Dolly Parton will finally appear on Grace & Frankie, baby-eating witch Kate McKinnon doubts QAnon, Ruth Negga will play queer legend Josephine Baker, Brooklyn Nine-Nine will end with a shortened season eight, and more!
Carly: I feel like if I confusedly kissed Jennifer Beals, I would also have to move away.
Christina: I would have to join WITSEC. I would be like, “Listen, get me on a USA cable drama because I got to go. I’m losing it.”
Carly: “I got to go. Give me a wacky sidekick, we can go fight crime together, or whatever. Maybe we’re lawyers. We’re going to wear suits and my name is not Carly anymore.”
Christina: “I can’t be Christina anymore because my mouth has been on Jennifer Beals’ mouth.”
A resource guide to some of the crucial narratives and literary works around sex workers’ experiences in publication, from one of the editors of new anthology of sex workers’ writing “We Too: Essays on Sex Work and Survival.”
I was hustling to make life work as a freelance writer and graphic designer and workshop presenter (and, like, food delivery person and countless other gigs) in an increasingly treacherous digital media landscape.
It’s as entertaining as any heist movie, as addictive as the best true crime, and authentic in a way few pieces of mainstream trans media have been before.
Some Valentine’s suggestions if you’re into that kind of thing; the many ways to be kinky; the many ways to be probably in love with your best friend; publish more queer erotica and more.
I just want to hug Symone and tell her how good she is doing!! And also that it’s okay if she doesn’t always do this good!!
Four submissions about trans people loving all up on another, in not just romantic ways! Illustrated by Bishakh Som.
Today’s the day, A+ member! Join us on for the Autostraddle Discord Server experiment of February 2021! Bring you pet photos, your houseplant ailments, you latest hobby, your personals ad!
Plus updates on Legacies and All American!
“Our wedding plans went on hold when I found myself unable to get out of bed.”
7. endless time to wrap your mind around what was really wrong with all of your exes
“It turns out I’ve been right all along: love is bigger than all that.”
“lol at my life, break up with someone right after you put out a love song about them, looool gonna go cry forever.”
Love is pure. Love is real. But mostly, love is a bunch of neurotransmitters.
“You want proof love is a lie?? Let me dramatically pull back the curtains and show you the broken shards of my heart on the floor!”
I believe that love is real, but I’m definitely not looking at it through big, gay rose-colored glasses!
We’re kicking off today’s festivities with a super neutral, super chill playlist of breakup songs. Is love a lie?? I mean, you tell us.
“Molly’s Aunt Eleanor was the original American Girl lesbian aunt. I’m just saying.”
Excellent reads from noted queer authors Kristen Arnett and Leah Johnson, grown up love stories that are certain to make you cry before Valentine’s Day (one starring Roxane Gay and Debbie Millman) — and more to wrap up the week.