Why private eyes are watching you, watching everything (jk) (probably); computers are machines; banned books to read by writers of color; Karla Cornejo Villavicencio is the first undocumented person to ever be nominated for a National Book Foundation Award; and more.
If that sounds odd, get a load of the premise: two best friends and roommates, Alex (Quinta Brunson) and Daisy (Anna Akana), are chosen by the creator of the universe, a red Panda named Nut (Ana Gasteyer), to protect her because she mistakes them for warriors when she overhears them describing the plot of John Wick.
“I know y’all not in here watching Blue’s Clues like it’s porn. Bunch of weirdos.”
Dolly Parton is a literal angel, Lumberjanes is getting an animated series, Betty Gilpin’s eulogy for GLOW, don’t DM Roberta Colindrez, Zoe Kravitz is here to show you what queer America looks like, and more!
Dating Download is a new ongoing series where Shelli, Dani and Drew try out the latest or most overlooked of dating apps so you don’t have to. Today they’re giving you the full download on XO.
Samira Wiley would like to professionally make your bed, SavageXFenty lingerie is the queer gift that keeps on giving and Quinn Wilson agrees, and while we’re here: just imagine going on socially distanced park date with Trace Lysette.
This Latinx Heritage Month, I’m calling for non-Black Latinxs to reflect on the ways in which we’re aiding white supremacy and how we can instead be accomplices for the liberation of Black people.
Angelica Ross being interviewed by Crissle in a flurry of Black queer and trans brilliance, how to make serious sense of yesterday’s SCOTUS push to re-evaluate gay marriage, could the parents of LGBTQ+ kids decide the election? And more!
If you’re expecting the gay episode of Hulu’s horror anthology to be like the gay episode of Black Mirror, I must assure you: We ain’t in San Junipero anymore.
Cat Hollis founded Haymarket Pole Collective to create a place for Black sex workers to feel safe and to organize and advocate for their rights. “We’re oppressed as groups, not as individuals…The truth is that you might lift yourself up to a level with more agency, but that doesn’t remove your marginalization. And it doesn’t necessarily make it easier for people who come after you.”
I wish I could go back and show this film to my baby gay self.
No matter how cautious we try to be, we are going to hurt people. The question then becomes: when is it worth it?
Not a great day for queer TV!
You know what? We need this. It’s been a helluva year.
Bex Taylor-Klaus has joined a new ABC medical procedural, Pose is filming again (for now), how SNL and Kate McKinnon paid tribute to RBG, lesbians in Deaf U, and more!
Welcome to the first installment of #PolyamoryProblems, a new advice column on Autostraddle. There are countless things I wish I had known before I started out, and lucky for you I’m here to tell you the things that will hopefully make your transition into polyamorous relationships much smoother.
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Also: how a Black lesbian took down a racist, pandemic-partying fraternity in the deep south, what NOT to do for all those queer migraines you’re getting, gender neutral greetings on airplanes, queer girls are taking over TikTok, and more!
Sometimes meditation is a euphemism for masturbation and sometimes it’s not. Also, a look inside a sex toy factor, what you need to know about NSFW subscription sites, and more
I need a distraction from the thing that’s distracting me.