Google announces the Nexus One phone, giving Apple a run for its money (literally) in the biggest way yet. The Nexus One looks to not only take on the iPhone, but to shake up the mobile phone industry as we know it. And it isn’t taking prisoners.
Dockers wants men to rediscover manliness and “wear the pants.” We would prefer a pantsless revolution. We got a mini-roundtable together to discuss advertising’s attempt to revive khakis, manhood, and the Dockers brand all at once.
Lesbian and feminist icon Mary Daly died Sunday at the age of 81. She had a great influence on feminist theology.
2009 was hands down totes The Year of the Weirdo. What does 2010 hold for our top 20 Autostraddle Icons? WHO WON?
Jillian Michaels tells LHJ she’s open to finding love with either gender (yay bisexuals!) and also we think she has a girlfriend, Korean Actress Lee Na-young will play a trans character in an upcoming film, Lindsay Lohan speaks out about the dangers of prescription drugs w/r/t Casey Johnson, plus Rosie, Lady Gaga, Hayden kissed a girl and she liked it, Ellen behind-the scenes, Sherlock Holmes and REALLY HOT GIRLS all the way from the UK!
In her Audiostraddle debut, contributing writer Corey Crossfield chats to Kiyomi McCloskey, lead singer from the Toronto-based female rock trio Hunter Valentine. Fresh from showcasing at New York’s CMJ, Kiyomi talks about the band’s beginnings, their upcoming EP “Lessons From The Late Night”, and how she writes the songs that can tear your heart apart or help you piece it back together.
Casey Johnson was found dead in her house at the age of 30 for undetermined reasons. Then Tila said Casey was in a coma, but then she said she was dead. It’s possible we’re all in The Matrix.
The hypocrisy is thick today! Plus, Gay marriage is dead in the water in New Jersey (surprise!) but safe in Iowa. Annise Parker was sworn in as mayor of Houston. California will vote on marijuana legalization soon.
Comedian, writer, and political activist Kate Clinton talks to Autostraddle about her new collection of essays, “I Told You So,” doing stand-up comedy around the U.S., gay republicans, her love for Julie Goldman, and why activism is so damn sexy.
Technostraddle brings you a meta-list reviewing 2009’s geek highlights!
You kids! You’re so f*cking clever. Let’s take a moment to appreciate you. Stop scissoring and come over to the computer, tiger; we’re 4 days late on this one, but we are SOOOO not a dollar short!
Dinah Shore Weekend announces its killer lineup for this year’s big fiesta in Palm Springs! Also; Kristen Bell uses the word ‘lesbian’ in a sentence and the internet goes insane, True Blood Boyfriend, The Glass Closet and Gaga sticks up for Lambert.
Happy New Year! Happy Palindrome Day! They’re giving “The Babysitters Club” a makeover and not the Claudia kind! Are you still hung over? Would it make you feel better to see pictures of Lilo in a bikini? Also: New Hampshire midnight marriages, Megan Fox’s feelings about kissing girls, and LESBIAN TEACHER SEX BRAWLS.
A bunch of important medical people say there is no g-spot after all, ladies. Some beg to differ. Also; can a feminist slap her girlfriend, sexy music videos, women we love, best breasts ever, the naked and the read and so! much! more! yeah! like that!
I love this sort of design style where I can pretend beautiful letterforms are floating in outer space, highlighted by laser beams and cool lighting effects! Take a look at this lovely showcase of “Out of This World” Typography, via @designinformer
2009 is over! And now Audiostraddle has recapped some of the best and worst musical moments, releases and artists of the year – the things that made us laugh, sigh, say “WTF” and wish we could reach into our TV screens so that we could slap Kanye West silly.
Rosie O’Donnell’s new lady-friend is an LGBT Rights activist and mother of six foster children. Also; Lady Gaga, Adam Lambert, Lindsay Lohan, Samantha Ronson, Three Men and a Baby sequel, Kathy Griffin on NYE … and what’s this about Margaret Cho and Tegan & Sara?
Guess what, another decade is over! Here’s a retrospective on the best of times and worst of times in the 00’s for the queers.
Rachel Maddow has decided what her show specializes in, and we like it. Also; Chicago’s only lesbian bar closes its doors, BBC newsgirl comes out, Kate Winslet is an ideal body type, Hillary Clinton, the TMI decade and why the hell do college kids get such long winter breaks?
In this new reality-TV-saturated world of ours, has the genre’s pioneer swapped stories about sexuality for stories about sex? “The Real World Washington DC” attempts to knock some sense into these drunk crazy sex-hungry animals by giving them Human Rights Campaign jobs, religion, patriotically inspired decor and you know, um, a hot tub and two bisexuals.