Also.Also.Also: Get Ready for Our Alien Overlords, I Hope They’re Hot
115 queer authors share the books that changed their lives, queer farmers, dealing with post-pandemic FOMO, and… why are we all talking about U.F.O.s right now?
#PolyamoryProblems: Advice for Newbies with Too Many Feelings
For some polyam newbies, big feelings can make you feel out of control. Dating experienced people can be a gift, but it could also mean that you defer to your partner’s word instead of advocating for your needs. Find out why you should never stand for someone telling you that having feelings means you’re not really polyamorous.
You Need Help: Why Is My Coworker/ Friend/ Crush Pulling Away?
Are you wanting to repair the friendship as it currently stands? Or are you wanting to see if your friend wants more than friendship? Those are very different things!
Editor’s Note: On ‘How To Survive A Post(?)-COVID World’
Regardless of how “post”-COVID our individual worlds might feel as restrictions are lifted, we are all still living through the trauma of a global pandemic.
Remote Learning Is Over, But I’m Still Disabled
When the university I attend announced a return to face-to-face classes, I felt afraid.
COVER REVEAL: Check Out the Smokin’ Cover of Grace Lavery’s Much-Anticipated “Please Miss”
Carmen Maria Machado calls it “hilarious and sexy and terrifying in its brilliance,” while Michelle Tea says it’s a “daring, perverse, mind-blowing, intellectual, hilarious, outrageous, inspired work of art that somehow is touchingly sincere while giving no fucks whatsoever.” Check out the cover revealed exclusively on Autostraddle!
Pop Culture Fix: Sarah Paulson, Gillian Anderson, Mj Rodriguez and Cynthia Erivo Want to Do a Road Trip Movie and We Also Want This
Also, the first 8 minutes of In the Heights, Clea Duvall created a not-for-kids cartoon, and more!
“Legends of Tomorrow” Episode 605 Recap: Once Upon a Legend
Astra struggles in the human world and ends up in an animated pickle. Also: Sara Lance becomes an Earper.
“Batwoman” Episode 215 Recap: The Blame Game
“As Black people, we often don’t have the luxury of choosing our battles, because non-Black people sure as hell don’t choose which of us to attack. We’re not a monolith, but we do and will fight as one”
Cruising for Rivendell: What Draws Queer People to High Fantasy?
“I think people who are seekers can just really want something so badly to be real… but then you’re almost willing to do anything to make it real.”
Mae Martin on “Feel Good,” Labels, and Getting Kicked Off Hinge
“When I read the interviews I’m like this doesn’t sound funny at all. But I swear it is. Just watch the show.”
“Plan B” Review: Natalie Morales Directs a High-Stakes Teen Sex Comedy with Humor and Horror
I can see how some viewers might be turned off by a character’s queerness being turned into a plot twist, but I can assure you it’s not intended as a punchline.
Quiz: Which Animal With Queer Tendencies Are You?
Alright, time to find out which queer animal best represents your whole vibe!
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Knows What They’re Looking for on Here
If privacy is a requirement for intimate romance, what’s with live tweeting long-distance love confessions? Plus how to @ that person you ghosted months ago but kinda want to see again.
Nutshell Studies of Quarantine: Part Three, Summer 2020
Frida seeks relief as anxiety takes hold while watching the never-ending despair of the 2020 news cycle.
Boobs on Your Tube: Fire House Wedding Bells Send “Station 19” into Summer Hiatus
Plus updates on the season finale of Nancy Drew, Top Chef, New Amsterdam, The Bold Type, and.. did y’all see Cynthia Erivo’s gay new music video?
Leah Johnson Is the Toni Morrison of Queer YA, It’s Time We Get Real About That Fact
“I just want people to know that at the core of every book I write, I want to center black girls in their wholeness and show that you can be flawed. You can be scared. You can be beautiful.”
EXCLUSIVE Excerpt: Meet Toni, One of the Main Characters in Leah Johnson’s Latest Novel “Rise to the Sun”
Leah Johnson’s new novel “Rise to the Sun” follows two Black queer girls falling in love at a music festival — here’s an exclusive excerpt!
MISSED CONNECTION: I’m Sorry I Went to the Gym Instead of Letting You Fuck Me in My Twin Bed
Maybe I would have been something you’d be good at.
The Comment Awards Are Going for a Double Double
“Would absolutely watch this movie directed by Celine Sciamma.”