Also.Also.Also: Any Day Cardi B Reminds the Internet She Is Actually Bisexual Is a Good Day

Carmen Phillips
Aug 10, 2021
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It is 90 degrees and today I am having veggie quesadillas and a beer and I cannot wait.


Queer as in F*ck You

More Places Are Requiring Proof of Vaccination. LGBTQ Bars Led the Way.

Cardi B Shuts Down “Queerbaiting” Claims by Reminding Everyone She’s Bisexual. Someone should definitely inform Cardi that “queerbaiting” isn’t a new word and has been around queer fandom for almost as long as there’s been fandom, but still points were made and I’m always here for Cardi B reminding people that she is in fact bisexual!

Behind the GOP Strategy to Outlaw Trans Youth

First-of-Their-Kind Trans Clinics Staffed by Trans Doctors and Nurses Open Their Doors. “India has opened its first two trans clinics — trans-led and staffed by trans doctors and nurses, with the intention of supporting trans people living with HIV, promoting safer sex, and improving trans people’s wellbeing.”

From Sally: 1,000-Year-Old Remains in Finland May Be Non-Binary Iron Age Leader


Saw This, Thought of You

What Miss Piggy Taught Me About Abuse

Natalie said “Make time for this one” and if you know this column at all, you know that what Natalie says goes: What 9/11 Did to One Family

The Case Against the Beach Read. (I’m sorry but, absolutely not)

What’s Wrong With Ice Cream Right Now? Geez, I don’t know why everyone is so cranky this summer, I’m just here to gather the links.


Political Snacks

Senators Urge Biden Administration to Protect LGBTQ Asylum-Seekers

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Will Resign Amid Sexual Harassment Scandal, which is such a great time to revisit Rebecca Traister’s magnificent The Cruelty and the Casualties.

If you live in New York and are curious about your new Governor, who will now become the first woman Governor in the state’s history, may I also suggest: Maybe You’d Like to Know More About Kathy Hochul?

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Carmen Phillips is Autostraddle’s former editor in chief. She began at Autostraddle in 2017 as a freelance team writer and worked her way up through the company, eventually becoming the EIC from 2021-2024. A Black Puerto Rican feminist writer with a PhD in American Studies from New York University, Carmen specializes in writing about Blackness, race, queerness, politics, culture, and the many ways we find community and connection with each other.  During her time at Autostraddle, Carmen focused on pop culture, TV and film reviews, criticism, interviews, and news analysis. She claims many past homes, but left the largest parts of her heart in Detroit, Brooklyn, and Buffalo, NY. And there were several years in her early 20s when she earnestly slept with a copy of James Baldwin’s “Fire Next Time” under her pillow. To reach out, you can find Carmen on Twitter, Instagram, or her website.

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