Results for: be the change
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Things I Read That I Loved #312: The Key Word is “Oneself,” Which Is Irresistible To 20-Year-Olds
Topics include YouTuber adoptions, romance novels, moldy jam, Sarah Schulman, the future of the fashion business is sweatpants, supermarket sweep and so much more!
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The Pandemic is Trauma for Trans Disabled People
An exploration of the pandemic experiences of trans disabled people with a focus on trauma and survivorhood.
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The Numbers in My Phone
I tried for a long time not to have a smart phone.
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Take Me Home Tonight: Which Wet for Her Toy Are You Swiping Right On?
“Looking for a baby who wants to be pleasured and punished in the most loving of ways. I may look adorable, but I’m quite powerful and will make you shake with joy or fear – if you behave you get to choose.”
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Con El Aceite de Coco Nos Sanamos: Lessons From My Elder
In Ifa, a Yoruba-based religion, we believe that when we die, we are reincarnated into our same family lineage. I’ve imagined all the ways in which it would be possible that my grandmother was once my sister, or my aunt, a friend in a past life or even a version of me. We depended on each other in so many ways.
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Rosalie Knecht’s Vera Kelly Is Not A Mystery, But Is a Gay Noir Must-Read
There’s another kind of revolution happening within this sequel, and that’s where Knecht really blows the doors off the noir genre.
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Anonymous Sex Toy Review: The Palm Power Extreme
The Magic Wand isn’t without critique. I have been yearning for a sleeker toy, something waterproof, a wand that doesn’t hurt my wrists and at times I want intensity without the rumble. This is why I was intrigued by the PalmPower Extreme!
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60 Straight Actresses Who Play Gay The Most
Which ostensibly straight actresses go “gay for pay” the most? From Natasha Lyonne to Vanessa Morgan, here are some of the most prolific actors in the LGBT cannon.
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Lez Liberty Lit: The Work Is Bigger than Backorder
Readings and reading lists on Black radicalism, dismantling white supremacy, antiracism, police brutality and more.
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Alice Wu on “The Half Of It,” Artistic Integrity, and Her High School Crush
“Being a closeted teen who wasn’t even aware meant I just listened to melancholy songs and imbued an unrealistic amount of meaning to them.”
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Carmen Phillips Is Our New Editor-in-Chief (and Would like a Vanilla Iced Latte Please)
Carmen has led the editorial team with compassion, pragmatism and heart. She brings to the table bright hopes for our future and a deep love for the roots of this strange little website.
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Extra! Extra!: There Must Be an End to the Long List of Names We Memorialize
This week’s Extra! Extra! honors all the victims – past, present and future. Oh it needs to stop – there must be an end to the long list of names we memorialize. But I’m not naive enough to think more lives won’t be lost before we reach that point.
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A Better World: Transformative Justice and the Apocalypse
As COVID-19 brings the world as we know it to and end, queer, trans and marginalized communities need to transformative justice more than ever. But what does it mean to believe in a world without punishment in the apocalypse?
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Behind the Scenes With REI’s Force of Nature Initiative
REI is doing so much to change the reality of being a human outside! Including sponsoring this very issue! Here’s everything you ever wanted to know about their Force Of Nature initiative and so much more!
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Where My Black Witches At? Using Black Ancestral Magic Against White Supremacy
From actual hexes to binding spells, witchcraft has a long tradition in the fight to dismantle white supremacy. A new generation of Black witches are taking part in the resistance using ancestral practices, ideologies, and modern technology.
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Autostraddle’s Future Is Your Future, So Let’s Make Plans?
Instead of preparing for doom, I can’t help myself from planning for the utmost beauty and enjoyment, for pleasure and laughter, for sharing stories and connections, regardless of whatever else is happening. Here are the near-future plans I’m inviting you to invest in with me on Autostraddle, during this final stretch of our fundraiser!
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Extra! Extra!: The Risk of Social Distancing, the Risk of Reopening
This week’s Extra! Extra! COVID-19 looks at what’s happened with the stimulus package and protests against social distancing in the US, and how countries the world over are thinking about reopening.
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Also.Also.Also: #Dykes4Roman Said Gay Rights and Shallot Pasta
Accepting Alison Roman’s culinary authority. Also: Zoom is the hottest dance club, celebrity culture is burning, and YA Books to celebrate Transgender Day of Visibility.
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34 Feelings You Have About Voting For Joe Biden
“I would vote for a dead dog if it was running against Trump.”
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How Solace, the Transition App Designed by a Trans Woman, Will Lifehack Your Gender Transition
Evergreen State tech entrepreneur Robbi Katherine Anthony is one of the people hoping to solve the struggles that exist for transgender individuals in the 21st century. Billed as the gender transition app, her company Solace was launched at last year’s LGBTQIA Hackathon in Austin, Tex.