Geeky Surroundings Weird Women Out & Make Them Dislike Science?
The secret to closing the technology gender gap discovered! And the solution is…interior decoration? Rooms full of Star Trek swag make ladies dislike Computer Science. BUT WHY?!
NEW! Mia Kirshner’s Vampire Diaries Role Summons Some of Jenny Schecter’s Parts
Jenny and Mia’s new Vampire Diaries role have something in common, Skins’ Naomi & Emily on the cover of DIVA, Anyone But Me award season plus Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Amber Rose, Out in the ’00s, Jeanette Winterson, Brittany Murphy and Adam Lambert on Leno!
Sandra Bernhard Does NYC for the Holidays: The Autostraddle Interview
Sandra Bernhard talks to Autostraddle about prepping her eight live shows next week at Joe’s Pub in New York City, separatism between gay men & lesbians, Obama and the gay rights movement, her fave celeb trainwreck on Twitter, and gives advice to Lindsay & Samantha.
DC and Mexico City Are Almost Ready to Let Gays Marry
Same-sex marriage is about to be legal in both Mexico City and Washington DC! New York Senator Diane Savino has had to fight off lesbian rumors in the past. There’s a new book about the link between America and the anti-gay bill in Uganda. And the closing of the South Florida Blade has led to not one but TWO new gay papers in the area.
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Why we’re still talking about Brittany Murphy, with a roundup of today’s tributes and updates on her death. Also; will Kanye and Beyonce be joining Gaga in LA?, a top ten list roundup, Tegan & Sara interviews, Ask Ro, Rihanna wants to cuddle, and is Avatar racist?
El Perro Del Mar ‘Love Is Not Pop’ Album Review & Give Away
Karmen shares her many feelings about ‘Love Is Not Pop’, the heartbreak album from Swedish songstress El Perro Del Mar and the soundtrack for Karmen’s winter. Love may not be pop, but we do love El Perro’s pop and so we’re going to give away a few copies of this album to our readers.
Forget the Economy. It’s the Gay Sex, Stupid!
You think the economy is f*cking up America? Nope, says Peggy Noonan at the Wall Street Journal: it’s Adam Lambert. Also the first gay wedding in Martha Stewart Living, rugby player Gareth Thomas comes out, FDNY investigates why two EMTs let Eutisha die, feminism is dead?, quadruplets accepted to Yale, Professor Foxy answers a poly-trans-queer’s dating concerns and TIME’s “person of the year” is always a dude so Broadsheet has some lady-suggestions. Also a funny video about B-Roll!
Crystal’s Team Pick: Sia’s New Music Video
Remember that time I explained the top 10 reasons why I love Sia hard? Here’s my eleventh reason. Today a handful of people with exceptional music taste sent me the link to Sia’s new music video for “You’ve Changed”, a track that will feature on her upcoming album We Are Born. Sia’s music videos are […]
Gay Marriage Will Make Washington D.C. Rich! Nice One, New York!
Tila Tequila is still engaged (take that Court-ten-ay!) is furthermore making plans to REPRODUCE via surrogacy. Gay marriage will pump the DC Economy, which’s bad news for the already upset NYC. Also; Nik Pace is suing the NFL player who fathered her child, how Mormons spend Christmas, 10 hot European TV lesbian couples, Karen from the Office is writing a comic book! Sort of!
Brittany Murphy Lived Fast, Dies Young of Cardiac Arrest
Brittany Murphy dies at 32 from cardiac arrest. We tell you what happened, look back at her most awesome moments from 90s girl flicks like Girl Interrupted and F*CKING CLUELESS, her lesbionic scenes, present the Brittany Murphy Autostraddling Gallery and tell you why she was TOTALLY AWESOME. [ETA: New details on Murphy’s “downward spiral,” and erratic on-set behavior/consciousness.]
Alex’s Team Pick: Space Collective’s Interesting/Inspirational Gallery
There’s a lovely five-column mishmash of images, quotes, random comments and even articles (?) over at the Space Collective. I like this complex and unpredictable section, but the entire site itself is also an interesting read!
Let’s Talk About Tops & Bottoms, Baby, It’s NSFW Sexy Sunday
Tops and bottoms. What do you think? Is it that simple? Also; sex toy gift guide for you and/or your lovah, masturbation mapping, confessions of a teenage bisexual, someone just noticed spring awakening, sex worker blogs and an education in orgasms.
Tori Amos’ ‘Midwinter Graces’ Album Review & Give Away
Christmas carols, by nature, are mostly fairly schmaltzy. So what kind of justice can an artist like Tori Amos bring them? In her new Christmas album “Midwinter Graces”, Amos does an interesting job of reinterpreting well-known traditional Christmas songs, and even adds five of her own originals to the mix. Contributing writer Isabelle reviews the record and tells you how you can win a copy.
What Your Girlfriend Wants: Autostraddle’s Final Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide 2009
Ready to do some last-minute shopping? Well welcome to the ultimate most LOL-worthy gift guide to totally rock your socks off all around the Christmas tree, with input from the whole gang.
Emily’s Team Pick: 33 Strange Buildings
These are 33 of the world’s strangest buildings. I’d like to note a few things: 1) 3 of these buildings are featured in Montreal, my hometown! The olympic stadium is not actually that cool, guys. 2) but the twisty building in Dubai is SO COOL. 3) the 31st building looks like an overturned pig.
Because Really Who Isn’t a Sex, Food, Internet & Shopping Addict?
Our favorite person from “Sex Rehab,” Duncan the gay, dishes on why Dr. Drew doesn’t really know it all and how the show was manipulated, Slate.com looks at America’s addiction to labeling everything an addiction and in Britan all the girls are drunk. Also; “The Princess and the Frog” is a feminist fairytale, TARGET WOMAN wraps up ’09, Medieval Herstory, the world from your window, and where size 4 is “fat.”
Riese’s Team Pick: Sims Do Bad Romance
I think I should just come clean and say “Riese’s Team Pick” means “too late for the daily fix, but must share now.” Like, for example, The Sims do Bad Romance. As I’ve personally perfected my own Sims imitations (just this morning I was doing “anger! hunger! and sailboats!”) I really admire what they’re doing […]
Earth-ish Planet Discovered, Carl Sagan Rocks Out on YouTube
Expand your mind this Friday with a little trip to outer space brought to you by Carl Sagan, some astronomers and a few telescopes!
Hot Lady Friday with Jessica Clark, Jane Lynch, Gaga, Rihanna, Meredith Baxter & Lilo Obvs
GLEE will never put Sue Sylvester in a corner, Lady Gaga poses for MAC and is MTV’s Star of the Year, Rihanna’s new music video will make you hard, BBC knows how to fake it til you see it, spoilers for next season of GLEE, men wanna see Avatar but women don’t, really today is just a mixed bag of delight!
OMG COMMENT OVERLOAD! It’s Hey Did You See That Comment Awards Friday!
You are all commenting fiends! While I’m sure everyone has carefully read through the SRSLY HUNDREDS of comments posted this week, here are some highlights to refresh your memory.