Nico, Author at Autostraddle

Divorce Week in scroll lettering is on top of a red burning fire.

Get in Losers, We’re Getting Divorced

Divorce Week is a celebration of taking a life-changing step, of coming out the other side of devastating trauma and being all the better for it.

Carmen Phillips and Nico

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Feb 12, 2024

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love + sex

I Unicorned for a Couple at a Quirky Rural Swingers Club

I wasn’t going to turn down the chance to explore a massive swinger lodge that’s been in operation since the 1970’s.

Nico

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Feb 11, 2024

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first person

Untethered: The Designated Girl-Son

I came across the concept of the “designated son” on TikTok.

Nico

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Feb 8, 2024

A hand chopping down a tree with an ax, A black person voguing, and Two queer people dancing with balloons around them

astrology, tarot & witchcraft

What Do the Signs REALLY Want for Valentine’s Day?

No matter what zodiac sign(s) are your sweetie(s)’s, it’s probably a good idea to butter them up with what they really, really want for Valentine’s Day.

Nico

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Feb 6, 2024

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af+

Video Replay: Queer Yoga by Butch Yoga, Welcoming the New Year

Couldn’t make Queer Yoga? Follow along with the recording!

Nico

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Feb 5, 2024

UNTETHERED VOL 14: a neon megaphone and green and teal blobs

first person

Untethered: You Need Help

Asking for help, the kind that requires another person to set aside time for me, to exert themselves physically, feels as easy as touching a hot stove.

Nico

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Jan 25, 2024

Love on the Spectrum queer: Journey, a teenage Black girl wearing a pastel pink top smiles at the camera.

tv reviews

“Love on the Spectrum” Fails to Give Its Queer Woman the Dates She Deserves

While I was happy for Journey to be able to date, it felt like she was denied the opportunity to have age and experience-level appropriate encounters.

Nico

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Jan 23, 2024

UNTETHERED: VOL. 13 with pillow and blobs that are pink and lime green

first person

Untethered: A Great Lady

I’ve been eulogizing, just to myself, in the moments between other moments that are claimed by tasks or thoughts of the present or literally anything else.

Nico

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Jan 11, 2024

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af+

Editor’s Notes: 13 Days of A+ and the SHAME Series

A real one-two combo of notes!

Nico

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Jan 8, 2024

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astrology, tarot & witchcraft

What Should Your Questionable New Year’s Resolution Be, According to Your Sign?

Let’s all agree to make THIS year call us “Daddy.”

Nico

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Dec 31, 2023

UNTETHERED: VOL 12. A Christmasy mailbox against red blobs

first person

Untethered: Mercury Retrogayde

USPS has been sending my mail to my ex.

Nico

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Dec 28, 2023

A gorgeous little fairytale book esque painted forest scene with several painted animals in white winter coats. Animals include a bear, three bunnies, a fox, a baby deer and some kind of bird. In the center of a roughly painted triangle is the symbol for Discord.

af+

The A+ Pop-Up Discord Server Starts NOW!

Time to hang out and watch Carol!

Nico

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Dec 14, 2023

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