Lez Liberty Lit: The End
Over the decade-ish that I’ve been writing this column, the number of published queer and trans stories has exploded.
My Favorite Witchy Books of 2021
Every year, more and more brilliant, engaging, inspiring witchy books are published to help both beginner and more advanced practitioners improve their skills with tarot, astrology, tarot, numerology, herbalism, divination, and other sacred practices.
Malinda Lo on Her Historic National Book Award Win and Lesbian Literature’s History and Future
Malinda Lo talks about writing queerness in different genres, butch/femme dynamics in literature, and the gay Macy’s of the 1960s that didn’t make it into her book.
“No Filter and Other Lies” Asks How Far Will You Go for Validation?
Life is hard enough already, why turn Instagram into a bully that can taunt you every time you open it?
In “Truth of The Divine” We Explore What It Means To Be Human
A story that exemplifies the power of science fiction, encouraging readers to ponder what it even means to be “human”.
Lez Liberty Lit: Just for the Sake of It
The transformative power of queer breakups, exploring the ongoing trauma of the AIDS crisis, some 2021 faves, and more.
75 of the Best Queer Books of 2021
It was a banner year for queer horror! Plus, fantasy, historical fiction, memoir, nonfiction, YA, middle grade, poetry picks — and so much more!
Charlie Jane Anders on Trans Speculative Fiction and Rethinking ‘Hope’
In this Autostraddle interview, Charlie Jane Anders discusses her new collection of short stories, “Even Greater Mistakes.”
Quiz: Which Wintery Queer Book Should You Read This Holigay Season?
Whether or not you love the winter holiday season, Autostraddle’s resident lesbrarian has got some great reads for you this December! Just take this quiz and I will match you with an amazing queer book.
Holigay Gift Guide: What To Buy for Book Lovers (Other Than Books)
If it’s too much pressure to pick out a book for your literary pal, consider a creative display shelf, a customizable book planter, pressed flower bookmarks, and other presents that are bookish but not books!
Lez Liberty Lit: Do Not Privatize Libraries
Why is privatizing libraries a thing! Plus, centering voices not just bodies, banned books, stoner novels, nonlinear narratives, and more.
Malinda Lo Won a National Book Award for “Last Night at the Telegraph Club” — And I Yelled
Malinda Lo’s National Book Award win for Last Night at the Telegraph Club comes at a particularly crucial moment for LGBTQ+ YA as a genre.
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.