Pop Culture Fix

Chaiken’s Real Lesbian “Stories,” Gaga’s Blasphemous Orgy & ABC’s Pretty Little Lesbian Liar

Ilene Chaiken ready to tell more story story storyland storified “stories” courtesy of “The Real L Word” cast, Alejandro director Steven Klein defends the religious symbolism in Gaga’s video while Katy Perry condemns it, Pretty Little Liars debuts with a lesbian lead, Zooey Deschanel & Rashida Jones to be a couple in new Paul Rudd movie, Sarah McLachlan on Letterman, teenage boys want Jane Lynch.

Travel

Long-Distance Flying 101: Music, Reading, Eating, Friend-Making, Drinking, Sleeping and Conquering Fears

As Crystal prepares for the long haul flight from Australia to Rodeo Disco, some of Autostraddle’s frequent flyers recommend some of the more constructive ways that one can spend their time on a 14-hour flight. Reader? Alcoholic? Nervous flyer? We’ve got advice: how to befriend a flight attendant, prepare delicious in-flight snacks, sleep in comfort and what musicians offer suitable in-flight listening.

Music

Bonnaroo 2010 Spotlight: The xx

Meet The xx, a moody, young three-piece from London. If you haven’t given this buzz-about band a listen, here’s your chance. They’re another must-see act performing at the Bonnaroo music & arts festival this weekend.

Society + Culture

77% of Americans Know That They Know A Gay Person

A new poll reveals 77% of Americans know a real live gay person! Someone should come out to the remaining 23%, amirite? Pride parades all over the world are dealing with Israeli-Palestinean tensions by, er, not dealing with them at all. Also, lesbians makes great parents–holla, Vikki!, Janelle Monae’s airtime could be suffering from racial taste segregation, Deborah Rhode wants to protect all you shawties (and baldies and spotties), and Sarah Palmer talks about cows and gender.

Society + Culture

Emily’s Team Pick: Stuff White People Like

Hey white boi! Have you ever heard of Stuff White People Like? It’s a blog. About stuff white people like. This blog mostly makes fun of the “painfully hip” (ie, hipsters). Here are some of my favourite Stuff White People Like: moleskins, being an expert on YOUR culture, grammar. I feel like we’re all mostly […]

Geekery

The iPhone 4: The Good And The Meh

Apple introduces the iPhone 4, or should we say “re-introduces,” the iPhone 4. Meet the newest iPhone, its solid feature set and see just how shiny it is. But is shiny enough? Should it be? And oh yeah, Jane Lynch pops up to mock Apple and allude to a sex dungeon of some kind. Count me in.

Politics + Activism

Iowa Voters May Object to Your Union, So Get Gay-Married Now Or Forever Hold Your Peace

There are a lot of numbers in here but they’re all important, so get out your calculator and let’s do this. Statistics indicate that Iowans want to have a referendum on gay marriage, but also maybe that they don’t care that much, and Tea Partiers still hate us. The directors of GetEQUAL are making more than anyone you know, we don’t know anything about Elena Kagan still, Gawker might want to check out an AP stylebook, we might be one step closer to finding Lisa Miller and her daughter, and happy tales of reunited gays in love!

Pop Culture Fix

Laura’s Team Pick: Georgia Nicholson

This isn’t recent or new, but I know at least twenty-seven of you read Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging sometime in your girl(or boy)hood and I just want to take a second to revisit it. Those were special times, weren’t they? Giggling to yourself in your orthodontist’s waiting room and feeling scandalous for reading […]