Lez Liberty Lit: Queer Books as Hydra
The color-coded bookshelf conversation continues, queer books are unstoppable, queerness in Sally Rooney’s work, and more.
Things I Read That I Love #323: Pulp Fiction With a Hint of Social Justice
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!
Lez Liberty Lit: Reading in Front of the Screen Fire
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!
Jen Winstons’ Greedy Reminds You To Remember The “And”
“I learned to accept that I contain multitudes, and neither my sexual orientation nor gender identity are exempt from my multifaceted nature.”
Lez Liberty Lit: Love Is Renewable
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 Reveals That Masochism Is Everywhere
Hurts So Good showcases pain experts of all types for a more holistic understanding of why and how we use pain for pleasure.
The Book That Helped Me Leave Religion: Kurt Vonnegut’s “Cat’s Cradle”
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.”
The Book That Made Me A Slut: Andrea Lawlor’s “Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl”
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.
Lez Liberty Lit: Liminal Spaces
Queer time and liminal spaces, a library facing possible charges for carrying sex education books, the myth of universality in literature, and more.
The Book That Made Me Get Sober: Leslie Jamison’s “The Recovering”
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.
Tumblr Porn Offers an Inside Look at Early Internet Culture
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.
Things I Read That I Love #322: A Dystopian Victory for a Particularly Narrow Vision of Nuclear Family
Topics include Aldi Supermarkets, Whitney Houston, McDonald’s, Brazilian Butt Lifts, The Rosie O’Donnell Show, COVID in Kirkland, restorative justice and more!
Lez Liberty Lit Is Engineering a Hot Streak
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.
75 Queer and Feminist Books Coming Your Way Fall 2021
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!
Sophie Santos’ Memoir Takes Us On Her Queer Path To The Lesbian Agenda
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.
Things I Read That I Love #321: I’m Not Normally Like This
Topics include Sinead O’Connor, The Talented Mr. Ripley, crushes, dog adoption competition, drinking alone and poppers!
Lez Liberty Lit: Ground Yourself
Creating work while living with chronic pain, a brief grounding exercise, the state of ambiguous loss and more.
Eight Books Featuring Women Dealing with Professional Jealousy
“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?”
Lez Liberty Lit: A Gaping MAW
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.
Arisa White’s “Who’s Your Daddy” Explores the Quest for Family and Healing in a Queer, African-Diasporic Context
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.