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astrology, tarot & witchcraft

Autostraddle’s Birth Chart, as Interpreted by Chani Nicholas

For the last week of this issue, beloved astrologer Chani Nicholas has graced us with a reading of Autostraddle’s birth chart, looking at what the stars were doing the minute…

Chani Nicholas —

Apr 3, 2019

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Tomorrow’s Parties: Emily Dickinson’s Black Cake

Emily Dickinson sent her girlfriend, Nellie, her recipe for Black Cake that was so staggering (two pounds of flour, 19 eggs, etc) that it reads like one of her curiously…

Natalie —

Mar 28, 2019

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Please Not Forever 19

It’s difficult to romanticize your teenage years when you’re not straight and spent them anxiously hiding your identity.

Smar —

Mar 26, 2019

Monday Roundtable

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Monday Roundtable: Our Ideal Birthdays

When it’s your birthday, you should get to do whatever you want — here are our requests.

the team —

Mar 25, 2019

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The Magic Fish

“I cried when it came to the Island of Misfit Toys. I thought of all the perfectly-good toys I’d rendered misfits by my casual disregard of them, how it always…

Ally —

Mar 22, 2019

photoessay

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This Year Is Gonna Be a Good One: Birthday Diaries, 2001-2018

17 years of birthday diary entries.

Ari —

Mar 20, 2019

Monday Roundtable

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Monday Roundtable: Birthmarks

Some of us have birthmarks! How neat. Here are our stories about ours.

the team —

Mar 18, 2019

lesbian pregnancy

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Ultimate ’90s MRI: A Fertility Playlist

“Musicals? Too weird. My favorite indie band? Too pretentious. Tegan and Sara? Too gay. C’mon, Jennifer, get it together!”

Jennifer B. —

Mar 15, 2019

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Home Births and Body Horror

By the time I was ten, I’d attended three home births.

Thursday —

Mar 14, 2019

personal essay

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A Tale of Two Mommies (Or Who Wore the Maternity Pants?)

“She would have loved to carry our child. Would have met the body changes with joy. That she was physically barred from being pregnant did not make the situation easier.…

Christina —

Mar 12, 2019

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The Autostraddle Yearbook: A Decade Of Gay Work

And so we talked all night about the rest of our lives…

the team —

Mar 11, 2019

Monday Roundtable

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Monday Roundtable: Our Saturn Returns

Your late 20s/early 30s are thought by many to mark your Saturn Return, when Saturn circles back around to the placement it was in when you were born, and generally…

the team —

Mar 11, 2019