Results for: be the change
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“Check Please” Creator Ngozi Ukazu Chats with Tillie Walden About Her New Book “Spinning”
You know what one of my most common questions at school visits is? “How do you come out?” Kids actually ask me this, in front of their peers and teachers. It’s unbelievable to me, it’s so brave.
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Interview With Two Queer Engineers: Katie and Kelly Votolato
“We got asked if we were sisters-in-law. Like we had brothers or something –”
“Like, no, we’re married to each other.”
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Noelle Stevenson & Amy T. Falcone Are Queering Up D&D With Their Kickass Butch Characters
“Some people don’t like how many queer characters or NPCs are in our campaign, or when either of the women on the show talk too much. Anyone feminine in our society is still expected to be quiet, subservient, and apologetic. Of course I’m not going to make myself or my character more palatable for anyone else’ sake.”
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Drawn to Comics: Marguerite Bennett Talks Batwoman, Representation and the Importance of Fallible Queer Heroes
I talked with Bennett about what it’s like being the first woman and the first openly queer woman to write a Batwoman solo title, what she hopes to bring to it, and what she hopes queer readers will get from the series.
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Launch Your Own YouTube Channel: An Interview with Wellness Vlogger Kaylah Cupcake
Ever wondered what technology it takes to start a YouTube channel? Kaylah Cupcake, a popular wellness YouTuber, has some answers.
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Drawn to Comics Exclusive: Talking to Trans Comics Creator Sophie Campbell about Rereleased Wet Moon Vol. 1
“I didn’t think I’d get new editions this early, I thought I’d have to wait a couple years for the next printing to roll around to get my name fixed, so it’s awesome getting it this soon after I came out.”
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Drawn to Comics: Interview with Power Up Writer Kate Leth!
“When we see women in armor, or in suits, we think of them as strong and powerful. When we see men in a dress, it’s somehow demeaning. I don’t agree with that or believe it at all.”
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Interview: Why SXSW Cancelled a Panel on Digital Harassment and Design
Caroline Sinders chats with us about what it’s like when SXSW cancels a panel about harassment because of harassment.
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(Updated: We Have Winners!) And Now For Another Fabulous Lesbians Who Tech Summit Giveaway: Hello, Berlin!
A chat with Leanne Pittsford of Lesbians Who Tech where we give five tickets to the Berlin Summit to five random Autostraddle commenters! FOR FREE! GET IN HERE!
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EXCLUSIVE: Cathy G. Johnson Announces Her New Book “No Dogs Allowed” and Misfit Middle School Girls!
In this very special Drawn to Comics we get to announce Cathy G. Johnson’s new book about a misfit middle school girls’ soccer team and talk about the upcoming queer paranormal romance anthology The Other Side!
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Drawn to Comics: Talking Comics With A-Camp 2015 Special Guest Jasika Nicole
“Reading ‘Fun Home’ was like someone turning on the lights for me. I immediately bought a book called ‘How To Make Comics’, went to (the now defunct) Pearl Paints and got all the tools I needed, and I just started drawing.”
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It Was a Sailor Moon Weekend at Otakon 2014
The East Coast’s largest anime convention came with a premiere of and more info on the new, faithful Sailor Moon dub, and a chance to chat with the voice actors for Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask.
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Without a Safety Net: Talking Women-Owned Tech Startups with Section II’s Allie Esslinger
“Start-up culture is odd. There’s a lot that I struggle with — it’s not something particularly designed for anyone who isn’t already privileged. It’s hard to go into it without a safety net. There’s a certain element of romanticizing struggle that is hard to internalize as a woman, a queer woman, and/or a woman of color. “
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Lumberjanes Launches TODAY! Grace Ellis and Shannon Watters Are Spilling Their Guts
I figuratively locked Grace Ellis and Shannon Watters in a dark room and made them talk a little bit about their creative process in celebration of today’s AMAZING launch. Also: preview art!
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Queered Science Interview: Dr. Donna Riley and Engineering Social Justice
“I came out in my academic writing explicitly in 2003 because I knew that situating myself relative to relations of power in engineering, in academia […] was essential to the project of introducing critical pedagogies in my engineering classes. “
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Queered Science: NOGLSTP’s Rochelle Diamond Forged A Path For All of Us
If any of you have ever experienced homophobia in the workplace or queer-related adversity in your personal life and moved on (ahem, way too many of us), then you need to know Rochelle Diamond’s life story.
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Quist Brings Global LGBTQ History to Your Smartphone
Sarah Prager created Quist to make navigating our past a little bit easier.
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Anna Anthropy: Queering Video Games One Pixel at a Time
“Anthropy proves to us that video games can tell our stories as queer and trans* women. They can vent our frustrations in ways other people can experience. They can help us to communicate the things we go through in an unprecedented, interactive way.”
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Kate Leth Draws Comics, Knows What We Want: The Autostraddle Interview
Queer comic artist Kate Leth (of Kate or Die! fame) talks about drawing, women, drawing women, and why filthy comics are the most fun. Also, she made a sexy drawing just for you!