40 (Non-Toast) Cinnamon Recipes to Spice Up Your Life
Cinnamon has been mixed in with horrendous pumpkin spice situations lately but deserves recognition all on its own.
25 Secretly Gay Vintage Valentines For A Very Special Valentine’s Day
Can I PURR-SWADE you???
Sunday Funday Is Taking You To The Chapel Where The Gay Ladies Are This Valentine’s Day
Puerto Rico’s Supreme Court might soon have a lesbian Chief Justice, Buttercup beats up an MRA in the “Powerpuff Girls” reboot, Italy’s PM is unconcerned with what the church says about civil unions for gay people, Maryland wants better health care for trans folks, Honey Maid wants to make you cry, and a super amazing dog video involving a latin dance. ALL INSIDE!
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is A Secret Big Spoon
Valentine’s Day spending, tactile pornography, a new smart vibrator, how degrading sex can be feminist degrading sex and more.
Meet Autostraddle’s Most Eligible Bachelorettes!
Prepare to get your socks charmed off by eight of our single staffers. We’ve asked them all the important things: star sign, Hogwarts house, and opinions on the greatest cereal ever created.
Long Live Zoë Quinn, The Nerd Hero We Deserve
“Over here, in our tiny corner of the internet, I want us to stand in solidarity with the witch who wouldn’t burn, the one who triumphed in her way over G-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. Long Live Zoë Quinn; best of luck as she levels up.”
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Bachelorette Party
“I thought maybe you’d like to go to a party with me? There will be girls and booze. You love girls and booze.”
Wait, Are Cara Delevingne And Annie Clark Engaged Or What?
And seriously, Cara? The Eiffel Tower? I thought you were COOL.
Boob(s On Your) Tube: Shondaland Is Back And More Traumatic Than Ever
Annalise can’t stop dreaming about little Wes-shaped babies on HTGAWM, Meredith faces ANOTHER traumatic disaster on Grey’s Anatomy, and Clarke and Lexa begin their post-fealty lives.
The Comment Awards Goes to a Newtist Colony
We’ve got feelings about Carl Sagan, Donald Trump, Beyoncé and so much more.
Friday Open Thread: Hey Valentines, Can I Squish Your Cute Faces?
I’m really excited to talk about much of a total babe you are all weekend long.
Things I Read That I Love #195: Turning From Something Ugly Into Something Beautiful
Topics include PeeWee Herman, Winona Ryder, “Making a Murderer,” dating TV shows, the 1966 University of Texas shooting and moar!
The A+ Bee Issue 35: Galentine’s Day Edition
This issue contains the triumphant return of Laura and Luna (now with more Clexa), a Leslie and Ann coloring page, a word search, and a playlist from Stef’s heart to yours.
Read A F*cking Book: “The Mystics of Mile End”
In Sigal Samuel’s The Mystics of Mile End, three members of the Meyer family encounter Jewish mysticism, and are drawn apart in their very different quests for the divine.
Indie Journalists Revolt, Convince GLAAD To Bring Back Indie Journalist Award
In which GLAAD messes up and independent media strikes back so now other indie blogs will get a chance to get their hands on this very heavy trophy.
Follow Your Arrow: Pathfinder Pace Smith On Chasing Your Heart’s Calling
“Own it, grrl. The world is getting queerer and queerer, and all the big businesses that refuse to acknowledge that are in their death throes. Your time is coming. Follow your heart. Do what you love. Start now.”
The Impossible Math of Gay Soulmates
Maybe the reason your friend/the older self-professed queen at the bar/your co-worker/that girl Claire won’t stop talking about finding someone is because they have 25 times more Keurig flavor options than the whole of their supposed dating pool — we’re scientifically improbable.
Georgia Goes to Town with Anti-Gay Bills, Blocks LGBT Public Accommodations Protections
Georgia really wants to protect religious leaders from having to perform same-sex marriages, a rundown of the New Hampshire primary, a transgender lesbian couple faced constant harassment and vandalism at their home so they installed cameras to stop the culprits, hackers leaked info about the biggest police union and more news!
Anonymous Sex Toy Review: The Ina Wave
Innovative new sex toy or lobster claw clamped on your clit?
Read a F*cking Book: “(RE)Sisters” Knows That to Be Queer Is to Be Powerful
Through rule-breaking, more than one unauthorized hot air balloon flight, and a lot of other creative and brave attempts at escape, (RE)Sisters reveals truths about what we know, but may not always be able to say: that we are itching to break free of the implicit and explicit confines the white supremacist, patriarchal, heterosexist, cissexist, ableist, imperialist world puts on us.