Reine #39: Carabiner – A Love Letter
I’m in love with function, utility, and cool clangy sound effects.
Nostalgia Is Quite Simply Not Enough to Light Hocus Pocus 2’s Black Flame Candle
“That line is written for someone who knows what it sounds like for their knees to creak, who has pondered the liquid gold that is Vitamin C serums (coincidentally, another gag in the film). There is no other way.”
The Comment Awards Are Trying to Tell Us Something
“When I was eleven, I made my computer password ‘bisexual.’ …Cue to my mom needing it for something!”
The Autostraddle Insider Issue 96: September 2022
“Is “Puzzle Box” central to Hellraiser?”
Boobs on Your Tube: Kate and Lucy Go Public With Their Love on “NCIS: Hawai’i”
Plus updates on 9-1-1, New Amsterdam, Vampire Academy, and Monarch.
Life Is Not a Novel
I’ve always had a very active daydream life.
Eight Queer Books Set in Los Angeles About the Movie Industry
A solid half of these are romance, which is entirely unintentional — but you’re welcome if queer celesbian romance is your jam.
Five Outfits To Make You Look Like a 70’s R&B Album Cover
I’m talking Marvin Gaye, I’m talking Labelle, I’m talking Teddy Pendergrass.
Also.Also.Also: Megan Thee Stallion Launches Mental Health Site for Hotties, “Bad Bitches Have Bad Days, Too”
GLAAD’s 20 Under 20 is here to tell you about the 20 queer and trans youth who got next and will change the world, Instagram’s having a vibe shift, and stop worrying about what happens if we let kids transition.
A+ Roundtable: What’s In Our Fridges?
“The Trader Joe’s tilapia actually slaps I highly recommend!”
Billy Eichner’s Gay Rom-Com “Bros” Isn’t Revolutionary But It Is Hilarious
Straight rom-coms aren’t expected to properly evoke Marsha P. Johnson and gay romcoms shouldn’t have to either — of course, it helps that straight romcoms don’t try.
How to Rest
Release the concept of what you think rest should be, and take some time to brainstorm what actually feels restful to you.
How Bottoming Helped Me Heal From Sexual Trauma
I had to learn how to feel safe in the world in order to bottom. For me, surrender is healing.
To All the Hot People I Met on My Cross-Country Drive
Forty hours of podcasts, musical numbers, and ice coffee stops later, and I’ve successfully made the painstaking move from Los Angeles to Orlando, Florida.
It’s Your Anniversary: Christina Aguilera’s ‘Dirrty’ Video Still Has an Impact on Me 20 Years Later
The pleasure in the video was never for anyone but her.
Queer Naija Lit: Akwaeke Emezi’s “Pet” and “Bitter” Explore the Costs of a Different World
A new world isn’t possible without people believing it is.
Pop Culture Fix: Beth Ditto Is Proud to be Your Queer Feminist Punk Country Music Queen
Kevin McHale and Jenna Ushkowitz are doing a Glee podcast, is TAR Cate Blanchett’s best performance, the 42 women directors of Queen Sugar, and more!
Things I’ve Never Asked My Friend Who I “Married” in Kindergarten About Queer Horror, Books!
“There’s a certain point of friendship at which it becomes a blood pact. Certain things, we take to the grave.”
No Filter: I Did Not FORGET How Stunning Kehlani Is But Wow Thank You for the Reminder
Also there is a large part of me that refuses to believe the Wicked movie is really happening, I have been lied to for DECADES!!!
Also.Also.Also: 1 in 3 Cisgender Bisexuals Are Not Out to Their Coworkers, So 👀
What we can learn about Toni Morrison’s advocacy against censorship during a time of increased banned books, so much queer international news from Cuba to Turkey to Italy, and the 250 best songs of the 90s.