Love & Canada: Whatever Happens, This Wedding Is Happening
“This week has involved a lot of needing to let go of all the things I can’t have total control over and I’m not good at that and I don’t like it but also maybe that’s okay.”
Lez Liberty Lit #79: Still Waiting For My Owl
New Eileen Myles, students who don’t want to read Fun Home, Hogwarts updates, asexual characters in YA, a review of the IKEA catalog and more.
The Grossest Tales Ever Told By Women On The Internet
You may have heard that somebody’s gynecologist found a cat hairball in her vagina. Why stop there? There are so many other wonderful tales to tell each other!
Rosie O’Donnell Is Probably Not Dating Tatum O’Neal, But What Do We Know?
Is “confidante” the new “gal pal”?
Daily Fix: Black Lives Matter Calls on Hillary to Stand with Black Trans Women and More News
The Black Lives Matter movement also repudiated the Democratic National Committee’s endorsement, a Maryland judge refuses to drop charges against the six officers involved in the death of Freddie Gray, a professor received a grant to study health in bisexual women and more news stories.
Taco Tuesday: The Incomplete History of Tacos
Where did the taco come from? From the Aztecs to silver mines in Mexico to the Taco Bell founder, these are some big moments in taco history.
Liquor In The Pears: The Pear Afternoon for the In-Between Month of September
In which we make a refreshing pear, vanilla and vodka concoction that signals Autumn while acknowledging the heat of September.
Watch Beth Malone Figure Out She’s a Lesbian In Her One-Woman Show “So Far” at Joe’s Pub
The Fun Home star returned to her roots at Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater in New York City on August 31st to perform a one-woman cabaret show following a rural lesbian through her tomboy childhood, an engagement (to a man!), her first stint as an actress in New York, another marriage (to a woman!), and her ever-tense relationship with her Colorado cowboy father.
This Is How Fox News Brainwashes Its Viewers: Our In-Depth Investigation of the Propaganda Cycle
We all know someone who has become part of the conservative punditry herd and, over time, traded their compassion for paranoia; their thoughtful opinions for manufactured outrage; and their empathy for hateful rhetoric.
Rebel Girls: 10 Historical Women Who Went on Sick Adventures
These 10 women traversed lands, set records, and embraced adventure. We should know their names!
Business of Art Fix #12: Like Being Perpetually Two Drinks Into A Really, Really Fun Night On The Town
Nerve.com begins a new chapter with a look back on all previous chapters, The Butter shutters, September is a big month for black women on magazine covers, The Daily Beast shuts down comments and more interesting stories!
No Filter Is On A Dinner Date With Samira Wiley And Carrie Brownstein’s Entire Coven
Tegan and Sara have a cute dinner together, Jenny Owen Youngs is lost and found, Jasika Nicole and Brittani Nichols have a secret project, and Samira Wiley wants to share this stir fry with you.
Working On It, Week 10: Getting Off My Ass At Work
This week I thought we’d talk about the best ways to stay active if you spend most of your day sitting, whether it be because you’re studying or working a desk job or in another profession that requires lots of bum time.
Faking It Episode 211 Recap: Stripped and Confused
Season 2B of “Faking It” is finally here, and everybody is still lying to everybody else.
Daily Fix: Kentucky County Clerk Super-Dedicated To Refusing Same-Sex Marriage Licenses and Other News
A history of a lesbian-only “intentional community” in Arkansas, students at a Missouri high school protested a trans teen for using the girls’ bathrooms, Mansur Ball-Bey’s autopsy contradicts police testimony and more news.
Ellen DeGeneres’ GapKids Line Is Smart, Subversive, Will Delight Both Children and Tiny Butch Lesbians
Ellen DeGeneres’ GapKids x ED Collection is smart, cute, and full of subtly subversive messaging against prescriptive gender roles. Basically, the best girl’s clothing line I’ve ever seen.
Voting is Now Open For the 2nd Annual Autostraddle Comic and Sequential Art Awards!
Our goal is to recognize and celebrate webcomics, graphic zines, comic books, graphic novels and other forms of sequential art that feature both excellence in the art form and excellence in representation for girls and women (especially queer girls and women) and feminist themes.
The Fight Didn’t End with Marriage: How Religious Exemption Laws Endanger LGBT Americans
“Non-tailored religious exemptions in general open a can of worms that raises serious concerns for not only LGBT folks but for women, for healthcare,” said report author Heron Greenesmith.
Boob(s On Your) Tube: The Lesbians on “Hannibal” and “Defiance” Made It Out Alive!
Plus, Survivor’s Remorse returns, Audrey is still not dead on “Scream,” and we’re diving deep with Carmilla.
At The Diner With My Father
Sometimes the only way to remember the good times is to recreate them yourself.