the team

"personality cult"

Monday Roundtable

culture

Monday Roundtable: Say My Name

“The thing is, if the people in your life respect you, they’ll give you the space to figure out where you’re comfortable. It’s YOUR name. You’re the person who has…

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Jul 30, 2018

makeup

Monday Roundtable

beauty

Monday Roundtable: The Makeup That Changed Our Lives

“A bold lip is my femme secret to instant confidence. I could be wearing day-old sweatpants and bed head and a red lip makes me feel READY TO BE SEEN.”

the team —

Jul 23, 2018

"personality cult"

Monday Roundtable

first person

Monday Roundtable: The Lifelong Journeys of Our Beloved Childhood Stuffed Animals

“I had two stuffed animal bear friends as a child. Pretty tight crew, I know, but two bears was enough as I also had an imaginary friend who was an…

the team —

Jul 16, 2018

a+ roundtable

lesbian bed death

af+

A+ Monday Roundtable: Dying a Million Lesbian Bed Deaths

Have you ever experienced bed death in your relationship? If you did move past it, how? Has bed death ever signaled the end of a relationship for you? Has a…

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Jul 9, 2018

Monday Roundtable

Roundtables

culture

Monday Roundtable: The First Gay and Trans People We Knew

“Sipping coffee in their sunny drenched kitchen was the first time I really saw myself. I could imagine it. I could see how I could be gay and still… be…

the team —

Jul 2, 2018

a-camp spring 2018

camp autostraddle

camp

A-Camp 2018, We Hold You In Our Hearts: The Autostraddle Roundtable

“I feel like this camp everyone really got to be their best, most honest and weirdest selves — for instance, and bear with me, when Sam and Riese and I…

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Jun 25, 2018

buffy the vampire slayer

how to get away with murder

tv lists

Monday Roundtable: The Ships We’d Still Go Down With

Here are the queer lady ships that made us/destroyed us; what are yours?

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Jun 4, 2018

Monday Roundtable

culture

Monday Roundtable: Look At Our Stuff (We Collect), Isn’t It Neat?

From the ostensibly refined collections like coins and stamps to the esoteric like taxidermy, there’s a wide world of stuff to gather out there! That said, most of us just…

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May 28, 2018

Lists/Top 10s

love is a lie

book lists

9 Books That Got Us Through Breakups, We’ll Just Leave Them Right Here For You

Here, thought you might need this.

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May 23, 2018

"personality cult"

Monday Roundtable

culture

Monday Roundtable: Queer Culture We Just Can’t Get Into

“Look, I’m sorry! Every year the concept of pride sounds great in theory and then when it actually rolls around, it’s like New Years Eve on acid.”

the team —

May 21, 2018

Monday Roundtable

novel

book lists

Monday Roundtable: Our Favorite LGBTQ Novels

It’s truly magical when you can find a novel with lesbian or bisexual or queer characters that speaks to you and tells a damn good story.

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May 14, 2018

Monday Roundtable

politics

politics + activism

Monday Roundtable: Our First Protests

What did we first take to the streets about?

the team —

May 7, 2018