NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Fisting A Watermelon
Fisting a watermelon, orgasm denial, new sex positions, talking about porn in academia and more.
What We Talk About When We Talk About Virtual Reality
Why I think we as a community of queer women and non-binary folks need to be talking about virtual reality at this exact moment.
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Perfect Apartment, Part Two
“I thought the Craigslist ad said ‘Newly-Renovated?'”
Boob(s On Your) Tube: Rosewood’s Lesbian Couple Finally Smooches on The Lips
Plus Callie and Arizona have a conversation on Grey’s Anatomy, and someone who isn’t a lesbian gets killed on Younger.
Autostraddle’s Ultimate Infographic Guide to Dead Lesbian Characters on TV
The dead lesbian TV characters trope is even worse than you think.
The Autostraddle Insider: Issue 21, March 2016
“I will probably be Connie Britton Editor from now on. Also heading up our Star Witness Akita division.”
The Comment Awards Wants World Peace and an Honest Frozen Yogurt
We’ve got illness-seeking dogs, all of the cookie dough, period talk and so much more!
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Revival, Reduce, Reuse!
I turned 30! I climbed a waterfall! I got a chance to feed a miniature pony a carrot but then a turkey stole it and ran away! I met my dead grandmother! Get inside and help me!
Things I Read That I Love #198: I Wondered Why Female Violence Was Always So Quick To Turn On Itself.
Topics include gay chefs, Colonel Sanders, gentrification, online dating, tindering across Europe, Instacart, writing about feminism for Playboy and moar!
Straddler Nation: We Built This Meet-Up on Rock ‘n Roll (And Baked Goods)
In which Claire and Whitney talk to folks who have planned or hosted meet-ups and ask them for tips and tricks they’d pass along to others. Also, there’s a lot of dreaming big in here. Get into it!
Also.Also.Also: Body Hair, Board Games, Bunny Stamps and More for Your Friday
We’re making a doll that fits in a matchbox, confronting the lack of diversity in all the things, getting jazzed about pet stamps, dreaming of undercover gigs, crying, getting high, watching The O.C., knitting, and oh yeah talking about my armpit beards. And so much more!
What I Wore: Navigating the Heteronormative Patriarchy, Pt. 2
To a casual viewer, this might seem like a down home, girl next door outfit. Oh, just some casual slip-ons, a jersey top, cut-off jean shorts and a baseball hat. Hey y’all! But then it’s like, oop, nope, that’s just a bra.
With the Passing of HB 2, North Carolina Signs Hate into Law
“What’s so scary about HB 2 is that it doesn’t seem discriminatory when first read, but the contradictions are all over it. It says that North Carolinians have the right not to be discriminated against, but then makes the basis of that protection “biological sex”, immediately endangering anyone who isn’t cisgender. This is terrifying.”
GOP Fear Tactics and Transmisogyny Are Colliding, with Trans Women in the Crosshairs
How trans women became the victims of the latest conservative backlash, Jian Ghomeshi’s acquittal, the horrors inherent in seeking asylum, Islamophobic threats from Trump and Cruz, and more.
8 Reasons Cameron Esposito is “Marriage Material” in Her New Special
Just two days before marrying fellow comedian Rhea Butcher in her hometown of Chicago, Cameron Esposito invited a whole bunch of strangers to her bachelor party, otherwise known as her first standup special.
After North Carolina: 9 States Have 14 Anti-Trans Bills in The Works
Opening the floor for this kind of transphobic debate only preys on people’s ignorant fears and perpetuates the kind of untrue stereotypes that have led to a pandemic of violence against trans people, particularly black trans women.
Kourtney Yochum Becomes the 7th Trans Person Murdered This Year, We Find Ourselves Asking the Same Old Questions
Seven trans people have been killed this year, six trans people of color. That’s two every month, and we’re not even done with March yet.
The Queer How-To Guide For Wedding Plus Ones
“My goopy brain instantly convinced me that this event would singularly make or break our relationship and that if it went poorly it would be my fault. But I swallowed my anxiety and said yes. Then I immediately started thinking about my outfit.”
Follow Your Arrow: Photographer Michelle Davidson-Schapiro on Confidence and Caring
“It’s the kind of work that makes me look forward to eight hours on my feet holding five pounds of camera in my hands with another seven pounds slung across my back. It’s wonderful to create not just art, but art that makes people feel special and good and beautiful.”
Broad City, Ilana and Space Enough for Bothness
I remember the day I found out that Ilana from Broad City wasn’t biracial. I Googled around until I found evidence that there were others like me: biracial girls who felt a little bit incredulous; just a hair shy of betrayed. To this day I haven’t been able to convince whatever part of my brain that initially projected that identity onto her to unclench.