Darcy Cooper

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…

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…

Way back in 2020, when the Pandemic struck and everyone I knew was playing Animal Crossing, I didn’t have the money for a Nintendo Switch. A friend was playing a different cozy sim, however, on their laptop — a cute little farming game called Stardew…

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…

Ever since M3GAN trailers started hitting the internet late last year, I couldn’t WAIT to see it. A sentient American Girl Doll dressed like Blair Waldorf, loaded with TikTok dances, and about to unleash an unhinged and murderous rage? It’s like that…

Is it just me, or has the passage of time lately moved faster than a couple of queers on a first date? As 2022 comes to a close, I’ve been practicing one of my favorite year-end hobbies, which is pretending that I will emerge into a new year as a…

It all started with a banjo. It was years ago. I’d just moved to Seattle, and I was brimming with the optimism of a youth who thinks a new place can turn them into a brand-new person. I thought hard about who I’d be in this strange new place, and…

When I first started writing for Autostraddle, I had a minute where I wondered: Was I gonna become that writer? The person who’s clearly obsessed with their dog — and pretty much with every pet that comes their way, no matter what shape or size or…

Guess what: It’s wool socks weather in Northern California, which almost never happens! As an absolute winter lover, I am so thrilled to be able to bundle (slightly) up and traipse out into the countryside with Milo, then come home, crank up the…

One dark and stormy night, like so many queer people before me, I eagerly introduced a friend to the world of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. We watched episode after episode from Season 1 (at least, they watched. I watched them, with bated breath).…

Halloween: I actually think it might be the gayest night of the year. After all, it’s one day when we can be literally anyone and anything we want to be, without question or apology. It’s also a great opportunity to dress up our dogs. I’m not sure…

Ah, the ‘90s. We had oversized flannels, we had Caterpillar boots, we had Claire Danes dyeing her hair red and wondering why her mom just didn’t understand her — but one thing we didn’t have, one thing we thought we might never have, was girls…

Space: the final frontier. From the Original Series in 1966 to Discovery and Strange New Worlds now in 2022, the Star Trek franchise has brought us so many amazing, strong, loyal, inventive, brilliant female officers, and I love every single one of…

Ah, the humble diner: It’s a cultural institution, a home away from home, a place where the eggs always look on the sunny side of life. It’s the one restaurant in every town where you can order up a side of friendship or anonymity, and extra syrup…

It all started with a tweet from Heather Hogan: I’ve been playing Stardew Valley for years. At the beginning of the pandemic, it offered a much-needed means of escape; since then, I’ve played as gray-haired dyke farmers, as young, ambitious diamond…

I have a confession to make: I have never read more than one full chapter of a self-help book. Listen: I know they’re wildly popular. Self-Help is a many-billion dollar industry, and I’m sure many people are helped by the books they’ve read. Queer…

Nickelodeon in the ’90s: a veritable utopia of green slime and childhood icons! From Clarissa Darling to Shelby Woo, Nickelodeon’s scripted series showed us ways to be a kid, and ways to be a girl, that I hadn’t seen on TV before. These kids were…

Dogs: We love them. They’re the cute little guys who live in our homes and in our hearts. They’re companions, they’re cheerleaders, they’re family. They’re also gay! Sally has definitively proved that having dogs is a time-honored lesbian pastime.…

The Babysitters Club — in the ‘80s and ‘90s, there was no other series like it. Reading as a third- and fourth-grader, those books promised an independent and glorious teenage future, full of hard work, close friendship, and biking to one another’s…