Some Things: Backwards Meditation
Shhhhsh-sh-sh. I have one minute left.
Boobs on Your Tube: “All American” Just Keeps Getting Its Lesbian Story Right
All American tackles internalized homphobia, Charmed gives Mel a devastating choice, Eleanor Shellstrop is horny even when she’s getting dragged into hell, AU! Charlie returns to Supernatural, Beth and Valencia are leaving Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, and more!
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Let’s Make a Fall TV Progress Report Together!
Let’s have a check in about fall TV!
KaeLyn Rich’s “Girls Resist!” Is a Guidebook for Intersectional Feminist Superheroes
“It’s the urgency of being a girl, in the broadest sense of that admittedly binary term, of being a marginalized person and knowing in your heart that you have the power to change your world.”
The Comment Awards Are Singing Karaoke In a Chunky Sweater
“My mom watched The L Word before I did, so really this must be her fault.”
Blobs Get Dressed
Blobs explore what getting dressed feels like.
Hulu’s “The Bisexual” Is Here to Make Every Queer a Little Uncomfortable
What impresses me most about The Bisexual isn’t that it skewers The Discourse, but that it ignores it completely in favor of having an actual conversation.
“Riverdale” Episode 305 Recap: Less Game, More Gay Please
Life is a roleplaying game and the roleplaying game is life.
The Implication of a Bag
“I was unwilling to buy a binder. It seemed like a declaration, the kind I was nowhere near ready to make yet. But for that winter, I had the bag.”
The 15 Best Lesbian and Bisexual Movies of 2018
It’s been a banner year for queer women on the big screen!
“Black Lightning” Episode 205 Recap: The One with the Hot Sex (and a Death)
We can finally settle it: Anissa Pierce is a top! Here’s some hot lesbian sex, tinged with a bit of angst and sadness, coming your way!
Pop Culture Fix: Out 100 Honors Cynthia Nixon, Hayley Kiyoko, Mara Wilson and Other Girlfriends Of Yours
Topics include a hot Out 100, Celine Dion smashing the gender binary, Kehlani on being pan & preggers, “The Gilda Stories” becoming a movie, Stan Lee’s date with Patricia Highsmith, “8 Celebs Who’ve Opened Up About Their Lesbian Affairs” and more!
Netflix’s “She-Ra and the Princesses of Power” Is the Gay Agenda
Noelle Stevenson’s remake of the short-lived but much beloved cartoon series is a brilliant homage to the original Gal Pals of Etheria and an absolute masterclass in feminist storytelling.
Trump Administration Continues to Decimate Asylum Process, Putting LGBTQ Migrants at Risk
A new executive order from Trump changes the rules for how someone has to have entered the US to apply for asylum, leaving many immigrants — including LGBT migrants seeking asylum — in dangerous limbo.
Getting in Bed With Kristin: Advice About Meeting New Friends, Falling for Friends and More!
Happy Thanksgiving from Sam the Cat!
A+ Members: Jumpstart Holiday Shopping With 20% Off Autostraddle Merch
We’ve got huge markdowns all over the Autostraddle store right now and if you’re an A+ member, you are REALLY in luck because you’re getting yet another markdown that’ll last all week!
When You Wear An Agbada
“To understand my relationship with this symbol of masculinity, we’ll have to start with my journey of queerness I had no idea I had embarked upon until I was turning 28, the sleeves of my buba — the tailored Agbada shirt — all rolled up to my elbows and my fingers rubbing down on the clit of a girl I had only met a couple of times prior to that moment.”
No Filter: Emily Hampshire and Teddy Geiger Got Engaged So At Least There’s That
Also, Evan Rachel Wood visited an escape room and the Vapid Fluff News Team need your help solving a blind item MYSTERY.
“Legends of Tomorrow” Episode 404 Recap: Camp Crush OF DOOM
Sara and Ava go back to summer camp together to try to save missing kids and give Ava some childhood memories of her very own.
Some Answers to Some Things You’ve Been Asking Us #22
“All horror is queer culture, as is Halloween as you correctly stated, and the 1970s in general, AND all final girls are queer culture in a very specific way that can only be discussed when you’re extremely high during a full moon.”