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K. Allison Hammer Imagines the Queer and Trans Possibilities of Masculinity
Rather than focus on individual, exceptional figures of toxic masculinity, Hammer wanted to explore masculinity as a cultural form that people of all genders can embody.
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Chris Belcher on “Pretty Baby,” Dungeon Dynamics, and the Expansiveness of Queer Sex
“I always envisioned this book as something that would allow me to talk about how I got to know masculinity as an adult through sex work and reflect back on how I came to know masculinity from the time I was younger.”
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Sarah Viren’s Memoir Is A Compelling Exploration of the Nature of Truth
When we live in a society where truth matters so little, what are we supposed to do with it once we have it?
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EXCERPT: In “Thin Skin,” Jenn Shapland Considers What It Means to Live a Childfree Queer Life
In an excerpt from her new essay collection Thin Skin, Jenn Shapland examines childfreedom.
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“Matchmaking in the Archive” Connects Today’s Artists and Queer Ancestors
This book contains, notably, an essay by Michelle Tea that is still ringing in my ears.
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In Our Own Time: Queer Temporality, Pride, and Diana Goetsch’s “This Body I Wore”
Lately I’ve been thinking about the concept of “straight time” — the way a life unfolds, or is expected to unfold, within heteronormative frameworks.
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Omise’eke Tinsley’s “The Color Pynk” Celebrates Black Femme Art for Survival
A beautiful commitment to and demonstration of Black femme poetics, The Color Pynk offers a radical alternative to the genre of the academic book, one that celebrates Black queer language as its own tactic of freedom-dreaming.
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Grace Lavery on Her New Memoir “Please Miss,” Sex Writing, and the Trans Glamour of Nicole Kidman
“When one is trying to write about sex, if you’re doing it right, something happens in the prose that is unpredictable and kind of wild.”
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Chloe Caldwell on First Periods, PMDD, and That Weird Blue “Blood” in Tampon Commercials
The author discusses her new memoir “The Red Zone,” which chronicles her experiences with premenstrual dysphoric disorder and provides a kaleidoscopic view of how people feel about their periods.
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Glennon Doyle’s “Untamed”: A Gay Love Story About a Grown-Ass Woman Who Does What the F*ck She Wants
“There. She. Is.” Glennon wrote in her new memoir, Untamed, when she recalled the moment Abby Wambach entered her life. I assumed that would be the central conflict of Untamed. And in some ways it is — but not the ways I expected.
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Myriam Gurba’s Floating World in “Mean”
Gurba’s writing feels devastating and holy and hilarious all at once, like a dead sea scroll that is as fun to read as an old issue of Playboy.
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Now Is A Good Time To Get Into Patricia Lockwood
Priestdaddy, the poet’s new coming-of-age memoir, has a lot of twists and a lot of power.
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10 Lesbianish Sex Books To Make You Better In Bed
Want to know how to have lesbian sex? These books have your back.
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Patricia Velásquez, Gay Latina Supermodel, Wants You To Live Your Truths: The Autostraddle Interview
The Venezuelan supermodel, actress and activist talks about her new memoir, coming out now vs. then, inspiring gay Latinas, the kinds of pastries she brought Sandra Bernhard years ago and working on set of The L Word.
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Roxane Gay’s “Bad Feminist” Reminds Us We’re All Human
This is bad feminism. And we are better for it.
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Read A F*cking Book: Denice Bourbon’s “Cheers!” Is All Booze, Burlesque, and Big Dreams
“Writing a Rita Mae Brown ‘Sudden Death’ or Jenny Schecter ‘Lez Girls’ was never an option.”
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We Are Family: S. Bear Bergman’s “Blood, Marriage, Wine & Glitter”
Maybe my mom was onto something. Maybe family really is everything, so long as you build it yourself.
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Trauma Queen: An Autostraddle Book Review and Interview
Trauma Queen, the new memoir by Lovemme Corazon, is a hard read but equally hard to put down. There are many, many people who will find a familiar history in this book, and the author hopes that will be a jumping off point for healing and discussions.
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Read a F*cking Canadian Book, Eh: Darrin Hagen’s “The Edmonton Queen”
“If anything, The Edmonton Queen reads as a triumphant fuck you in the face of death and losing people you love before their time.”