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into the af+ advice box

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Into the A+ Advice Box #66: SKINCARE

In which our team answers our members’ questions about the care and keeping of their skin!

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Aug 19, 2022

a league of their own

Photo 1: Anya Richkind as a young child in a Red Sox uniform. Photo 2: Katie Reilly as a young child holding a bat. Photo 3: Heather Hogan as a young child holding a bat in a Blue Angels uniform. Photo 4: shea wesley martin as a young child holding a bat. Photo 5: Stef Rubino as a young child holding a baseball bat. Photo 6: Drew Gregory as a young child on the baseball diamond holding a glove.

sports

Turns Out a Lot of the Autostraddle Team Played Softball and Baseball — WHO COULD HAVE GUESSED?

In honor of A League of Their Own, we revisited the softball and baseball photos of our youths.

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Aug 15, 2022

into the af+ advice box

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Into the A+ Advice Box #65: So You Think You Might Be Gender Fluid

Advice on studying with ADHD, envying they/them pronouns, finding the best outfits to match glamorous heels, masturbation, and more!

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Aug 5, 2022

anal sex

butt stuff

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community

Our Buttholes, Ourselves: An Anal August Roundtable

I asked our writers to share tales about their tail-ends, and — WOW — they really went for it.

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Aug 2, 2022

disability

queering disability

community

Disability Pride Month 2022 Roundtable: Care, Celebrate, Collective, Fight

“I’ve never been part of something that compares to the acceptance, the empowerment, the collective care and the collective fight, the space to be wholly yourself that is the disability…

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Jul 28, 2022

a+ roundtable

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A+ Roundtable: Our Sports Stories

“I mean, my first AIM screen name was SprtsFreek1224.”

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Jul 19, 2022

into the af+ advice box

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Into the A+ Advice Box #64: BREAKING UP

Breaking up with a queer anti-choice friend, your partner isn’t over their ex, and more!

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Jul 15, 2022

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a+ roundtable

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A+ Roundtable: Coping with Climate Change

“Corrupt politicians and leaders want to destroy our spirit. We can’t let them.”

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Jul 8, 2022

culture

Here Are Our They/Them Summer Mood Boards

Fox News apparently did not actually publish a story about “they/them summer” undermining American democracy, but we’re reclaiming the term anyway!!!!!!!! Happy they/them summer to all who celebrate.

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Jul 4, 2022

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into the af+ advice box

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Into the A+ Advice Box #63: What If Other People Think You’re “A Lot”?

How do you stop comparing yourself to your girlfriend’s nesting partner, have big life conversations with your partner, deal with feeling your friends don’t love you as much as you…

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Jul 1, 2022

some questions you've been asking us

Anya, Riese, Carmen, Laneia, Kayla, Heather and Nicole are all floating heads behind laptops in this graphic

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Some Answers to Some Things You’ve Been Asking Us #42

“Thanks for listening to my lesbian soccer rant!”

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Jun 28, 2022

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Roundtable: Enemies - an Angry Sphynx or hairless cat glowers at the viewer against a black background

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A+ Roundtable: Dealing With Our Enemies

“Is it even possible to be from New Jersey and not have enemies?”

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Jun 22, 2022

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