Results for: be the change
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Welcome Our New Senior Editor, Drew Burnett Gregory!
Goodbye exclusively gay moments — hello exclusively gay lifetime.
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Quiz: Which Misplaced Item in Dani Janae’s Bed Are You?
There are many things you’ll find in a femme’s bed.
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How To Blow Up Your Life
I thought that by 35, I’d be married. I thought by 35, I’d have kids. I thought I’d be straight.
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Welcome Autostraddle’s Newest Writers!
Say hello to the 14 (yes, you heard that right!) new writers who are helping to make Autostraddle brighter and sharper.
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Things I’ve Never Asked Carmen About Growing Up in a Theater Family, Her Dating Habits, and More!
We talk tattoos, 9/11 and Carmen’s high school activism, spirituality, what L Word character Carmen is most like, being a die-hard femme and more!
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Stacks of Boxes and a Bottomless Inbox: A Day of Work
It felt like this kind of thing came so easily when I was 25!
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Welcome Our New Managing Editor, Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya!
I want to encourage writers to pursue their wildest, weirdest ideas.
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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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A Capricorn Without a Routine: A Day of Work
I wish I was the kind of girl who woke up at the same time every day, had an extensive skincare situation dialed in, and had finally cracked the code of which intense journaling system would help quiet my overworked and perpetually anxious brain, but that’s just not who I am.
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One Last Letter From This Editor
I’ve had three full-time jobs for this company for 11 years and today I’m taking the triumphant step of knocking that down to two!
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Your Lesbian Aunt Who Loves You Writes Your Dating Profile
Lately I’ve been joking that I am everyone’s lesbian aunt (or grandfather, depending on whether or not I am offering encouragement or once again scolding half of our team for not having flashlights in their apartments!). And so I thought, what if I just embraced that vibe and put it to work.
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Welcome Our New Trans Subject Editor, Xoai Pham!
Xin chào! My name is Xoai Pham. I’m the new Trans Subject Editor at Autostraddle.
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Carmen Phillips Is Our New Editor-in-Chief (and Would like a Vanilla Iced Latte Please)
Carmen has led the editorial team with compassion, pragmatism and heart. She brings to the table bright hopes for our future and a deep love for the roots of this strange little website.
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Riese Bernard Has Always Been Our Queero So We’re Really Glad She’s Featured In Them’s Queeroes 2018 Series
“How many lives has Autostraddle changed? How many lives has it saved? Thanks, Riese.”
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Please Welcome Our New Autostraddle Associate Editor, Dr. Carmen Phillips!
It’s Carmen’s first full day as your new Associate Editor! She didn’t want it to end without saying Hi to all of you!
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Monday Roundtable: Say My Name
“The thing is, if the people in your life respect you, they’ll give you the space to figure out where you’re comfortable. It’s YOUR name. You’re the person who has deal with it every second of your life.”
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Hello, Goodbye: This Is Way Better Than a Lesbian Breakup Letter
After more than five years at Autostraddle, Yvonne is stepping down as senior editor. But before she goes, she wanted to take some time to reflect on her time here and to thank the incredible team and community that she’s had the pleasure of getting to know over the years.
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Playlist: My 2018 Brand Is Gay Cowgirl, but Fancy
Imagine if Coley Taylor from “The Miseducation of Cameron Post” saw Hayley Kiyoko’s “Girls Like Girls” video first day of sophomore year of college and it freaking changed her life. I’m her ten years later.
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Autostraddle’s Ultimate Team Holigay Gift Guide 2018: All the Ways Money Can in Fact Buy Us Happiness
We put our heads together and this is what the Autostraddle Team wants for the holigays! We think you’ll find some sweet stuff for your loved ones in here, too.
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Monday Roundtable: The Lifelong Journeys of Our Beloved Childhood Stuffed Animals
“I had two stuffed animal bear friends as a child. Pretty tight crew, I know, but two bears was enough as I also had an imaginary friend who was an adult woman that I had to entertain. I was only one child!”