Nico

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Video Replay: Queer Yoga by Butch Yoga, Welcoming the New Year

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Editor’s Notes: 13 Days of A+ and the SHAME Series

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A gorgeous little fairytale book esque painted forest scene with several painted animals in white winter coats. Animals include a bear, three bunnies, a fox, a baby deer and some kind of bird. In the center of a roughly painted triangle is the symbol for Discord.

The A+ Pop-Up Discord Server Starts NOW!

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an illustrated white winter fox and white rabbit look up at a hand drawn number 13 with a triangle around it. below the 13 is some mistletoe and a pine bough. the background is an illustration of white stars on a dark blue sky

Welcome to the 13 Days of A+ of 2023!

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All Articles by this Author on Autostraddle

autostraddle fundraising

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Yes, Fundraising Is Part of Our Business Model: Here’s Why

Here are updates to our current financial situation. Still, the essentials of everything we’ve been saying for years are true. Fundraising is a part of our business model!

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Mar 15, 2023

Yellowjackets

meet-ups / events

TWO Yellowjackets Watch Alongs for A+ Members!

Join us for a rewatch this Thursday March 16th and a Premiere Watch-Along Friday March 24th!

Nico —

Mar 14, 2023

A+ Book Club

meet-ups / events

A+ Book Club for Finding the Fool: A Tarot Journey to Radical Transformation

With author and Autostraddle writer, Meg Jones Wall!

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Mar 12, 2023

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A+ Book Club

a collage of a photo of M crane wearing a collared shirt and smiling. they have long brown hair. The cover of I KEEP MY EXOSKELETONS TO MYSELF is to their left and features a warbly shadow on it. There is a small graphic of text message speech bubbles off to the right

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M. Crane Chatted with the A+ Book Club About Tragic Endings, Sports and Future Projects

“and my agent was like what the f*ck?”

Nico —

Mar 10, 2023

britney spears

Bubble Trouble

first person

On 2018’s Britney Spears Diet Pepsi Cans and the Most Intense Gaslighting of My Career

I used to love grocery shopping after my divorce. I would buy things that only I liked.

Nico —

Mar 9, 2023

#affiliatemarketing

nonfiction

The book matchmaking in the Archive: 19 Conversations with the Dead and 3 Encounters with Ghosts

lgbt book reviews

“Matchmaking in the Archive” Connects Today’s Artists and Queer Ancestors

This book contains, notably, an essay by Michelle Tea that is still ringing in my ears.

Nico —

Mar 3, 2023

ask us anything

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meet-ups / events

Get Pumped: Our 14th Birthday A+ Ask-Us-Anything is on March 7th!

An annual, chaotic tradition.

Nico —

Mar 2, 2023

#affiliatemarketing

A+ Book Club

M. Crane is between two images of their book cover. The book cover is a simple plane of blue with a rippling human shadow on the cover and the title text I KEEP MY EXOSKELETONS TO MYSELF layered on top. M. Crane is smiling. They have long brown hair, tan skin, and are wearing a colorful button up shirt.

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Right Now – A+ Read a Fucking Book Club: I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself

Join us for a Q&A with author M. Crane! Right now! See you there?

Nico —

Feb 27, 2023

sci-fi/fantasy

Photo 1: an old white guy wizard in a white outfit gestures while lightning strikes behind him. Photo 2: a screencap of howl lying depressively on a brocade pillow. he is an anime guy with dark hair and an earring. Photo 3: a photo of a piece of wizard art on my sister's wall that depicts a wizard in a brown robe with long white beard sitting in a city apartment kitchen holding a beer with chips spilled at the bottom of his feet. Photo 4: a screen shot of merlin in disney's the sword and the stone dancing around in his vacation outfit which is a red baseball cap, rainbow tee shirt, florida shorts, and converse sneakers. he is giddily dancing. Photo 5: an image of Orko who wears a red hat and robe and purple scarf. his blue hands and ears are the only body parts visible and his glowing yellow eyes peer out from darkness. Photo 6: a purple wizard wearing a studded red outfit and cap reaches out toward the viewer. he has sharp nails and evil orange eyes and sharp teeth

comedy

19 Wizards Ranked by How Well They Match My Gender Feelings

Orko is the worst part of He-Man. Orko does, however, get points for simply refusing to have their body perceived.

Nico —

Feb 23, 2023

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consent

lgbt book reviews

In Challenging, Complex Essays, “Unsafe Words” Queers the #MeToo Movement

Multiple of these essays ask how we can make queer spaces safer, especially for our most vulnerable community members, while also not becoming our own police.

Nico —

Feb 21, 2023

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A+ Book Club

literature

A+ Read a Fucking Book Club: I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself

Join us for a Q&A with author M. Crane!

Nico —

Feb 15, 2023

house & garden

Homo Reno: 13 Tips for Keeping Your 5 Year Queer Relationship Intact While Renovating the House You Live In

Sometimes you are going to have to undertake a project during which it will be inevitable that you will scream at each other. My advice is to just kind of…

Nico —

Feb 14, 2023

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Anarchist Author Margaret Killjoy Crafts Trans Worlds in the Woods

Sue Kerr Is Keeping Lesbian Blogging Alive

Salons and Divorce Doulas: How Queers Are Fighting the Trauma and Stigma of Divorce

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Recent AF+ Articles by This Author

Video Replay: Queer Yoga by Butch Yoga, Welcoming the New Year

Editor’s Notes: 13 Days of A+ and the SHAME Series

The A+ Pop-Up Discord Server Starts NOW!

Welcome to the 13 Days of A+ of 2023!

All Articles by this Author on Autostraddle

Yes, Fundraising Is Part of Our Business Model: Here’s Why

TWO Yellowjackets Watch Alongs for A+ Members!

A+ Book Club for Finding the Fool: A Tarot Journey to Radical Transformation

M. Crane Chatted with the A+ Book Club About Tragic Endings, Sports and Future Projects

On 2018’s Britney Spears Diet Pepsi Cans and the Most Intense Gaslighting of My Career

“Matchmaking in the Archive” Connects Today’s Artists and Queer Ancestors

Get Pumped: Our 14th Birthday A+ Ask-Us-Anything is on March 7th!

Right Now – A+ Read a Fucking Book Club: I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself

19 Wizards Ranked by How Well They Match My Gender Feelings

In Challenging, Complex Essays, “Unsafe Words” Queers the #MeToo Movement

A+ Read a Fucking Book Club: I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself

Homo Reno: 13 Tips for Keeping Your 5 Year Queer Relationship Intact While Renovating the House You Live In