Caitlin commented on the post, You Can Take It With You: Empanadaland
But empanada dough is so easy to make! My Argentinian roommate appears to just throw a bunch of stuff from our pantry together until it has the right consistency… OK, I’m off to make banana...
View ArticleCaitlin commented on the post, Your Completely Queer Guide To Horoscope Hookups
Seriously, what is it with dykes and this stuff? I’m a pretty hard-core science-type, but I’ve dated more than one girl who was really in to horoscopes and whatnot. I don’t even want to talk about the...
View ArticleCaitlin commented on the post, Your Completely Queer Guide To Horoscope Hookups
I tend to get a little offended. Like, what, I’m not intellectual enough for you, Gemini? I’ll show you intellectual!!
View ArticleCaitlin commented on the post, Your Completely Queer Guide To Horoscope Hookups
I just think that the Cancer description highlights all my worst qualities: moody, needy, never wants to leave the house. A lot of the other signs sound like me, too, only a more flattering picture!
View ArticleCaitlin commented on the post, Study Claims Literature Becoming Less...
I don’t think I even believe in this study… I mean, they’re just searching for isolated words, as if they can tell how emotional the writing is from how often individual words from some list appear in...
View ArticleCaitlin commented on the post, Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Prop 8, Is...
The idea is that marriage encourages monogamy, so the one fertile spouse is encouraged not to cheat on their partner and possibly have a kid outside of their marriage. The especially dumb point about...
View ArticleCaitlin commented on the post, Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Prop 8, Is...
Yeah, it’s not surprising–just disappointing.
View ArticleCaitlin commented on the post, Queer Girl City Guide: San Francisco
Oh man, I can’t believe it took this long to get a San Francisco guide! The last time I was in the Bay Area I was 12 and barely knew I was queer. I must go back. Sissy Strut sounds amazing! As does...
View ArticleCaitlin commented on the post, Queer Girl City Guide: San Francisco
Oh my god, Gay Softball League!? That’s my dream!
View ArticleCaitlin commented on the post, 25 Pictures Of The Lesbian Internet, 1997-2007
And -1 for line dancing? Whoever wrote that should check out a gay bar in Mexico–dykes here love line dances!
View ArticleCaitlin commented on the post, 25 Pictures Of The Lesbian Internet, 1997-2007
I was not going to gay sites in the 90s, but that AfterEllen 2004 looks very familiar…
View ArticleCaitlin commented on the post, 25 Pictures Of The Lesbian Internet, 1997-2007
Is there anything better than a bunch of queer women doing group choreographed dancing?
View ArticleCaitlin commented on the post, Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Prop 8, Is...
Maybe someone who knows more will correct me, but my understanding is that cases have to meet a certain set of standards for the supreme court to weigh in on them. If there’s no one who has standing...
View ArticleCaitlin commented on the post, Also.Also.Also: Simmons Accepts, Praises...
Ugh, that “atheist activist.” I’m friends with a guy like that on facebook: straight, white, very active in the atheist “scene” where he lives. He’s constantly posting about meetings and lobbying...
View ArticleCaitlin commented on the post, Also.Also.Also: Simmons Accepts, Praises...
But the idea that we shouldn’t be promoting abortion–that it’s a tragedy, that it should be “safe, legal, and rare”–is ultimately harmful to pro-choice politics because it concedes the pro-life...
View ArticleCaitlin commented on the post, Also.Also.Also: Simmons Accepts, Praises...
Ah, OK. In that case I see your point, though I’m not sure I see that image as treating abortion like a joke.
View ArticleCaitlin commented on the post, A Prairie Homo Companion: 50 Things I'll Miss...
A lot of this reminds me of my hometown in the midwestern prairie–especially when you talk about the big sky and the summer storms. It is beautiful there.
View ArticleCaitlin commented on the post, Brittani's Video Party: Chlöe Howl and...
Now I’m just wondering if I could pull off Chloe Howl’s haircut. Adorable!
View ArticleCaitlin commented on the post, Also.Also.Also: Simmons Accepts, Praises...
I think that it’s totally fine if you want to acknowledge that an embryo does have some special significance for you–I just don’t think that we should be making strategic/ political decisions based on...
View ArticleCaitlin commented on the post, Women In Tech Throwback: Grandma Got STEM
Ali, let’s be nerdy together! Code breaking is super interesting. Catjay, tell us more about your grandma!
View ArticleCaitlin commented on the post, More Than Words: Mexican Supreme Court Calls A...
Great article! I think this is especially significant for Mexico, because homophobic language is EXTREMELY common here and there doesn’t seem to be much public awareness about the harmfulness of this...
View ArticleCaitlin commented on the post, More Than Words: Mexican Supreme Court Calls A...
I’ve never actually heard anyone use the word, but “matarile al maricón” means “kill the faggot.” Horrific, right?
View ArticleCaitlin commented on the post, More Than Words: Mexican Supreme Court Calls A...
But in English, “American” generally means “person from the US”–it’s just how the English language works. We don’t have any other word for that. In Mexican Spanish, “norteamericano” means “person from...
