Results for: be the change
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“Let’s Go, Let’s Go, Let’s Occupy Everything Together”: Remembering Brazilian Bisexual Activist and Politician Marielle Franco
Rio de Janeiro Councillor Marielle Franco, who was assassinated on 14 March 2018 after speaking at an event for the empowerment of Black girls, was a firebrand of a politician, feminist, and human rights activist whose work was deeply informed by her experiences as an Afro-Brazilian Catholic lesbian woman born and raised in the favelas.
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TV Team Roundtable: How We Handle TV That Breaks Our Hearts (Or Makes Us Want to Break the TV)
Here’s how we handle TV that lets us down, the shows we think successfully turned it around, and our ultimate dealbreakers.
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11 Tomboys and Weird Girls From 90/00s Movies I Loved as a Kid
In the late 90s and early 00s, I was an awkward, shy, and nerdy girl so I naturally gravitated to girls in films that were… different, like me.
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Satellite of Love: Queer Horoscopes for March 2018
This month brings Venus — planet of “hmm, maybe it would be nice to touch another human…” — into Aries, sign of “I’m going to explode if we don’t do this right now!”
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Sex Work After FOSTA-SESTA: Why the New Wave of Prohibition Has So Many Panicking
One of the most annoying things I have heard during this process of figuring out what to do and how to react to the FOSTA-SESTA prohibition deal is “Don’t panic.”
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NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Has A Great Sense Of Smell
Your sense of smell is linked to your sex life. Plus, why to listen to sex workers, how to get over your first love, why there’s no such thing as a summer vagina and more.
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You Need Help: Coming Out as Non-Binary in High School
“It’s common to want to tell everyone about your newfound realization about your identity, so that you can feel like you’re living authentically and with integrity. But you get to do whatever feels best to you!”
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Shibari 101: Let’s Talk About Japanese Rope Bondage
Welcome to Shibari 101, your chance to learn the building blocks of Japanese rope bondage! Today, we’re talking about history, basics and safety.
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Notes From A Queer Engineer: A Tiny Dino With Rainbow Feathers
Women scientists on an Antarctic mission to save the planet, a history of Black scientists, a call on Twitter to create positive, non-sexist, and diverse science gifs featuring women and more!
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16 Lesbian, Bisexual and Queer Instagram Accounts to Introduce You to Our Herstory
I want to devour everything that came before us so we can continue to grow better, brighter, louder, closer. These Instagram accounts are a great place to start.
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The Autostraddle Insider: Issue 47, July 2018
“I DON’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT BEING INTENSELY EMOTIONAL OR BAD WITH BOUNDARIES SOUNDS FAKE”
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MAKE IT GAY, YOU COWARDS: 20 TV Shows That Just Need to Lean Into the Truth
“EVEN THE STRAIGHTS CAN SEE IT.”
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The Comment Awards Believe in Love
MY FRIENDS GOT MARRIED, TWO MORE STRADDLERS GOT MARRIED! Also there are comments!
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Lez Liberty Lit: Recovering Narratives
New thoughts on South Asian cultural identity in YA, writing recovery and addiction narratives, Joan Didion’s reading list, how Judy Blume taught girls to be feminists and more.
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5 New Releases From Queer and Trans Artists To Ready You For Spring
New music for flirting or lonely lesbian nights. Your call!
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5 Other Olympic Sports We Could Add Lyrical Music to, Just a Thought
Okay, Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5, but with skiing and shooting. Think about it.
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Pop Culture Fix: “Charmed” Rebooting With Lead Lesbian Witch, Okay Fine I’ll Watch It
The “Charmed” reboot is casting a lesbian and her girlfriend, Jessica Jones Season 2 to feature light lesbianing, Katy Perry reflects on “I Kissed a Girl” and so many other pressing pop culture tales for you.
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“Supergirl” Episode 321 Recap: Dear Kara
Where’d our hero go?
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Y’All Need Help #27: But Back to YOU
A ruined friendship, body hair at work, coming out a little later when you’re about to marry a dude, and a frank conversation about assault. We really can have it all.
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FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Brag About Your Besties!
Let’s fill this thread with nostalgia and love in a full on appreciation fest.