Things I Read That I Love #73: Tear-Smeared Eyeliner
Topics include trans* fiction, female soliders in combat, GoFundMe, the Lady Jaguars, The Wronged Man, food stamps, 90’s slutgrungefashion, breast cancer, Web U, southern cuisine and so much more!
Amber Dawn’s Memoir, “How Poetry Saved My Life”: The Autostraddle Interview
“How Poetry Saved My Life” tells Dawn’s story of sex-work and survivorship through poetry and prose. We spoke with her about this latest work, queer writers and speculative fiction.
Things I Read That I Love #72: Even If She Was Gay Emotionally
Topics include Gia Carnagi, Jenna Lyons, Dodd-Frank, solitary confinement, day care, Q*bert, Khadijah Williams, Prom 1995, Shutterbabe and more!
Lez Liberty Lit #18: Lesbian Literary Detective Work Is Overrated
Topics include finding quality queer books, the Pultizers, Maya Angelou, a big week at the Lesbrary, SO MANY EVENTS and what we’ve been reading.
Things I Read That I Love #71: He Wasn’t Weaving Bark Shoes
Topics include three strikes laws, Nick Offerman & Megan Mullally, the Mount Rainier shooting, YA novel covers, Ms., Naked Joe, domestic violence, photographers in Juárez and more!
23 Vintage Young Adult Novel Covers With Major Lesbian Subtext
Nobody was surprised to hear that Mallory hates boys (and gym).
Things I Read That I Love #70: We Confront The Mysteries and The Terrors of Life Through Them.
Topics include Vice, meth, makeup, Bally’s, Wal-mart, celebrity culture, sex abuse, Girls of Riyadh, Zanesville, and sex in 1950!
Lez Liberty Lit #17: You Hate The Word “Moist” For A Reason
Best literary insults, stalking Eileen Myles, queer readings of Harriet the Spy and more.
10 Literary Pinterests For Book-Lovers
The only thing better than reading books is looking at pictures of books on the internet or, better yet, looking at pictures of bookSHELVES on the internet. There are so many cool lit pinterests, here are some of my faves.
Poet and Activist, Andrea Gibson: The Autostraddle Interview
This is an exclusive Autostraddle interview with Andrea Gibson. Happy National Poetry Month, queermos!
Half Of 2013’s National Magazine Award Finalists Are Women, For Real, So Let’s Meet Them
Last year the NMA nominated zero ladies in its prime categories but this year we snagged half the noms! Why? Plus, I’ve got an epic rundown on everything you need to know about every ladyjourno finalist.
Things I Read That I Love #69: It’s My Turn, Babe
Topics include Connie Britton, Jonesboro, NPR’s Intern Emily, Renata Alder, “Lean In,” abuse at girls’ correctional facilities, when heroin was legal, singing, Sex House, that guy’s Gucci addiction and moar!
Study Claims Literature Becoming Less Emotional, But Maybe It’s Actually Just Less “Moody”
Making sense of a new study that says we don’t like our books to have “mood words” anymore, except for scary ones.
Things I Read That I Love #68: A-Poem-Worse-Than-Which-Cannot-Be-Imagined
Topics include Whitney Houston, the soul of student debt, Atlantic City, the West Memphis Three, Civil-Rights-era cold cases, notebooks, the Famous Poets Conference, the white male Academy, Westboro and so much more!
Swapping Spit: The Sister Spit Anthology & A Few Words with Michelle Tea
“This book is a queer anthem. It flashes bright neon lights and blows out plumes of dirty glitter.”
Lez Liberty Lit #16: We Log Onto Facebook In Order To Live
Lambda Literary Award Finalists, Lean In, Sister Spit, performance-enhancing drugs for writing, outsider lit for girls, bookish cures and so much more!
Read A F*cking Book: Gay Press, Gay Power
“You may find a copy of a gay paper on the street, in a garbage can, on a subway seat, a bus seat, and it would help save your life. Just being there was life-saving.”
Google Reader Alternatives: RSS Readers For Thwarted Souls
Didja hear? Google reader is being deactivated on July 1st. Here are a few replacements.
Things I Read That I Love #67: Love Hunters!
Topics include teaching in New Orleans, Jewish camp, domestic abuse, “scenes from a group marriage,” arson, the LA riots, Miss USA pageants, Washington’s chef Hercules and so much more!
Things I Read That I Love #66: Reading In Underpants
This week’s TIRTL includes a special Underwear Week section, as well as pieces on topics including Jehovah’s Witness, onscreen violence, sex abuse, robots, fan fiction, junk food and Alaska.