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into the af+ advice box

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Into the A+ Advice Box #46: STRAIGHT PEOPLE PROBLEMS

The AS team answers member advice questions — from dealing with workplace bullies to advocating for yourself in medical environments, and more!

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Oct 22, 2021

"personality cult"

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What If The Only Allies We Know Are Some Internet Cats?

An important excerpt from Autostraddle’s Slack workplace.

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Oct 12, 2021

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Roundtables

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identity

Do You Know Where Your Straight People Are?: Interviews With Allies (Including Two Cats)

In honor of our biannual Straight People Day, we interviewed two heterosexual friends, two cishet cats, and one past self.

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Oct 12, 2021

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Roundtables

culture

What’s The First Gay Thing You Saw on the Internet?

Also my username was topangaisdabomb6 out of reverence for, yes, Topanga Lawrence from Boy Meets World, so my overall Neopets presence screamed closeted angst.

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Oct 9, 2021

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Into the A+ Advice Box #45: Your Wife Has Depression but Won’t Get Therapy

A+ members get their personal advice questions answered by Autostraddle writers, twice a month in the A+ Advice Box! This week Autostraddle team answers A+ member questions about biphobia, struggling…

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Oct 1, 2021

ranked by lesbianism

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Cereal Mascots, Ranked by Lesbianism

“Okay this Cheerios bee is a lesbian, but I’d be worried if any of my friends were dating them.”

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Sep 30, 2021

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“The Circle” Season 3: If Your Quarantine Life Was Suddenly a Game Show

“Sometimes everybody is so stupid I just want to scream!”

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Sep 21, 2021

into the af+ advice box

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Into the A+ Advice Box #44: WORK DRAMA

From frustrating job searches, to toxic leadership, from vaccine mandates to extreme nonprofit overwork, from coming out to a coworker to finding ways to actually enjoying downtime — the Autostraddle…

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Sep 17, 2021

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Into the A+ Advice Box #43: How Do You Reconnect With a Friend After Over a Year?

The Autostraddle team offers A+ members advice on topics from changing your name, to working as one of the only out queer teachers at a middle school, feeling pulled between…

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Sep 3, 2021

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Sara Ramirez, Let Us Help You Find Love / Lust on Lex!

Sara Ramirez nervously joined Lex today, and we’re here to help make sure their dating app experience goes as smoothly as possible.

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Sep 1, 2021

into the af+ advice box

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Into the A+ Advice Box #42: MAKING ADULT FRIENDS

How do you make adult friends? The A+ team approaches this question from so many different angles to offer up advice on making adult friends while sober, making adult friends…

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Aug 20, 2021

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What Is Up With These Vaguely Lesbian Mean Teens on “White Lotus”?

“Targeting the love interests of your queer crush is a very young and chaotic bisexual move (apologies to the queer crushes of my youth).”

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Aug 12, 2021

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