It’s I Think We’re Alone Now Week at Autostraddle — a micro issue dedicated to being on your own, whether on purpose or by chance, and all the ways we’re out here making it work.
Let’s look back on the wealth of relevant content we’ve shared with you all in order to best navigate you through periods of heartbreak and solitude! You got this!
Unhinged Post-Gay-Breakup Activities
How To Change Your Hair Dramatically After a Breakup
Top 10 Special Weirdo Things I’ve Done Since My Very First Break Up
For Your Consideration: 30 Slightly Unhinged Post-Breakup Activities That Aren’t Actually That Bad
25 Reasons I’m Finally Starting to Enjoy Being Single (Besides Sleeping Around)
55 Questions to Obsessively Ask Yourself After a Lesbian Breakup
Generation Ex: 9 Chaotic Queers on Their Decision to Watch “L Word: Generation Q” With Their Exes
https://develop.autostraddle.com/valentines-day-date-ideas-ive-had-since-my-wife-left-me-six-months-ago/
37 Delicious Things That Become Infinitely More Delicious After A Breakup
Soundtrack to Your Lesbian Breakup:
A Playlist for When You Break Up In Autumn
Playlist: Oh Wow So I’m Starting All Over Then I Guess
Playlist: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
Playlist: Instead Of Texting Your Ex, Listen To These Songs
Why Is It So Damn Hard to Build a Good Lesbian Breakup Playlist?
Playlist: One More Time Without Feeling
Breakups in Books, Movies and TV Shows:
9 Books That Got Us Through Breakups, We’ll Just Leave Them Right Here For You
Top 17 Most Devastating Breakups in Lesbian Television History
The Perfect Queer Poem: When You Need to Break Up With Your Lover Who Is Also Your Best Friend
Top 5 Movies to Watch Before You Break Up with Someone
55 Ways To Leave Your Lesbian Vampire Lover (According To True Blood)
10 Movies That’ll Make You Pleased To Be Single On Valentine’s Day
37 Quotes From Queer Authors About Heartbreak, Loss and Moving the F*ck On
Solid Queer Break-Up Advice
The Best Breakup Advice You’ll Ever Get
Texting Your Ex-Girlfriend in Five Easy Steps
Family Business: How To Break Up With Your Ex’s Family, Too
You Need Help: Why Do I Miss My Terrible Ex?
5 Things to Know About Dating Again After Your Gay Breakup
Call It Off: A Very Subjective Primer on Breaking Up with Someone You’re Casually Dating
You Need Help: Post-Divorce Feelings
You Need Help: So Your First Girlfriend Broke Your Heart — Now What?
How I Claimed Being Thirsty as a Personal Lifestyle and Learned to Live My Dreams
You Need Help: How Do I Break Up With a Casual Someone?
Holiday Breakups: 10 Reasons to Buck Up And Do It
You Need Help: Was Breaking Up A Mistake?
How to Honestly Tell When It’s Time to Break Up
Personal Breakup Stories, Essays and Anecdotes
The Museum of Broken Hearts
Monday Roundtable: Breaking Up and Fucking Up
For Your Consideration: For Your Consideration
Stewing
The Lifespan of a Lesbian Heartbreak
Interview With My Ex-Girlfriend: Mila
https://develop.autostraddle.com/breaking-the-habit-exes-past-and-future-239772/
Interview With My Ex-Girlfriend: Marni
The Second to Last Woman I Loved
A+ Monday Roundtable: My Achy Breaky Heart
Interview With My Ex-Girlfriend: Laura
The Good China
All My Exes Live in Brooklyn
https://develop.autostraddle.com/nuggets-milkshakes-nosebleeds-love-after-heartbreak/
I’m Single, I’m 36, and I Think That’s Fine
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So, what do you do when a 30 year friendship breaks down?! I feel EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE
I’m in the midst of a 15 year friendship breaking down and I also feel everything all at once. Solidarity, friend. (I’m making a breakup playlist. It helps)
WOW thank you so much for this, I opened so many of these links so fast that I got rate limited by the website because WordPress thought I was DDOS’ing you?
Yes! What perfect timing for my confused/sad heart. Also inspired by the things to do post break up that arent really all that bad, I reccomend finding a fuzzy sweater at a thrift store and wearing it basically all the time. Mine is yellow and kind of a crop top too, it’s perfect!
i love this sweater, jay!
Meeee too! Do I wear everyday after work yes! Do I wear it when I’m going anywhere but work yes!! Do I wish I could wear it to work yes!
lol i’ve written about breakups a lot apparently
You’re still my reference.
Thank you for this!!