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Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: I Need To Know The Y2k Trends You Remember

A lil Y2K nostalgia quiz for to wrap up your day. Because, why not? Also: celebrating the trans artists who have Grammy nominations this weekend.

By Carmen Phillips | 2 hours ago | 2 Comments
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Geekery

Creating Trans Futures in “The Sims”

What struck me most was that I had never played a game like this that felt like I belonged in it, that I could choose to celebrate being trans within the rules and scope of an environment instead of having to make believe as a cis woman to survive.

By Niko Stratis | 8 hours ago | 2 Comments
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TV Reviews

This Episode of “Poker Face” Could Have Been Great

By so starkly villainizing its anti-establishment characters and valorizing the FBI, “Poker Face” falls backward into old narratives.

By Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya | 10 hours ago | 3 Comments
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Geekery

Gutter Talk: Returning to the Comics That Understand Me

I think I have been so tired of being trans that I put it away in too many places, forgetting to bring it back out again.

By Niko Stratis | 12 hours ago
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Lesbian Weddings

Blush and Bashful: You’re a Lesbian and You Want To Buy an Engagement Ring

“There are so many ways to individualize your ring and make it super unique for your relationship and yourself.”

By Vanessa | 14 hours ago | 22 Comments
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Word Search: Enemies to Lovers

It is VERY horny in here, but also safe for work!

By Casey | 17 hours ago | 3 Comments
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Movie Lists TV Lists

February 2023: What’s New, Gay and Streaming on Netflix, HBO Max, Hulu, Prime Video, Peacock, Disney+, Shudder and Paramount+

We’ve got some very bisexual reality television, the return of Harlem, Bel-Air and Star Trek: Picard; a Harley Quinn Valentine’s Day special and so much more!

By Riese | February 1, 2023 | 4 Comments
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Gillian Anderson Wants To Know Your Sexual Fantasies

Gillian Anderson is doing her own version of Nancy Friday’s My Secret Garden.

By Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya | February 1, 2023 | 5 Comments
In a screenshot from Harlem Season Two, Quinn is dressed in a head to do rainbow (including a sparkly wig) for Pride, she's smiling and showing off for her friends, who are looking at her with faces of surprise, but also like her outfit is ugly and they don't have the heart to tell her.
TV Reviews

Harlem Season Two Focuses on Black Women’s Joy, Creating a Little Joy of Its Own

Harlem shines the best when it focuses on the relationship between the four main characters. Whenever Camille, Tye, Quinn, and Angie are on screen together, you can’t help but smile.

By Sa'iyda Shabazz | February 1, 2023 | 2 Comments
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Pop Culture

Pop Culture Fix: The Sims 4 Adds Top Surgery Scars and Binders for Trans Gamers!

WNBA free agency is already bonkers, the Sam Smith discourse, MCU’s first trans actor, and more!

By Heather Hogan | February 1, 2023 | 6 Comments
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“I Didn’t Know Trans Men Existed Until I Saw Chaz Bono on Dancing With the Stars”

This year, the Autostraddle team decided to focus our Black History Month coverage on the Black elders who are still here and still doing the work. We welcome our readers to celebrate these members of the Black LGBTQ+ community with us.

By Sa'iyda Shabazz | February 1, 2023 | 29 Comments
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: Keke Palmer’s Fairytale-Themed Baby Shower Is Very Charming

Also, Ali Krieger swam with a ding dang SHARK!

By Christina Tucker | February 1, 2023 | 3 Comments
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Community Culture

FYP: I Don’t Care What’s In Your Wallet — What’s Inside Your Carry-On?

Are you actually brave enough to let them scan your bag?

By Shelli Nicole | February 1, 2023 | 4 Comments
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Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft

Satellite of Love: Queer Horoscopes for February 2023

It’s important to acknowledge times like this, small oases of relative peacefulness in otherwise turbulent times. If you’ve been waiting for a moment to catch your breath, this is it.

By Corina Dross | February 1, 2023 | 2 Comments
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Puzzles

Mini Crossword Didn’t Get Tickets Either

My girlfriend bought a boat…

By Rachel Fabi | February 1, 2023 | 4 Comments
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Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Noted Lesbian Author Kristen Arnett Was a Clue on Jeopardy, the Category Was “Get Stuffed”

Also, Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union see Zaya off to her winter formal, how our definition of “healthy” fails Black women, and did we mention we got interviewed by CNN?

By Carmen Phillips | January 31, 2023 | 6 Comments
A rectangular collage graphic of the current Autostraddle team with the text “100” on top. The background is a grid of 100 grainy photos in black and white of the faces of the staff and writers. There are small squares in lime green, bright orange, fuchsia, and cyan colors overlayed on top of the photos as if to color the photo. On top of the photo grid is the text “100" in large wide chunky font with a thin white outline. The text is filled with a white and blue gradient that appears to be glowing. The letters radiate a lavender gradient noise shadow that fades into transparency so the photos behind can be seen. Team members shown in the collage are: Riese Bernard, Carmen Phillips, Anya Richkind, Nico Hall, Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya, Heather Hogan, Viv Le, Laneia Jones, Tracy Levesque, Ro White, Shelli Nicole, Vanessa Friedman, A.Tony Jerome, Abeni Jones, Amari Gaiter, Analyssa Lopez, Ashni Mehta, Casey Stepaniuk, Christina Tucker, Dani Janae, Darcy Cooper, Drew Gregory, Em Win, Himani, Julie Gentile, KaeLyn Rich, Katie Reilly, Lily Alvarado, Meg Jones Wall, Niko Stratis, Sa’iyda Shabazz, Sally Neate, shea martin, Stef Rubino, Valerie Anne, Yash Canter.
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The Autostraddle Insider Issue 100: January 2023

“what if autostraddle just became a mariah carey fansite”

By The Editors | January 31, 2023 | 35 Comments
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Movie Features

The State of Queer and Trans Film After the 2023 Sundance Film Festival

“In the past few years, we’ve been seeing queer people in film outside of trauma and pain. We’re seeing folks who can be terrible, romantic, sweet, murderous — and who also just happen to be queer.”

By Drew Burnett Gregory and Shelli Nicole
January 31, 2023 | 3 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

“The Last of Us” Episode 102 & 103 Recap: Alone Together

Ellie, Tess and Joel head out into the city, and we learn about a gay love story at the end of the world.

By Valerie Anne and Nic
January 31, 2023 | 10 Comments
This image features a giant 3D tongue art installation that used to hang at Carol's Speakeasy. The lips are red and shiny, the teeth are large and white, and the tongue is pink and sticking out of the mouth. Five queer volunteers at the archive pose around the tongue, smiling and laughing with this piece of queer history.
Community Culture

Queer Archivists and Library Workers on Archival Materials That Meant a Lot to Them

“We’ve always struggled but we’ve also always had culture and community, I think that those just mean a lot to me, also that we’ve always been funny.”

By Lindsay Eanet | January 31, 2023 | 2 Comments
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