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Kylo, a Black trans masc person, appears holding their dog in triplicate against a purple A+ background

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Member Meet and Greet With Our New CEO Kylo Freeman: Transcript and Recording

an image of two women rushing through an airport hallway. one is holding the other's hand and dragging her forward. the one in front, dragging, seems concerned and the one being led does not seem concerned. text reads: into the A+ advice box

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Into the A+ Advice Box #89: Your Date’s Always Late, Should You Break Up?

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For Them Acquires Autostraddle: An Explainer

two queer women kiss in just bras against a wall. one is Black with long brown hair and one is white with a blonde queer bowl cut.

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Into the A+ Advice Box #88: THE HOTBOX

a still from Fire Island showing Margaret Cho's character with all of her gay boyfriends. Over the still, text reads "The Group Chat"

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The Group Chat: Our Gay Boyfriends

a young arab woman fantasizing against a pink cloud background holds her finger to her mouth and bites her lip. two women kissing can be seen in a thought bubble above her head. text reads: into the A+ advice inbox

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Into the A+ Advice Box #87: How Can You Get Comfortable Fantasizing About Other People?

a chaotic collage of a screenshot from the podcast, barbies getting intimate, queers kissing, and bees

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The A+ Podcast That Is A Video, Episode 1: If You Kiss It, Then You Have To Eat It

a lesbian couple looks at a pregnancy test and smiles

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Into the A+ Advice Box #86: Your Fertility Journey and Complicated Feelings About Straight Friends

a pile of broken barbie dolls, over which the text "The Group Chat" is superimposed in bold, black letters

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The Group Chat: How We Played With Barbies

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Some Answers to Some Things You’ve Been Asking Us: #48

a collage of eight team members, all in black and white

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The Autostraddle Insider Issue 103: April 2023

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Some Answers to Some Things You’ve Been Asking Us: #47

Left to Right, Top to Bottom: Nico, Kayla, Heather, Carmen, Drew, Riese, Shelli, and Viv. They are all toasting thank you to our A+ members.

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The Autostraddle Insider Issue 102: March 2023

a collage of eight team members holding things (pets, plants, a book) that are dear to them

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The Autostraddle Insider Issue 101: February 2023

the autostraddle team is collaged in front of a terrifying looking vintage valentine with a clown child on it sticking out its tongue

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Some Answers to Some Things You’ve Been Asking Us #46

A rectangular collage graphic of the current Autostraddle team with the text “100” on top. The background is a grid of 100 grainy photos in black and white of the faces of the staff and writers. There are small squares in lime green, bright orange, fuchsia, and cyan colors overlayed on top of the photos as if to color the photo. On top of the photo grid is the text “100" in large wide chunky font with a thin white outline. The text is filled with a white and blue gradient that appears to be glowing. The letters radiate a lavender gradient noise shadow that fades into transparency so the photos behind can be seen. Team members shown in the collage are: Riese Bernard, Carmen Phillips, Anya Richkind, Nico Hall, Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya, Heather Hogan, Viv Le, Laneia Jones, Tracy Levesque, Ro White, Shelli Nicole, Vanessa Friedman, A.Tony Jerome, Abeni Jones, Amari Gaiter, Analyssa Lopez, Ashni Mehta, Casey Stepaniuk, Christina Tucker, Dani Janae, Darcy Cooper, Drew Gregory, Em Win, Himani, Julie Gentile, KaeLyn Rich, Katie Reilly, Lily Alvarado, Meg Jones Wall, Niko Stratis, Sa’iyda Shabazz, Sally Neate, shea martin, Stef Rubino, Valerie Anne, Yash Canter.

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The Autostraddle Insider Issue 100: January 2023

a collage of kayla, viv, carmen, meg and heather's morning routine photos

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The Autostraddle Insider Issue 99: December 2022

A collage of Autostraddle images from 2022: a young Black trans kid with make up, a surreal piece of art from Diner Week, Syd's Broken Hearts Club album cover, and an image of Brittney Griner smiling.

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Autostraddle Editors Select Their Favorite 2022 Posts — That They Had Nothing to Do With

the entire Autostraddle senior team is photoshopped in front of The Grinch (Jim Carrey's version). Everyone looks deeply concerned. In the photo are Nico a white genderqueer human with bleached hair and glasses, Laneia a white woman with short blonde hair, Kayla a south asian woman with long brown hair and glasses, Anya a white woman with glasses and long brown hair, Carmen a Black woman with glasses and short curly hair, Heather a white soft butch woman with glasses and short gray hair, Riese a white woman with medium length blonde hair, and Viv an east asian nonbinary human with short green hair.

