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The Autostraddle Insider: Issue 83, August 2021

“I passive aggressively liked it.”

A row of images featuring five different sex workers who will talk about OnlyFans and how the policy change effects them: Jay Sea, who has short hair and facial stubble; Cruel Valentine, who wears bright makeup; Jade, who has short, green curly hair; Jiz Lee, who appears shirtless in black and white; and Sloane Jett, who has mid-length, wavy hair

Society + Culture

5 Sex Workers on the OnlyFans Policy Flip-Flop

After facing backlash from sex workers and advocates, OnlyFans reversed its decision, stating on Twitter that the company has “secured assurances necessary to support our diverse creator community.” But will those “assurances” stick?

frustrated woman is deciding if she should break up with her annoying girlfriend, she has dark curly hair clutches her head while making a pained expression

Breakups

You Need Help: My Girlfriend is So Annoying, Should I Break Up With Her?

Your feelings about her are a great big neon sign spelling out the word B R E A K U P.

John Cameron Mitchell as Hedwig looks at Michael Pitt as Tommy Gnosis. Tommy holds up a pink mirror covering half of Hedwig's face so his face appears to complete hers.

Movie Reviews

20 Years Later, “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” Is Still Outside The Binary

“For some of us, that will always be our relationship to gender. I’m a woman. I’m trans. I’m non-binary. All those words feel right for me. But I’m still naked walking down that dark alley a little unsure of who I’m meant to be.”

First Person

Caesar Salad: Anamnesis

Here’s what I remember: a wooden bowl. My father’s silver hair under the spotlit kitchen island. Hands busy mashing yolk and rind; the squeeze of a tube of anchovy paste, the clinks of spoon to jarred garlic.

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TV Show Recaps

“Legends of Tomorrow” Episode 614 Recap: Paciencia y Fe

Astra and Spooner find themselves separated from the Legends and have to try to stop Constantine and preserve Spooner’s future all on their own.

Sarah Paulson on the red carpet with short blonde hair wearing a black dress and red lipstick; and Sarah Paulson in a prosthetic nose and fat suit for Impeachment: American Crime Story

Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Sarah Paulson Agrees the “American Crime Story” Fat Suit Wasn’t a Great Idea

The Baby-Sitter’s Club will be back for season 2 in October, Evan Rachel Wood pointedly covers You Get What You Give, Gigi Goode comes out as trans-nonbinary, and more!

Book Lists

Eight Books Featuring Women Dealing with Professional Jealousy

“I’m experiencing a debilitating bout of professional jealousy for another (deserving) woman, and I’m having a hard time with it. I wonder if there are any books that focus on this regrettable phenomenon?”

Podcasts The L Word: Generation Q

“To L and Back” Generation Q Podcast Episode 204: Lake House

“As a person of Midwestern experience, I can say that a Lake House is supposed to be on a lake.”

A Black person with a shaved head wearing a black shirt and brown blazer throws their arm around another Black person with short hair wearing a yellow shirt and white jacket.

Relationships

What The Pandemic Taught Me About Healthy Queer Love

To live out a love that is healthy, queer, non-mongamous has been a source of deep personal transformation.

NSFW Sunday

NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is A Mindgasm

How to orgasm using just your mind, why consent and pleasure are intertwined, how to split the bills with someone you’re dating and more.

Screenshot from iCarly: Harper and Double Dutch kissing like the beautiful gays they are

TV Show Recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: In Its Season Finale, iCarly Proves It’s Not Your Mama’s Nickelodeon (Thank Goodness)

Plus, Sarah Paulson chewing through scenery in the new season of American Horror Story as only she can, Motherland: Fort Salem’s season finale was INTENSE, and BET’s The Ms. Pat Show is turning out laughs from the most unexpected places.

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The L Word: Generation Q TV Show Recaps

The L Word Generation Q Episode 204 Recap: But This Lake House Has No Lake

It’s time for long drives, short cries, thwarted dates and exes who aren’t quite ready to say goodbye!

A photo of Heather's Apple Watch. She says "Your butt." And Siri says, "I'm sorry, I didn't get that. Could you try again."

First Person

50 Questions I Asked Siri When My iPhone Was Joyriding Alone in an Uber All Day

“Siri, can you please lock me out of Twitter?”

Sarah, Riese, Carmen, Nicole, Heather and Laneia each appear as floating heads behind laptops. The background is grainy and white. Everyone except Heather is smiling hugely.

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Some Answers to Some Things You’ve Been Asking Us #37

“Heather Hogan’s misandry gives me LIFE.” Welcome to Some Answers to Some Things You’ve Been Asking Us: in which the Autostraddle senior team answers q’s A+ members send in, freaks out with you over exciting news and responds to your all-consuming need to share various things!

A small, brown and white dog peeking over their laptop screen, with a caption that says "Hey did you see that comment?!"

Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Using Dental Dams

“‘Michelle Branch + leather’ is somehow incredibly accurate for my closeted self in that era.”

Jojo Siwa pointing at the camera and laughing

Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: JoJo Siwa Will Have a Girl Dance Partner on DWTS, Continues a One-Person Rainbow Hair Bow Gay Agenda

Rosie O’Donnell answers every question (you didn’t ask) about Sleepless in Seattle, remembering Aaliyah, Joe Biden’s Covid fails, and you’re not wrong — this summer has been unbearable.

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S L I C K: Lobsterotica

Our narrator learns that their girlfriend is actually a lobster in a human suit. “I looked up at her — my lover, my lobster — and she leaned down and embraced my lips with her mandible.”