Results for: women of colour
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“Ingredients for Revolution” Offers a New Look at Social Justice Movement History
Cafes became hubs for marginalized members of the communities they were in, and learning their history helps us understand the power of their impact.
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Talking About Trayvon
Some things we read and saw on the internet on #trayvon and race in America.
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NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Hiding Her Screen In Starbucks
This week on NSFW Sunday: lesbian erotica, the G-spot, corsets, and the Lingerie Bowl.
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This Trans Day of Remembrance, Show Up With Material Support (And Every Other Day, Too)
In the face of dehumanizing rhetoric and violence that turns our community members into statistics, it is our responsibility to care for one another and change the conditions that impact trans people’s quality of life right now.
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Why Queers Should Play Tabletop Roleplaying Games
Do you want to socialize without noise and too many strangers? Do you have a geeky streak? Then TTRPGs might be for you.
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Can Black People Be Zombies?
This part essay, part research project started out as a joke. I wanted to know if one of the unexpected benefits of Black people always dying first in horror movies was that we could never be zombies.
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“Last Tango in Halifax” Season Five Has a Lot to Love (if You Can Forgive it for Season Three)
As always, Caroline’s relationships are given equal weight with everyone else’s, and her cagey responses to questions about her love life show she’s got her eye on someone.
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A Queer Syllabus for Barbiecore
Overlapping topics we’re going to discuss include the history of glitter, queer meanings of femme and femme theory, Barbie Capitalism, why gays love Magic Earring Ken, pink vs pynk, and so much more!
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Love In A Sinking City: A Queer Timeline
“Today I am 28. It is 2023. In Nigeria, it is illegal to do the things I did freely at the beaches in Toronto; watch my queer friends kiss under the eyes of a cloudy sun, hold hands with a woman on a rain-less night intoxicated by wine and wishfulness. I lie to a taxi driver, tell him that I have a fiancé. I show him a picture, a man. My cousin doesn’t know how often his image has saved me from lecherous men. Here, fiction can be a raft in a sea…”
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Into the A+ Advice Box #86: Your Fertility Journey and Complicated Feelings About Straight Friends
Signaling that you’re queer, the importance of friends in dating, a-traditional proposals and more!
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67 of the Best Queer Books of 2020
2020 was terrible in every way except for queer books. There were so many amazing queer books published this year! Here are 67 of the best of them.
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Into the A+ Advice Box #91: Queer Sex and Desire with Sex Educator Luna Matatas
“So many people struggle with getting out of their head and into their body during sex.”
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Into the A+ Advice Box #88: THE HOTBOX
In which we answer the age-old queer question. How long do you wait after a breakup before hooking up with other people?
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Eight Books Featuring Women Dealing with Professional Jealousy
“I’m experiencing a debilitating bout of professional jealousy for another (deserving) woman, and I’m having a hard time with it. I wonder if there are any books that focus on this regrettable phenomenon?”
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Eight LGBTQ+ Country Music Singers on Pride and Queering Country
Harlan Howard said “All you need to write a country song is three chords and the truth” — I’m pretty sure queer folks have a lot of truth to tell.
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The Revolutionary Anger of Asian Women
Our anger can be a tool of resistance in a post-pandemic world. Instead of burying or relinquishing it, we should learn to use it.
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My Jackie: On Yellowjackets and a Missing Friend
We met when I was 16 and she was 17. We weren’t dating, but we might as well have been. I’ve been thinking about her more than usual lately, ever since I found myself obsessed with Yellowjackets.
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Some Answers to Some Things You’ve Been Asking Us #44
“Ok someone had previously asked if Autostraddle was going to write a piece on How To Build a Sex Room and I did not realize it was a SHOW I just thought someone was requesting extremely specific DIY content?????”
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Dykes Rule the Night
Lesbian bars may be dying, but lesbian nightlife is more alive than ever
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Into the A+ Advice Box #59: You Love Her But There’s No Passion
What do you do with your facial hair, how do you make friends in your 30’s, where is your motivation these days, how do you cope with your wife breaking things off, with an unhealthy friendship, with changes in your sexuality? The team answers these questions and so many more!