Roundtables

holigay open thread

Monday Roundtable

holigays

Monday Roundtable And New Year Open Thread: Let’s Shape 2019 With Our Words

Tomorrow is a brand new year! Here are the words we’re thinking about when we think about 2019. Tell us the words you’re claiming in the new year! Tell us…

the team —

Dec 31, 2018

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Lesbian Fashion

issues

Monday Roundtable: The Style Icons Who Inspired Our Gay Style

“My style icon is Nancy Meyers’ interpretation of a middle-aged white woman after she’s decided to pull herself together sometime in the second act. Wow that is… I feel very…

the team —

Dec 17, 2018

a+ roundtable

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af+

A+ Roundtable: Our First Bras

“Amazingly, neither the training bra nor my actual boobs magically solved my very typical and very sad self-image issues.”

the team —

Dec 10, 2018

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Monday Roundtable

issues

Monday Roundtable: The Jewelry We Wear Every Day

“My favorite thing in the world is when people ask if it’s a mood ring so I can say yes.”

the team —

Dec 3, 2018

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Monday Roundtable

issues

Monday Roundtable: Still Holding On

We’ve packed and unpacked these items through several apartments, hung them up with care, and regularly touch the sleeves contemplatively although today could be the day. Reader, it’s not going…

the team —

Nov 26, 2018

comics/graphic novels

Roundtables

book features

“They Want Trans Shit to Be a PSA”: A Trans Woman Writers’ Roundtable

“I was going to do a story about trans women arming themselves? And all the edits we got back were like, ‘Can your characters look directly at the reader and…

Annie Mok —

Nov 20, 2018

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Monday Roundtable

issues

Monday Roundtable: The First Queer People Who Pinged Our Gaydars With Their Style

“I’d actually never even seen a woman in a blazer before. Like a men’s cut blazer. It really was like Fun Home. Inside I really did feel like I KNOW…

the team —

Nov 19, 2018

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Monday Roundtable

hair

Monday Roundtable: Our Worst Haircuts

“I’m adult and I’ve never cried over a haircut before and I don’t usually call my mom when I’m sad or frustrated or mad. She asked to see a photo…

the team —

Nov 12, 2018

judaism

Roundtables

community

21 Queer Jews on Why We Love Being Jewish

“The way you can bring together Jews from all walks of life to share a holiday together over a meal made with love and a table filled with candles, wine…

Vanessa —

Nov 3, 2018

"personality cult"

Monday Roundtable

geekery

Monday Roundtable: The Board Games We Never Lose

“Ultimately, though, no one really wins, because to have won you’ve had to scream ‘peel’ on repeat until everyone hates you.”

the team —

Oct 29, 2018

"personality cult"

Monday Roundtable

culture

Monday Roundtable: Since You’ve Been Gone

These are the things that are gone from our lives now but we still think about and miss all the time.

the team —

Oct 15, 2018

body image

body positivity

first person

How We Feel About Being Fat

A reader requested a roundtable where Autostraddle’s fat staff talk about how fatness, diet culture, and body positivity, relate to our queerness, identity, and gender. We aim to please, so…

Vanessa —

Oct 3, 2018