I’m Finally Taking Up Space In My Own Place
On putting the safe decorations in the closet and letting my home reach its full gay potential. On taking up space in my own space.
Pop Culture Fix: Of Course Loki’s Bisexuality Was Confirmed Because of Bisexual Director Kate Herron!
Also in today’s Pop Culture Fix: Danielle Savre and Stefania Spampinato hanging in a hot tub, a DND homebrew campaign featuring an all fat + queer cast, TV’s colorism problem, Dominique Jackson discusses mentoring queer youth of color, and more!
“Legends of Tomorrow” Episode 610 Recap: ¿Por qué?
Ava and Sara are off looking for wedding venues so we have to spend the whole episode watching Constantine be… well, Constantine. They can’t all be Thong Songs and Beebo Battles, I guess.
“Fear Street: 1666” Brings The Trilogy to a Very Gay Close
Part origin story, part conclusion, the final film smashes together its timelines and serves up two distinct films at once that, despite their aesthetic and tonal differences, are inextricably bound.
“American Horror Stories” Is Ryan Murphy At His Worst
This is a brutal look into who Ryan Murphy deems worthy of a personality and who exists only to aid or bully a white gay before getting their throat slit.
Quiz: What Disney Channel Original Movie Made You Gay?
Bring on the late 90s/early 2000s nostalgia!
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is A Nihilistic Slut
85% of queers met their partners by being friends first, how to slow date, how to hide nudes on your phone and more.
Baopu #88: The Poster Child of Anxiety
When words sometimes complicates things even further, only a surrealist picture can sum up the weirdness of social anxiety.
Boobs On Your Tube: Betty’s Queers Keep Talking About Talking Without Actually Talking (GAY!)
Also in our weekly LGBTQ+ TV round-up, updates on The Chi, All American, iCarly, Motherland: Fort Salem, and The Republic of Sarah!
Extra! Extra!: All Eyes on the Legislative Battle for Texas
This week we’re talking about the political strife in Haiti, the US’s messy exit from Afghanistan, the development of new COVID variants, your bimonthly legislatively institutionalized moral panic report — and the attacks on citizens’ rights plus the attempts to hold them at bay that are rocking Texas legislative chambers.
Be Part of Autostraddle’s Spaces & Places Gallery!
Show us your favorite corner or room of your space. How did you put it together? Where did the pieces come from? Why do you love it? Share photos of your space and we’ll post them in a big gallery post, so that you can find inspiration and also share what you love!
Queer Design 101: Figuring Out Your Personal Design Style
When I found myself facing the blank walls of my new room, I had a minor moment of panic. Has the same thing happened to you?
“We Do This ‘Til We Free Us” Makes Abolition Accessible Without Claiming It’s Easy
Imagining what true justice would look like is difficult and strange and convoluted and there aren’t easy answers. Kaba, along with countless other writers, thinkers, and revolutionaries, has spent decades doing so anyway – and has given us this book as a gift as we attempt to do the same.
The Comment Awards Are Doing Karaoke With Shane and Bette and Sophie and Finley
“This is so on point that in a weird Mandela Effect way I genuinely now believe that I have seen Alice sing ‘Bitch’ and will not be convinced otherwise.”
Into the A+ Advice Box #39: FASHION
Jumpsuits at weddings, overalls, office wear, thrifting and tailoring and more! The Autostraddle team talks FASHION, specifically your fashion, in this special themed A+ Advice Box!
“Good Trouble” Season 3B Premiere: Alice and Malika Share Edibles and Heartbreak
Natalie recaps the Good Trouble 3B premiere and chats with EP Joanna Johnson about what we can expect for Alice in the coming season.
Also.Also.Also.: Research Finds Being In Love with Your Best Friend Is Provably Gay Culture
Hong Kong’s drag scene, Free Britney, how to find an LGBT-friendly pediatrician, Candace Parker and more!
Spaces & Places: A Roundup of 30 Queer-Owned Houseware Shops
Whether you’re in the market for furniture, art, candles, planters, kitchenware, organizers, textiles, or little tchotchkes, these queer-owned shops have got you covered.
Gunpowder Milkshake Wants Credit for Including Kickass Women, It Forgot You Have to Write Them First
If women bone cracking the skulls of men to a Janis Joplin soundtrack with pints upon pints of gory jello blood to spare is your idea of summer weekend fun, there are worse ways to spend your two hours.
De-Gayed By Hollywood: 22 Movies That “Straightwashed” LGBTQ+ Women Characters
Lesbian and bisexual characters have been straightwashed out of existence in many beloved Hollywood films. Here are 22 examples of times queer stories were de-gayed for mainstream consumption.