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Text reads Into the A+ Advice Box in front of a stock photo of two women. A Black woman in a mustard turtleneck leans back on a couch laughing while a white woman with red hair lies in her lap. They touch each other affectionately.

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Into the A+ Advice Box #62: WELLBEING

3 years ago 50 Comments

a hand against a black background gently unfolds, palm up. the palm is illuminated. above the palm floats a single tube of Burt's Bees chapstick

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A+ Roundtable: The Things We Carry

3 years ago 30 Comments

a young lesbian woman stands pensively in front of a bunch of trees. She has her arms folded and is wearing a jean jacket. Text on the image reads "Into the A+ Advice Box"

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Into the A+ Advice Box #61: When Should a Person Cut Off Given Family?

3 years ago 33 Comments

UVALDE, TEXAS - MAY 26: A memorial is seen surrounding the Robb Elementary School sign following the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on May 26, 2022 in Uvalde, Texas. According to reports, 19 students and 2 adults were killed, with the gunman fatally shot by law enforcement. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

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“I’m Angry and Sad and Scared and I Know Nothing is Going to Change”

3 years ago 24 Comments

Crissa sits on the floor, in front of her burnt orange leather sofa, with her mouth agape. She's wearing a pair of overalls, a tie-dyed shirt and a denim bucket hat.

TV Reviews

“The Circle” Is Here With Bisexual Chaos — and Spice Girls!

3 years ago 2 Comments

two femmes, one who has lighter skin and one who has medium brown skin, both with long balck hair, are wearing comfortable but lacy lingerie and spooning in bed, smiling warmly and playfully.

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Into the A+ Advice Box #60: SEX

3 years ago 14 Comments

two women's hands reach for each other across a neon-lit night club background, their fingers intertwining

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A+ Roundtable: Sex With an Ex

3 years ago 9 Comments

A woman leans he head back against a wall, her face furrowed in frustration. On top of the image, text reads: Into the A+ Advice Box

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Into the A+ Advice Box #59: You Love Her But There’s No Passion

3 years ago 44 Comments

Two mothers hold and laugh with their child. The mother on the left is Black and wearing a cap, glasses and black shirt with hair in long locs. The mother on the right is white with dyed strawberry hair. The child is a mixed-race toddler with curly dark brown hair.

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A+ Roundtable: Do We Have Kids? Do We Want to Have Kids?

3 years ago 88 Comments

In a collage against a pink background, left to right in the back row: Cheryl Dunye playing with her hat, Vanessa Friedman hugging friends, Audre Lorde in black and white, and Natalie Diaz smirking at the camera. Front row, left to right: Shelli Nicole as a little girl on picture day, Heather Hogan smiling in a tie, Malinda Lo looking directly into camera with an intense gaze, and Kayla Kumari taking a selfie with her phone. All of these photos are highlighted with background shadows in the color of the lesbian pride flag.

Community

Lesbian Visibility Week 2022: Where We Look For Lesbianspiration

3 years ago 13 Comments

A mirror image of two open doors, and behind them each an open door, and behind each of those open doors, another. The effect of the image is relatively sinister.

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A+ Roundtable: Our Worst Roommate Experiences

3 years ago 24 Comments

A vintage black and white photo of a woman is set against a black background. The only visible color is red. She is wearing red lipstick and a red patterned dress. She has a black bar across her eyes and is holding a giant, half as big as her, vibrator.

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A+ Roundtable: Our Orgasm Thoughts

3 years ago 13 Comments

In this stock photo, a Black woman looks over a bunch of one and five dollar bills that are half obscuring the lower half of her face. Text reads: Into the A+ Advice Box

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Into the A+ Advice Box #58: Money Problems

3 years ago 35 Comments

A field of neon "open" signs sits in a grid on a black background. Just one of them is replaced with a neon "closed" sign. The image is meant to evoke the sense of 'the world opening up' during the 'push to go back to normal' during the ongoing pandemic.

