100 Things to Try When I Have a Vagina
Of all the unexpected changes I encountered during my transition, the most surreal had to be transforming a part of my body.
No Filter: Simply the Betts! Happy First Anniversary to Niecy Nash, Jessica Betts, and the Greatest Day of Our Gay Lives
August 31st 2020 was a day that shook all of us to our core — a previously assumed heterosexual actress dramatically announcing that she was not straight via stunning wedding photos??? I was beside myself.
Satellite of Love: Queer Horoscopes for September 2021
This Virgo season has a definite good girl gone leather daddy vibe.
Also.Also.Also: We Are Once Again Reminded That “Straightness” Might Be A Myth
The 10 Black women who invented The Supermodel, Girl Boss is dead, and without Supreme Court action, tonight will be the night Texas abortion clinics will close their doors for good.
The Autostraddle Insider: Issue 83, August 2021
“I passive aggressively liked it.”
5 Sex Workers on the OnlyFans Policy Flip-Flop
After facing backlash from sex workers and advocates, OnlyFans reversed its decision, stating on Twitter that the company has “secured assurances necessary to support our diverse creator community.” But will those “assurances” stick?
You Need Help: My Girlfriend is So Annoying, Should I Break Up With Her?
Your feelings about her are a great big neon sign spelling out the word B R E A K U P.
20 Years Later, “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” Is Still Outside The Binary
“For some of us, that will always be our relationship to gender. I’m a woman. I’m trans. I’m non-binary. All those words feel right for me. But I’m still naked walking down that dark alley a little unsure of who I’m meant to be.”
Caesar Salad: Anamnesis
Here’s what I remember: a wooden bowl. My father’s silver hair under the spotlit kitchen island. Hands busy mashing yolk and rind; the squeeze of a tube of anchovy paste, the clinks of spoon to jarred garlic.
“Legends of Tomorrow” Episode 614 Recap: Paciencia y Fe
Astra and Spooner find themselves separated from the Legends and have to try to stop Constantine and preserve Spooner’s future all on their own.
Pop Culture Fix: Sarah Paulson Agrees the “American Crime Story” Fat Suit Wasn’t a Great Idea
The Baby-Sitter’s Club will be back for season 2 in October, Evan Rachel Wood pointedly covers You Get What You Give, Gigi Goode comes out as trans-nonbinary, 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?”
“To L and Back” Generation Q Podcast Episode 204: Lake House
“As a person of Midwestern experience, I can say that a Lake House is supposed to be on a lake.”
What The Pandemic Taught Me About Healthy Queer Love
To live out a love that is healthy, queer, non-mongamous has been a source of deep personal transformation.
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is A Mindgasm
How to orgasm using just your mind, why consent and pleasure are intertwined, how to split the bills with someone you’re dating and more.
Boobs on Your Tube: In Its Season Finale, iCarly Proves It’s Not Your Mama’s Nickelodeon (Thank Goodness)
Plus, Sarah Paulson chewing through scenery in the new season of American Horror Story as only she can, Motherland: Fort Salem’s season finale was INTENSE, and BET’s The Ms. Pat Show is turning out laughs from the most unexpected places.
The L Word Generation Q Episode 204 Recap: But This Lake House Has No Lake
It’s time for long drives, short cries, thwarted dates and exes who aren’t quite ready to say goodbye!
50 Questions I Asked Siri When My iPhone Was Joyriding Alone in an Uber All Day
“Siri, can you please lock me out of Twitter?”
Some Answers to Some Things You’ve Been Asking Us #37
“Heather Hogan’s misandry gives me LIFE.” Welcome to Some Answers to Some Things You’ve Been Asking Us: in which the Autostraddle senior team answers q’s A+ members send in, freaks out with you over exciting news and responds to your all-consuming need to share various things!
The Comment Awards Are Using Dental Dams
“‘Michelle Branch + leather’ is somehow incredibly accurate for my closeted self in that era.”