A+ Bee Issue Eight: Your Cup of Bee
Howdy, space cowboys!
Welcome to the latest edition of the A+ Bee, part of a healthy, well-balanced breakfast! This issue is jam-packed full of vitamins and minerals to help you grow big and strong, so don’t worry about eating your vegetables today. Also, don’t forget to send us anything you want to see in the Bee, whether it’s art or writing or something super weird — we want it all!
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This Shit Rules: Get Dandified
Welcome to This Shit Rules, wherein members of the Autostraddle team open up to you about the beauty products they couldn’t live without.
Two important things to know about me when it comes to beauty products: 1) whenever I go to a drugstore, regardless of what I’m there for, I will spend at least 75% of my time in the hair products aisle 2) my idea of a great lazy afternoon activity is getting…
Evan Rachel Wood And Kate Moennig Break Up, Earth Implodes, Sadness Ensues
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In mid-October, we breathlessly reported that the glorious romantic union of fictional Lothario Kate Moennig and Evan Rachel Wood Bisexual was a real thing happening in our lives. We were delighted to learn that two very goodlooking, very famous human beings were maybe/definitely kissing each other on the regular. How innocent we were then! So young and full of promise!…
Boob(s on Your) Tube: Is Kalinda Sharma Accidentally in Love on The Good Wife?
Last week was a lame week for queer ladies on television. Luisa didn’t return to fight for her medical license on Jane the Virgin; Renee Montoya didn’t turn up and kick any asses on Gotham; Kay would have been as sweet/hilarious as always on Marry Me, but NBC didn’t give us a new episode; Nyassa al Ghul didn’t sneak back into town on Arrowto avenge Sara’s death. And just when you thought Portia…
I have this little guilty habit I do sometimes. Occasionally, like maybe once every other month, I will finish writing a recap for AfterEllen and then read the Autostraddle version while I wait for mine to go online. I do it so rarely because I don’t want to muddy my voice or judge my writing...
Just RT'ing this again for good measure
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Wearing A Harness Under Her Dress
Welcome to NSFW Sunday!
Feature image of Lorenda Ituah.
+ At the Hairpin, Lindsay King-Miller discusses what to do when your partner comes out as trans, having a horrible crush on your close intimate friend, “advanced dating,” bi-invisibility and why you don’t need to be defensive of butch/femme dynamics:
“It’s totally okay to only like girls with short hair. As a…
Sunday Funday’s Coming Out Rap is Fifty Shades of Gay
Hello, genderless gingerbread cookies! I’m on vacation with my lady and my puppy, so what I’m saying is all is right in the world no matter what. And I’ve got the news to prove it!
8-Year-Old Trans Boy Has Serious Rap Game8-year-old Alex told his coming out story at queer summer camp, but his rhyme speaks for itself.
Ohio Supreme…
Take care of yourself. Sometimes step back from the situation and think “I am okay, and that is why I can be here for her in this sadness and not also die.” Recognize that you need to do things for you in order to do things for her. That means going out and gathering happiness where you can find it so that it all balances out. Don’t lose yourself. Take care of yourself too.
Your mission isn’t curing a thing, it is easing the pain of a thing, and there isn’t much reward in that. But it makes you a really good person, after all, to do it anyhow.
She will be okay. We all are. You go on. You have to go on, and so you go on. You just go on. You can’t imagine going on until it happens and then it happens and you do. I promise you this. Believing that you won’t go on — that’s part of it, too.
Riese-Autostraddle, You Need Help: A Lesson Before Dying (via doyouwanttobesaved)
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GamerGate: A Quick (Emotional) Check-In
It’s something everyone knows about me: GamerGate makes me super nauseous. Like, actually physically nauseous. The day that Felicia Day got doxxed, I was nearly apoplectic. Thank goodness for people like Megan Praz, Audrey White and Laura Mandanas who have done amazing coverage in various styles, because I couldn’t do it. Taylor Hatmaker’s workon The Daily Dot has called GamerGate a…
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Spider
Welcome to Saturday Morning Cartoons, a segment where four artists take turns delighting you with their whimsy, facts and punchlines on Saturday mornings! Our esteemed cartoon critters are Cameron Glavin, Anna Bongiovanni, Megan Prazenica and Yao Xiao. Today’s cartoon is by Megan!
The Comment Awards Would Like Bathroom Fries With That
Hello cozy cucumbers! What’s making you happy this week?
This week Riese compiled some perfect snippets of 1 star reviews of lesbian bars and Kate gave a spot-on assessment of things you learn when co-habitating with your activity partner. Rachel continued to recap “Transparent” and share our dislike of Josh with the fury of a thousand suns.
This roundtable discussed coming out to friends and dap…
I have crafted a pie chart that explain the catalysts for my own personal queer awakening, and this is what it looks like:
A long time ago, in a cubicle far away, I was pretending to crunch numbers but was instead lurking on the Television Without Pity forums. Someone in the forums mentioned the old British primetime soap called Bad Girlsand linked to some fan fiction about Helen Stewart and…
