The Comment Awards Are Thirty Going on Thirteen
“Someday I’m gonna be a sexy spinster with a house full of ethically sourced dead ravens AND NO ONE CAN STOP ME!”
Into the A+ Advice Box #56: IMPOSTER SYNDROME, SELF-SABOTAGE, and SELF-DOUBT
A lack of focus, the road not taken, fear of dating — the team tackles these topics and more!
Also.Also.Also: I Still Can’t Stop Thinking About Brittney Griner
Jemele Hill on Brittney Griner (and ICYMI — updates on BG’s detention), how gullibility became our new normal, and are we wrong about introverts vs. extroverts?
“Good Trouble” Episode 402 Recap: It’s Where You Belong
Stef and Lena return… to help Callie make a huge, life-changing, show-changing decision.
No One Else Is Going to Look Out for Us
“‘You realize you’re taking away the jobs and the health insurance of five people at the start of a pandemic and you don’t have to, right?’ She looked at me with her blue eyes, hands clasped to her heart and told me, ‘I have to do this for me.'”
CW’s “Two Sentence Horror Stories” Has Werewolves and Vampires and Lesbians, Oh My!
Of course the lesbian episode of this supernatural anthology series is also the werewolf and vampire episode AS IT SHOULD BE.
In Verse: Poetry Collections for Impressing the One You Love
Being in love is to be full of swell, all bells, and tinkles.
It’s a Friday Open Thread, but on a Thursday!
Today, in honor of our 13th birthday this month (!) and the extraordinary fundraiser Nicole is leading to keep us going (hopefully for 13 more years and then some!) we are hosting a rare and special open thread! Get in here!
The Gayest Things You Did at 13
111. I wrote hundreds of love letters to Janet Jackson. I never sent them, but was convinced that we would end up married some day.
How To Be 13 and on Myspace Again
Photo albums, HTML customization, and choosing your profile song all offer endless possibilities to express yourself.
Pop Culture Fix: Generation Q’s Arienne Mandi (Dani!) Is Gaying Up Hallmark Movies Now
Also! Mary Lambert crying while covering Melissa Etheridge is for sure the gayest thing you will see today, Tegan and Sara are so excited about the New York Post’s lesbian fashion op-ed, and Stephanie Beatriz recorded Encanto’s Waiting on a Miracle while she was in labor!
A+ Members: Join the Selection Committee for Autostraddle’s 2022 March Madness Contest
Want to revel in everything Gigi? Drag her relationships with Bette and Dani to the top of the Generation Q region. Did you share the internet’s disdain for Miranda and Che? Drop them to the bottom of the Grown region. Make whatever choices for whatever reason seems right to you.
No Filter: “What Is Ashley Benson Doing Right Now?” Is Something I Wonder Often
And frankly her IG does not clear up a whole lot?
Also.Also.Also: Straights Declare “Dressing Like a Lesbian” to Be a “Sexy Trend” When They Do It.. WHUT
Kristen Arnett on Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill is your must read of the day, there’s a boycott of ubiquitous organic brand Amy’s Kitchen you’ll want to know about, and we’re all angry at work — now what?
Melissa Febos on “Body Work,” Medieval Women, and First Drafts
“The process of writing for me is the great work of life. It is the nexus where everything that matters to me intersects.”
“Astrid & Lilly Save the World” and Crush on Girls
Astrid & Lilly Save the World is a fun, silly sci-fi show with two fat female heroes, one of which is queer and crushing.
You Need Help: I Can’t Figure Out What I Should Wear and Who I Should Date
You don’t need to have one particular vibe, type, or style. You don’t have to have it all figured out now, next week, or next year.
Being or Becoming Real
“I felt disconnected from my art because I had part time and full time jobs that took up most of my time in the world. I wrote on scraps of paper during lunch breaks and tried, at the end of the day, to have an hour or so of “creative time” for myself.”
Crafts I Intended To Try This Winter but Now It’s Almost Spring so I Guess I’ll Put Them Off for Another Year
I don’t know about you, but every single year when the cold depressing months come around, I cheer myself up by putting together a list of potential crafts I could do to pass the time.
Names I Have Been Called
There are so many names I have been called that I now have taken on for myself. Call it reclaiming. I’m not sure what it is but it has largely to do with the work I’ve done on accepting my body for what it is, whether I love it or not.