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Today we’re introducing Australian indie rock quartet, The Jezabels – yet another talented act that will be showcasing next week at the 2010 CMJ Music Marathon in New York City.
Do you like Rachel? Do you like The Awl? Great, so do we.
This week 300 people participated in a large-scale public protest in the middle of Grand Central Station to call attention to the needless deaths of queer people by suicide and hate crimes. Did it work? You decide.
Liz Feldman is back with a new season of This Just Out with Tracy Ryerson as her first guest. Kate Moennig cameos, per ushe.
“And then, as though she was possessed suddenly by some sapphic demon whose realm was twentysomething nostalgia, my mom came pouring out with this entire sense-memory-ridden stream-of-consciousness tidal wave…”
Jane Lynch hosts Saturday Night Live, Glee is doing Rocky Horror, Real L Word’s Nikki & Jill are finally married and Tammy Lynn Michaels is blogging again about her break up with Melissa Etheridge.
How much do you care about the New York gubernatorial race? Well good, because Carl Paladino DOESN’T CARE ABOUT YOU EITHER, you gay lesbian homo gayface lesbosaur. Really, though, he clearly doesn’t.
This week there are many parts of the Sunday Funday that we cannot fully process/understand, like how ABC Family Originals factor into the march towards equality and world peace, or how relevant Jared Leto still is, because I am not sure what he’s done since Fight Club, or actually who he even played in that. Also, did you know Lady Gaga was in an episode of the Sopranos? What is happening I don’t even
To celebrate John Lennon’s birthday, we’re talking about our favorite Lennon songs. What are yours?
Wherein you shout to the high heavens about the absolute smorgasbord of video games headed your way this fall!
U.S. Senators have begun to respond to the recent rash of bullying-related suicides in the LGBT community, and gender identity made it into the first draft of the bills. Color us shocked, but proud.
Build a wall of comment awards between us in our bed.
Butch Voices is this super awesome conference happening in LA this weekend, and Autostraddle thinks you should go. It’s all about unifying and discussing all the various rainbow of butch identities. Plus, there will be some super awesome people there. Seriously. Go.
In perhaps the most unsurprising move of 2010, we have chosen Eileen Myles’ ‘Inferno’ as our first official book club pick. Get excited!
An update on Chantal Dubé’s story and a statement from her family.
Yep.
In the lead up to the 2010 CMJ Music Marathon, we’re giving you a preview of some of this year’s anticipated showcasing artists. Here’s the low down on New York-based electro-pop duo, Bikini.
In the latest installment of your favorite cross-country road trip journal following people named Kelsey and Taylor, Kelsey and Taylor finally make it to New Orleans. But will they ever leave? Or are they just publishing this from a bungalow deep in the Mississippi delta, weeks later?
It’s tempting to look for people to blame in the wake of the terrible tragedies this past week has brought, but it’s best to resist that urge. Oh wait, no. You can blame these people.