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Some Answers to Some Things You’ve Been Asking Us #45

a collage of all the recipes the team has shared from a whiskey neat to christmas cookies to mushroom gracy, pasta cabonara, a 7 layer cake, sausage balls, and a grasshopper drink

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Recipes

A Very Special Senior Team Holigay Recipe Roundup

a collage of six of the autostraddle team member photos - vanessa, shelli, carmen, nico, kayla and drew

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The Autostraddle Insider Issue 98: November 2022

a collage of drew, carmen, heather and kayla's insider images

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The Autostraddle Insider Issue 97: October 2022

black and white photos of the autostraddle team are set against a lime green backdrop and behind negroni spagliattos. riese is a white woman with blonde hair and is holding a water bottle and smiling. Carmen is a Black woman with her hair up in a wrap drinking from a water bottle and smiling. Viv is an Asian human with short hair drinking from a glass water bottle and looking serious. Anya is a white woman with long brown hair and glasses drinking from a mug with a cat on it. Laneia is a white woman with short dark hair in this photo drinking from a giant jar of something which is maybe tea. She also has glasses. Nico is a white genderqueer human drinking from a coffee thermos and wearing glasses. Their hair is bleached and short and shaved on the sides. Kayla is a South Asian woman with long brown hair and glasses who is smiling over a cute little cocktail and heather is a soft butch white woman with short hair and glasses holding up one of our PRAY THE GAY TO STAY fundraiser mugs

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Some Answers to Some Things You’ve Been Asking Us #44

a collage oc casey's, sa'iyda's, laneia's tracy's, drew's, kayla's, carmen's, and em's insider photos

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The Autostraddle Insider Issue 96: September 2022

a collage of the insider photos of nico, tracy, laneia, carmen and valerie

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The Autostraddle Insider Issue 95: August 2022

Everyone on the Autostraddle senior team (Kayla, Carmen, Riese, Viv, Anya, Heather, Laneia and Nico are seen backgrounded by A League of Their Own style stars against an oldey timey film-y looking backdrop of a bright blue sky with clouds. Each person's name appears in a ribbon below their smiling photograph.

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Some Answers to Some Things You’ve Been Asking Us #43

Across, left to right: Carmen, a Black woman, sits against a concrete block graffitied with the word, "chula." She is wearing coral pants, birkenstocks and a black tee. Her hair is parted and curly and she is wearing hoop earrings and sunglasses. Viv, an Asian person, frowns at the camera with the sun behind them. They have green, buzzed hair and are wearing a black tank top. Drew, a white woman, takes a bathroom mirror selfie. She is wearing a short crop top revealing her stomach and is looking at the camera in a devastatingly mean manner. Her hair is long and curly. Shelli Nicole, a Black woman, poses for the camera, looking hot. She is wearing an orange tank and gold neckaces and hoop earrings and nose ring. She has a bag slung over her shoulder.

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The Autostraddle Insider Issue 94: July 2022

a collage made up of as team members living their best lives this june. this features katie, anya and her mom, carmen, vanessa, tracy, drew, viv, and himani

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The Autostraddle Insider Issue 93: June 2022

12 images of Autostraddle team members are collaged together. Kayla stands in a bathing suit on the beach, Riese poses with Carol and a friend on a hike, Drew eats ice cream sitting at the beach, Nicole climbs over a field of boulders, Ro deals with the wind on a roof, Viv poses by a giant rock Georgia O'Keefe sculpture, Darcy lounges in a pool among trees, Carmen smiles outdoors at a rainbow flag painted intersection, Tracy sits in the Philadelphia magic gardens, Anya poses in front of blooming trees, Abeni lies in a hammock outdoors, and Vanessa poses with Zucchini the dog outdoors by a stream

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The Autostraddle Insider Issue 92: May 2022

There are two rows of four AS team members in this collage. Top from left to right, Nicole a white genderqueer human with glasses holds up a glass bowl of wild violets, Heather a white soft butch woman with short gray hair and black glasses holds up three orange roses and raises an eyebrow winningly, Carmen a Black woman with curly hair glasses and hoop earrings who is also wearing a cute bandanna tied in a bow at the top of her head is holding up a bouquet of small pink flowers and smiling with her eyes over them, and Tracy and Mia who are our Yikes tech team hold up a bouquet of spring flowers - Tracy has short black hair and a nose piercing and is asian, Mia is wearing a beanie and has a gray bob. On the bottom left to right, Vanessa a white woman with long brown hair wearing sunglasses and a pink outfit is posing near a bounty of pink blossoms on a tree her head raised in a blissful expression, Dani a Black woman with curly Black hair and large vintage inspired glasses gazes at the viewer with lips slightly parted while holden a bouquet of flowers in various shades of yellow that also match her gold top, Casey a white woman holds her baby who is smiling softly while Casey smiles broadly in front of a single red tulip, and Shelli a Black woman with long black hair and a nose piercing smiles playfully over a single white rose.

