Abbie Jones, Author at Autostraddle

you need help

Young woman sitting at a table using mobile phone.

gender

You Need Help: I’m a Trans Woman Looking For Affirming Lesbian Content

The point is this: it sucks that we still have to struggle with inclusion in lesbian community, your feelings are valid, and I hope you’ll be OK whether or not…

Abbie Jones —

Apr 26, 2022

literary fiction

novel

Little Foxes Took Up Matches by Katya Kazbek

lgbt book reviews

“Little Foxes Took Up Matches” Stayed With Me Long After I Finished Reading

The book invites readers to fall in love with a child falling in love with himself and his friends and his own power and his own transformative potential amidst a…

Abbie Jones —

Apr 5, 2022

literary fiction

novel

lgbt book reviews

“My Volcano” Is an Abnormal, Bizarre, Exhilarating Novel About a Volcano Suddenly Emerging in Central Park

My Volcano is an abnormal, bizarre, sometimes frustratingly opaque novel — but it’s also one of the most exhilarating ones I’ve read in years.

Abbie Jones —

Mar 22, 2022

you need help

a woman sits in the foreground looking miserable and left out, while her girlfriend sits with two friends in the background, looking at her with dismay

relationships

You Need Help: My Girlfriend Has No Queer Friends, Is That a Problem?

This is very clearly your problem, not your girlfriend’s problem, and resolving it will be your work, not hers.

Abbie Jones —

Mar 22, 2022

Two women smile with their arms around each other as they walk outside.

dating

Relationship “Green Flags” To Look For When Dating

Just like “red flags” can tell you a person might be toxic, overly controlling, or unavailable emotionally, looking for “green flags” can tell you if your partner is, generally, a…

Abbie Jones —

Feb 14, 2022

#affiliatemarketing

interview

A collage featuring the cover of Manywhere by Morgan Thomas and a photo of the author Morgan Thomas

book features

Morgan Thomas On Weaving Genderqueer History Into Their Debut Short Fiction Collection “Manywhere”

“I was really interested in writing about specifically Southern and genderqueer characters, in part because I felt like I hadn’t seen myself in both the literature and in the sort…

Abbie Jones —

Jan 24, 2022

lesbian lexicon

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gender

Sex With An X: The Perils Of Performative Spelling

Inclusive spellings have a long, meaningful history, but the current usage, especially replacing certain vowels in words with an “x,” leaves much to be desired – and might actually be…

Abbie Jones —

Jan 14, 2022

end-of-year-list

album covers of eight entries in the top ten queer albums 2021 autostraddle list

music

Queer Your Ears: Ten of the Best Albums Released by Queer and Trans Artists in 2021

Mental health was a major theme this year lyrically, as were some of the topics that can never be approached too many times — being gay, being in love, breaking…

Abbie Jones —

Dec 21, 2021

interview

sci-fi/fantasy

book features

Charlie Jane Anders on Trans Speculative Fiction and Rethinking ‘Hope’

In this Autostraddle interview, Charlie Jane Anders discusses her new collection of short stories, “Even Greater Mistakes.”

Abbie Jones —

Dec 8, 2021

trans

transgender

halloween

How To Choose A Halloween Costume

Halloween costumes are traditionally scary – ghosts, goblins, political figures. Look back at the last 20 years and realize … that you frequently went an entire year wearing a costume…

Abbie Jones —

Oct 25, 2021

christianity

religion

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book features

The Book That Helped Me Leave Religion: Kurt Vonnegut’s “Cat’s Cradle”

The first sentence of “The Books of Bokonon” – the fictional foundational text of Bokononism, the religion Kurt Vonnegut invented for his 1963 novel Cat’s Cradle – reads as follows:…

Abbie Jones —

Oct 14, 2021

advice

you need help

A black-and-white photo of two teenage best friends, one Latinx and one white, with their hands over their eyes and smiling at the camera

friendship

You Need Help: I’m A Teen And I’m In Love With My Best Friend

The line between friendship and romantic relationships is very thin, especially for queer people.

Abbie Jones —

Oct 5, 2021

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Abbie Jones

Featured Articles by Author

All Articles by this Author on Autostraddle

You Need Help: I’m a Trans Woman Looking For Affirming Lesbian Content

“Little Foxes Took Up Matches” Stayed With Me Long After I Finished Reading

“My Volcano” Is an Abnormal, Bizarre, Exhilarating Novel About a Volcano Suddenly Emerging in Central Park

You Need Help: My Girlfriend Has No Queer Friends, Is That a Problem?

Relationship “Green Flags” To Look For When Dating

Morgan Thomas On Weaving Genderqueer History Into Their Debut Short Fiction Collection “Manywhere”

Sex With An X: The Perils Of Performative Spelling

Queer Your Ears: Ten of the Best Albums Released by Queer and Trans Artists in 2021

Charlie Jane Anders on Trans Speculative Fiction and Rethinking ‘Hope’

How To Choose A Halloween Costume

The Book That Helped Me Leave Religion: Kurt Vonnegut’s “Cat’s Cradle”

You Need Help: I’m A Teen And I’m In Love With My Best Friend