March 2009 - Autostraddle 1.0
Autostraddle’s first days
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I wanted to fill this hole we saw in the lesbian/feminist media universe, be this thing that wasn’t being done. We want to analyze and report but we also want to make art and build community. We crossed our fingers that we weren’t the only people who wanted this thing. We can’t describe it. It’s just IT.
and now we’ve moved on from processing to actually processing the processing, and why is this happening and how can we fix it but then we realize we’re getting our periods and oh, of course, it all makes sense now and oh, how we’ll laugh and laugh and laugh. (After we’re done crying.)
The Comment Awards Are Mulling Over March
The Comment Awards Are Mulling Over March
Good day, shrimp cocktails!
Autostraddle is celebrating five years of existence this month by rolling out top 5 lists every day. This week Mey talked about her top five trans roots, Ali offered ways to make our old computers feel brand new again and Rachel imagined five chores for her nonexistent personal assistant circa 2011.
The Straddleverse is also seeking new DIY and food writers so…
Friday Open Thread: Amazing Girlfriends and God-Awful Lesbian Movies
Friday Open Thread: Amazing Girlfriends and God-Awful Lesbian Movies
Hello, Autostraddle! Welcome to this week’s Friday Open Thread! Did you know that from now on there will be a Friday Open Thread every Friday, kind of like how there is a Thirsty Thursday every Thursday? It’s the new rest of the week! Only not really, because the rest of the week exists. But let’s live in the now.
I’ve had a really amazing week because my long-distance total babe of a girlfriend…
Pretty Little Liars Recap Episode 422: Let’s Just Randomly Make Up Who “A” Is
Pretty Little Liars Recap Episode 422: Let’s Just Randomly Make Up Who “A” Is
Welcome to the latest installment of the world’s favorite show about teenage girls finding love and also murderers in the dark, dark world of small town, upper-class Pennsylvania. Also, we find out who A might be, like we’ve found out ten times before. Only this time, the answer makes ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE. In the eternal words of Forever Intern Grace, “if after all that Ezra turns out to be right…
#AutoAri: These Real World Questions Are Getting Banged By A Big, Bad Wolf
#AutoAri: These Real World Questions Are Getting Banged By A Big, Bad Wolf
This week on The Real World: Ex-Plosion, Ari was really tired of all the bullshit.
This episode is focused almost entirely around shitty straight people and their shitty problems: Jay won’t commit, Brian is a total man-diva piece of human garbage, etc. etc.
In the midst of all of this, however, there was wisdom.
And not wisdom.
At the very least, let’s put it this way: things got weird.
The…
Lez Liberty Lit #41: Not Computer Generated
Lez Liberty Lit #41: Not Computer Generated
by carolyn & riese
Books! They are really great. You just won’t believe how great they are. You may think that the Internet’s great, but that’s just peanuts compared to books. In Lez Liberty Lit, we talk about literary shit that’s happening that you should probably care about. The name “Liberty Lit” was inspired by the short-lived literary…
Only a set reminiscent of a Dexter crime scene would suffice in capturing the killer outfits we have for you this quarter.
Things I Read That I Love #117: Strangely, Our Outfits Match The Volkswagen.
Things I Read That I Love #117: Strangely, Our Outfits Match The Volkswagen.
HELLO and welcome to the 117th installment of Things I Read That I Love, wherein I share with you some of the longer-form journalism/essays I’ve read recently so that you can read them too and we can all know more about real estate! This “column” is less feminist/queer focused than the rest of the site because when something is feminist/queer focused, I put it on the rest of the site. Here is…
We Have Corporations To Thank For the Veto of Arizona’s Anti-Gay SB 1062
We Have Corporations To Thank For the Veto of Arizona’s Anti-Gay SB 1062
feature image credit Robert Haasch
If you were alive and in the United States last week, chances are you heard about Arizona’s Senate Bill 1062. The bill, while supposedly intended to protect an individual’s right to “exercise [their] religion,” was quickly recognized for what it actually was — a reactionary piece of legislation meant to “protect” people who don’t want to make wedding cakes with…
Glee Episode 510 Recap: Trio Of Horror Tower Of Terror
Glee Episode 510 Recap: Trio Of Horror Tower Of Terror
Welcome to the tenth episode of the fifth season of Glee, a charming homespun comedy about a pair of genetically enhanced laboratory mice who reside in a cage in the Acme Labs research facility, where they perform elaborate tap-dancing numbers to the sound of iced tea being stirred, compare and contrast argyle sock collections, knead challah, write magnetic poetry, eat raw hair serum with fig…
Top Five Things I Heard When I Started Presenting As Butch
Top Five Things I Heard When I Started Presenting As Butch
I’ve heard a lot of interesting reactions since coming out as butch four years ago. Some of these reactions were overwhelmingly positive and accepting, and some were confused and angry. A lot tokenized me, even more sexualized me, and a choice few made me feel pretty damn…
I’m not disturbed by the speech itself as much as the fact that McConaughey’s place in our culture affords him the privilege of having a slightly off-kilter personality, almost without criticism. People have (rightly) gushed over Lupita Nyong’o’s touching Oscars speech, pointing out her poise, elegance, and genuinely touching words. But would the same praise have been lavished upon her if she thanked herself in her acceptance speech, and topped it off with a mumbling “all right, all right”? Last year, Anne Hathaway was consistently derided for her “smugness” and overly long acceptance speeches, while no ill comments have been thrown at McConaughey’s shit-eating grin. Kanye West is intense, but his intensity is unfailingly characterized as “ranting,” rather than a lovable personality quirk. Covert sexism and racism are nothing new (obviously), but McConaughey’s effortless swagger only emphasizes that his is the kind of behavior that we only — and even praise — when it comes in the form of a straight, traditionally masculine white male actor.