Sarah’s Team Pick: Better Justin Bieber
Do you know how to make Justin Bieber sound good? If you answered “turn up the volume,” that is incorrect. The right answer is: slow down his songs 800%.
Stuff You Should Know: ANTM’s Lesbian, Johnny Weir’s Weirdisms, Harry Potter 101, Lohan’s Career
ANTM meets its lesbian/bi girl quotient once again, Johnny Weir says amazing things to New York Magazine, Marx and Engels get the homo slashfic treatment, Kathy Griffin speaks out about gay marriage and Harry Potter can help you earn your degree!
Did Kentucky Lesbian Teen Lie About Being Hate Crimed By Her BFFs?
Evidence suggests that Cheyenne Williams was not attacked by her three best friends in an alleged hate crime on April 16, 2010. A judge has acquitted one of the three teens and the other acquittals are expected tomorrow. Is this the result of a homophobic court system, or is it possible that Cheyenne Williams was lying about the attack?
The Simplest, Best Writing Tool Ever
Are you in the habit of transforming your thoughts into the written word? Of course you are. So do this one thing I ask of you: download Notational Velocity, the best text editing client in town. Your productivity is soaring, is it not?
Eat Pray Love Won’t Teach You How to Be Alone (or, “First Try to See Something, Anything Else”)
We all come across approximately infinite poorly written, ill-researched, patriarchal and offensive things on the internet each day; most of the time, we can let them slide with a shake of the head. Sometimes, though, you can’t. And that’s when you stop being polite and start getting real about youtube, (specifically Tanya Davis’s “How To Be Alone,”) Eat Pray Love, and dbags.
Get Baked with Autostraddle: Bread Edition
Everyone’s made bread and you should, too! Four recipes from sweet to savory. I GUESS WE KNOW WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING ALL WEEKEND.
Can Queer Sex Queer Sex Ed?
Sex education in American high schools has been put through the gauntlet in recent years. What has this meant for the baby queers? Guest contributor Missy S. breaks it down.
Prop 8 Gets its Stay, Gays Won’t Get Married Wednesday, Hate Hate Go Away
The stay on same-sex marriages in California has been extended at least until December. Take a deep breath and hold on tight.
Street Anatomy’s Heart Beats For Art, Medicine and Queered Science
If you like pretty things, queer girls, and science, you need to know about Street Anatomy, a blog about awesome anatomical illustrations.
Romi, Sara & Alyssa Tell All: Real L Word’s Whitneyhouse Does The Autostraddle Interview
Wanna know the true origin of “The Power of the Clam” or the names and breeds of Whitney’s five dogs? Of course you do. Jess lifts the veil on Whitney’s main bitches: Romi, Sara and the Real L Word’s voice of reason: her roommate Alyssa.
Bohemian Daydreaming: 10 Late Summer Style Blogs
Summer is nearing its end, but you can still amble about on these stylish, inspiring blogs. They’re like Ambien for your fall-frenzied brain. Seriously. I’m so relaxed right now, I can’t even finish this excerpt.
The Big Commit: Gays Win Equality Forever With Activists and Adorable Children
So the National Organization for Marriage has had this Summer of Marriage tour happening for a while now, which is like the Summer of Love except the exact opposite. Bigots vanquished by adorable precocious children! NOM embarrassed and stood up by Maggie Gallagher! Gays win activism!
BlogHer? But I Just Met Her! Internet Worlds Collide at the Blogher ’10 Conference
Our design director Alex spoke at the BlogHer ’10 Conference this year and it was fun! Wanna talk about it? Here’s kind of sort of what happened and why we should all go next year.
Does Gay Marriage Make Gays Straight?
It’s three days until you can get legally married in California, so you had better get all your feelings about the bourgeois upper-middle class heteronormative paradigm out now, before they have to come out in couples therapy later on. While you’re here you can check out an infographic on Lady Gaga, find out which person you have possibly heard of came out this week, mourn the passing of Portland’s only lesbian bar, and celebrate BABIES with NEIL PATRICK HARRIS.
NSFW Sunday Special: What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Lesbian Sex
what do you not talk about when you talk about lesbian sex? DO YOU talk about lesbian sex? tell us! we’ll tell you, in the first of a possible series on real lesbian sex topics. also; kink, sex-positivity on tumblr, soul sista lesbo, that l word kissing montage, non-monogamy infographic, the velvet fist and more.
Riese’s Team Pick: MTV’s Undressed
UNDRESSED.
Share Your Gamertag and Make Friends the Easy Way!
Got an Xbox 360 or a PS3? Share your gamertag here! It’s the purest form of friendship. And you don’t have to share your fries.
Win tickets to see The Cliks and Hunter Valentine
Right now two of Autostraddle’s favorite bands – The Cliks and Hunter Valentine – are making their way across the USA in the ‘Guts ‘N Glory’ tour. We’re giving you the chance to win a double pass and to go backstage and meet both bands.
The (Gender) Trouble With Video Game Avatars
If you think the realm of fantasy might defy our real world gender policing, think again! How Dragon Age: Origins, World of Warcraft and Xbox Live want me to be a size 2 scantily-clad elf and I just wanna be husky with an alt-lifestyle haircut.
Crystal’s Team Pick: Stef Mitchell’s Stairwell Gallery
Do you live in Sydney? Autostraddle contributor Stef Mitchell is having a photo exhibition on August 19 and you’re invited!