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Monday Roundtable: I Learned It by Watching You
They say you learn your first lessons about how to be a person from your family, and that applies to chosen family, too. Today we’re sharing something we learned from watching another Autostraddle staffer that’s made our life better and brighter.
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16 Feel-Good TV Shows to Kick Off 2019 With a Little Hope
Listen, we all know queer women love a good TV show about serial killing or Satan worship or ghosts — but did you know sometimes it feels good to just feel good?
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In 2018, Lesbian and Bisexual TV Characters Did Even Better
Here’s your in-depth look at all the numbers on lesbian, bisexual and queer television representation in 2018. Spoiler alert: it got better?
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NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Cruising
Cruising for lesbian hookups, women’s sexual expressions through technology, radical experimental queer porn, deepfakes and more.
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PHOTOESSAY: Shoog & Zaire on Proving the Divinity Of Fat Folks
“I came to you in a state of exhaustion with all these things that have been weighing on me for so long and I wanted to find a way to celebrate myself.”
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FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: It’s Time to Talk About That Time of the Month
Anyone out there making period related art or magic?
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Queer Tarotscopes: Gemini Season Dares You to Try New Things
With big ideas and a constant need for movement, Gemini season is all about connection, communication, and construction – we buzz with ideas, pour our hearts into new projects, share hopes and dreams.
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Things I Read That I Love #279: Surly Twentysomethings Resembling Peter Pan’s Lost Boys If the Lost Boys Were Girls
Topics include murder, a bonkers Christmas light fight, Brendan Fraser, squatty potties, sunburnt Australia, a ’90s San Francisco dyke “gang,” top surgery, why killers kill, alcoholism and so much more!
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The Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice Is Crushing it in 2018
The Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice has been doing incredible work for 40 years — here’s a little bit about that, and also about the Fueling the Frontlines gala I attended last month, and also about their upcoming benefit featuring Ellen Page, Kiersey Clemons and Olivia Wilde!
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Hulu’s “The Bisexual” Is Here to Make Every Queer a Little Uncomfortable
What impresses me most about The Bisexual isn’t that it skewers The Discourse, but that it ignores it completely in favor of having an actual conversation.
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13 Easy Houseplants for Seasonally Depressed Gays and Their Cats
Will these plants solve real mental health issues? Absolutely not, but they might make you feel more alive for the next few months, and also your cat can gnaw on them to its heart’s content, the asshole.
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Into the A+ Advice Box #6: Being Out at Work, Surviving “Bisexual FOMO,” and More!
Real life worries from readers like you! Including: coming out at any age, getting comfortable with butt sex, and so many questions about moving! Get ready! It’s a party!
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Tomboys of Literature: An Incomplete Survey
A subjective beginning exploration into the far-reaching but inconsistent landscape of literary tomboys.
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But Make It Fashion: A Letter From Your Editor
“But Make It Fashion is a collection of essays about our weird bodies and genders and desires and what we choose to put on top of all those things every day.”
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Sunday Funday and Keira Knightley Want a Lesbian “Bend It Like Beckham” Sequel
Plus: Adorable lions and cows and misandry! And: Good equality news from India and Romania!
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The Autostraddle Insider: Issue 52, December 2018
“You know how to make a point like no other laneia, and it is literally a joy every time”
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November 2018 Queer Horoscopes: Keep Paying Attention, Start Dreaming Big
As Jupiter moves into Sagittarius, it’s time to start dreaming big. Release your fears and get ready to grow.
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30 New Books of Queer and Feminist Interest to Get Excited About This Fall
Whether your thing is queer girl YA inspired by Greek mythology, groundbreaking poetry collections, challenging and mind-expanding critical nonfiction on art, power, illness or design, or weird and dynamic short fiction, this fall brings you some new titles you won’t be able to stop thinking about.Â
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“Just Treat Me Like Any Other Mother”: What Queer-Affirming Doulas Can Provide New LGBT Parents
For queer couples already facing marginalization in their lives and relationship before making the decision to become pregnant, the presence of a doula can be profound.
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Sunday Funday Is Still Dazzled By Tessa Thompson in Her “Men in Black” Suit
Plus: a teenage girl is battling homophobia with cake batter, women carpenters are building homes for the houseless, lesbian football, and all the gay clubs in Utah that are open on Christmas, and more!