Results for: work in progress
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What’s the Deal With Bernie Sanders? 7 Things You Want to Know
I hear he’s a socialist. That’s cool. But also he’s an old straight white man, like the vast majority of American politicians, so what would his alleged socialism mean for people who aren’t old straight white men?
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What We Comment About When We Comment About Commenting
The rise of social media and the triumph of trolls has led many popular websites to shut down comments or let them spiral into extinction. NOT US.
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Lost Loves and Missed Connections: The Mixtape
It’s lovely and strange how a song can cast light on memories of people you haven’t thought about in years, can press urgently on that soft sad spot we carry for our past.
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10 Game-Changing Things We Learned At Facing Race 2014
2. Tension is a productive force.
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What We’re Going to Say About Caitlyn Jenner
In just the few days since Jenner made her debut, I’ve received the same amount submissions that I received in the nearly two months before. All of these submissions are about Jenner.
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Get Baked: The Great Autostraddle Babe-B-Q Cookbook
Rachel, Aja, Kaitlyn, Carmen, and Geneva whipped up some totally kick-ass sauces, drinks, appetizers, and entrees for you that are best enjoyed on picnic benches and on paper plates next to a crackling set of coals.
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Rebel Girls: 7 Suffragists You Probably Didn’t Learn About in School
I wanted to take today’s lesson as an opportunity to totally school you on the suffrage comrades they didn’t teach you about in school, but there’s a ton, so I picked some of my favorites.
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Boob(s On Your) Tube: Lost Girl Crosses the Border For Its Final Season
Charlie returns to Supernatural, ladies are smooching on The Lizzie Borden Chronicles, Younger is still delightful, and Bold and the Beautiful continues to mangle its trans storyline.
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What I Learned When I Asked the Internet if I Should Make a Reddit Account
Spoiler alert: I did wind up getting a Reddit account, and I’m enjoying myself so far.
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Going Home To My Ghosts: A Photoessay
The entire story of our entire trip from California to Michigan and also all the bigger stories and the smaller ones, too.
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Beyond Storytelling: Actionable Ways to Help with Tech’s “Woman Problem”
How many times do we have to tell these stories before they become real — before we all agree that this is a problem, and more than that, agree to do something about it?
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21 Times The Gay Marriage Dissenters Stomped Their Feet Like Petulant Children
The gentleman on the losing side of the gay marriage decision didn’t go quietly. Here’s some of the worst of their grumbling.
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No, Communities of Color Are Not More Homophobic or Transphobic than White Ones
So your white gf used a grossly inaccurate stereotype about your entire ethnicity/race to make a point? COOL. Let’s talk about it.
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Things I Read That I Love #173: Blame Our Generation For Overanalyzing Everything
Topics include being childless by choice, “white trash food,” Christopher Columbus the mass murderer, Hillary Clinton, the Millennials’ Sexual Revolution, gun violence and more!
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Daily Fix: Ted Cruz For Not President and More News Stories
A look at Ted Cruz’s horrible policy proposals, a bunch of college dudebros get punished for their misogynistic actions, Los Tigres del Norte win an award for singing about lesbian love, conservative lawmakers propose more dangerous legislation and more news stories.
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Detroit Pediatrician Refuses to Treat Baby With Two Moms — and in Michigan, It’s Legal
The decision goes against recommendations from the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics, but Michigan doesn’t currently have anti-discrimination laws that can address the doctor’s behavior.
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Ela Darling On The Future Of Virtual Reality Porn: The Autostraddle Interview
“If people have a way to view entertainment, they’re going to want to jerk off with it.”
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New Report Finally Gives Crucial Numbers on Economic Disparities Hurting LGBT Women
With MAP’s report, we have clear, comprehensive data that solidifies the seriousness of the problem and provides a new resource for battling it.
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Clinical Trials on Trial: Medical Studies Still Exclude Women and People of Color to Dangerous Degree
Lack of information makes it impossible for women and people of color today to make fully informed decisions about their health, and denies them the right to advocate for what happens to their bodies.
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Sober in the City: Sobriety as a Form of QPOC Empowerment
I relish that I am out in the streets with my community protesting inequality, instead of hiding from it under my sheets with a hangover.