We Won A Thing: Michigan Judge Rules Same-Sex Marriage Ban Unconstitutional
Today, Judge Bernard Friedman declared Michigan’s 2004 same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional.
Things I Read That I Love #119: I Wouldn’t Say It’s Making Me Happy, Per Se
Topics include Mobile Home U, Harriet the Spy, sanitary pads, tigers, Sherlock, fast fashion, Silicon Valley, the guy who made Flappy Bird and moar!
VIDEO: Jill Andrew Tells the World What’s Up in Her TED Talk on Fat Shaming
“Words like fat need to be rescued from the tyranny of hate.”
The House That Ruth Built
“It was lasagna night, and as the kitchen got ready to serve dinner, kids checked Facebook at the cyber center, watched cartoon shows with headphones on, and fooled around at the pool table. The things that differentiated this gathering from a high school cafeteria were small: the thin kid wearing a parka inside who came up, bashful, for a full plate of food three times; the kids who wrapped up food in tin foil or took it away with them in to-go containers.”
5 Things to Know About Prison Abolition and the Prison Industrial Complex
The criminal justice system in the United States is a fucked up institution that is every kind of -ist you can think of. Lots of people are working to fight it.
You Should Go: Kickass NYC Cocktail Party With Babeland And Autostraddle
Once again, we are teaming up with our amazing friends at Babeland to host a night of sex positivity, complimentary cocktails and queer-friendly magic in New York City.
Wilder Hungers: Welcome to the Toast Post
Toast is, in my opinion, the perfect meal and more than worthy of an entire blog post devoted to its glory.
Glee Episode 512 Recap: 100 Times Better Than Usual
This week on Glee, everyone we love (including Brittany!) came back to Lima to sing, dance, eat at the Cracker Barrel (offscreen), cry and kiss each other!
Lez Liberty Lit #42: Didactic Dialogue and Book Doctors
Gender and racial diversity in children’s books, talking about talking about race and sexuality in all types of books, why speed reading is stupid and more.
Pretty Little Liars Episode 424 Recap: A is for Anal
I’d like to vote this episode the least likely to answer anything without producing twelve more questions in its wake.
Reclaiming Abuelita Knowledge As A Brown Ecofeminista
“We pass down traditions and knowledge that are unintentionally green or sustainable. We do not call them ‘eco-friendly’ practices, we just do them. I call this passed down knowledge, Abuelita Knowledge because so much of this ‘new age’ practices are the ways in which my grandmas and elders live their lives.”
You Need Help: To Text, or Not To Text?
You can’t focus your mind and make her text. You only have control over your fingers.
Top 5 Weirdo Things I’ve Done While Procrastinating
Some were more fruitful than others.
Dear Queer Diary: Commonplace Books Should Be More Common
Craft “a salad of many herbs” for your reading and writing pleasure.
Stand By Me: Historically Black Churches and LGBTQ Allyship
The question of homophobia in historically Black churches is way more nuanced than conversations about Christianity and queerness often take into account. If the Black church and LGBTQ movements joined forces, they would be a force to reckon with.
“The Fosters” Episode 120 Recap: Nothing Good Ever Happens in Metropolis
“Stef and I say, “Nothing intimate about that!” and then Stef and I laugh, but the Serious Music of Relationship Doom starts and Stef and I know we’ve made a terrible mistake.”
This is What Sex Ed Looks Like in My Queer Feminist Utopia
“We’re all normal, as long as we are having sex in ways that are consensual, risk-aware and injury free. Our bodies? They’re normal too. Beautiful, even. That should be the core concept in any comprehensive sex education, in my opinion.”
The Autostraddle Reader Survey 2014: We Want To Know All About You
It’s time for our yearly reader survey! We need you to answer some questions! Otherwise it’s just us asking things and that’s awkward.
Top Five Best Bagels I’ve Ever Eaten
“I still love it like a person. I miss it every damn day. I carry around photos of it on my phone because I never want to forget how much it changed my life. I owe it that.”
Also.Also.Also: Rachel Maddow’s Taking Pictures in Solidarity with Farmworkers and Other Stories We Missed This Week
Sexism and homophobia are still serious problems, but queer folks are taking beautiful photos, Rachel Maddow tells Obama critics what’s up, Florida farmworkers are organizing for fair wages and better working conditions, and much more!