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A+ Roundtable: Dealing With the Push To ‘Go Back to Normal’

3 years ago 37 Comments

Eight movies featured in this list: Turning Red, Brave, Tangled, Moana, Frozen, Mulan, The Incredibles, Dumbo

Movie Lists

Disney/Pixar Movies, Ranked by Mommy Issues

3 years ago 22 Comments

A latine queer person with short curly hair that is bleached on top, wearing glasses with light brown skin, and rings on their fingers, smiles birghtly and pours a drink while working at a bar. They are also wearing flannel. The text on the image reads Into the A+ Advice Box

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Into the A+ Advice Box #57: Can You Ask Someone Out While They’re Working?

3 years ago 16 Comments

A treasure chest with glowing yellow light coming out of it, set against a black background.

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A+ Roundtable: The Keepsakes We Just Can’t Let Go Of

3 years ago 5 Comments

This reads: "Into the A+ Advice Box" Then there are two hands holding a little fluffy unicorn mask

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Into the A+ Advice Box #56: IMPOSTER SYNDROME, SELF-SABOTAGE, and SELF-DOUBT

4 years ago 22 Comments

A vintage looking illustration of a woman screaming on the left, and a jagged-edged speech bubble on the right which says "Mortified" in it. There are various doodles in the background.

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A+ Roundtable: 13 and Mortified

4 years ago 10 Comments

The feature image for our Ask Us Anything Announcement Post! The whole thing has an early high school vibe. In script-like handwriting at the top it says "Ask Us Anything!" followed by "At our 13th birthday AMA. There are photos of each of our team members who are participating inside of polaroid-esque photo frames. These team members are, from left to right: Shelli Nicole, Meg, Casey, Heather, Kayla, Nicole, Carmen, Riese, Vanessa, Laneia, Dani, Em, and Drew. There are also doodles of a heart, an eye, and a ghost!

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Our 13th Birthday A+ AMA is NOW!!! Ask Us Anything!

4 years ago 440 Comments

Feature image for "On Our Chests A+ Roundtable" It has a background of a bunch of doodles that look straight out of a 13-year-old's notebook. There are 2 illustrations, one of a woman playing tennis whose skeleton is visible and one of a woman wearing a bra and smiling softly

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A+ Roundtable: On Our Chests

4 years ago 19 Comments

Two women cuddle and laugh. Text reads: Into the A+ Advice Box

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Into the A+ Advice Box #55: So You’ve Developed Major Feelings for a Friend

4 years ago 8 Comments

Anya, Riese, Carmen, Laneia, Kayla, Heather and Nicole are all floating heads behind laptops in this graphic

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Some Answers to Some Things You’ve Been Asking Us #40

4 years ago 33 Comments

on top of a black brick background sits an illustrated rendering of the stomach, liver, pancreas, large intestine and small intestine with little lines coming off to indicate excitement

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A+ Roundtable: Gut Feelings

4 years ago 17 Comments

two women sit on opposite ends of a bench, facing away from each other, in conflict. One of them has dyed red hair, is wearing a leather jacket and hoodie and is white. The other has curly natural hair, is wearing a denim shirt and pants and a faded salmon colored jacket. She is Black / mixed race.

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Into the A+ Advice Box #54: FRIENDSHIP DRAMA

4 years ago 4 Comments

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Love + Sex

You Need Help: What Is Love?

4 years ago 14 Comments

A colorful depiction of soundwaves in turquoises, lavenders and pinks

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A+ Roundtable: Our Most Out-There Voice Memos

4 years ago 17 Comments

A young Asian femme stands in a train station with a prominent train schedule behind her. She looks over her shoulder, smiling, while holding a phone. she is wearing a backpack and a tee shirt. the image text reads: Into the A+ Advice Box

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Into the A+ Advice Box #53: Should You Move Away From Your Partner for a Job?

4 years ago 20 Comments

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A+ Roundtable: The Relationships We Stayed In Too Long

4 years ago 18 Comments

In this feature image, there is text in the foreground that reads Into the A+ Advice Box. In the background is a trans woman wearing a leather jacket and regarding the camera with a raised eyebrow. Her hair is shaved on the sides and curly on the top. She has some light eye makeup on. Her skin is medium brown.

