State of the Autostraddle Union #2
Well, here we are!
Art Attack! Hide/Seek Tells Half the Story
This provocative and important exhibit is worth your time — even if it sorta leaves you out.
An Especially Special Get Baked: Valentine’s Day Sweets
You can make a mountain of crepes with whipped cream, two types of vegan cupcakes, sex cookies, cheesecake and so so very much more!
You Need Help: Your Girlfriend is Permanently Unemployed, Maybe
What to do when a temporary situation starts looking like a permanent personality trait.
Ten Ways To Celebrate Valentines Day That Don’t Suck
Just because you’re single doesn’t mean this won’t be the best Valentine’s Day ever.
Adele’s Anderson Cooper Interview Will Ignite Or Enhance Your Crush on Adele
Riese’s Team Pick: “I can’t write another breakup record, that would be like a real boring cliche… people would be like “nah, we’ve had enough now. Cheer up.”
Artist Spotlight: Amodus
Three girls, a guy and some big rock sounds.
Get Baked: Potato-Kale Enchiladas
Giant pans of enchiladas are the best thing you can possibly eat when it’s snowing outside and you don’t expect to be able to leave the house without long underwear for three more months.
Writing Dirty With Rachel Kramer Bussel: The Autostraddle Interview
As part of NSFW Sunday’s All-Tied-Up Month, Autostraddle talks with ridiculously prolific bisexual erotica author and editor Rachel Kramer Bussel on writing, editing, and BDSM.
NSFW Sunday Wants To Tie You Up 100 Times
Today on NSFW Sunday: 100 girls in bondage and related lesbian erotica!
Sunday Funday Wants to Dance With Somebody to Celebrate Gay Rights
It’s a good week when you have 200 cops, Margaret Cho, Hillary Clinton, and a crown prince of India on your side.
Whitney Houston Is Dead
Whitney Houston, the most awarded female vocalist of all time, was found dead in her hotel room at the Beverly Hills Hilton today. She was 48 years old.
Things I Read That I Love #12
Topics include Hollister, the U.S. prison system, an amusement park about Charles Dickens, Mitt Romney and AshleyMadison.com!
Freelancers Freelancing Their Way Into Jeopardy
Freelancers strengthen our economy, but at what cost?
But What Does It Mean? – The 9th Circuit Court’s Ruling Against Prop 8, Explained
“But from a legal standpoint, how we reach an outcome is every bit as important as the outcome that we reach.”
Pete Hoekstra Airs Racist Political Ad During the Superbowl, Everyone Facepalms
Hey guess what — using racial caricatures and stereotypes in your political ads won’t make you the most popular guy in the senate elections!
Real L Word 2’s Cori and Kacy Post Heartbreaking “Update On Our Family”
After seven months of trying, Cori got pregnant in August 2011. Today they’ve written on their blog about losing the baby on Christmas Day.
Movie Night: Romeo + Juliet
Shakespeare, Claire Danes and pizza. If you know of a better way to spend an evening, I’d like to hear about it.
Glee 312 Recap: The Spanish Teacher and Santana Are Too Sexy For This Show
Glee, how long ’til your soul gets it right? Can any human being ever reach that kind of light?
Pussy Riot: Russian Feminist Collective Protests Putin in Neon Facemasks
Jamie’s Team Pick: “The illegal part is the whole point”