Results for: no fucks to give
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F*ck It All Fall
Let’s do it, queers. Let’s embrace our seasonal chaotic energy and manifest it into long-term, healthy decisions!
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A Really F*cking Honest Breakdown of My Nighttime Routine
My real, true nighttime routine as a queer person in night school with various medical and mental health issues.
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Autism Is Not a Trend, but There Are Problems With How It’s Discussed Online
Health conditions and disabilities are more than how many views a 20-second clip gets or the number of comments under a post. It’s real-life shit that can affect the core of who somebody is.
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Vegan Protein Powders, Ranked From Vulgar to Chuggable
As a friend said, “I would not normally think about drinking pancake batter.”
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New Guidelines on Childhood “Obesity” Represent Latest Big Pharma Attacks on Fat Kids
The weight loss industry — not necessarily the act of weight loss in and of itself — is extremely fatphobic and anti-fat.
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How to Meal Plan Without Hating Your Life and Your Self
Preparing a meal does not have to be an elaborate situation.
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Endometriosis No Longer Keeps Me From My Best Queer Sex
For the first time I was able to experience, without pain, the feeling of having my partner’s fingers inside of me and we found a new level of intimacy and excitement… How did I spend an entire decade of my life letting the medical system tell me that constant pelvic pain was acceptable?
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Out with the Old: One Black Femme’s Struggle to Remove Their IUD
“While the gyno tried to wiggle out the device, she seemed to forget I was even in the room. It was just her and my uterus, locked in a battle of wits.”
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Practical Magic: COVID Is Here to Stay — So What Does It Mean to Keep Each Other Safe?
We can be more thoughtful about how we interact with others during these enduringly uncertain times.
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Does the Science Back Us Up on Period Syncing, or Is This One More Thing 2020 Will Take From Us?
Supposedly, folks who go together flow together. But does the science of period syncing hold up?
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How to Quit Smoking
Tell yourself that you’re not like one of those chain smokers, that you can stop whenever you want. Start smoking American Spirits, so it’s like, not even that bad for you because it’s natural, or organic, or something. You forget.
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In 2020 I Dare You to Be Honest With Yourself About What You Really Need
Commit to your life, babe. Start today.
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You Need Help: Stop Gaslighting Yourself
What would it feel like to move forward with curiosity, rather than relying on the comforting familiarity of self-doubt?
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Monday Roundtable: Change Is Good
The first month of the year doesn’t have to be about making big changes, but for a lot of people, it is. In that spirit, here’s the Autostraddle team sharing with you the things they’ve changed in their lives that has meant the biggest improvement.
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Bearing Life With and Alongside: On Masculinity, Pregnancy, and Medical Trauma
I hadn’t experienced transphobic violence in medicalized form before. But I’d experienced it in many others: in punches and pushes, through threats with weapons, or by being run off the road by cars while I was on foot.
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Zumba Sisterhood of the Traveling Hips
In short, Zumba is a dance fitness class set to popular Latin music but honestly, for me, Zumba is more than just that, it’s given me life.
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All the Small Things: 5 Simple Self-Care Methods For Your Daily Routine
Sometimes getting out of bed and onto the couch is the biggest thing you will achieve in day, and that is okay.
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Autostraddle Roundtable: All About Our Mental Health
A lot of the requests from readers for advice and for personal writing are about mental health, so today we thought we’d share with you about our brain situations, what helps, what doesn’t, and what we’re still working on.
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Feelings Rookie: How to Apologize
“Even if I didn’t think I was hurting her feelings, she’s telling me I was. So what is my end game with my current strategy – make her feel badly for bringing up an emotional issue that she’s uncomfortable with? Make her feel like dirt for being honest with her own feelings?”
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Sara Quin, Ruby Tandoh and Others Share Their Mental Health Stories in “Do What You Want” Zine
“With a strong intersectional focus, this is a zine about mental health for all people, in all walks of life. We believe that mental health care and support should be a right for all.”