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Harm Reduction in Hard Times: What Safety & Care Around Drug Use Can Teach Us During COVID-19
Even prior to COVID-19, harm reduction has been a strategy of leftist organizing and key to an abolitionist future. Building a politics which acknowledges how layers of marginalization impact your health outcomes, and still goes “beyond just surviving to actually enjoying our lives and accounting for those health disparities,” is the goal.
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The Angsty Buddhist: “Avatar” & Telling Our Own Stories
I don’t think it matters much whether Avatar: The Last Airbender is “respectful” of Asian culture. I think the show is racist, and also I like it. I’m interested in what we do with the sense of agency it gives us, how it allows us to critique the structures that exist and envision our own worlds.
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Interview With My Girlfriend: Sadie
“Well, if the ceiling collapses, at least it won’t fall on us because this section of ceiling is already missing.”
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75 Queer and Feminist Books Coming Your Way Fall 2021
This fall we’ve got terrifying queer horror, swoony lesbian romance, cute sapphic YA, intriguing lit fic, monstrous women in fantasy and sci fi, new feminist history books, and much more!
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The Gayest “Critical Role” Moments of The Past Year
Valerie and Meg look back at Critical Role’s gayest moments in 2020 because queer D&D is their favored terrain.
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18 Jigsaw Puzzles Relevant To Your Gay Interests
Ahhh, the meditative experience of getting incredibly focused on a jigsaw puzzle!
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Some Answers to Some Things You’ve Been Asking Us #34
I am (was?) dating the Tenderqueer from “Dykes and Their Emotional Support Albums” who listens to Phoebe Bridgers and they haven’t texted me back since right before Christmas. Did I have it coming?
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Extra! Extra!: Amidst COVID-19, 62% of Black Trans Women Surveyed Are Also Living with HIV
This week’s Extra! Extra! takes a look at the latest criminal justice news in the wake of more police brutality and the Chauvin ruling, more perspectives on capitalist exploitations after the failed Bessemer union vote, LGBTQ+ news and, of course, the pandemic.
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Yes, Virginia, Queer Women Can Casually Date: Here’s How It Works
If casual dating is a thing you want, you can do it! I believe in you / us / our ability to not get married on the third date.
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From “Calamity Jane” to “The Prom”: A History of Queer Women in Movie Musicals
To celebrate the release of The Prom here is an exhaustive look at the representation of queer women in movie musicals.
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PHOTO GALLERY: Queer Right Here in Quarantine
“P.S. I’d hoped the picture I submitted would be with my neighborhood turkey that I’ve enjoyed searching for on my daily walk…”
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June Town Hall Transcript
The transcript for the June Autostraddle Town Hall is now available!
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“Ratched” Review: Part Murder Mommi Delight, Part Complicated Horror Show
Ratched stabs, cuts, bludgeons, and mutilates what was past. The show is brutal, but provides relief for its queer women. Unfortunately, its characters of color and disabled characters are not granted the same care.
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4/24: FAR OUT CABARET – Big Gay Livestream Show for LGBTQ+ COVID-19 Relief
Far Out Cabaret is an interactive night of hilarious gameshows, experimental community experiences, and queer, edgy and provocative performances that push against the status quo. Join us for unforgettable online shenanigans Friday, April 24 – all from the comfort of your own home!
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14 Knuckles: Always A Fistee, Never A Fister
My acceptance of my own pain allows me to have the kind of sex that is rooted in the specificity of my body. I don’t love the idea that I’ll never fist, but I do love the idea that every act of sex I engage with is collaborative. Queerness reminds me that there is no standard way to fuck or live.
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Into the A+ Advice Box #61: When Should a Person Cut Off Given Family?
Being in your 30’s with no queer dating experience, packing a carry-on for a long-distance date, dealing with astrology if you don’t believe in it, and more!
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The L Word Generation Q Episode 207 Recap: Light Me Up
Everybody is either having sex or embarrassing themselves or both!
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This Business of Art
The reason we’ve made it this far is because of you, and if we’re going to stick around — that will also be because of you.
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Some Answers to Some Things You’ve Been Asking Us #38
Olive Garden said gay rights
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65 Queer and Feminist Books Coming Your Way in Fall 2020
I can confirm that no matter what you’re looking for — YA, non-fiction, memoir, romance, literary fiction, comics, science fiction, fantasy, mystery, historical fiction, poetry — there are queer and feminist books on this list that you will love!