Results for: be the change
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You Need Help: You Want to Be an Out Beauty Queen
So your dream is to compete in the Miss America pageant but you’re afraid your state isn’t ready for a “gay celebrity” to represent them. Former Miss Kentucky has all the answers.
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Calluses and Cow Sheds: How I Found My Queerness in Rural America
“That year I spent a lot of time watching the goats and cows eat grass. Mostly because I found their single-minded focus incredibly comforting. Also because our fences were shoddy and I had to figure out how they were constantly escaping. I was learning to care for animals like I was learning to listen to myself: in silent and slow observation.”
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Fool’s Journey: I Feel Like Being in Love is Not Something I’m Meant For
I’m gonna take a punt before I’ve even shuffled my cards and tell you that no – you’re not unlovable. No way. I think we can all agree, I don’t need a deck of cards to tell you that. You are 100% lovable, just like ALL Autostraddle readers.
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He Said/We Said: In the City of Brotherly Love
dapperQ showcases “that Philly swag” and the city’s beautiful architecture.
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6 Blue Lipsticks Road-Tested for the Ice Queen In You
Something truly wonderful is happening. Cosmetic companies are expanding their lipstick colors beyond the standard red-orange-pink-purple-burgundy spectrum and into the land of black, yellow, green and blue lipstick.
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You Need Help: Always Her Bridesmaid and Never Her Bride
She’s engaged TO him, but engaged WITH you — and you’re not sure how much more of this you can take.
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Roxane Gay’s “Bad Feminist” Reminds Us We’re All Human
This is bad feminism. And we are better for it.
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Five Fun and Festive Meet-Ups You Could Host This Fall
You don’t need a theme week/end to fall in love! Anyone can host an Autostraddle meet-up at any given time. This could be your moment.
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Transparent Episode 107 Recap: Pink Revisions
Weed! Talent shows! More weed! A dildo!
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Notes From A Queer Engineer: Women In STEM On Women In STEM
It’s going to take a lot of creative solutions to get us where we need to be.
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‘Orange is the New Black’ Paleyfest Panel Reveals Cool Shit About Season Two
The cast of “Orange is the New Black” was at PaleyFest on friday to give us an inside look on how Season One has changed their lives and what we can look forward to in Season Two.
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Strict Voter ID Laws Once Again Rear Ugly Head, Could Disenfranchise Thousands of Trans Voters
Just over a quarter of trans people in states with photo ID voting laws don’t have a valid photo ID that reflects their gender and name to meet the standards required by the law, according to The Williams Institute.
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24 Incredible Personal Essays We Published In 2014
We told some really incredible stories this year and you won’t want to miss a thing.
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Where The (Queer) Girls Are Gonna Be On Your TV This Year
So, this article about the GLAAD “Where We Are on TV” report basically turned into an encyclopedia of LGBTQ female characters we’re gonna see in 2014-2015.
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The QPOC Speakeasy Speaking Out With Love To Mike Brown
“It is a crystal clear, paint-by-the-numbers picture of chronic police hostility toward African-Americans. This is anti-blackness in America. Make no mistake.”
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Glee Episode 601 Recap: Oh, Look at That. I’ve Been Impaled.
It’s the final season of Glee! Hold onto your butts!
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Grey’s Anatomy Recap Episodes 1107-1108: You’re Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone
It’s the episode where instead of having sex Callie and Arizona have an emotional conversation in a quiet section of the hospital. Holy shit, aren’t you excited? This is life mimicking art, y’all.
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I Wanna Give Back “The Giver”: Top Ten Feelings About A Truly Godawful Cinematic Experience
I would like to lose the memory of that time I saw “The Giver,” please.
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Moving Beyond “Lesbian Bed Death” And Bridging The Libido Gap
Is it a libido gap? Or is it a sign that a major relationship change is in order?
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Dear Queer Diary: Two Journalers are Twice as Nice
Mary and Frances reveal the secrets of the diary-writing universe.