Results for: Feel good
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Ari Fitz Is Exploding “The Real World”: The Autostraddle Interview
“I represented my community and I think there are a lot of other people in the house that kind of did them and we just did us and I think that’s what makes the show a really good, almost – if I can say this – positive Real World. I think it’s awesome because we’re us and we lived and we cried and we fucked.”
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5 Things to Know About Prison Abolition and the Prison Industrial Complex
The criminal justice system in the United States is a fucked up institution that is every kind of -ist you can think of. Lots of people are working to fight it.
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The Problem With The Reaction to the Reaction to Coke’s “America the Beautiful” Commercial
It’s easy to be enraged by these kind of tweets and statuses but it’s really just lazy journalism that obscures the real issues.
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Fat-Booty Butch Wears Leggings — Confuses World, Confronts Self
“Form-fitting feels different than tailored and my form is something I’m super protective of — so why the fuck did I decide to wear leggings today?”
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Angel Haze Showers Us With Gifts From On High, Including First Listen to New Track
Dirty Gold release date, cover art, song and lyric video. Are you a puddle on the floor yet?
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Drawn to Comics: As The Crow Flies Helps You Relive Your Awkward Camp Memories
Melanie Gillman’s webcomic As the Crow Flies tells the story of a young, queer girl of color trying to find her place at a Christian camp filled with people she can’t relate to.
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Straddler On The Street: Jessica
Jessica has lived in London her whole life but currently attends Cambridge University where she studies English Literature. She spoke about Effing Dykes, intersectionality, mental health issues, and much more.
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Comedy Crush: Yamara Taylor, Television Writer, Sketch Enthusiast, Mom
Yamara Taylor (The Boondocks, How to Rock, Instant Mom) chats about comedy writing, trick or treating at Aisha Tyler’s house, and the dearth of five year old sketch actors.
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I’m Not Broke As F*ck Anymore, Does This Mean I Made It
“It’s like you’re so good at your weird, low-cost lifestyle, but you know nothing about the real world.”
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Comedy Crush: Aisha Muharrar Loves Raisins and Apologizing
“Parks and Recreation” writer and terrible black best friend, Aisha Muharrar answers a few questions.
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Brittani’s Video Party: M.I.A. Has a Dance Party for Singles
GoldieBlox feminist toys, M.I.A.’s new video, a lesbian dating expert, and a woman about to have surgery have a dance party in video party.
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Everyone is Tired of White People on TV
There is now data that suggests viewers are more likely to watch shows with racially diverse casts and writing staffs. Imagine that.
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American LGBT Workers of Color Are Part of a Broken Bargain
For queer women of color, intersectionality isn’t just a “concept” or a “framework” for theorists to use for mind exercise — it’s a lived experience.
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Spice, Smoke and Other Holiday 2013 Makeup Trends (for Brown-Skinned Folk)
It’s cold outside, so heat things up with warm, spicy colors and dark smokey eyes. Nothing’s hotter than copper, cinnamon and mulled wine or more festive than emerald and cobalt.
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GLAAD’s “Where We Are On TV” Shows Best Place To Be On TV Is Behind The Camera
“Where We Are On TV” has some promising and not-so-promising numbers for queer women on the teevee, and also raises some questions about how we quantify “representation” in the first place for all groups.
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Feeling Dandy About Being Dapper
“I shouldn’t have to “reclaim” my dapper style. It was all of ours to begin with.” Two essays on dapper from Anita Dolce Vita and Blakeley Calhoun.
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Mattes, Metallics, and Other Fall 2013 Makeup Trends (for Brown-Skinned Folk)
Are you tired of flipping through fashion magazines and reading through makeup trends posts only to find that the looks are designed for white women? I’ve arranged some fall makeup looks designed for darker skinned women.
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Autostraddle Hot 100 2013: Girls You Like Who Also Like Girls
You voted for the 100 hottest lady-loving-ladies in the universe and now it’s time to gaze upon the lucky winners of this prestigious honor!
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Once Upon A Time Recap, Just The Queer Parts: Mulan Is in Love With Sleeping Beauty and It’s Awesome
Are you interested in seeing this, but don’t really want to sift through 50+ episodes just to find the cute bits? You’re in luck! I mined this series and all its queer gold and put the shiniest pieces in this post.
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Michelle Rodriguez Coming Out Bisexual Is A Big Deal
We’ve come a long way from, “if I wanted people to know what I do with my vagina, I would have released a sex video a long time ago.”