If you’re not living with your partner, the only person you’re having sex with right now is yourself. You deserve to practice elaborate masturbation in your life. And now’s the perfect time!
Art supply care packages, what even is “normal,” just get weird and more.
You… don’t know what the word “slur” actually means… do you?
Sara and Charlie face off against Charlie’s sister and Zari 2.0 meets Original Zari in Legends of Tomorrow’s triumphant return.
Comfort reads with queer characters to soothe you in today’s rough times! I’ve specifically picked books that are available in ebook format so that you can get a hold of them from the comfort of wherever your shelter in place is.
This trailer for Legends of Tomorrow is bonkers, The Bold Type’s coming back so soon, everything else is getting delayed delayed delayed, Melissa Etheridge’s #StayHome concert series, and more!
Today marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, and we are reminded that sustainability is inherently queer. The movement won’t — and can’t — continue without the queer community.
King Princess and Quinn Wilson give us horse girl content and Kristen Kish needs a haircut!
Ranking the best queer mullets in pop culture, a little Lizzo and Whitney Houston, happy anniversary “Love & Basketball,” and here’s what to know about the how far-right media is weaponizing the Coronavirus.
Don’t worry, even Cate Blanchett won’t compel you to be attracted to Phyllis Schlafly.
Inspired by a caterpillar, cocooning describes a time when you are forced to wait and prepare for the transformation that is taking place inside you. Thanks to Covid-19, many of us are dealing with career cocoons right now. Here’s how to cope.
Tell yourself that you’re not like one of those chain smokers, that you can stop whenever you want. Start smoking American Spirits, so it’s like, not even that bad for you because it’s natural, or organic, or something. You forget.
Sweetly enough, it’s possible to have a shocking number of cute ass dates on Animal Crossing. I’m lucky to be quarantined with my girlfriend, but we’re running low on date opportunities.
Closure is a choice — often one you have to make on your own. And it’s absolutely okay to not be friends with an ex.
Help! Your girlfriend is quarantined three hours away, your roommate’s partner moved into the apartment during the shut down without your consent, dying your hair before that next work Zoom call, handling an overwhelming group chat, and what to do when you are so alone!
Instead of preparing for doom, I can’t help myself from planning for the utmost beauty and enjoyment, for pleasure and laughter, for sharing stories and connections, regardless of whatever else is happening. Here are the near-future plans I’m inviting you to invest in with me on Autostraddle, during this final stretch of our fundraiser!
This week’s Extra! Extra! COVID-19 looks at what’s happened with the stimulus package and protests against social distancing in the US, and how countries the world over are thinking about reopening.
The trailer for Monica Raymund’s queer murder mystery series is here, Michelle Obama and Julie Andrews will read comforting stories to you, Queen Latifah’s chatting about her lady crushes, and Atomic Blonde 2 is in the works.
“Every single verse of this is like getting clocked in the side of the head with a Yankee candle.”
(Now including new, fresh rankings from “Fetch the Bolt Cutters”!)
It may be tempting to cling to familiar habits and routines, to find comfort in the ways we’ve always done things — but don’t be afraid to adapt, to learn, to grow. We have an opportunity, both with this challenging pandemic and this new season of Taurus, to find creative solutions and new ways to work, play, and rest.