“The history of trans life online is one of sedimentation, with each subsequent change leaving its remains behind to settle and eventually solidify into a mass of images, text, and memory on which new communities are built.”
Going it solo for Christmas is turning out to be annoyingly emotional. However, what’s helped immensely has been romanticizing the whole affair.
“Is there any sanitary reason NOT to?”
Particularly impressive categories this year include memoir/biography, horror — queer and trans horror writers are appropriately giving us their all these days — and comics.
“I haven’t even seen some of the absolute queer canon of movies. What’s the one with Cate Blanchett?”
The 2024 Golden Globe nominations are here and I have the deep urge to tell you who is even remotely gay. Luckily, I share that same obsession with many Autostraddle editors. There was a color coded google doc and everything.
In D&D, your character’s gender is entirely yours to invent. When you’re already embodying the experience of a half-elf or a cat person, playing a person of another gender isn’t all that strange. From there, anything is possible.
What makes a great TV scene? The payoff of seasons-long romantic tension? The perfect needle drop in a climactic moment?
For me, and so many Jewish people, the lack of certainty, the encouragement of complex discussion, is what connects us to our faith.
“I’ve been working on a new novel which is — you guessed it — about women behaving badly. Or, as my beloved Goodreads prudes will probably think of it: ‘disgusting women being disgusting.’ Put it on my tombstone, bitches.”
Why was the snowman perusing a bag of carrots?
Are you a Hot Cocoa Mommi, a Fire Pit Butch, a Chaos Elf?
I was always bad at being a girl but now, with inflation, fast fashion, and heightened capitalism…I am so glad I figured out I was trans years ago.
The horniest parts of The Handmaiden wouldn’t really be called sex scenes by the average viewer and certainly not by the vast majority of straight viewers. But to me, they are sex.
After surviving a literal cult, Katurah reckoned with her complex, multi-faceted identity.
What do you call an everyday potato?
Fletcher’s new song “Eras of Us” just dropped and today she released a music video and her fans are loving it and also yes it is about Shannon.
Also, catching up on Rap Sh!t and the season finale of Black Cake.
Advice on supporting a partner rejected by their family, non-competitive boardgames, period depression…and more!
We have gifts for those in your life going goblin mode this season or all seasons, presents for the filthy gremlins you picked up on your quest, and offerings for the absolute trolls who are near and dear to your heart.