How This 1976 Landmark Lesbian Film Helped Me Find Myself
How did I, a girl growing up in 1970s New York City, relate to a drama about two women who fall in love during WWI? And, why has it remained with me for 40 years?
Get Baked: Eggplant Parmigiana with Homemade Tomato Sauce
I’m here to defend eggplant’s honor and prove it can be damn delicious when done right.
Lez Liberty Lit: Collecting Queer History
Handwriting doesn’t matter, punk and magic in art, preserving lesbian pulp fiction, breaking up with a bad book and more.
Pop Culture Fix: YOWZAH, Carmilla!
Carmilla season three looks sexy af, Ellen’s producing a new sitcom, Jen Richards tells what’s what about cis men playing trans women in TV/film, Kerry Washington is going making an all-lady cop drama for ABC & so much more pop culture news!
How Endometriosis Helped Me Become a Tenderhearted Butch
“Instead of getting medical care, I had a work colleague help me to my hotel room and pour me a tumbler of whiskey. I downed the whiskey with a handful of aspirin and prayed for the pain to stop.”
The Autostraddle Insider: Issue 26, August 2016
“i’m stepping down from autostraddle
bye
you’ll miss calling me out when i give my body to the sea so”
Rebel Girls: How Women (and Women’s Issues) Are at the Center of the 2016 Election
This election has been shaped by Clinton’s campaign at least as much as Trump’s trainwreck of one. She’s aggressively capitalized on her gender by positioning it not as a side note, or even a historic anecdote waiting to happen, but instead as a tangible asset than shifts her ability to lead.
No Filter: Hey Samira Wiley, Where’d You Get That Shirt?
Samira Wiley is rockin’ a pretty familiar-looking shirt, Tegan and Sara finally learned how to communicate with animals and check out this SPICE GIRLS REUNION.
Foolish Child #4: The Straight Parents’ Guide To Explaining Gay Things To Children
“How do I explain anything not heterosexual to my definitely heterosexual children?”
“Take My Wife” Is Unprecedented TV In Which Lesbians Laugh, Don’t Die
Rhea Butcher and Cameron Esposito’s new show is truly delightful.
Hillary Clinton Unveils a Promising Plan to Improve Mental Health Care
Clinton’s new plan calls for prioritizing mental health care and putting it on par with physical health care when it comes to access or quality of treatment. For LGBT people, who are more likely to suffer from mental illness compared to straight people, this is a really hopeful announcement.
A Lesbian Etiquette Guide to Stealing Rural Farms
Now that everything’s been made public, the roll out on this is going to be quick. What rural town from which you’ll steal land is best for you? Should you diversify and steal from multiple areas? Should you stake claim on your new land by driving a dildo into the ground?
View From The Top: Playing Through Depression
It’s almost impossible to master while grieving. When that grief turns into a depression, is it even M/s anymore?
20 Excerpts from Kayla’s Elementary School Journals, 1998-2003
With illustrations!
5 Portable Card Games to Play Anywhere, Anytime
My favorite card games to play with queers in parks and bars in honor of the brand new Oregon Trail card game.
Drawn to Comics Retrospective: The Top 10 Drawn To Comics From the First 3 Years
I can’t believe I’ve written around 150 of these????
Countdown to Baby T. Rex: The Seven Stages of Waiting (41 Weeks)
Our Leo/Virgo cusp baby is definitely moving into Virgo territory.
Fall 2016 Book Preview: 48 Queer and Feminist Books To Add To Your Reading List
Welcome to your list of queer and/or feminist books coming out in fall 2016. New Zadie Smith, Ivan Coyote, Anne Carson, Margaret Atwood, Bae Suah and more.
Love Letters Across the Atlantic: How Distance Changes Your Relationship
“To date long distance then live with the other in person is to be in two versions of the same relationship. One wishes desperately for the future and is fueled by daydreams of the past; the other tries to make every waking moment something special and ignores the fact that time is passing, whether we like it or not.”
Clea DuVall’s “The Intervention” Is Fun But Flawed (And Super White)
It’s wonderful to see two queer women dealing with complex and honest relationship problems that are treated with the same nuance and depth as those of the straight couples on screen, but DuVall never quite manages to step out of the shadow of The Big Chill.