Results for: be the change
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A+ Roundtable: What We Love and Hate About Where We Live
You can’t choose where you spawn on this planet, and you can’t always necessarily choose where you wind up living.
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The Eras of My Bisexuality
She was the straight, white, Christian girl who was so picture perfect no one could dislike her.
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Finding Magic After a Difficult Year
It’s easy to get overwhelmed by crashing Towers and painful Deaths, the big changes and shifts within and around us, the endings and releasings and restructurings. But even when we aren’t sure what the fruits of our labors will be just yet, that doesn’t mean that nothing is happening. Sometimes we shift and change in the darkest spaces, hidden from the world and even ourselves, slowly adapting until we are transformed from within.
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Shame as a Black, Autistic Queer Elder
“Toward the end of our stay in Mississippi, a 24-hour crisis line started up. I called them almost every weeknight.”
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Not Grateful Enough
“Thank you for pushing me down a ramp so quickly that I slammed into a wall.”
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Apparently, Shame Tastes Like My Cunt
“The other partners I had throughout much of my time in sex work were uncomfortable at best and shaming at worst. They were jealous and confused. ‘How can you interact with men like this?'”
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Into the A+ Advice Box #74: HOLIGAY ADVICE
Coping with fatphobia and QAnon relatives, hosting your first party, regifting and more!
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Anonymous Sex Diary: She Wants More
“My partner and I have an open relationship. While we used to be really honest about things, when I met someone I actually liked, E, they decided they didnt want to know about it.”
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Anonymous Sex Diary: Tenderness Lingers
“I always worry these older guys are gonna fucking die when I get them to hit poppers with me, especially if they popped a Viagra first.”
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Into the AF+ Advice Box #95: ANXIETIES
Whether it’s anxiety about driving, being perceived as younger at work, bodies and sex, pregnancy, or socializing — we’ve got you with some queer advice!
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Our Hottest Takes About 2022 LGBTQ+ TV and Film
Today you’re getting our entire team’s spiciest takes about 2022 LGBTQ+ TV and film, something I was only able to convince people to participate in because Nico said we could keep them safely tucked within A+.
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A Scene & Notes From Kamala’s Novel Zigzags
I’m sharing part of a scene from the book that captures the essence of why I love to write fiction: so I can write the fantasy dates with girls I adore, whether or not they happened quite that way.
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Unexpected Item in the Bagging Area
“My wife and son didn’t know; no one knew. The guilt crept up when I unloaded the groceries in the kitchen, stolen and paid-for alike.”
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Merry Fistmas: A Virtual Vaginal Fisting Workshop with Malic White, TODAY at 1pm PST
We’re kicking off the 13 Days of A+ with a virtual vaginal fisting workshop! Merry Fistmas will take place on Crowdcast live at 1pm PST, but the recording will be available to A+ Members for replay afterward. Live captioning provided by White Coat Captioning.
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A+ Holigay Bingo: An Interactive Internet Family Activity
How many of these seasonal experiences do you share? You can tell us by screenshotting the bingo card below on your laptop or phone screen, marking off the ones that describe you in a visual editor of your choice (perhaps Preview, or the Markup option on your iPhone!) and sharing it in the comments here.
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Can You Make Stuffing Into an Edible?! Join Us TODAY for an A+ Holigay Cooking AMA!
“Not to brag, but I *did* win a cornbread contest once (deep in the southern U.S, no less!) with my dad’s recipe.” Join us in the comments section from 7am-10am PST, 2pm-5pm PST and anywhere in between to chat all things holigay baking, cooking and yes, eating.
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Snuggling With Our Sadness: A Cold Months Playlist by the Team
“I have seasonal affective disorder which is what I call my year round depression when it’s winter. So, sure, Tidal is always one of my go-to sad girl albums, but it just feels so right this time of year!”
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“Vampires Are Descending on Los Angeles”: An A+ TV Team Fan Fiction
Buffy the Vampire Slayer teams up with Mayor Bette Porter to save lesbians in Los Angeles from vampires on New Year’s Eve.
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Into the A+ Advice Box #25: How Do You Explore Your Gender When Privacy Is Scarce?
Advice for when you want to nurture a partnership but also honor your independence, for when you’re not sure if you want contact with an ex, on working through discomfort with your own sexuality, and more!
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Some Answers to Some Things You’ve Been Asking Us #33
This is very last minute but apparently tonight there will be a lunar eclipse during what is called a “full beaver moon,” which just seems like something y’all would be into.