View ArticleCaitlin commented on the post, 10 Literary Pinterests For Book-Lovers
Oh man, The Tattered Cover is one of my favorite bookstores–I would go to Denver just to visit… Clearly their All The Lovely Bookshops board is for me!
View ArticleCaitlin commented on the post, Lez Eat: One Table Brooklyn Wants To Feed Your...
This sounds seriously amazing, I so wish I could come. And Negronis are actually the perfect cocktail.
View ArticleCaitlin commented on the post, Lez Liberty Lit #18: Lesbian Literary...
I just finished reading The Orphan Master’s Son and it was GREAT–I’m on a mission to get everyone I know to read it now. No queer women, but still… you should all read it…
View ArticleCaitlin commented on the post, Ode to My Pantry: Soy Foods
Edamame! I grew up surrounded by soy fields, so I like to think of edamame as a local specialty, even though I’m pretty sure most of our edamame came from frozen bags from the supermarket… Either way,...
View ArticleCaitlin commented on the post, Ode to My Pantry: Soy Foods
How do you cook with yuba? I’m intrigued!
View ArticleCaitlin commented on the post, VIDEO: SNL's Top Lez Kate McKinnon Does Ellen...
Ugh, Kate McKinnon is adorable.
View ArticleCaitlin commented on the post, I Just Now Saw: Buffy The Vampire Slayer
YES, Battlestar Galactica is THE BEST!
View ArticleCaitlin commented on the post, I Just Now Saw: Buffy The Vampire Slayer
I haven’t seen Buffy since I first watched it in high school, and all I really remember about it is loving it. I may have to watch it again…
View ArticleCaitlin commented on the post, 2013 Autostraddle Hot 100: Vote Your Pants Off...
Yes, please! Me and my sister are not the same person, and neither are Tegan and Sara.
View ArticleCaitlin commented on the post, Things I Read That I Love #75: Quinoa...
Ooh, I liked When Our Kids Run America, though I’m not sure I agree with him 100%. Can’t wait to read the Scientology articles! Why is Scientology so endlessly fascinating?
View ArticleCaitlin commented on the post, Top 10 Bestest Favoritest Greatest Of All Time...
Oh my god, I’d completely forgotten about Muse–how is that possible?? Muse and New Moon, both, were big parts of my childhood…
View ArticleCaitlin commented on the post, Idol Worship: Selena, Queen of Tejano Music
I arrived late to the Selena bandwagon but now I’m in love. Amor Prohibido is my favorite!
View ArticleCaitlin commented on the post, Secretly Gay Movies: A League Of Their Own
The first time Anne Ramsey appears in this movie, when she helps the woman who can’t read find her name on the list, I gasped. I love her. Then her character becomes super obnoxious, but I prefer to...
View ArticleCaitlin commented on the post, Lez Liberty Lit #31: Regarding Dinosaur Erotica
At first I was incredibly jealous of Eleanor Catton for having won the Booker at 28, but after reading about her I’m officially in love. I’ll be reading The Luminaries as soon as I can get my hands on...
View ArticleCaitlin commented on the post, CERN After Dark: Where Particle Physics and...
Oh man, I’m so excited to see CERN on Autostraddle!! My day has been made! My dad works there, and every time I read something about CERN online I feel like he’s a celebrity (he is awesome). They have...
View ArticleCaitlin commented on the post, 15 Lesbian Couples Time Forgot
Same here! Gawking at paparazzi pictures of Portia de Rossi and Francesca Gregorini kissing is one of my earliest queer internet memories. They’ve never been a forgotten couple for me!
View ArticleCaitlin commented on the post, Read A F*cking Book GIVEAWAY: Win a Copy of...
Please!! I need to read this!
View ArticleCaitlin commented on the post, Lez Liberty Lit #32: Turning The Screw
Oh man, I’m always looking for books to read in Spanish! Thanks for the recommendation; I’m gonna look it up. Do you think the language is very hard?
View ArticleCaitlin commented on the post, We Win A Thing In Illinois! House Passes...
Hooray! I am originally from Illinois; this makes me so proud of my home state.
View ArticleCaitlin commented on the post, Blue Is The Warmest Color: The Male Gaze...
I don’t know, I loved the movie. Me and my friends all left the theater in a state of emotional shock–I thought it was really an emotionally difficult movie, and I mean that in the best way. I do think...
View ArticleCaitlin commented on the post, Blue Is The Warmest Color: The Male Gaze...
I mean, I disagree with Kate’s take on the movie, but I don’t think that Autostraddle in any way has an obligation to publish a positive review of it just because it’s a lesbian movie. We deserve...
View ArticleCaitlin commented on the post, Blue Is The Warmest Color: The Male Gaze...
I guess I’d disagree in that I think Kate is making serious arguments. We can disagree–that doesn’t mean the argument’s not serious. And the things we’re disagreeing about are interpretations, not facts.
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That Dog and Dissatisfied Cat card is a GEM, next year I’m gonna send it to everyone I know! In reply to - Cecelia wrote a new post, On The Eighth Day of Hanukkah Your Bubbe Gave You Socks The first...
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