Badass Blacksmiths: Women’s Work and Transgender Identity
People would look surprised and say, “But…you can’t be a girl. You’re a blacksmith!”
Bombing Of Colorado Springs NAACP Office Results In No Injuries, One Person of Interest
The bombing happened shortly before 11 a.m. with three employees in the building, back for their first day of regular work following the holidays. The building that houses the NAACP office is also home to an income tax center and Mr. G’s Hair Design Studio, a salon with predominantly Black customers.
The A+ Bee Issue Eleven: Bee to the Future
This issue includes reader-submitted Ellen Page poetry, important Netflix announcements, the continuing saga of Choose Your Own Gaydventure and SO MUCH MORE! Get in here!
Patricia Highsmith’s Lesbian Pulp Classic “The Price of Salt” Is Coming To A Theater Near-ish You In 2015
The Price of Salt is the first lesbian pulp to be made into a movie, and one with a multi-million dollar budget.
Trans Lifeline, Suicide Hotline Staffed by Trans People, Is Here For You
In one way, it is incredible that something like this didn’t exist before. In another way, it is all too regrettable that something like this is so dearly needed.
When Two (or More) Become One: Relationship Budgeting for the Financial Planning Adverse
Money makes the world go ’round and also you need it to pay for things because capitalism. So let’s talk about relationship finances after moving in together.
Drawn to Comics: Twelve Things I’m Hoping for In Comics in 2015
All I want this year is more representation, better representation, the return of some of my faves and about nine other things.
Broken Windows is On Hiatus: Community Interventions We Can Enact Now for Real Justice
In addition to fighting for reforms within the prison system, we can keep people out of prison in the first place.
Be A Person Who Gets Shit Done: A Gentle Guide
No new apps, intense #lifehacks or complicated productivity systems here — just solid habits to get into for an ass-kicking 2015.
Hey, Let’s All Read Borderlands/La Frontera by Gloria Anzaldúa!
Come join the Speakeasy Book Club as we quest for literary enlightenment and embiggen our collective minds.
Interview With My Ex-Girlfriend: El
“I also had a really weird relationship with sex until very recently because, I don’t know. A lot of shame is placed on it. Also especially being a girl who likes girls in the South, no one tells you anything.”
EXCUSE ME: Kristen Stewart Has Maybe-Romantic Times On The Beach With Her Maybe-Girlfriend
AAAAAAAAAAAH OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD
35 Recipes Stuffed Full of Goodness
I pinkie-swear you won’t find a single turducken on this list.
Introducing Autostraddle’s Masters Of Sex Cure Month Experience
Because sometimes the revolution is in your pants.
VIDEO: Djuan Trent’s 7/11 Remake is Fresher Than You
I’ve already watched this video about 50 times.
Here is Your 2015 Queer Lady TV Epic Infographic!
Oh, wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous womankind is! O brave new world, that has such characters in it!
You Need Help: Always Her Bridesmaid and Never Her Bride
She’s engaged TO him, but engaged WITH you — and you’re not sure how much more of this you can take.
“The Body Electric” Is Beautiful, Necessary, By Your New Fave Queer Band Hurray For The Riff Raff
Alynda Lee Segarra’s voice is like dark chocolate with sea salt. Her politics make my heart beat faster than a KitchenAid stand mixer. Her lyrics are pointed as star anise, and powerful as ghost pepper. I could go on, but I’m getting hungry. Just watch.
Burials in the Mist of Dawn
“But unlike the missing 43 from Ayotzinapa, I was going home. And it’s what I store in my memory each time I read an article or update about the disappeared. I am home. They are not.”
This Shit Rules: Honey and Almonds and Coconut Oil
Coconut oil, a ton of Burt’s Bees, and the best hair oil (for my head) on this earth.