Gabrielle Korn, Author at Autostraddle

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lesbian bar culture

the scene

LA Lesbian Bar Ruby Fruit Is Fighting For Its Survival. We Really Need It To Win.

“The thing about having a community hub, a place you return to again and again, is that it makes the city feel smaller. You start to run into the same…

Gabrielle Korn —

Jan 17, 2025

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movie features

They Should Have Sent A Poet

“I was around the same age as young Ellie when ‘Contact’ came out. The way she so clearly carries her childhood self with her made adulthood legible; it made time…

Gabrielle Korn —

Feb 7, 2024

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Station Eleven, Parable of the Sower, Severance, and How High We Go in the Dark

book lists

Embracing the Dark Pleasures of Dystopian Literature: 10 Novels That Inspired Me To Write My Own

“I worked on this book between 2019 and 2023, years not exactly known for… incredible progress. In many ways, letting myself slip into another, imaginary world — albeit a worse…

Gabrielle Korn —

Jan 16, 2024

dogs

an original watercolor by Wallace May featuring Gabrielle, a blond woman, sleeping with her small white dog Kimberly on top of her

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What To Know Before You Get a Dog

When you first meet her, scared and sick and alone, you’ll know that if you don’t take her with you she’ll probably die. Of course, she’s going to die either…

Gabrielle Korn —

Jun 2, 2022

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literature

Lesbians! They’re Evergreen

In 2012, a Condé Nast website called style.com published an article with the headline: “IS LESBIAN CHIC HERE TO STAY?” In this thrilling piece of supposed journalism, the writer remarked,…

Gabrielle Korn —

Feb 17, 2021

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queer fashion

Lez Get Dressed For Work: F*ck Yeah End Of Season Sales

Cute summer things are finally on sale because fashion thinks it’s basically fall now but we all know it’ll be hot until at least October.

Gabrielle Korn —

Jul 19, 2013

Alternative Lifestyle Haircuts

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hair

Lez Get Dressed For Work: Real Talk About Your Queer Hair At Work

Have you ever had to choose between getting the queer haircut you want, and your job? Or vice versa? Let’s talk about it.

Gabrielle Korn —

Jul 12, 2013

footwear

Lesbian Fashion

queer fashion

Lez Get Dressed For Work: It’s Hot AND Rainy, and Your Feet Are Miserable

What in the world do you wear on your feet when it’s pouring rain and 90 degrees? Let’s go beyond the choice between hot feet and wet feet and figure…

Gabrielle Korn —

Jul 5, 2013

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