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Playlist: We Need You Bad As A Heartbeat So Please Don’t Go, Girl

This is basically a Drake song written just for you. It ends with a playlist that expresses how much we all miss you and your comments. This online community love thang is worth fighting for so here’s a love letter and 32 songs.

gabby July 9, 2015 93 Comments
Lesbian Weddings

A Handy Form Letter For That Relative Who Won’t Attend Your Gay Wedding

WHY ARE YOU BEING SO MEAN TO ME?!?!?!!?!

Riese July 9, 2015 202 Comments
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News Fix: It’s a Rough Week for Anti-Marriage Equality County Clerks and More News Stories

The first-ever summit for Native American youth at the White House, an affirmative consent law in New York, Baltimore’s police commissioner is fired, and more news!

Rachel July 9, 2015 94 Comments
Queer Pregnancy

VIDEO: Queer Mama for Autostraddle Episode Seven — Help Name Our Baby!

No, seriously.

haley July 9, 2015 396 Comments
Straddleverse

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.

Riese July 9, 2015 359 Comments
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Love & Canada: The Waiting Is The Hardest Part

“When I woke up Saturday I was going to get a lot of stuff done and I was just pretty focused on that and by mid Sunday afternoon I had cried for about 12 of my weekend waking hours.”

Ryan Yates July 8, 2015 118 Comments
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Pop Culture Fix: The USWNT And Ruby Rose Are Everywhere

Additionally, Miley Cyrus is a cartoon bird, Ellen Page has another kickass movie on the way, Hannibal is dying a slow death, and Fox is making a movie about SCOTUS’ love affair with gay marriage.

Heather Hogan July 8, 2015 174 Comments
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It’s Tell Us Everything Week on Autostraddle!

We love you, and we love what you have to say. That’s why during Tell Me Everything week we want you to leave as many comments as you can — FOR PRIZES!

Carmen July 8, 2015 436 Comments
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This Business of Art Fix #8: When One Thousand True Fans Isn’t Quite Enough

Topics include “the cult of Vice,” the folding of Scratch Mag, mental illness in business environments, the theory of 1,000 True Fans, Trollbusters and more!

Riese July 8, 2015 45 Comments
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GIVEAWAY: You Can Win A Kate Beaton “The Princess and the Pony” Prize Pack!

Aw Yiss! Princess and the Pony prize pack!

Mey July 8, 2015 108 Comments
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No Filter Celebrates World Cup Victory and Ellen Page Holding a Baby

You know it’s real love when she’s Instagramming your kitten.

Stef July 8, 2015 43 Comments
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Playlist: Everything Is Terrible But Also Ultimately OK

Whatever’s currently happening to you is almost definitely not the worst thing that has ever happened to a person.

Laura Mandanas July 7, 2015 52 Comments
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Working On It, Week Two: Dining and Dashing With Friends

“I guess the thing for me is that I feel good in my current body. It’s not conventionally perfect but it’s mine. It’s familiar and all my clothes fit it and I don’t really want it to change, not if I can prevent it with a healthy balanced diet.”

Crystal July 7, 2015 136 Comments
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The ESPN Body Issue: Top 10 Things That Are Nice To Look At

Would you like to see some abs and butts today? Well, you are in luck!

Heather Hogan July 7, 2015 49 Comments
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News Fix: Baltimore Police Vans To Be Equipped With Cameras and More News Stories

The South Carolina state Senate voted to remove the Confederate flag off capitol grounds, trans people in California can be identified with the correct gender on their death certificates, ICANN’s new proposal might make doxxing easier and more news stories!

Yvonne July 7, 2015 7 Comments
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Sex Toys

Anonymous Sex Toy Review: The Magic Wand Is Now Rechargeable

I was barely trying to come when the Magic Wand just sort of pulled multiple orgasms out of me. (I don’t usually have multiple orgasms.)

Guest July 7, 2015 24 Comments
Geekery

Drawn to Comics: Interview with Power Up Writer Kate Leth!

“When we see women in armor, or in suits, we think of them as strong and powerful. When we see men in a dress, it’s somehow demeaning. I don’t agree with that or believe it at all.”

Mey July 7, 2015 5 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Orange Is the New Black Episode 306 Recap: All That Is Gold Does Not Glitter

Chang has a lot of secrets. The main one is she’s a total badass!

Heather Hogan July 6, 2015 54 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Boob(s On Your) Tube: Abby Wambach Makes Out With Her Wife On International TV, Deal With It

Scream is super queer, Complications keeps surprising me (in a good way), and Vee returns to The Fosters.

Heather Hogan July 6, 2015 26 Comments
Comedy

Comedy Crush: Phoebe Robinson Loves Comedy, Captain Planet, Turkey Jerky

Phoebe Robison is a “comic, writer, and connoisseur of all things brignorant.” (That’s a combination of brilliant and ignorant). Phoebe has appeared on Last Comic Standing, Broad City, Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell, and Late Night with Seth Meyers.

Brittani July 6, 2015 6 Comments
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