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How I Learned To Enjoy Receiving (In Honor of ‘The Giver’)

If a stone top likes “The Giver” and it resonates with them, I think that’s beautiful. But to call Chappell…

motti

Mar 19, 2025

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Chappell Roan’s ‘The Giver’ Is Country at Its Best and Gayest

At long last, we have new Chappell Roan music!!!!! And it’s giving Shania and The…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Mar 14, 2025

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Lady Gaga’s ‘Mayhem’ Is a Return To Form AND an Evolution in Sound

Mayhem offers a celebration of her past, a reflection of her present, and a small…

Stef Rubino

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Mar 7, 2025

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Every Queer Tiny Desk Performance, Ranked

Over 80 openly queer musicians and bands have taken the NPR Tiny Desk “stage.”

Stef Rubino

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Feb 28, 2025

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Margaret Cho’s New Music Album Begs the Question: What Can’t Margaret Cho Do?

Where many artists this far into their careers might feel comfortable resting on the signatures…

Stef Rubino

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Feb 18, 2025

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Chappell Roan’s ‘The Giver’ Is Country at Its Best and Gayest

At long last, we have new Chappell Roan music!!!!! And it’s giving Shania and The Chicks!!!!!!

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Mar 14, 2025

music

Lady Gaga’s ‘Mayhem’ Is a Return To Form AND an Evolution in Sound

Mayhem offers a celebration of her past, a reflection of her present, and a small glimpse into what we might see more of from her in the future.

Stef Rubino —

Mar 7, 2025

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Every Queer Tiny Desk Performance, Ranked

Over 80 openly queer musicians and bands have taken the NPR Tiny Desk “stage.”

Stef Rubino —

Feb 28, 2025

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Mixtapes We Really Made When We Were Teenagers: A Roundtable

The Autostraddle staff has gone through their tapes, CDs and playlists to share a little corner of their past selves.

Adrian —

Dec 30, 2015

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christmas

Holigay Playlist: Country Ladies Doing Christmas Right

A collection of Christmas songs sung by country music stars who just so happen to be women.

Carmen —

Dec 7, 2015

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Robyn and Peaches Premiere Music Videos With Very Different Vibes Happening, Also Peaches’ Is Basically a Lesbian Sex Party In The Desert

Would you like to pull a blue feather out of someone else’s orifice with your teeth? We have a video for that! Would you like to re-enact the most iconic…

Stef —

Dec 2, 2015

playlists

Feelin’ Like Wealth: The Black Friday Shopping Playlist

Whether you’re staying in, waiting in line, or buying a big-screen TV online at 12:01 AM, you could probably use a little more Drake, anyway.

Carmen —

Nov 27, 2015

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Notes From A Queer Engineer: The Science Mixtape

This playlist is best enjoyed in the range of 20 – 20,000 Hz.

Laura Mandanas —

Nov 18, 2015

Follow Your Arrow

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money + work

Follow Your Arrow: Musician and Furniture Maker Sean Desiree on Small Steps Towards Big Dreams

Musician Sean Desiree — who alone makes up all parts of the indie band bell’s roar — explains how they juggle being a musician by day with running a furniture-making…

Beth —

Nov 5, 2015

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music videos

music

Let’s Get Dressed Up For Justin Bieber’s Giant Lesbian Slumber Party

The sunglasses! The crop tops! The Timberlands! The neon! Justin Bieber’s “Sorry” is what little me thought slumber parties would be like when I grew up, now with 100 percent…

Adrian —

Oct 23, 2015

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Playlist: October Rain

Break out your stew recipes and hot cocoa mix, sharpen your pumpkin-carving knife, unearth your slippers from the back of the closet, press play, and settle in for the fall.

Maddie —

Oct 23, 2015

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How I Learned To Enjoy Receiving (In Honor of ‘The Giver’)

If a stone top likes "The Giver" and it resonates with them, I think that’s beautiful. But to call Chappell a stone top and the song a stone top anthem? A reach!

motti

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Chappell Roan’s ‘The Giver’ Is Country at Its Best and Gayest

At long last, we have new Chappell Roan music!!!!! And it’s giving Shania and The Chicks!!!!!!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Mar 14, 2025

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Lady Gaga’s ‘Mayhem’ Is a Return To Form AND an Evolution in Sound

Mayhem offers a celebration of her past, a reflection of her present, and a small glimpse into what we might see more of from her in the future.

Stef Rubino —

Mar 7, 2025

Every Queer Tiny Desk Performance, Ranked

Over 80 openly queer musicians and bands have taken the NPR Tiny Desk “stage.”

Stef Rubino —

Feb 28, 2025

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Margaret Cho’s New Music Album Begs the Question: What Can’t Margaret Cho Do?

Where many artists this far into their careers might feel comfortable resting on the signatures and routines they’ve built, Cho proves once again that she’s consistently and successfully evolving, not…

Stef Rubino —

Feb 18, 2025

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How I Learned To Enjoy Receiving (In Honor of ‘The Giver’)

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Chappell Roan’s ‘The Giver’ Is Country at Its Best and Gayest

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Lady Gaga’s ‘Mayhem’ Is a Return To Form AND an Evolution in Sound

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Every Queer Tiny Desk Performance, Ranked

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Margaret Cho’s New Music Album Begs the Question: What Can’t Margaret Cho Do?

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Lady Gaga’s ‘Mayhem’ Is a Return To Form AND an Evolution in Sound

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