Pop Culture Fix: Michaela Jaé Rodriguez’s Golden Globes Acceptance Speech Is Gonna Make You Sob
Some WNBA tidbits, some TV cancellations, some Javicia Leslie talking Batwoman’s Wildmoore, and some more!
Anonymous Sex Toy Review: The Snail Vibe
The best part of using this toy was when I eventually tossed it on the floor and let myself orgasm all over my hot date’s fist instead.
“Euphoria” Episode 201 Recap: Literally Heartbreaking
It doesn’t matter how many swooping camera moves you do if you’re not swooping over something worthwhile — Rules is what’s worthwhile.
“Yellowjackets” Episode 109 Recap: Let’s Have a Bacchanal
Wine, sex, violence, and music in the woods! The Yellowjackets go full Bacchanalia in the series’ trippy, psychosexual horror episode “Doomcoming.”
“Search Party” Concludes With Its Gayest Season Yet
There is two-girls-kiss gay but there’s also have-the-best-guest-stars gay and for me that’s just as important.
QUIZ: Which Kristen Stewart Movie Character Are You?
Kristen Stewart has been in a lot of movies, but what about you? Which Kristen Stewart movies are you in??
7 Brilliant Books About Chaotic Queers
When I think about “good” queer representation, I think about bad. I think about bad behavior, bad relationships, bad choices, bad words.
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Episode 1401 Recap: Surprise! Centering Trans Queens Results In Good Drag!
Four out of these first seven queens are trans with two trans women! AND they’re the four immediate standouts.
Baopu #94: Which 2022 Mask Are You?
New year, new mood, new mask!
New Year’s Resolutions Feel Impossible, but Fuck It These Nail Polishes Are Not
What if, instead of adding more pressure to be always be Better during a time that is already patently The Worst(TM) we just stared out of a window with empty heads and freshly painted nails?
Boobs on Your Tube: Quiet Ann’s Sealing Deals With Smooches on “Claws”
Plus updates on S.W.A.T., NCIS: Hawai’i, and Sue Bird’s retirement status.
The Comment Awards Are Together in the Gay Wilderness
“The requirements for these merit badges are… different than I remember.”
Into the A+ Advice Box #51: “Bed Death,” Opening Up Relationships and DIY Haircuts
In which our A+ members get advice from the AS Team on a recent mental health diagnosis, insecurity about a girlfriend’s bisexuality, climate grief, cutting your own hair, some stellar showering advice, and more!
Short Fiction Playlist: Five Queer Short Stories To Get Lost in This Weekend
Find strangeness, horror, spit, and surreality in these five queer short stories available online. And let me know if you want to see more short fiction recs on Autostraddle!
Also.Also.Also: May We Drink the Tears of the “Horny Older Men” Who’ve Been Heartbroken Over Elvira’s Coming Out
Elvira said that old straight men have taken her coming out the hardest, unlocking the trauma of childhood toys, and what happens when “girl power” meets sobriety.
“And Just Like That” Miranda *and* Charlotte are Fantasizing About Che Diaz
Miranda doesn’t know if she’s gay, or if it’s just menopause. Or, you know, her compulsive personality.
Show Me Your 2022 Vision Board!
Grappling with life’s big questions — in the middle of a never-ending pandemic — is a lot less intimidating when you’re cutting out photos of Viola Davis at the same time.
Yaz Finally Confesses Her Feelings for The Doctor in “Eve of the Daleks”
“Is it that obvious?” YAZ. YES, IT’S THAT OBVIOUS.
Slow Takes: Casey Plett’s “A Dream of a Woman” and Forgiveness as a Love Story
Often I find myself pushing so hard against the image of trans loneliness that I don’t allow myself to acknowledge the truths that lie within. This book acknowledged them for me. It hurt. I’m grateful.
How “Hightown” Season 2 Failed Jackie Quiñones
There are plenty of people out there still rooting for Jackie Quiñones; it’d be nice if it felt like the ones crafting her story were among them.