A+ Roundtable: Our First Bras
“Amazingly, neither the training bra nor my actual boobs magically solved my very typical and very sad self-image issues.”
50 of the Best Feminist Books of 2018
Here are 50 of the best books from this year that are by and about women, feminism or gender and related intersectional issues. There seem to be strong recurring themes of dystopia, anger, and navigating violent structures of power. What a coincidence!
Sunday Funday Is Getting Emotional With Janelle About All Queer Grammy Noms
The Grammy Awards are extra queer, Ellen Degeneres is doing stand up again, trans folks speak out, and more!
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Has Female-Presenting Nipples
The Tumblr and Facebook bans on sexuality-related photos and words, a photo series about healing through queer BDSM, how to consciously choose boundaries and more.
Femme Brûlée: Cranberry White Chocolate Scones
We all deserve the reward of eating a perfectly winter-themed scone curled up in a blanket with some peppermint tea.
Some Things: Nothing to Show
You’re sure it will continue to be awful.
Boobs on Your Tube: Janet Smooches Janet Smooches Eleanor on “The Good Place”
Plus Legacies gives us a Hufflepuff/Slytherin power couple, All American gives us Coop in a suit. And quick hits on Coronation Street, The Young and the Restless, Charmed, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Star and The Flash!
Holigay Gift Guide: For the Overworked & Underpaid
Long days and even longer nights just trying to make ends meet? We can’t change everything but taking care of the mind, body and soul (very original) can hopefully make it a little easier. Check out these gifts to do just that!
The Comment Awards Can’t Sit Properly
“The chairs thing! THE CHAIRS THING. All my life.”
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Let’s Imagine a Coworking Space Just for Us
Let’s imagine if the Straddleverse became a real life coworking space! What would your ideal workspace look like?
Powerful Perception
“I couldn’t help to associate this perception of my ‘powerfulness’ in drag as belittling my power when I dress and present as feminine.”
Things I Read That I Love #278: Drunk In The Taco Bell Drive Thru, I Kiss It Directly On Its Bony Mouth
Topics include taxidermy, a child sex trafficking ring engineered by a very rich assh*le, Heathers (the movie), murder, a cruise for cryptocurrency lovers, Lolita, weird online shopping, the Jewish American Princess and so much more!
NEW MERCH ALERT: Tees and Sweatshirts for Dramatic Dykes, Eternal Bisexuals, Non-Binary Babes and GAYS GAYS GAYS
As always, when you buy our merch, you’re directly putting money into the pockets of the Autostraddle staff, writers and contributors, SO THANK YOU FOR SHOPPING WITH US!
“Black Lightning” Episode 208 Recap: Bonnie and Clyde
Jennifer and Khalil act out my favorite Beyoncé and Jay-z video! Except it’s all wrong!
Chloë Grace Moretz Kisses Kate Harrison, Demi Moore Maybe Has a Girlfriend? Is Everybody Gay Now
Look guys, I don’t know what to tell you. It seems like the prophecy has finally come true: everybody in Hollywood is gay, everyone is gay; your chances of getting a date with Janelle Monáe have never been better.
Surviving Utopia: Finding Hope in Larissa Lai’s Piercing Novel “The Tiger Flu”
Life – fierce, painful, unyielding, complicated – bursts from every page of The Tiger Flu, which tells a story of love (and hate) between women in a futuristic world overrun by corporate technocracy and the effects of climate change.
The Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice Is Crushing it in 2018
The Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice has been doing incredible work for 40 years — here’s a little bit about that, and also about the Fueling the Frontlines gala I attended last month, and also about their upcoming benefit featuring Ellen Page, Kiersey Clemons and Olivia Wilde!
“Riverdale” Episode 307 Recap: Noir Betty Cooper is the Best Betty Cooper
Where the hell is Cheryl? Do we think things will come full circle for her and she’ll be the one to break her dear cousin out of the Sisters Of Quiet Mercy? Does Riverdale have any real plans for her this season?
Holigay Gift Guide: For Queer Radicals, Trans Revolutionaries, and Menacing Lesbians
The age-old challenge: what to get for your rad, free-thinking, take-no-BS, burn down the cisheteropatriarchy, revolutionary friend or loved one? Capitalism sucks. These gifts don’t!
Hippie Pants Make Me Feel Pretty — and Guilty
“I wear Spiritual Awakening Pants, because I look good in them and sometimes I crave that feeling. I feel guilty while I do it, like I’m legitimising the remnants of colonialism that I see in the patterns of elephants.”