FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: “Orange Is the New Black” is Back, Drop Everything
Get me Chinese food, a Red Bull, and way too many blankets, stat!
100 Things That Are Orange, Ranked
Orange is the new orange is the new orange is the new orange is the new orange you gonna say banana? So, this is what we did today.
It’s Time For People to Stop Using the Social Construct of “Biological Sex” to Defend Their Transmisogyny
The Chicago Sun-Times recently republished a hateful and ignorant article claiming that Laverne Cox is a man due the “biological reality” of sex. Unfortunately, this essentialist, simplistic and just plain incorrect understanding of sex is often used against trans people.
DeAnne Smith’s Cute Face is on Television Tonight Making Your Cute Face HaHa
Straight people really like the tell it to my balls joke, I think.
Stephanie Goldfarb of “America’s Best Cook” Will Make You A Steak: The Autostraddle Interview
“So what would you make me for breakfast if we had just slept together for the first time, but you already knew you loved me and wanted to impress me and feed me into becoming your wife? Hypothetically.”
Slut-Shaming Becomes Even Grosser Than You Thought With Bonus Classism
“Good Girls” reminds us that patriarchy is not only a tool for men, but a tool for women with other privileged identities to use against women with marginalized identities.
Brittani’s Video Party: Kate McKinnon is Proud to Premiere Whatever This Is
Poussey and Taystee are destroying everyone at Celebrity and Kate McKinnon can’t stop thinking about cats long enough to enjoy partying with a queer friendly webseries and out athletes.
Dear Queer Diary: I’m Leaving On An Airplane
Traveling alone during my semester abroad, my Moleskine was my only companion in a series of hostels of varying quality.
Orphan Black 206 and 207 MegaRecap! Road Trip to Family Day and Beyond
Welcome to a deluxe two-in-one review of the sixth and seventh episodes of season two of Orphan Black! These would have been up sooner, but things like A-Camp, A-Plague, and A-Pain of Returning to the Hetero World have sidelined me. So what did I miss? ALL THE THINGS, apparently.
Faking It Episode 107 Recap: I Think We Should Break Up FOR REAL
This week on “Faking It,” everybody finds out about the threesome and Amy and Karma break up and everybody gets real sad about it.
“The Better Half” Webseries Makes Television Debut Tonight, Features Real Life Lesbian Feelings
Pivot TV will be premiering the hit lesbian comedy web series “The Better Half” starting Wednesday, June 4 (9pm ET/6pm PT).
Southern Baptist Minister Declares Himself Gay Affirming in Sermon, Gay Angels Sing
Even if New Heart Community Church loses its membership in the Southern Baptist Convention, this pastor’s personal shift and his congregation’s openness demonstrate a ripple of change that has reached even very conservative corners of society.
The Summer Meet-up Of Your Queer Dreams: Celebrate Pride with Autostraddle!
June hath now been declared Autostraddle Pride Month, and y’all will be celebrating together at meet-ups across the globe until the very last parade has left a trail of frisbees and flyers in your neighborhood. But first, we need you to organize one!
Completing Your Motherf*ckin’ Dissertation In A Week: The Kit
THINK OF HOW GOOD IT’LL FEEL TO RETURN ALL THE LIBRARY BOOKS.
Unalterable: On Accepting Myself As A Queer Person With Dwarfism
“I am a person with restricted growth (or little person or person with dwarfism), and I am queer… I did not come out as queer until I was in my 30s. People asked me why it took so long… But the deeper answer is that accepting my disabled identity was necessary before I could accept my queer one, and for me this has been a long, hard fought struggle.”
Also.Also.Also. Janet Mock is Re-Queering Documentaries and Other Stories We Missed This Week
It’s TIME to recognize super cool artists and activists, fight the wrongful imprisonment of transgender youth, and watch some neat documentaries.
Fool’s Journey: Starting A Tarot Journal And What The Heck To Put In It
Unless you have the memory of an elephant and/or for some reason Don’t Like Journals (methinks you might be on the wrong website) then you’re gonna want to be recording your adventures as you learn and develop as a tarot reader.
Style is Style: Spring Showers (Or Layering As We Know It)
You’ve got to have a layer strategy. I’ve styled a couple outfits that proactively anticipate both torrential downpours and super sunny skies.
Gallup And Everyone Else Wants to Know: Were You Born This Gay?
42% of Americans believe that gay people are born rather than made.
2014 Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced, Include Alison Bechdel, Imogen Binnie And More
This year’s Lambda Award winners were announced yesterday evening and now it’s time to read ALL OF THEM.