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Into the A+ Advice Box #52: NEW YEAR, NEW LOOK

4 years ago 33 Comments

two people from supergirl are in therapy in this image. image reads: into the A+ advice box

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Into the A+ Advice Box #51: “Bed Death,” Opening Up Relationships and DIY Haircuts

4 years ago 33 Comments

Mya the dog, Quasar the Cat, and Carol the Dog are each collaged into this lavender colored feature

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16 ADORABLE Pets of Autostraddle: A 13 Days of A+ Gallery

4 years ago 10 Comments

A graphic that reads into the A+ advice box. there is an image of two women in reindeer ears look offended by a gift

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Into the A+ Advice Box #50: HOLIGAY HELP

4 years ago 10 Comments

Christine Baranski from the live action version of The Grinch Who Stole Christmas stands in a low-cut, sleeveless top in a crowd of Whoville characters. Pink and green polka dots create a border around the image.

Holigays

Roundtable: Is There Anything Hot About the Holidays?

4 years ago 5 Comments

a student from the show sex education sits in the office, mouth open. text on the image reads: Into the A+ Advice Inbox

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Into the A+ Advice Box #49: Wanting to Want Monogamy

4 years ago 17 Comments

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Into the A+ Advice Box #48: Fears & Anxieties

4 years ago 12 Comments

An image of a woman from the show root, hand on hip in a therapist's office

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Into the A+ Advice Box #47: How Do You Taper a Crush?

4 years ago 9 Comments

An image with each of the AMA participants inside like honeycomb. Image features Heather, Meg, Drew, Rachel, Casey, Vanessa, Himani, Natalie, Riese, Shelli, Ro, Nicole, Laneia, Carolyn, Carmen, Valerie and Sarah

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The A+ Fall 2021 Ask Us Anything IS NOW!!!

4 years ago 452 Comments

A feature for Into the A+ Advice Box. A Black human with a look of awkward resignation on their face raises their hands with palms upturned in an exaggerated shrug. They're wearing a button up shirt, glasses and have their hair in an afro. Text on top of the photo reads: Into the A+ Advice Inbox

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Into the A+ Advice Box #46: STRAIGHT PEOPLE PROBLEMS

4 years ago 9 Comments

a cat sits at a desk with a laptop and a steaming cup of coffee, looking perplexed

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What If The Only Allies We Know Are Some Internet Cats?

4 years ago 6 Comments

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Identity

Do You Know Where Your Straight People Are?: Interviews With Allies (Including Two Cats)

4 years ago 4 Comments

Culture

What’s The First Gay Thing You Saw on the Internet?

4 years ago 46 Comments

a therapy session from the show pure. text reads: Into the A+ Advice Box

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Into the A+ Advice Box #45: Your Wife Has Depression but Won’t Get Therapy

4 years ago 14 Comments

A collage of three cereals from this list: Honey Smacks frog, Golden Crisp bear, Frankenberry berry monster

Food and Drink

Cereal Mascots, Ranked by Lesbianism

4 years ago 16 Comments

TV Feature

“The Circle” Season 3: If Your Quarantine Life Was Suddenly a Game Show

4 years ago 10 Comments

a person sitting at a desk, on the phone, with a coworker in the background, looks irritated, appears to be arguing. the image reads into the A+ advice inbox

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Into the A+ Advice Box #44: WORK DRAMA

4 years ago 9 Comments

This is a photo of Niecy Nash in Never Have I Ever as a therapis. The text on the image reads: Into the A+ Advice Inbox

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Into the A+ Advice Box #43: How Do You Reconnect With a Friend After Over a Year?

4 years ago 25 Comments

Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

Sara Ramirez, Let Us Help You Find Love / Lust on Lex!

4 years ago 5 Comments

An image that reads: "Into the A+ Advice Box" and features a group of queer friends of various gender presentations at brunch, smiling

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Into the A+ Advice Box #42: MAKING ADULT FRIENDS

4 years ago 17 Comments

TV Show Recaps

What Is Up With These Vaguely Lesbian Mean Teens on “White Lotus”?

4 years ago 9 Comments

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