Banks is an anti-glamour loudmouth chasing big-time success without mercy or apology, because, let’s face it, who has time to apologize when you’re becoming famous this fucking fast?
From Catherine Opie to Cass Bird to Zanele Muholi, here are ten queer women with vision and talent changing the heteronormative face of contemporary photography.
How could you not be intrigued by a woman who proudly proclaimed, “I live life in the margins of society, and the rules of normal society don’t apply to those who live on the fringe”?
Expiring for love is beautiful but stupid.
Laura’s Team Pick: Coffee & the Newspaper, a tumblr
Bondage Month presents some flash-fiction erotica by Sinclair Sexsmith.
The Oscars! Rich people giving rich people awards for making expensive films to make rich people richer!
We look over the bondage enthusiast’s toy box (nipple clamps, impact toys, etc.), review the world-famous “under-the-bed restraint system” and so much more!
We’re also going to talk more about Ellen and a super badass gay judge, and maybe a baby fox.
The comics industry is a big, crazy, complicated, ever-changing world with a lot of history — and some of that history is about queer characters.
This week on Glee, a bunch of characters do things their characters would never do and the writers try to make us care by almost killing everybody. Awesome!
“…but I also think that part of what our light box project did was to not assume that participation in mainstream culture means that you also have to take the structures of visibility that come with it as a given.”
In which we remember a whole year of sharp-dressed queers and the confidence they’ve given you, with a look ahead to even more Dapper Q, right here on Autostraddle!
“Walking through silent-movie city streets, my thoughts often turn to the many processes that I can’t personally perceive directly, the layers of invisibly embedded systems beneath the surface of the observable world.”
The French government is finally getting rid of its “Miss”.
This book promises you two things: it was written by a funny person and it was written by a great person. You can’t go wrong.
And will be until 2056.
Today’s topics include audiobooks, long-distance running, exotic pets, murder, Steve Jobs and plagiarism!
Just kidding, we have to wait even longer before Prop 8 goes to the Supreme Court.
Ending cissexism starts with you and me.