Empty Magic: Breakfast
I used to love breakfast. Toast with butter and strawberry jam. Cinnamon raisin bread with a smattering of cinnamon sugar. Scrambled eggs with cheese and sausage, pancakes with fresh fruit, and swirls of maple syrup.
Pop Culture Fix: Make This “Warehouse 13” Reboot Gay or Don’t Make It at All
Chelsea Gray is your 2022 WNBA Finals MVP, The Owl House will be back for spooky season, and more She-Hulk bisexuality is on the way.
TIFF 2022: A Queer and Trans Festival Recap
Over the past couple weeks, I’ve watched forty features and the first two episodes of a TV show. Yes, forty. Consider this list a reference, a collection of short reviews for the rest of the year’s buzzed about films and films that should be buzzed about.
As a Nonbinary Abortion Activist, Planning a Pregnancy Is Complicated — And Hopeful
Just after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, my doctor asks if I’m excited to have another baby.
In “Nona the Ninth,” Tamsyn Muir Zooms In on Her Goth Puzzle Box World
If you want to feel the dazzling space-goth world of Gideon and Harrow within reach, to pull it close enough to see its day-to-day details, then Nona will feel like a veritable feast.
Style Thief: How To Harness the Fly Butch Style of League of Their Own’s Jo
Jo is a connoisseur of the all-important art of butch layering, and now you can be, too!
Quiz: What Lesbian Household Item Are You?
Here at Autostraddle, we know that lesbian and queer stereotypes sometimes have some truth behind them.
Author Melanie Bell on her YA Novel “Chasing Harmony” and the Messy Process of Growing Up Queer
“The people I met who were identified as musical prodigies had long journeys involving conflict between their abilities and personal needs and finding who they were beyond the weight of expectations. When I was younger, successes and failures felt huge, and this is the case for Anna too.”
AM/PM: Sometimes a Shower and a Mask Is All You Need
Masks are really great for a skin pick-me-up — but also just a great way to be still for 10 minutes!
Boobs on Your Tube: Nova Inches Closer to Living Her Gay Truth on “Queen Sugar”
Plus updates on Raising Kanan and the season finale of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series: The Frozen Documentary.
Peacock’s “Vampire Academy” Teases a Queer Forbidden Romance
Vampires, magic, forbidden romance, unlikely friendship, and endless shipping potential abound in Vampire Academy.
Maya Hawke’s Gay Chaos Makes “Do Revenge” a Twisted Romp
A Sarah Michelle Gellar cameo, references to all the 90s teen classics, and throwback needledrops make for a nostalgic experience, but “Do Revenge” doesn’t quite pull off iconic status itself.
Things I Read That I Love #328: You Never Called That Girl Back Even Though You Were Dating
Topics include the mall, Tinder, Gabby Petito, the abuse scandal at an acclaimed L.A high school, Choose Your Own Adventure books, Crime Junkie, amusement parks, dog breeds and more!
The Comment Awards Are Interviewing Their Dogs
“I love that every time Melissa King posts a photo with a puppy she says ‘I’m just their uncle,’ as if she knows that the second she gets a dog, all of our hearts are going to explode.”
Into the A+ Advice Box #68: HAIR
In which our team answers our members’ questions about their hair!
“Harley Quinn” and “Star Trek: Lower Decks” Give Chaotic Bisexuals a Good Name
It is shockingly rare to see the complex internal lives of women explored like this on TV, to dig through their motivations with them, to ride the waves of their messy decisions alongside them, without ever losing sight of their humanity.
Also.Also.Also: Molly Kearney Is the First Nonbinary Cast Member to Join “Saturday Night Live”
Congrats to Molly Kearney! Updates on Brittney Griner’s wrongful detainment, including President Biden finally meeting with her wife Cherelle. The Patagonia billionaire gave away all his money to combat climate change.
Letters to My Dead, Gay [REDACTED]
I don’t know you. I never did. But I presume that in all of our family, perhaps, I am the only one who could even begin to understand you.
“End of the Road” Review: At the End of the Road, We’re Still Here
As a Black person, it is literally a gamble to trust white people, even for a second.
When There Simply Isn’t a Face for You to Sit On, the Ora 3 Will Definitely Do
The default speed of the Ora 3 is similar to receiving extremely confident oral sex from someone who knows they’ll get you there eventually and isn’t in any hurry to make it happen.