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The Autostraddle Insider Issue 91: April 2022

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 #41

This is a collage of six photos. Shelli is wearing a "Break Up With Him" graphic tee, Carmen is wearing a Whitney Houston graphic tee, Drew is wearing a Lois Weber productions graphic tee, Kayla is wearing a Bubba Gump Shrimp House graphic tee, Nicole is pictured with their girlfriend both wearing matching "I'm a Citizen Detective" tees with Misty's face on them from Yellowjackets, and Laneia is wearing a tee that reads "World's Greatest Dad"

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The Autostraddle Insider Issue 90, March 2022

The A+ Discord Senior Staff Hang - Monday March 21 from 4pm to 6pm PST. This image, on top of a background of notebook paper and doodles, depicts each of the senior team members in polaroid esque photo frames. They are Laneia, Anya, Nicole, Heather, Kayla, Carmen, and Riese

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Hang Out With Our Senior Team on Discord!

this is a collage of 6 team members reading books. Carmen reads from a Toni Morrison book. Heather peeks over a novel at the viewer. Drew reclines with a cute dog while reading an older looking book. Meg looks at the viewer while holding a book open. Dani peers over the top of a book. Nicole looks at the viewer while reading a Fran Lebowitz book.

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The Autostraddle Insider: Issue 89, February 2022

An Asian person with short hair and pink lipstick is writing in a notebook next to a MacBook computer, at a wooden desk overlooking a window with greenery.

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Autostraddle Is Hiring New Writers for Our Team! Is That You?

a collage of Autostraddle team members Shelli, Carmen, Laneia, Meg, Sally, Kayla, Em and Drew are each drinking beverages in this themed collage! Shelli is drinking a cocktail, Carmen is drinking from a water bottle, Laneia has a green juice, Meg has tea in a tarot mug, Sally has a beverage in Autostraddle's fundraiser gay computer mug, Kayla has a cocktail that looks very fruity and orange, Em is drinking out of a mug shaped like a human torso in a sexy way, and Drew is drinking tea in front of a laptop.

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The Autostraddle Insider Issue 88, January 2022

A collage of editors' favorite cover features of 2021. in the middle is the text: End of Year Lists 2021.

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Autostraddle Editors Choose (Some of) Their Favorite Posts They Had Nothing To Do With

Sarah, Riese, Kayla, Carmen, Nicole, Heather and Laneia each appear as floating heads behind laptops. The background is grainy and white. Everyone except Heather is smiling hugely.

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Some Answers to Some Things You’ve Been Asking Us #39

Sarah, Riese, Kayla, Carmen, Nicole, Heather and Laneia each appear as floating heads behind laptops. The background is grainy and white. Everyone except Heather is smiling hugely.

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Some Answers to Some Things You’ve Been Asking Us #38

Sarah, Riese, Carmen, Nicole, Heather and Laneia each appear as floating heads behind laptops. The background is grainy and white. Everyone except Heather is smiling hugely.

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Some Answers to Some Things You’ve Been Asking Us #37

Rachel, Carmen, Sarah, Laneia, and Riese all work on their computers. Sarah is flopping back on the couch.

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Some Answers to Some Things You’ve Been Asking Us #36

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OUR A+ Personal Questions AMA is NOW! 11am-4pm PST

The feature reads: Autostraddle Town Hall. It also has photos of Shelli, Rachel, Carmen, Laneia, and Nicole

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June Town Hall Transcript

A green and purple graphic featuring a black and white photo of Ro wearing a party hat, and the text "everything you need to know about strap-on sex"

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LIVE Queer Sex Workshop: Register for Everything You Need to Know About Strap-On Sex

Two women wearing underwear embrace sleepily underneath the covers in bed.

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How to Have Gay Sex for the First Time: A Workshop with Luna Matatas

A photo of Luna smiling on a purple and green background with the text How to Have Gay Sex for the First Time with Luna Matatas

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LIVE QUEER SEX 101 WORKSHOP: Register for How to Have Gay Sex for the First Time with Luna Matatas

Rachel, Laneia, Carmen, Riese and Sarah all sit together near a couch on their laptops. Sarah's laughing, Carmen and Riese are looking at her, and Rachel and Laneia are looking at their computers.

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Some Answers to Some Things You Were Asking Us # 35

A photo of Archie Bongiovanni smiling over a green-and-purple background and text that reads "All About Sex Toys with Archie Bongiovanni"

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VIDEO: Learn All About Sex Toys with Archie Bongiovanni

A purple-and-green graphic featuring a smiling photo of Archie and the text "all about sex toys with archie bongiovanni // queer sex 101 workshop series"

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LIVE WORKSHOP: A+ Members, Register to Learn All About Queer Sex Toys LIVE with Archie!

A graphic that reads You Did It! Thank You For Raising $220,000!

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You Made the Seemingly Impossible Possible: Thank You from the Senior Team

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