I’m organizing a meet-up during this year’s NYFLC for the Autostraddle readers who are attending the conference!

Big Bear, where bears are big and beer flights are awesome.

The entire story of our entire trip from California to Michigan and also all the bigger stories and the smaller ones, too.

It’s our birthday, so we’ve got a merch discount code for you as well as ongoing updates on who won an A+ membership and why you REALLY need to get one for yourself!

“Okay, first things first, this is the most freaking adorable cover to a comic book I have ever seen in my life. And the inside of the comic is just as cute!”

This should keep your brain busy for quite some time.

I offered up some ideas for staycation themes and activities in our launch post, but since I’m really devoted to helping you live your dreams, I thought I’d follow it up with some concrete steps to make them happen. Like DIY projects! And pretty pictures!

You want to have a bachelorette party together, but your girlfriend loves the spotlight and you don’t. Here’s how you navigate that.

Lumberjanes was excellent! The proposed Joker variant cover for Batgirl #41, not so much.

“Ugh I’m gonna run through the six with my woes and it’s gonna be so good for instagram.”

Sisters, won’t you step into the light with us?

Dipping into my summer wardrobe for the first time reminded me just how far I’ve come in learning to love my body.

and vegan chicken dinners

“Stahma Tarr has undergone one of the most remarkable patriarchy-smashing story arcs I’ve ever seen, just a straight up Squib-to-Slytherin transformation that actually all started when she fell in love with another woman.”

Mal and Molly go on a picnic-that’s-really-a-date! April, Jo and Ripley share a bunch of puns! Dinosaurs are back!

Sleep is a gift. A good night’s rest heals the body and soul and is glorious. So, let’s help each other sleep, yeah? I’ll share my tips and you’ll share yours. Then maybe we can have an international spiritual slumber party, but the kind where people actually slumber.

Lord knows the messes we get ourselves into when we haven’t gotten enough sleep. If you want to know them too, they’re all revealed in this roundtable!

Chances are good I hate your cat because it makes me sneeze. But do you know who doesn’t make me sneeze? Simba.

How to pick your domain name and where to buy it.

“That’s when we slept in a bed together and when I woke up I said I missed you while I was sleeping.”