Writing Dirty: You, Too, Can Write About Sex
Riese and I teach a workshop called “Writing Dirty.” It’s pretty much exactly what it sounds like –…
Liquor on the Mountain: Taste These Whiskeys!
In a semi-regular segment entitled Liquor In The ______ that can’t be too regular because I’m…
Listling: Most Hilarious Synonyms For “Vagina”
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1. altar of love
2. bacon sandwich
3. bag of tricks
4. beaver cake
5.…
Jill Bennett’s National Coming Out Day Video: “For Them”
By Jill Bennett
Back in February, I read a story about Jadin Bell, an Oregon boy who was bullied…
Teach Me Your Ways: The Teachers Who Helped Make Us Queer
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There’s a lot of anxiety out there about “teaching homosexuality” in…
Nicole and Mallory ask the readers of The Toast to help them crowdsource bad gay movies for their Autostraddle collaboration.
MALLORY IS NOT STRAIGHT?!?!?!??!
(duh, there’s an entire baby-sitters club book about it! or um, an essay carly wrote in college called “why mallory is gay.” just saying)
But this gender-bending still comes at a cost, especially when it’s not the androgynous malnourished sultry #youlookveryshanetoday kind. Studies have shown that “butch”/non-femme-presenting women, by defying traditional heterosexual and gender roles, experience more discrimination based on both sexual orientation and gender expression. The fact that women still choose a masculine presentation is part of what makes masculine women so f*cking sexy: it’s BRAVE. They’re dykes and they don’t care who knows it, transgressing the gender binary regardless of potentially negative reactions from mainstream society.
- Autostraddle Policing Female Masculinity: Much Ado About Rachel Maddow’s Yearbook Photo!
Butch presenting Women (both cis and trans,) AFAB Genderqueers and many pre-transition Transmen (all regardless of sexual orientation,) occupy a very similar space in the minds of our misogynist culture. Occupying the “Masculine women” designation in the minds of the patriarchy has some serious hazards.
(via spectrumattack)
Bondage 101: How To Tie Someone Up
Tying people up is fun! Here’s how to do it for the first time.
Communication is the key to all…
Camp staff en route up the mountain on Monday!
It’s snowing on Mt. Feelings!
