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In an illustration, Dickens si in a purple shirt that reads "Goin' into 2022 Like" while having dark bags under their eyes and a hand lazily waving to the reader. They have on white AirPods. Behind Dickens is a light blue background with words like "anxiety" and "sleep" floating around.
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Foolish Child #115: Exhaustion

ZZZzzzzz….. 😴

Dickens March 10, 2022 1 Comment
Movie Reviews

“Fresh” Has Cannibals, a Bisexual Character, and Humor but Could Use a Little More Meat

Have stories that feature queers and also cannibals become my brand?

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya March 9, 2022 2 Comments
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Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: CW’s New “Gotham Knights” Is Gifting Us a Blue-Haired Bisexual

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Heather Hogan March 9, 2022 8 Comments
This is a photo of Kayla and Kristen. Kayla embraces Kristen and kisses them on the cheek while Kristen smiles. They both have long brown hair and wear glasses. They're also both wearing sweaters!
AF+

Things I’ve Never Asked My Girlfriend of Three Years About Her Childhood and High School Years

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya asks Kristen Arnett juicy questions about queer desire, secret high school girlfriends, and more in this new A+ series in which we ask people we’re close with questions we genuinely don’t know how they’ll answer.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya March 9, 2022 9 Comments
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: Thank You Megan Fox for My New Motto

Sorry, my Leo rising is leaping out today!!!!

Christina Tucker March 9, 2022 8 Comments
A feature image showing a polaroid image frame with Kayla's photo in the center. Kayla is looking at the viewer from behind glasses, wearing a white button up shirt. She has long wavy brown hair and is south asian. The background of the image is a crumpled sheet of notebook paper covered in doodles like those that a 13 year old might do.
Straddleverse

I Lived Two Lives; One in the World, One in Computers

I “dated” two women I’d met online, and the relationships mostly unfolded on screens. In my other life, I dated men and tried to convince myself I liked it.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya March 9, 2022 8 Comments
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Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: How Does Zoe Kravitz’s Catwoman Rank, on a Scale of Anne Hathaway to Michelle Pfeiffer?

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Carmen Phillips March 8, 2022 9 Comments
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Movie Reviews

Kate McKinnon Is Masterfully Bananapants in the Wild and Queer “Joe vs. Carole”

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Heather Hogan March 8, 2022 4 Comments
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LGBT Book Reviews

“Girls Can Kiss Now” and Other Realizations with Jill Gutowitz

We reviewed “Girls Can Kiss Now,” Jill Gutowitz’s debut essay collection about pop culture, the internet, growing up, and being very very gay. You’re gonna love it.

Vanessa March 8, 2022 3 Comments
The feature image for our Ask Us Anything Announcement Post! The whole thing has an early high school vibe. In script-like handwriting at the top it says "Ask Us Anything!" followed by "At our 13th birthday AMA. There are photos of each of our team members who are participating inside of polaroid-esque photo frames. These team members are, from left to right: Shelli Nicole, Meg, Casey, Heather, Kayla, Nicole, Carmen, Riese, Vanessa, Laneia, Dani, Em, and Drew. There are also doodles of a heart, an eye, and a ghost!
AF+

Our 13th Birthday A+ AMA is NOW!!! Ask Us Anything!

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the team March 8, 2022 440 Comments
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Dating

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Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya March 8, 2022 13 Comments
A feature displaying exciting handwritten looking text that reads "13th birthday Sale! A+ members can take 20% off the Autostraddle store" The feature is in our 13th birthday doodle and notebook paper style, with little abstract drawings and gem stone stickers in the background. Two images of perks are displayed in polaroid frames. On the left is our new Caligula Inn tee featuring an African Grey parrot with a blood red tale and then text that reads "The Caligula Inn Est. 1996" On the right are our fisting socks, with white outlines of various hand positions on a black sock.
AF+ LGBTQ+ Businesses

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Nico March 8, 2022 8 Comments
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First Person

Fault Lines

She was in the middle of a long divorce, and I had pulverized myself to fit into the life of a secret girlfriend.

Alayna Becker March 7, 2022 16 Comments
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Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Russian Doll Is Back, Sweet Birthday Babies!

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Heather Hogan March 7, 2022 8 Comments
Feature image for "On Our Chests A+ Roundtable" It has a background of a bunch of doodles that look straight out of a 13-year-old's notebook. There are 2 illustrations, one of a woman playing tennis whose skeleton is visible and one of a woman wearing a bra and smiling softly
AF+

A+ Roundtable: On Our Chests

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the team March 7, 2022 19 Comments
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Queer Fashion

The Most Baffling Fashion Choices I Made When I Was 13

I’ve rounded up some of the most, uhhh, creative? style choices I made at 13 and reimagined them as fashion spreads in a clearly VERY high budget teen magazine of my own making.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya March 7, 2022 28 Comments
This image looks like a page out of a 13 year old's notebook, covered in doodles and little drawings of stick figures and skulls. There is a detailed image of an eye and gem stickers placed all over it. In large bubble letters it reads, "It's our 13th Birthday Member Drive!" The A+ logo is drawn as a little doodle up in the corner.
Straddleverse

This Indie Queer Media Site Made It To 13! What If We Kept Going?

Hell or high water, we’re making it to the end of thirteen years AND we’re going to celebrate the heck out of our queer community, too!

Nico March 7, 2022 3 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

“Killing Eve” Episode 402 Recap: Dangerously Hot

Villanelle kisses Villanelle-Jesus, Hot Helene sucks Eve’s fingers and then engages in some lite burnplay, and I am simply PERSPIRING.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya March 7, 2022 18 Comments
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TV News & Trailers

Kate McKinnon Says GAY GAY GAY in Response to Homophobic Florida Bill

If ya can’t say it, sing it!

Heather Hogan March 6, 2022 4 Comments
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Quizzes

Quiz: Which Top Chef Would Chef Top You?

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