The Comment Awards Are Selling Their Soul for That Jasika Nicole Hallmark Christmas Movie
“I gotta say, if you wanna have sex in six minutes, you should not spend the first 4.5 minutes unbuttoning all the buttons in both of your dresses!”
“To L and Back” Live in L.A. With The L Word®: Generation Q Cast: an Autostraddle x SHOWTIME® Event
On December 4th, “To L and Back” is doing a live recording in Los Angeles with the cast of “The L Word: Generation Q” and we’d love to see you there!
A+ Members! We Have Tickets for the “To L and Back” event just for you!
On December 4th, “To L and Back” is doing a live recording in Los Angeles with the cast of “The L Word: Generation Q” and we’d love to see you there!
Things I Read That I Love #302: Cosmo Tutorials On How to Come Didn’t Make Much Of a Crack In The Bell Jar
Topics include the founding of Patreon, the founding of Poo-Pourri, the writer as influencer, housing discrimination, TurboTax, feminist performance art, disassociating, the Park Slope food co-op, the Zodiac Killer and more!
Queer Tarotscopes: Sagittarius Season Calls You to Go After What You Want
After multiple seasons of refining our goals and releasing what is no longer needed, Sagittarius gives us the energy and agency to go after everything we want, to reach for those big dreams and find ways to create the kind of magic we’ve been craving.
Democratic Debate #5 Recap: It’s Kamala Harris and Cory Booker’s Time to Shine
In most primary campaigns, staffers and consultants tell candidates not to do what Kamala Harris did last night — but I think she edged out Cory Booker for winner of the debate.
The New “Charlie’s Angels” Delivers Fights, Fashion, and Friendship
The movie pays homage to its predecessors while still charting its own course.
Lez Liberty Lit Is Reading in Translation
Is literary fiction a scam? How do you read the unread books you already own? Are you reading enough books in translation? Wanna read about baby penguins? Click through.
Writing Queer Ugandan Futures into the Present
The story of queerness in Uganda, bound as it has been to fictions about who we are and who we ought to be, is a story of resilience, love and community.
“Riverdale” Episode 407 Recap: Ice Ice Baby
Extreme highs and lows come with the first-love territory, and the softer moment that Toni and Cheryl spend on the couch is quite sweet. I’m often questioning why these two are together, and I think the real answer is less romantic and more troubling. Toni is a caretaker to Cheryl, and Cheryl is desperate to be loved by just about anyone.
What We Love and Hate About Dating Aquariuses
“I’m not saying Aquariuses are the easiest sign to date, but why would anyone want easy?”
Pop Culture Fix: Kristen Stewart Truly Out-Gays Herself Eating Hot Sauce With the Other “Charlie’s Angels” IRL
Elsa’s lesbian dead mom duet (???), Brooklyn Nine-Nine has been renewed again, one last season of Marvel’s Runaways, Regina Hall’s new queer occult show, Steven Universe, Dolly Parton, Goose Game (HONK!).
Basic Butch Style: Game Day!
Those of us with a football loving girlfriend, wife, friend, or coworker, know that from September to January — all conversations lead back to the field. Get yourself in the game with a versatile football themed outfit.
Foolish Child #59: Destiny
“How long did it take Sarah to pick her mouth up off the floor when she found out you have kids?”
Trans Radiance: Sharing Food As An Act Of Love
A common refrain in trans activism is to “give us our roses while we’re still here” instead of just honoring us upon our deaths. Donating to, uplifting, and otherwise supporting Black trans-led projects like the Okra Project is a tangible way we can do exactly that.
No Filter: Jacqueline Toboni and Kassandra Clementi Are Going Out In Blazers of Glory
Everybody got lit at the Gen Q wrap party, Hayley Kiyoko will get the door for you, Jen Richards wore a REALLY HOT DRESS, Teddy Quinlivan wore literally nothing, Lena Waithe and Rihanna go to a party and more!
Warning: Someone’s Body
I am coming to believe that my body is where my knowledge of the Divine lives—even when intellectual belief in God eludes me. My body has known for years that to live it would have to change.
You Need Help: Getting Kinky On A Budget
You’re in luck — kinky sex requires nothing but two (or more) bodies and a little imagination.
Queered & Careered: Sussing Out if An Employer is Trash
When you’re queer, every career decision can have consequences for your emotional, mental, or even physical health. Planning ahead, finding support, and asking critical questions about the people and companies you’re “dating” is central to your survival.
Gentrification Inside the Club and Out: How Stigma and Respectability Are Impacting the Sex Industry
The very same free speech arguments that lawyers used to attempt to defend sex shops and strip clubs in the late 1990’s are being used to defend against SESTA/FOSTA now — and the fallout is largely the same: erasure of so-called “deviance” for the sake of respectability and supposed “safety.”