Topics include witchcraft consumerism, Kidz Bop, delivery workers in NYC, Ozy Media, abuse in the guardianship industry, Succession, documentaries and the hunt for a sober buzz!
Find out books to read if you like Practical Magic, what it’s like to cook like Frankenstein, where “old book smell” comes from, and more!
“I learned to accept that I contain multitudes, and neither my sexual orientation nor gender identity are exempt from my multifaceted nature.”
Are you considering NaNoWriMo? Plus, a library from Solange, how literary gatekeepers can elevate Black trans women writers, queer webcomics and more.
Hurts So Good showcases pain experts of all types for a more holistic understanding of why and how we use pain for pleasure.
The first sentence of “The Books of Bokonon” – the fictional foundational text of Bokononism, the religion Kurt Vonnegut invented for his 1963 novel Cat’s Cradle – reads as follows: “All of the true things I am about to tell you are shameless lies.”
Trans people love to joke about having been every letter of the acronym but Paul is all of them at once. He is the ultimate non-binary fantasy — or at least my ultimate non-binary fantasy.
Queer time and liminal spaces, a library facing possible charges for carrying sex education books, the myth of universality in literature, and more.
Reading The Recovering was like reading a diary full of thoughts I would never have been brave enough to write down. I felt something I’d only ever felt once before, when I kissed a girl for the first time and a million tiny moments from my life suddenly snapped into place. I felt a corner of my brain relax, like it’d been trying to work out a code and had just been given the key. Oh, this is what I am. That explains it.
If you ever wanted to know more about what it was like during Tumblr’s heyday — the good and the bad — Tumblr Porn is an excellent little primer from a very-invested insider.
Topics include Aldi Supermarkets, Whitney Houston, McDonald’s, Brazilian Butt Lifts, The Rosie O’Donnell Show, COVID in Kirkland, restorative justice and more!
The dark side of the golden trans literary moment, what your emoji use says about how old you are (probably), what a hot streak means for artistic success and more.
This fall we’ve got terrifying queer horror, swoony lesbian romance, cute sapphic YA, intriguing lit fic, monstrous women in fantasy and sci fi, new feminist history books, and much more!
No one’s life is split into two simple chapters. Santos lets all her former eras live right next to each other in the mirror.
Topics include Sinead O’Connor, The Talented Mr. Ripley, crushes, dog adoption competition, drinking alone and poppers!
Creating work while living with chronic pain, a brief grounding exercise, the state of ambiguous loss and more.
“I’m experiencing a debilitating bout of professional jealousy for another (deserving) woman, and I’m having a hard time with it. I wonder if there are any books that focus on this regrettable phenomenon?”
A great new horror comic, what to do when things feel scattered, a new Octavia Butler biography, the possibility of wandering in the digital age and more.
Who’s Your Daddy travels from the United States to Guyana to explore fatherhood and the role of masculinity, care, and caregiving in our lives. While the search for and eventual dinner with the father is a primary narrative of Who’s Your Daddy, the love story between the narrator and Mondayway, the narrator’s beloved, will delight Autostraddle readers as well.
Phones belong in museums, the magic ingredients for creativity, why work is not the same as identity and more.