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With T4T Care and More Effective Results, Bluebird Is Revolutionizing Hair Removal for Trans Women

“We have the feel, we have all these trans women working in this beautiful space, but it’s also technical. We’re not just smoke and mirrors, we’re not just branding. There’s…

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Sep 4, 2024

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Into the A+ Advice Box #68: HAIR

In which our team answers our members’ questions about their hair!

the team —

Sep 16, 2022

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A femme Asian woman in her 30s is fresh faced from the shower and has a towel wrapped around her face.

beauty

A Lazy Femme Guide To Staying Cute With Minimal Effort

I’m all about products and routines that work with my busy schedule. I’m obviously not lazy, but if lazy femme is the antithesis to high femme, I’m very much that.

KaeLyn —

Sep 18, 2021

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Several golden-colored bottles and bars of soap sit in a brightly lit field of white. These represent the most basic steps of a skincare routine.

health

Face Off: A Primer for the Care and Keeping of Your Skin

I know it seems like a lot, but the basic steps of a skincare routine — wash your face, moisturize it, put some sunscreen on it, then wash it off…

Rachel —

Apr 16, 2021

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issues

The Queer History of the Shaven Head

Shaven heads on women have challenged and informed ideas of beauty, power and tradition for centuries. Here’s the history of a very queer style.

Jennifer Thorp —

Dec 18, 2018

family

hair and beauty

first person

My Absurd Skincare Routine Is the Softest I Am to Myself

Sometimes being queer and black, bisexual and biracial, feels like contradiction, like too many things, and sometimes I’m not sure that I’d recognize myself if I walked by.

Rachel —

Feb 23, 2018

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community

AM/PM: Reclaiming Domesticity

Domesticity is queer culture. It is taking a space, making it feel good for you, taking care of it, showing it love, and then letting that place show you love…

Ari —

Jan 9, 2018

hair and beauty

lgbt pride

Pride Style Guide: How To Get The Babalook

With these tips, you’ll be turning heads (off people’s necks) in no time. BadabaDOOK.

Sam Corbin —

Jun 23, 2017

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hair and beauty

first person

Natural Hair Was My Final Frontier to Self-Love as a Black Trans Woman

After removing my damaged locks, I realized that that was the easy part. Removing the Eurocentric straight- haired image of femininity embedded in my brain was much harder.

Drew —

Oct 27, 2015

Alternative Lifestyle Haircuts

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celebrities (vapid fluff)

BREAKING NEWS: Jennifer Lawrence Gets A Haircut

STOP WHAT YOU’RE DOING RIGHT NOW and look at this heartbreaking shot of JLaw looking like one of us.

the team —

Nov 6, 2013

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Alternative Lifestyle Haircuts

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PHRESH CUTZ: A Queer Pop-Up Barbershop

Dances with scissors.

phoenix —

Aug 27, 2012

Alternative Lifestyle Haircuts

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Breaking: Miley Cyrus Gets Alternative Lifestyle Haircut, is Probably Still Not Gay

MIley Cyrus just joined the alternative lifestyle haircut club.

Lizz —

Aug 12, 2012

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With T4T Care and More Effective Results, Bluebird Is Revolutionizing Hair Removal for Trans Women

Into the A+ Advice Box #68: HAIR

A Lazy Femme Guide To Staying Cute With Minimal Effort

Face Off: A Primer for the Care and Keeping of Your Skin

The Queer History of the Shaven Head

My Absurd Skincare Routine Is the Softest I Am to Myself

AM/PM: Reclaiming Domesticity

Pride Style Guide: How To Get The Babalook

Natural Hair Was My Final Frontier to Self-Love as a Black Trans Woman

BREAKING NEWS: Jennifer Lawrence Gets A Haircut

PHRESH CUTZ: A Queer Pop-Up Barbershop

Breaking: Miley Cyrus Gets Alternative Lifestyle Haircut, is Probably Still Not Gay

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