Questions from the A+ Inbox were taking up such an enormous portion of the A+ Insider that we started dedicating an entire post to them instead! This A+ feature now exchanges bi-monthly with our column, Into the A+ Advice Box . We think this will be a lot of fun for the whole family. We’ve included as many questions as we can. We love you and your hair looks fantastic today!
MERCH, BUSINESS AND TECHNICAL CONCERNS
Q: hey, would it be possible to be able to toggle off “dark mode” for the slick stories? i can’t read white on black text
Sarah: Hey! That’s a great suggestion. A little BTS is that we are currently switching over our entire website to a brand new server headed up by brilliant folks who will make Autostraddle run so smoothly and beautifully — but in the meantime...
that priory of the orange tree Q has me wondering about gideon the ninth. could casey or a lesbrarian-adjacent reader try and wrangle an interview/some sort of content before the sequel releases next month?
it’s necromancers and sword fighting but in space in the future. himbo jock sword lesbian goes full enemies-to-lovers with an annoying goth nerd while also living a murder mystery dinner party with real murder
Ok so you just got me on board with Gideon the Ninth where I was previously wavering, thank you!
I’m really curious about other people’s feelings on Priory because I WANTED to love it SO MUCH but came away feeling kinda disappointed.
Mrs. America! That was interesting about Brenda Feigan-Fasteau, Thank you for sharing
Just a quick vote of support for the gift membership idea!!
Yes! I’d love to give memberships to my sisters and some friends.
To the questioner who asked about BBC’s Trigonometry, you’re absolutely right. I was surprised how much I grew to love the show. I feel like we’ve seen a few iterations of this type of show before but, for me, this one felt the most authentic.
(It’s newly available on HBO Max if anyone else wants to watch.)
Inclusive fitness tip! My pal/roommate @snorkleporkle turned me on to the be.come project, which is “a body-neutral, I-can-do-it, go-on-and-love-yourself approach to boutique fitness in an accessible 25-minute routine.” The creator uses they/them pronouns and is really excellent and encouraging! Lots of modifications offered, and a great accessible format.
Hello first question asker, I too have this problem! If you are reading on a phone/tablet, you can use “reader view” (the option/button shows up in my iOS browser bar, to the left of the url). It turns the screen back to black-on-white, although the comments do disappear. Not sure what this looks like in a computer web browser or non-apple devices, but I bet there’s something similar. Good luck!
hey! any chance you could tell me what browser this is in?
Safari on iOS. It also shows up as an option on most but not all posts (not this one). Good luck tech sleuthing
If you’re on a non-Apple device and/or laptop, Firefox has a similar button to the right of the URL! It looks like a little page with lines of text.
I just wanted to say Hi to Laneia, I haven’t been active on Twitter in a while and I miss her encouragement/support. I hope you are doing well Laneia, you are one special person. <3
ok i hate to burst anyone’s bubble but i still absolutely do not condone texting your ex!! and cannot lie about that truth, even for hypothetical fundraising purposes! of course i’m not *disappointed* in you because you’re a grown ass adult and can do whatever you want, but i want you to thrive! and i don’t think texting your ex is the way.
whew glad we covered this! love you and am still proud of you even if you do text your ex, but def rooting for you not to do it!! xo
(nicole — if we do a fundraiser about contacting exes i can commit to sending personalized messages encouraging people NOT to send the text… ;))
Ha! One of my kids recently went through a first serious breakup and when I sent her Riese’s Best Breakup Advice article the immediate response was, “Oh great! I’ll send this to my ex!”
We had to have a whole other chat and a whole other AS article.
I’d pay for you to send the kid reminders to not text the ex.
I miss the like button – is that on the upgrade list??
I wanted to like this comment, but….
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Awww yayyyy! update on Jackie Fielder’s CA Senate campaign (https://jackieforsenate.com/about) – Alicia Garza has a lot of things to be doing right now, and one of them was that she just wrote a fundraising email for Jackie Fielder. Because getting Jackie into the CA Senate would be a BIG WIN for community organizers & the movement and make new moves for the movement possible. I’m doing a zoom fundraiser, and definitely encourage you all to cover Jackie to reach more people!
I haven’t tried their undies but I think that Aisle reusable pads have improved since the rebrand! They changed the outer fabric (the side you don’t bleed on) so it’s more watertight. So that’s probably a good sign for the underwear.
GAL PAL BUMPER STICKER!! That would be amazing. Honestly any Autostraddle bumper sticker would be amazing.