Damn The Man: Autostraddle’s International Meet Me At The Record Store Day Is Back!
Come for the Bowie reissues, stay for the Rockabye Baby covers of Creedence Clearwater Revival. Also, meet-ups!
Playlist: You Asked Out a Straight Girl
This happens to a lot of us — like, a lot a lot of us. And we’ve got to laugh it off, what else can we do? I mean, it’s likely to happen again.
Playlist: All Of These Songs Are More Or Less About Juice
“We can have unlimited juice?!? This party is gonna be off the HOOK!”
Let Us Speculate About the New Tegan and Sara Album, “Love You to Death”
I can only conclude that this album will be songs from their previous records, rewritten to be about how they love Sara’s cats – Holiday and Mickey – to death.
We Asked An Actual Entertainment Lawyer: Why Can’t Sony Help Kesha?
There’s only one (horrible) person responsible for the terrifying legal situation Kesha is in, and unfortunately he’s the only person who can actually set her free.
Playlist: Lullaby Renditions of Rock Songs That Will Soothe Your Very Soul
There’s nothing more adorable, heart-warming, or deeply inspiring as a tried-and-true rock song played by children’s instruments in a soothing manner. I promise.
Give My Regards to Broadway: The Mixtape
“There is nothing I love more than sharing a deafeningly silent, poignant moment with 300 other audience members; grinning wide through a rousing musical number that makes me want to stand and cheer; or tearing up at a matinee with the gray-haired woman seated beside me.”
Our Bowies, Ourselves
“It’s the legions of us Bowie-loving misfits, perhaps, who shall inherit the earth.”
“Make Out” Behind-the-Scenes Exclusive: Julia Nunes Wants You To Cry and Dance and Kiss to Her Music
A Q&A with Julia Nunes and behind-the-scenes photos from her new “Make Out” video.
MUSIC VIDEO: Julia Nunes’ “Make Out” Features Cute Couples Kissing, Alex Vega On Drums and Also Mary
We’ve got some exclusive content related to this music video dropping later today, and we just wanna make sure you’re as excited about that as you should be, because THIS VIDEO IS AMAZING and ALEX VEGA.
DAY IN THE LIFE: Lady Cultura, Rapper, Choreographer, Artist
“I’ve loved dance ever since I was convinced I was Sporty Spice and my living room was Madison Square Garden. I started classes at age 12 and haven’t stopped since.”
Mixtapes We Really Made When We Were Teenagers: A Roundtable
The Autostraddle staff has gone through their tapes, CDs and playlists to share a little corner of their past selves.
Holigay Playlist: Country Ladies Doing Christmas Right
A collection of Christmas songs sung by country music stars who just so happen to be women.
Robyn and Peaches Premiere Music Videos With Very Different Vibes Happening, Also Peaches’ Is Basically a Lesbian Sex Party In The Desert
Would you like to pull a blue feather out of someone else’s orifice with your teeth? We have a video for that! Would you like to re-enact the most iconic scene from the first X Files movie? We also have a video for that.
Feelin’ Like Wealth: The Black Friday Shopping Playlist
Whether you’re staying in, waiting in line, or buying a big-screen TV online at 12:01 AM, you could probably use a little more Drake, anyway.
Notes From A Queer Engineer: The Science Mixtape
This playlist is best enjoyed in the range of 20 – 20,000 Hz.
Follow Your Arrow: Musician and Furniture Maker Sean Desiree on Small Steps Towards Big Dreams
Musician Sean Desiree — who alone makes up all parts of the indie band bell’s roar — explains how they juggle being a musician by day with running a furniture-making business by night, how they learned to deal with rejection, and what’s it’s like being a queer person of colour in an industry and genre dominated by straight white men.
Let’s Get Dressed Up For Justin Bieber’s Giant Lesbian Slumber Party
The sunglasses! The crop tops! The Timberlands! The neon! Justin Bieber’s “Sorry” is what little me thought slumber parties would be like when I grew up, now with 100 percent more femme4femme glory.
Playlist: October Rain
Break out your stew recipes and hot cocoa mix, sharpen your pumpkin-carving knife, unearth your slippers from the back of the closet, press play, and settle in for the fall.
Mary Lambert Is Your Patronus: The Autostraddle Interview
“My hunger for success is a hunger to connect with as many people as possible, and for us all to help each other along this journey. That’s what I thrive on.”