Things I Read That I Love #104: Drinking, Trucks, Girls, Hot Days, and Southern Nights
HELLO and welcome to the 104th installment of Things I Read That I Love, wherein I share with you…
Things I Read That I Love #104: Drinking, Trucks, Girls, Hot Days, and Southern Nights
HELLO and welcome to the 104th installment of Things I Read That I Love, wherein I share with you…
Queer Catholic News Recap: Five and a Half Things To Know
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1. American Bishops Are Not Distributing The Vatican’s Survey
Last…
Emily Graslie Wants More STEM Ladies on YouTube; Here Are 32 To Start
Emily Graslie of The Brain Scoop is one of the best human beings on our planet. Her YouTube channel…
Lily’s College Lesbianage #15: Post Grad Limbo Is Where I Wanna Be
Autostraddle! Remember when I used to write a blog about college? You probably don’t because it was…
Wilder Hungers: Ann Arbor Day Trips and Steamed Pumpkin Buns
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Hi Straddlers!!
I hope you all had a fabulous Thanksgiving filled with…
Live Feed: Christmas Cats TV is a Roomful of Cats in Holiday Sweaters
Hansen’s Team Pick:Christmas Cats TVis basically all that I’ve ever wanted but didn’t know I…
Thanks so much for the calendar and #YouDoYou pin, @autostraddle! Feel free to give Miss December my phone number #gatdamn #autostraddle 😉
Could some queer lady in the DC area PLEASE host an Autostraddle “Holigay” meet-up?? That is all I want for Christmas.
Dear Queer Diary: It’s Take Your Journal To Cyberspace Day
I have been known to scour flea markets for antique postcards, I don’t own…
Happy Repeal!: 80th Anniversary OPEN THREAD and Cocktail Recipe Swap
In a semi-regular segment entitled Liquor In The ______, I’m going to write to you about all the…
8. Your Best Friend’s Shitty Ex Who Is Really Bad for Her
Surprise surprise—they are never going to go away. I know they’re unpredictably mood-swingy and teetering, if not cartwheeling the fuck over, the line of being an alcoholic, and that they made your best friend cry on a regular basis and that they once bashed the door of her car in by kicking it during a fight, but here they are again, cute curly hair and zip-up hoodie, sitting smiling on her couch and drinking PBR and greeting you like they’re not a psychotic motherfucker.
Plan of Action: Be cordial and keep your distance. You are not friends with this person, and you don’t have to be, but you don’t have to start something, either. Go find your best friend—does she even know her shitty ex is here?
If she doesn’t and freaks out, help her figure out how to get them out of her apartment. If she does know, give her your most scathing look of reproach, the one that burns like an untreated bladder infection, and remind her She Is Someone Who Is Worthy Of, and Deserves, Love, Respect, and Happiness. Then threaten to make a scene.
-Krista Burton, Hooray It’s a Party! A Queer Holiday Horror Tale
I was so stressed out today, but reading this has made me feel so calm and happy and omigosh I’m so happy Krista Burton is writing queer lady pieces again
(via sketchyblondes)Whatever inappropriate context you want to insert into that talk of filling gaps, you go right ahead. I’m not here to stop you. No one’s here to stop you. This is the kind of website where we encourage gaps getting filled and holes getting a fist plugged right up there.