#affiliatemarketing Archives

Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H features a person in a hijab against a sunset-like background

Lamya H’s Debut Memoir Is a Testament to the Powers of Faith and Hope

We live in a society so oppressive to those of us who dare to imagine better that we have very little incentive to keep imagining.

Stef Rubino —

Feb 7, 2023

I Keep My Exoskeletons To Myself by M Crane features a blue cover and a black shadowy figure

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Dystopian Commentary Bares Its Teeth and Heart in “I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself”

I’ve been thinking a lot about what it takes to write a responsible dystopia.

Yashwina —

Feb 3, 2023

a Black queer couple smiles happily on a bed with their child. one member of the couple has hair in a purple protective style. the child and the other partner have their hair in a natural style. both parents have tattoos

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Into the A+ Advice Box #77: Should You Co-Parent With Your Queer Friends?

Plus self-harm scars and dating, crushing hard on your married coworker, learning to celebrate yourself and more!

the team —

Feb 3, 2023

A rectangular collage graphic of the current Autostraddle team with the text “100” on top. The background is a grid of 100 grainy photos in black and white of the faces of the staff and writers. There are small squares in lime green, bright orange, fuchsia, and cyan colors overlayed on top of the photos as if to color the photo. On top of the photo grid is the text “100" in large wide chunky font with a thin white outline. The text is filled with a white and blue gradient that appears to be glowing. The letters radiate a lavender gradient noise shadow that fades into transparency so the photos behind can be seen. Team members shown in the collage are: Riese Bernard, Carmen Phillips, Anya Richkind, Nico Hall, Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya, Heather Hogan, Viv Le, Laneia Jones, Tracy Levesque, Ro White, Shelli Nicole, Vanessa Friedman, A.Tony Jerome, Abeni Jones, Amari Gaiter, Analyssa Lopez, Ashni Mehta, Casey Stepaniuk, Christina Tucker, Dani Janae, Darcy Cooper, Drew Gregory, Em Win, Himani, Julie Gentile, KaeLyn Rich, Katie Reilly, Lily Alvarado, Meg Jones Wall, Niko Stratis, Sa’iyda Shabazz, Sally Neate, shea martin, Stef Rubino, Valerie Anne, Yash Canter.

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The Autostraddle Insider Issue 100: January 2023

“what if autostraddle just became a mariah carey fansite”

The Editors —

Jan 31, 2023

Lives of Great Men by Chike Frankie Edozien

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Queer Naija Lit: “The Lives of Great Men” Interrogates the Measures of Masculinity and Greatness

My internal identity journey as a black genderfluid person involves engaging with my relationship to masculinity.

Chinelo Anyadiegwu —

Jan 30, 2023

Mareid Sullivan's book Lesbian Death is purple and features the words: “That I find it so anxiety-producing to create a project on the lesbian is precisely why I have written this book. I have written this book because I am not a lesbian. I have written this book because associating my work with lesbian makes me endlessly nervous. I have written this book because I find so much richness in lesbian histories and lesbian culture. I have written this book because I have spent endless hours in archives of lesbian activists, and I have loved every minute. I have written this book because lesbians have saved me, gave me a home, gave me language, showed me a future. I have also written this book because lesbian has been weaponized, used to instigate, justify, and perpetuate anti-trans violence and vitriol. I have written this book because I want the generations that worry that lesbian has been or is being forgotten to know that we remember. I have written this book because I feel myself holding on to the political and identitarian commitments that served me but no longer serve my students. I have written this book because I feel scared to be branded as a lesbian scholar (rather than a scholar of the lesbian). I have written this book because I cannot let lesbian go. Mostly, I have written this book because I really do love lesbians.”

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Mairead Sullivan’s “Lesbian Death” Tells Us Why the L Isn’t Disappearing

Mairead Sullivan’s new book, Lesbian Death: Desire and Danger between Feminist and Queer explores and aims to disrupt our contemporary anxieties around the disappearance of the term “lesbian” as an…

Lauren Herold —

Jan 27, 2023

Two women on a couch reading have their feet in the air touching

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Rainbow Reading: Gearing Up for Valentine’s Day With Queer Romance Reads

Also, the HarperCollins Union’s strike IS SOMEHOW STILL GOING ON. Rainbow Reading wholeheartedly supports the union as they pursue a fair contract for their workers.

Yashwina —

Jan 26, 2023