Veep’s Unlikable Feminist Hero Shines Bright In The Year of The Woman Card
On HBO and in the real world, Americans often choose to engage with female politicians as nothing more than bitches.
Bottoms Up: Bottoming and Butt Sex
I want to submit — to the right person. And the right person — with whom I have a deep level of trust, with whom I can relax — will fuck me in the ass.
Drawn to Comics: In Praise of Patreon
Patreon is sort of like a virtual tip jar, or a Kickstarter that keeps on going each month, and it lets you support all your favorite creators so that you can let them know you appreciate them and so that they can keep doing what they do.
Kristen Stewart Spotted Walking Alone; Stop the Presses
She told French Marie Claire that she hates being gossiped about, so here we are. Gossiping about it.
5 TV Specials in the Spirit of TLC’S ‘My Husband’s Not Gay’
“Hi, Linda, how are you?” “Hi, Erin. My husband’s not gay.”
Satellite of Love: Queer Horoscopes for May 2016
With several planets traveling through Taurus this month, we’re attuned to a slower pace and a sweeter sense of life.
Also.Also.Also: Label-Free Fluidity is the New Chill and Other Stories You’ll Live Through
The care and keeping of lost baby birds, restaurant regulars, education spending in the US, Obama wasn’t joking, tampon tax, women in academia, I propose a Kissing Jessica Stein Addendum, viral trans bathroom selfies, that Michelle Tea piece, talking cats and so so much more!
Tattoos and Disability: Surviving An Experience Not Everyone Can Handle
“I made a choice about how I would look, and didn’t realize until I’d done it how unprecedented that was.”
22 Smoothie Recipes To Freeze (And Fuel) Your Brain (And Body)
Nothing is better than cold fruit giving you a brain freeze on a warm day. It makes you feel alive and invigorated!
Helping You Help Yourself #26
Good coffee for lazy people. accomplishing things while you’re depressed, putting the duvet cover on your comforter, and more.
Lily Tomlin and Viola Davis Rip North Carolina’s Anti-Trans Laws This Sunday Funday
Gay marriage is finally official in Colombia, two Italian women just adopted each other’s kids, the Dems are fighting for the Equality Act and Sioux Falls is stepping up, and everyone (still) hates North Carolina’s HB2.
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Will Meet You Inside
Non-monogamy gets bigger than ever, everything you’ve always wanted to know about fish orgies, what to say if someone might be flirting with you and more.
The 7 Very Coolest Things I Found At NY Tech Day
“I decided to only visit tables with at least one woman behind them. It’s such a low bar; it cut out a lot of tables.”
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Big Monster
“Wait, where’s the little monster? It’s usually here by now making me panic or cry or something.”
Boob(s On Your) Tube: “Grey’s Anatomy” Gets Ready For Lesbian Divorce Court
Things are getting even dumber between Arizona and Callie, and Cookie has finally met her match!
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Take Me Back to Wonderland
Go down the rabbit hole with me and tell me all about your weekend plans or drug-induced hallucinations or best mac and cheese recipe or whatever.
The Comment Awards Really Get You
We’ve got alpacas, blood oaths, mozzarella sticks and so much more!
Also.Also.Also: Lesbian Without ID Is Forcibly Removed from a Restroom and Other, Brighter Stories
I have negative feelings about sad uncomfortable men, lots of bird pictures you’ll love, ugly crying, a teacher fired for saying “vagina,” empowered women in ads and so very much more!
What I Wore: Navigating the Heteronormative Patriarchy, Pt. 3
This outfit consisting of a rapidly deteriorating sweater, pleather pants, and a jacket made into a demi-skirt flashed me forward into a dystopian future where water is scarce but total gender/orientation presentation acceptance is not.
105 Trans Women On American TV: A History and Analysis
Autostraddle walks you through the entire history of trans female characters on American television from 1965-2015.