-assuredness, and an outright refusal to pander. And those aren’t exactly the traits we foster in our little girls.”
JCPenney Gets Even Gayer With Super-Gay Father’s Day Ad
One Million Moms got really pissed about Ellen DeGeneres — imagine how they’re gonna feel about These Two Dads!
We Won A Thing: Massachusetts Federal Appeals Court Rules DOMA Unconstitutional
Now the constitutionality of DOMA will almost definitely head to the Supreme Court next year.
Anti-Gay and Gay Rights Leaders Will Soon Break Bread
What happens when a lesbian couple invites a homophobe to dinner? We’ll find out soon.
Music Fix: Soko, Metric, Amanda Palmer, Brandi Carlile and More
There are so many new things to put in your ears!
The Real L Word’s Nikki & Jill Are Having a Baby: The Autostraddle Interview
Jess chats with the couple about camp, the reality TV experience, the upcoming election, finding an anonymous sperm donor, Smash, Oprah, their Real L Word comrades and — in an Autostraddle exclusive — the sex of their baby, due in October!
Get Baked: Ma’hammara
A dip that you can dip other foods into and then eat!
This Is a Homoerotic Kristen Stewart Post
Kristen Stewart cross-dresses for Elle Magazine, wants to make out with Charlize Theron, and I think has a movie coming out about Snow White, or something.
ACLU and Lambda Legal Back Lawsuit for Gay Marriage in Illinois
Because civil unions aren’t marriage, no matter what the state tries to tell you.
Latina Queer Democrat Mary Gonzalez Voted into Texas House of Representatives
Mary Gonzalez is a Latina Lesbian and Texans voted for her.
My Little Pony: Lesbianism is Magic
The “brony” fandom is a lot more Sapphic than you’d think, at least as far as their fanfiction goes.
You Should Go: NYC Dyke March Benefit Concert This Saturday!
Jamie’s Team Pick: Allison Weiss will be there, ladies, AKA # 91 hottest queer in the land