Fikri

autostraddle meet-up

autostraddle meet-ups

meet-ups / events

Singapore 6/9: Come Hang Out at the Library

Choose your own meet-up adventure this Saturday @ Pelangi Pride Centre, where you’ll be free to socialize or not-socialize with other queer folks in Singapore’s only LGBTQ community library.

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Jun 6, 2018

advice

mental health

health

How to Stop Biting Your F*cking Nails

There is a world in which your nails do not bleed onto paper and you don’t want to cry from how much it hurts to do anything with your hands…

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Sep 18, 2015

photography

geekery

The Best Mirrorless Cameras Ever

To help you along, we’ve rounded up Autostraddle team members to tell you about their favourite mirrorless cameras and lenses and why they love them.

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Sep 17, 2015

grown-ups

we are adults now

home

We’re All About It: Step Up Your Hot Beverage Game With A Variable Temperature Kettle

No matter our differences, what unites us all is our intractable dependency upon caffeine, no matter its form. It’s what defines most of our mornings, many of our afternoons, and…

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Aug 17, 2015

novel

people of color

lgbt book reviews

Read A F*cking Book: Tanwi Nandini Islam’s “Bright Lines” Adds Color To LGBTQ Fiction

In a multigenerational, transcontinental tale, Bright Lines weaves together issues of gender and sexuality across cultures, migration, in/dependence, family secrets, conflict and tragedy, and well, botany.

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Aug 11, 2015

friday open thread

holigay open thread

straddleverse

FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Eid Mubarak! (Also, Goodbye)

You might not be dealing with large family gatherings today but I will, so get in here and give me something to do other than refresh Twitter all day.

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Jul 17, 2015

tubi

movie reviews

“The Duke Of Burgundy” Is The Lesbian BDSM Film You’ve Been Waiting For

Bondage, butterflies, and zero men.

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Feb 27, 2015

greatest hits

homophobia

first person

Gay, Interrupted: On Navigating Gaybourhoods As A Queer Brown Woman

Gay districts are safer, more open and more profitable than ever before, but for whom?

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Feb 18, 2015

Lists/Top 10s

race

politics + activism

10 Game-Changing Things We Learned At Facing Race 2014

2. Tension is a productive force.

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Nov 20, 2014

bisexuality

islam

love + sex

You Need Help: Attraction to Women and Feeling Like A “Bad Muslim”

“Remember that everyone around you, Muslim and non-Muslim alike, is grappling with a lot of the same things that you are right now: about what they want “family” to look…

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Nov 7, 2014

food lists

40 Recipes For All Your Mermaid Rainbow Aesthetic Needs

Sometimes I like my food the way that I enjoy my sexuality: unnatural.

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Oct 20, 2014

asia

music videos

music

VIDEO: Malaysian Queer Band “Shh…Diam!” Is Anything But Quiet

The band’s latest music video contains all the queers in blazers, “happy hard core” and awkward glances you’ll need for the week.

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Oct 17, 2014