Who’s Afraid of Riding a Bicycle? Not You Because We Have 5 Tips for Beginners
The first few weeks of the year ring in one of the grandest, most well-choreographed manifestations…
In Final Hours Of 2013, Sotomayor Blocked Obamacare, Dropped Ball On Women’s Health
Yesterday Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a temporary stay on enforcement of the…
#squaready #omg #2014 is off to an amazing start! Me @jennatalackova @supa_ines made the top 35 #wcw of #2013! Thank you @autostraddle #autostraddle autostraddle.com💋💋💋💋
Queer Outfit of the Week: Testing Out Your New Year’s Resolution in a Snow Storm
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Header by Rory MidhaniIt’s January 1st, 2014 and you’re…
Top 10 Lists of Top 10 Lists of 2013
It’s New Year’s Eve and that means that everyone’s making lists. “The top 10 of 2013″ is just…
I found myself wondering today if there is a place in the world where being a Black Queer Mixed Femme, like myself, is the majority. I wonder if there is some sort of secret island out there where they are rocking booty shorts with Black Feminist slogans, living sustainably and doing each other’s nails. A place where I hear Patois’ and Creoles, where we cackle and kiki and when I arrive I am greeted warmly and welcomed. Where we share stories of our tattoos, scars and stretchmarks. Where we tell tales of our lovers and our parents and pray to a multitude of goddesses across the pantheon.
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Hello, tiny furniture! HAPPY NEW YEAR! I’m 99% sure this will be the cutest year yet; here’s the…
35 Trans Women I Had #Herocrushes On In 2013
A #HeroCrush has nothing to do with romantic or sexual attraction. You don’t even have to want to…
Even though sometimes the world seems about six sizes too small for our pain, the amazing shit is that no matter how deep purple the bruise is, no matter how dark and overwhelming and miserable and worthless it all seems the world will get a fraction of an inch bigger every day.
Really, every fucking day.
And you won’t notice it for a long time until suddenly, one day, it’s only five times too small for your pain and then four and then the world will just keep getting larger and larger in comparison to your shattered heart and eventually it will be able to hold it and then it will outgrow it.
And your pain will be just a speck in your world.
… I promise you will survive, and with more grace than you can now imagine and that you will have more grit and vision because of it.
As a Queer Femme, so often my sexuality is defined in relation to whoever I am rolling with. When seeing people say that ‘femmeness’ is invisible, I ask them to look a little harder. If in your version of ‘queer’, it only seems to exist in flavours of androgynous and butch, I strongly encourage you to change your minds cause we ain’t changing our gender.
5 Lesbian Films You Might Have Missed in 2013
2013 was the year we saw Blue is the Warmest Colorand had feelings about it, but did you know there…
“The Strumpet” Brings Together 22 Ladies to Make Great Comics About Taste
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The Strumpetis a collection of short comics made by lady comics creators from the…
New Year’s OPEN THREAD 2014: Braver / Bolder Edition
Happy New Year, Autostraddlers!
The past year was a whole lot of ups and downs; maybe you’re sad to…
Playlist: New Year’s, No Fears
It’s almost a new year! Do you have resolutions? Are you not into that whole thing? Is your only…
15 Fears I Faced in 2013, With a Little Help From Autostraddle
I’m a person riddled with anxiety, depression and just overall fear. In the past, these fears have…
