NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is a Brat Attack
Leatherdyke zines and history, what foods you can put in a vagina or asshole, why sleep makes everything better except for the bad sex writing awards and more.
Sunday Funday Is Between You and Me and Betty Who
Betty Who’s new music video, bilingual children’s books about gender neutral pronouns, and an Israeli-Palestinian lesbian stand up couple, Hayley Kiyoko’s killer year, and more!
December 2018 Queer Horoscopes: Time to Hold All This and Still Face the Future
As this epic year winds to a close, take some time this month to have all the feelings — and prepare for a dreamier, queerer future.
Raising Baby T. Rex: Temper Tantrums and Dinner Dance Parties
Dealing with a toddler having a temper tantrum is a lot like putting out a fire, plus mom bod nudies, Remi’s fav song for dinner dancing, cat baby watch update, and more!
Yo! That’s Not Cool #15: Naughty Santa
“Is it cool to pretend to be Santa all December?”
Boobs on Your Tube: Coop Continues to Steal the Show on “All American,” “Star” Stumbles Into Trope City
Plus updates on Legacies, Coronation Street, Sally4Ever, and (for some reason) Camping.
The Comment Awards Are Making the Yuletide Gay
“That duck for sure has an Alternative Lifestyle Feathercut.”
Holigay Gift Guide: Mommi and Me
When in doubt: MONOGRAM.
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: I’m Worn Out and Need A F*cking Break! How ‘Bout You?
What helps you glow up? Share it in the thread!
In Defense of Dyke Style
“It took me 14 years to recognize with certainty that I was a dyke. I wish I could say it was about the intellectual complexities of sexuality and gender, or that I was afraid of being different. Those were factors, but not nearly as pressing as this: I thought dykes had bad style.”
The Autostraddle Insider: Issue 51, November 2018
“we’re naked the whole time but somehow it is not hot and more sad than anything else”
“Black Lightning” Episode 207 Recap: Strange Fruit
As much as I love Black Lightning, and in particular as much as I love their willingness to ground the supernatural within the – admittedly sometimes ugly – realities of black life in America, I worry that the show has begun to dabble in exploiting the violence against black bodies as a means of spectacle.
“Riverdale” Episode 306 Recap: Betty vs. Parents
Parents love to lie, but Detective Betty is ON IT.
Holigay Gift Guide: Seasonal Butch Accessories For Staying Warm, Looking Hot
Some of you might be here because the weather changed and you need warm things, some of you are like me and can’t wait to buy shit for every season, and some of you just want to look cute and don’t know where to start.
Autostraddle’s Favorite and Least Favorite Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans TV Characters of 2018
“Is this how cis white dudes feel all the time?”
Be a Holigay Potion Master with These Three DIY Bottled Gifts
This series may not be Magical Drafts and Potions by Arsenius Jigger, but it’s the closest things we muggles can get. All you need is a stove, a few fancy ingredients, and some time to whip of an apothecary full of gifts.
Is She a Lesbian or Just From the Midwest?
Midwestern lesbian fashion — flannel, Birkenstocks, baseball caps — is ignored at best and looked down upon at worst compared to urban, Shane-esque queer style. What happens when it’s given museum exhibit status?
Holigay Gift Guide: Let’s Scissor Under the Mistletoe
Scissoring: the greatest sex act in the world? Who would be foolish enough to make that claim? Me, and this gift guide!
Pop Culture Fix: Three “Delicious” Women Get It On in “The Favourite” and Other Stories
Stories include The Favourite, the oral history of “San Junipero,” Mel B’s tell-all memoir, bi actress Monica Raymund’s new lesbian role in Hightown, and a little lesbian Magic Mike just for you.
Stories About Beyoncé That Are Really About the First Girl I Ever Loved
“I never could explain why my heart pounded when her soft hands reached out for mine. Why it felt like I was the only girl in the world, singing with her at the top of my lungs. The way my eyes would nervously glance down at her chest in that purple lace bra and white tank top. Until I could.”