Darcy Cooper

Q: I’m a nonbinary femme and recently, I’ve started to feel quite bad about my gender presentation. I’ve always loved playing with femininity, and I’ve always been very femme, wearing dresses and lipstick and the likes and it makes me feel really…

Hi, I’ve been dating this girl for 9 months. I was head over heels for her since the minute I met her. Then I became a caregiver for my grandmother and became very burnt out — but still used every last ounce of my energy to spend with her. She told…

Hi there, merpeople! Just a week ago I was bobbing like a cork in Lake Michigan, yesterday I swam laps at the gym, and today I jumped in the creek! Summer SAD (or, as I like to call it, my Summertime Sadness) can’t possibly get me if I’m always in…

Hi there, lizards and salamanders! I just got home from a long weekend visiting an old friend, and my heart is very full! I also swam in one of the Great Lakes, truly my own personal version of a spiritual experience. What a world we live in, pals!…

Hey hi hello there, friends! Do you need to see some pictures of my dog Milo frolicking in a mud puddle today? I thought you might! This week, Kayla knows which movies the Yellowjackets should catch up on when they get home. Read this, from Lily:…

“everyone act medium”

Hi there, caterpillars! Instagram showed me a sunglasses ad the other day where the model was wearing butterfly clips in their hair. BUTTERFLY CLIPS. We truly have come full-circle from 1997, friends. Seventh grade Queer Girl would be shocked and…

Q: Hello! For a bit of background, I’m still relatively young and haven’t moved away from my parents yet. A few months back they decided to move to a more rural area, which meant that I had to move with them. Due to a vast number of factors that I…

Hi there peaches! Has anyone else had the Tiktok fish song stuck in their head for a full week now? Just me? CAN’T BELIEVE I CAUGHT ONE. This week, if you plan a murder mystery party, KKU knows what kind of Wife Guy you are! I really, really love…

Darcy, a.k.a. Queer Girl, is your number one fan. They're a fat feminist from California who doodles hearts in the corners of their Gay Agenda. They're living through a pandemic, they're on Twitter, and they think you should drink more water! They…

Hi there, muffins! I hope you’re having a fantastic week! I went roller skating for the first time in about twelve years last night, and my respect for Derby players, which was always healthy, has just shot up to the HIGHEST levels. The skating was…

Hi gays! Last night I went to a school board meeting where a bunch of queer people got to scream at a terrible congressman and I’m still all fired up, honestly cannot recommend it ENOUGH. My heart is full today and local government’s to blame! What a…

Hey hi hello fireflies! I know this has been a rough week for a lot us! Maybe you can find some joy in this incomplete list of things that made me happy this week: The description of the ASL sign for “good friend,” from the ASL dictionary my class…

Hi there, seastars! Did you know that you — yes, you — have raised over $196,000 during the Autostraddle fundraiser? You’re amazing!!!!!!!!!!! Here is Milo, running in to celebrate! This week, Kayla knows which gay party bus you belong on! Em would…

Hi there, fireflies! Did you know that we’re fundraising this week? (I bet you did.) But also also also, did you know that as I write this, you’ve helped us get to 54 whole entire percent of our fundraising goal? YOU ALL ARE PERFECT AND AMAZING AND I…

I (38, they/them) and my partner “S” (41, she/they) have lived together for 5 years, dated for almost 6. We’ve made it through some intense relationship challenges (unsupportive parents, deaths in the family, fertility treatments, a miscarriage and…

Hi there, sodas and seltzers! Have you been keeping up with Bubble Trouble? These essays are So! Good! Effervescent, if you will. Among the goodness: Stef wrote about the beers they drank from ages 14-20, and Julie opened up about the toxic grind…

Hi there cats and kittens! After a pretty historic storm, the sun has come out, and I am FEELING it. I hope you’re feeling it too! This week, we ranked bears by lesbianism in honor of Cocaine Bear. This was SO fun! Sai spoke to Harlem‘s Jerrie…

Hey hi hello! It’s dark and stormy outside today, but I’m about to go swing in the hammock I set up indoors, just for a change of pace. I hope you are warm and cozy and sitting in your comfiest spot! Did you see this extremely cute thing that…

Darcy, a.k.a. Queer Girl, is your number one fan. They're a fat feminist from California who doodles hearts in the corners of their Gay Agenda. They're living through a pandemic, they're on Twitter, and they think you should drink more water! They…