We update you on the top 5 ladies leading the race to the top of the Hot Girl Awards. Also; new expose on Louisa May Alcott, Serena Williams Athlete of the Year, Valentine’s Day (the film), fads of the 00s, and 342 movies in 7 minutes.
Still teaching your mom how to turn on her digicam? Has your nephew figured out what an app is yet? What sorts of holiday tortures did your poor tech-savvy soul endure this year?
2000-2009: The Decade in Poetry at the Poetry Foundation. There’s some Eileen Myles in there. (I love her) “The women poets I know are beginning to understand feminism as a sly term that can hold a lot. All that it needs…”
“Midlife lesbians” are apparently having a heyday — again! Queer activists are forcing Eminem to hate gay people a little less than he did before, Angelina kind of sort of maybe might have an open relationship, queer girls in sports lost a great advocate, and the state of religion in America. Also, pictures of Lady Gaga!
A look back at some of 2009’s sexiest lesbian moments and best stories (remember Barbie sex positions?) & a look ahead at calendars for next year. Lots of photos, lots of videos, your nonstop girl-on-girl pleasure center starts now!
F*ck yeah lesbian/queer/genderf*ck tumblr blogs – when it comes to stuff gay girls like, tumblr is the best thing to happen to photography ever. Here’s a sampling of the very best.
What, you didn’t think the gift giving was over, did you? We spent the holiday week cozied-up and reading through every one of your (many, many!) awesome comments. You’ve been so good this year; we wish we could wrap you all in a big family group hug! But due to the physical limitations of the internet, we’re giving out comment awards instead.
D.C. Buses plastered with anti-gay marriage ads, post-holiday shopping deals, Charlie Sheen gives us an even more serious reason to hate “Two and a Half Men,” ABC Nightline asks why there are so many single black women, Haviland Stillwell interview, best TV moments of 2009, drag queen on the X-mas tree, and some funny Christmas Carol videos!
Why can a wifebeater get married and we can’t? Let’s go to his X-mas Party and find out! Also; pot psychology, health care, cover lies, vegetarian’s guide to surviving Christmas dinner, protesters at Ralph Lauren, facebook makes divorce happen, and LGBT summer camp!
Watch the pilot for the upcoming Battlestar Galactica prequel, Caprica, and escape your holiday woes! With futuresexx! And holoporn!
Hey girls all over the world, how’s your Christmakwanzakah going? Did you tell Grandma about the Girlfriend? Does your Mom like the Susan Boyle CD? Is your closeted cousin doing the “Single Ladies” dance? Tell us your stories! Share your feelings! Open thread open 24/7.
Does Fred Phelps ever succeed in recruiting people with that nonsense? Also; incredible photos taken of Brittany Murphy at her hubbie’s website, Law&Order SVU, Glee, Snapshot’s New Year’s Eve Party to Remember, Jersey Shore, Megan Mullally, Queer Kumbia, Amber Rose and the Sex & The City 2 Trailer!
Autostraddle stops talking about Tila and talks to her instead: “Hopefully, after people read this interview, it will change their minds about me. But if not, it doesn’t matter. I’m still happy. I’m still going to fight for our right to get married. I’m going to buy my Teletubbies pajamas, and throw pickles at paparazzi!”
Kate Cooper, one half of Aussie band ‘An Horse’ chats with Audiostraddle about a new year, a new record and another tour with Tegan and Sara.
We’ve narrowed it down to 14 smokin’ hot babes. Now it’s up to you who will win the Hot Girl Award for 2009’s Epic End-of-the-Year Televisionary? The future of our children is in your hands. Don’t squash it.
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?!
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 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.
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.
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?