Nicole Hall, Author at Autostraddle

Nicole Hall

A+ & Fundraising Director

Joined A-Team: November 2019

Articles written: 48

Nicole Hall's Featured Posts on Autostraddle

Yes, Fundraising Is Part of Our Business Model, Here's Why

At One Point It Saved My Sanity

All Posts on Autostraddle

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So! How Is The Autostraddle Fundraiser Going?

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Autostraddle Predicted the Future in 2014 🔮 And We Were Spot On

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No Time for Hell, Yet. Or: Is This Essay Really Just About My Inbox?

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The October 2021 A+ Pop-Up Discord Server is Now!

Autostraddle Plus Gift Membership Pool Announcement Feature! Features a watery pool against a sunset gradient background.

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Introducing: The A+ Membership Gift Pool! Let’s All Jump In!

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Calling All Believers: Autostraddle Is Fundraising for the Queer and Not-Too-Distant Future!

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Yes, Fundraising Is Part of Our Business Model: Here’s Why

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House & Garden

Put On Your Bra-ssicas: You Can Still Plant Vegetables Now for the Fall! Here’s 14 to Try!

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Our June A+ Member Drive Has Come to a Close! THANK YOU!

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I Love Breaking Goals Into Small Steps: A Day of Work

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16 Really Nice Things You Said About the A+ Advice Column!

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Join Us! The A+ Pop-Up Pride Discord Server is Happening Now!

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Welcome 300 New A+ Members! Announcing a Mini Stretch Goal!

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A+ Pop-Up Pride Discord Server: June 26-28

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Ask Us Anything at Our Personal A+ AMA Event on 6/24!

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Pull Back the Curtain At Our Autostraddle Town Hall!

Announcing Our June A+ Member Drive! Image features the A+ tee, sticker, tote and keychain

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Lez Keep Our Money Gay! Become an A+ Member This Pride!

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7 Vegetables Procrastinating Queers Can Still Grow from Seed in May!

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Get Over 50% Off All Our Fundraising Perks To Celebrate Meeting Our Goal!

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At One Point, It Saved My Sanity

We've So Got This! A progress bar reads $204,293.98 of $220,000 raised

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$204k So Far with 70% of Gifts at $50 or Less!? You’re Really Impressive!

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A+ MEMBER COMMUNITY POST: What Advice Would You Give Your Tween Self?

A+ Weekend Discord Server Invite Inside! Now Through 8pm PST 3/7!

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Happy Birthday Autostraddle! Get Ready for Our Annual “Ask Us Anything” on March 9!

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A+ Members! A Question: What Advice Would You Give Your Tween Self?

An image compilation of all the A+ perks that come with the platinum level! This includes the Bronze level A+ sticker, the Silver level bandanna and sticker sheet, the Gold level tee shirt or tote (choice of) and then the platinum perks which include keychain, camping mug, "Read a Fucking Book" bookmark, hand-sewn bag with hand print on it, and choice of LGBTQ book.

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Introducing A+ Platinum

Autostraddle’s 12th Birthday Member Drive, Membership Giveaway, and A+ AMA!

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TRANSCRIPT: Making the Queer Media You Want to See in the World

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6 Reasons Reader Support Is Independent Media’s Only Shot at Survival

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Starting Right Now Today: A+ Members-Only Valentine’s Discord Server!

We’re Trying It! An A+ Members Only Valentine’s Weekend Discord Server!

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Everything’s Terrible But Queer Media Can Make It – With Your Help

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Behind the Scenes of The 13 Days of A+

Merry Fistmas and a Happy New Transcript!

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Merry Fistmas: A Virtual Vaginal Fisting Workshop with Malic White, TODAY at 1pm PST

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Announcing 13 Days of A+! We’re Unwrapping Some Super-Secret Member Gifts This Month

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An Abundance of Librarians, Both “Sexy” and Unspecified: 544 Jobs A+ Members Have!

Kamala, Carmen, Riese and Nicole are all on a video chat together, smiling. The photo is unstaged, a little grainy, a screen cap from the live event!

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Gay Agenda Recap and Transcript: Autostraddle’s Leaders Talk About the Vision!

the senior team freak out together about everything! from left to right, Heather, Sarah, Rachel, Carmen, Kamala, Nicole, Laneia and Riese express extreme elation

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You DID IT! See Our Slack Office Freak Out When We Met Our Fundraising Goal, and More!

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#1 Best Community Of All Time Raises $100k+ For Queer Media In Two Weeks

There are 8 squares, each featuring a senior team member jumping, looking earnest and silly. From left to right top, Sarah and then Riese both jump getting some serious air, Carmen stands delicately, Kamala jumps with her tongue sticking out. From left to right on the bottom, Rachel stands still, not jumping eyes closed and smiling, Nicole jumps but not as high as Sarah and Riese, Heather sits in a chair looking at the viewer and finally Laneia smiles with adoration and clutches her heart.

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You Got Us 45% of the Way There in 6 Days, Will You Get Us to 50% Today?

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What’s On Our Gay Agenda? Ask Questions, Get Answers at Our Live Town Hall

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New Vision for Us, New Perks for You: Autostraddle’s August 2020 Fundraiser is Here

Rise Up Get Down: Join A+ to Watch the Replay with El Sanchez, Junauda Petrus-Nasah, Jes Tom, and Be Steadwell

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You Raised $2K for Women for Political Change at Rise Up Get Down — A+ Members Can Watch the Replay!

Live Show This Sunday to Benefit Women For Political Change, Minneapolis!

The Senior Team looks cool, smiles, hangs out around a table. Kamala and Carmen are in the foreground, Kamala grinning and Carmen looking thoughtful. Behind them, Laneia offers up some sass, Rachel a deep look, Sarah smiles behind and a slightly blurred and moving Riese laughs. The image is black and white.

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Queer Miracles: You Defied the Odds with Collective Action & LGBTQ Community, Earned My Undying Love

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This Is It: We’re In the Final Hours of Fundraising and You’re Defying the Odds!

Thank you! 16 Days, $103,871 raised, 328 new A+ members, and a $50,000 stretch goal?!?

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You Are THE BEST and Raised $100k; Now We’re Shooting for $50k More!

Effie Hasset On FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Let’s Get Weird "Wind energy is a form of solar energy. Wind energy (or wind power) describes the process by which wind is…"

Sally On So! How Is The Autostraddle Fundraiser Going? "Do you think we could add an option/button to specifically donate $69"

the state of being unhidden On Writing Myself into the Erotic "yes. I have started to write a kinkfic that very much dips into trauma and also for me the relationship…"

new bhojpuri gana On Newfest 2021: Ruth Caudeli’s “Leading Ladies” Takes Dyke Drama Seriously "We want that we should get some new platform like this and get to listen to the best songs new…"

JCF On The Morning Show: We Are Having So Much (Gay) Fun! "“Is it bad that I think the writing in your recap is smarter than the writing for the show?!” Isn’t…"

Nicole Hall On So! How Is The Autostraddle Fundraiser Going? "So. Hot. :)"

DaUnderdog On On Blackness and “The L Word: Generation Q” "Just what I was looking for, thank you. It is so frustrating reading recaps, comments, etc.. and you just don’t…"

ShrugEmoji On The Morning Show: We Are Having So Much (Gay) Fun! "This pandemic season, I have already rewatched PD, dead like me, discovery, and just wish wonder falls had a convenient…"