Notes for a Queer Homemaker: States of Being, Not Moral Designations
I want you to be the best housekeeper you can be. And if and when you can’t, I want you to know more than anything, that you’re still a good person.
Sundance 2022: A Gay Trans Festival Recap
The past week I’ve watched 25 features, 14 shorts, 2 pilots, and 1 VR experience. Here’s a bit about everything I watched!
On Gender Fabrication and Femme Embodiment
There are so many things I may reach for to explain how I know I am a femme or an intersex non-binary woman but these words and concepts themselves are devised and constructed. Where do I anchor femmeness and how do I understand it?
Also.Also.Also: Amy Schneider’s “Jeopardy” Reign Is Over, but She’s the Forever Jeopardy Queen of Our Hearts
Encanto’s Jessica Darrow is ready to be your next queer crush, land dykes are ready for their great return (they never went anywhere), and welcome Girlboss Minnie Mouse??
“And Just Like That” Miranda Is THAT Girl
Miranda continues to lose her mind over Che Diaz, Carrie struggles to take off her wedding ring, and Charlotte gives some very good lessons on the art of wearing tampons.
S L I C K: Cass Auto Repairs
Noa tries to pick up her car at the auto shop and picks up her butch mechanic instead. “She buried her fingers in the dark locks of her mound and softly ran her finger up and down her clit, teasing. Cass pulled her hair gently.”
“Batwoman” Episode 310 Recap: I Will Be Your Safe Place
Get in, losers, we’re going to Lesbos.
“Legends of Tomorrow” Episode 710 Recap: Ace Up Her Sleeve
Ava gives Gwyn the love is love speech, Sara tries to unfix a fixed point, and Spooner comes out as asexual!
Welcome Our New Director of Brand Partnerships, Anya Richkind!
I’m so excited to be here. Let’s build Autostraddle’s financial future into something stronger, steadier, and more exciting than we’ve ever imagined!
Rainbow Reading: A New Story Collection From Carmen Maria Machado Is Coming!
Plus, book awards for Torrey Peters, Sarah Schulman, Darcie Little Badger, and more!
Sundance 2022: “Girl Picture” Has Queer Romance, Figure Skating, and Plenty of Teen Angst
These stories are reminiscent of other coming-of-age movies, but the performances and specificity of the characters — as well as the clever structure — elevate the film as a whole.
I Loved “Archive 81” — Then I Found Out Melody Got “Straightwashed”
By erasing Melody’s queerness, Archive 81 gains nothing and loses a lot.
Foolish Child #112: Encanto
Every Madrigal sister’s journey deserves to be over analyzed into redemption!
Pop Culture Fix: HBO Max’s “Batgirl” Casts Ivory Aquino as Alysia Yeoh, DC’s First Trans Movie Character
Also! The problem with How I Met Your Father, why you shouldn’t write off Che Diaz, how Whitney and Robyn fell in love, and more!
I Used Instagram Mantras As Therapy — And It Worked
They served as daily messages your best friend should tell you when you’re hurting — and in desperate need of a silver lining.
No Filter: Keke Palmer Is So Stunning and Charming, She Should Be the Host of Everything on Earth Forever!
Also: Cynthia Nixon is doing Fashion now, which I am very pro!! And I cannot get over the fact that Niecy Nash and Jessica Betts are matching in this random selfie? Color coordinated!
Also.Also.Also: Ah Yes, the Scammer-To-Girlboss Pipeline
A fun lil read on how scammers became cultural icons, a celebration of Tatyana Ali’s ‘90s fashion, an ode to plant parents, and who’s all gay at the winter olympics.
As a Black, Fat, Disabled Person in Love, My Monogamy Feels Radical
For me, navigating polyamorous dynamics with white people is inherently taxing and painful as a Black person.
Freeform’s “Single Drunk Female” Finds the Funny in Sobriety
Single Drunk Female is a show about starting fresh, not just about drinking or not drinking.
It’s Your Anniversary: Rent Was My First Class On Anti-Capitalism
I felt even more galvanized by the queer anti-capitalist characters I had come to know so well — and felt seen in the small choices I made to work towards an anti-capitalist future.