The Museum of Broken Hearts
“I began to cry – overwhelmed by the knowledge that I was absolutely, incontrovertibly, in love with this crazy person.”
Molly Landreth And Her Queer Portraiture Are On Etsy
Rachel’s Team Pick: Molly Landreth of Embodiment now has prints for sale on Etsy that you will love.
Lindsay’s Team Pick: Photographer Alix Smith’s “States of Union”
Alix Smith is a totally amazing lesbian photographer from New York who is currently trying to finish a rad and important project that is relevant to our interests. And she needs your help.
Street Art’s Gritty, Sexual, Honest and Very Very Queer Side
“Us” in this instance being graffiti artists, street artists, vandals, thought provokers— who are women, and also queer.”
Live Through This: Artists Collective Wants Bullied Kids to Make Art, Rise Above It
Two artists think that the experience of, and feelings associated with, being bullied should be expressed and shared – and that’s inspirational.
Rachel’s Team Pick: Subways
I love subways.
Lindsay Lohan Becomes an “Art Star” in 90 Seconds
“She’s a combination of the fantastic and the real, which is what makes her so magnetic. She can also bring forward an existential presence that speaks to the isolated self.”
Photoshopping Lesbians into the Great Depression, In the Name of Art
What would the 1930s look like if it reflected a queer reality? Now you can find out.
Riese’s Team Pick: The Burning House Tumblr
“Beach Boys Greatest LP, so i have something good to listen to and cheer me up now that everything has burned.”
Riese’s Team Pick: 2010 in Photos – The Big Picture
The year for your eyes
US Reps Wanna Axe Smithsonian’s Gay Art, Should Have Something More Important to Do
Sarah: fuck republicans
Rachel: why do they hate everything beautiful and good
Street Anatomy’s Heart Beats For Art, Medicine and Queered Science
If you like pretty things, queer girls, and science, you need to know about Street Anatomy, a blog about awesome anatomical illustrations.
Crystal’s Team Pick: Stef Mitchell’s Stairwell Gallery
Do you live in Sydney? Autostraddle contributor Stef Mitchell is having a photo exhibition on August 19 and you’re invited!
Embodiments that Matter: Queer America Looks Like You
Molly Landreth and Amelia Tovey have set out into the gay wide open to document the faces, stories and sounds of this crazy queer country in their amazing photo/bio project, Embodiment: A Portrait of Queer Life in America. They sat down with Autostraddle to talk about the incredible things they’ve been doing, where they’re heading next, and why this work is so important.
Riese’s Team Pick: Christina Tsevis
I found this artist tonight Christina Tsevis, and at first her pictures look like a fancy kid’s cartoon from an educational video or something, but actually, they’re way more. I think I found the website, dripbook, through someone’s tumblr, I can’t remember. Now I am tumbling the hell out of them. Why not also here.
Emily’s Team Pick: What Do You Want to do Before You Die?
What Do You Want to do Before You Die is an incredible project by two people who ask people what they want to do before they die and take a polaroid of them as they’re saying it. Then, the person writes it on the picture and they post it on their website. I suggest you […]
Emily’s Team Pick: A Polaroid Every Day
Hello! A man took a polaroid picture every day from 1979-1997. That’s almost 20 years of photographs. I’m glad polaroids are coming back.
Jess’s Team Pick: Tiny Street Art Project
Little handpainted people, left in Italy & London to fend for themselves. http://little-people.blogspot.com/
Alex’s Team Pick: A Showcase of ‘Out of This World’ Typography
I love this sort of design style where I can pretend beautiful letterforms are floating in outer space, highlighted by laser beams and cool lighting effects! Take a look at this lovely showcase of “Out of This World” Typography, via @designinformer
Autofocus! Close-Up On the Most Iconic Lesbionic Photos Ever
“Happy Monday, my beauties! Its me, Robin, your resident photoblogger, here to enchant you with a delightful gaze into some iconic imagery of our lesbionic history.”