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Yashwina

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About Yashwina

Yashwina Canter is a reader, writer, and dyke putting down roots in Portland, Oregon. You can find her online at @yashwinacanter.

All Posts on Autostraddle

The upcoming book Girls Like Girls by Hayley Kiyoko, surrounded by stars and against a blue and gray background

Literature

Rainbow Reading: Lesbian Jesus Hayley Kiyoko Wrote a Book

7 days ago 1 Comment

Lavender House by Lev AC Rosen

LGBT Book Reviews

As Anti-LGBTQ Legislation Ramps Up in My Home State, I Find Myself Returning to This Book

1 week ago 6 Comments

Love At First Set by Jennifer Dugan features cartoon women at a gym, one is blonde with her hair up wearing a white tank next to a bench press, and one is a brunette and wearing a dress looking shy

Literature

Rainbow Reading: Lifting Queers, Listen Up! New Sapphic Romance Set in a Gym Is Coming

3 weeks ago 3 Comments

The cover of Robin and her Misfits by Kelly Ann Jacobson features a biker helmet with a view of florida and palm trees inside it.

Literature

Rainbow Reading: This Upcoming Book Is a Queer Retelling of Robin Hood About DYKES ON BIKES

1 month ago 4 Comments

I Keep My Exoskeletons To Myself by M Crane features a blue cover and a black shadowy figure

LGBT Book Reviews

Dystopian Commentary Bares Its Teeth and Heart in “I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself”

2 months ago 7 Comments

Two women on a couch reading have their feet in the air touching

Literature

Rainbow Reading: Gearing Up for Valentine’s Day With Queer Romance Reads

2 months ago 8 Comments

A stack of books with bows on them and a lit birthday candle.

Literature

Rainbow Reading: Happy Birthgay!

3 months ago 5 Comments

A woman holds a coffee cup and a book in her hands

Literature

Rainbow Reading: Hey Siri, What’s the Opposite of Listless?

3 months ago 6 Comments

lonely woman sits alone outside, thinking of someone who isn't there

Friendship

You Need Help: My Best Friend Broke Up With Me

3 months ago 19 Comments

Pageboy: A Memoir by Elliott Page

Literature

Rainbow Reading: Call That an Elliot Page-turner

3 months ago 2 Comments

A stack of books with a gold bow on top

Literature

Rainbow Reading: ’Tis the Damn Season Already?

4 months ago 3 Comments

A book with rainbow pages and the words Rainbow Reading

Literature

Rainbow Reading Stands With the HarperCollins Union Strike

5 months ago 13 Comments

A woman in a beanie and, purple pants, and a dark tank top and sneakers reads on her phone.

Literature

Rainbow Reading: It’s a Good Time To Be a Sports Gay

5 months ago 3 Comments

A woman with long straight hair reads a book

Literature

Rainbow Reading: So! Many! Queer! Books!

5 months ago 5 Comments

Book Features

Chance and Error Are Friends to Sadie Dupuis’ Writing Process

5 months ago 1 Comment

Book pages in the shape of a heart

Literature

Rainbow Reading: We Fell in Love (With Some Rad New Books) in October

6 months ago 2 Comments

a collage of Robyn on the left, a white trans woman with hair dyed black and pink, in the center, a photo of Artemis an angry gray cat, and to the right, Yashwina, a South Asian person with tattoos, brown hair, who is wearing overalls

A+

Things I’ve Never Asked My Friend Who I “Married” in Kindergarten About Queer Horror, Books!

6 months ago No Comments

An illustrated woman peeks from behind a book

Literature

Rainbow Reading: Book Hangovers Are Real and I Have One

6 months ago 4 Comments

Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

LGBT Book Reviews

In “Nona the Ninth,” Tamsyn Muir Zooms In on Her Goth Puzzle Box World

6 months ago 8 Comments

A woman reads a book on a bench, and stars are bursting from it.

Literature

Rainbow Reading: Book Recommendations From Hot People Just Hit Different

7 months ago 9 Comments

A crow against an orange and blue background

Literature

Rainbow Reading: Even the Crows Are Queer in This Upcoming Speculative Novella

7 months ago 7 Comments

A person with an egg for a head and a person with toast for a head hug within a heart and are surrounded by pancakes, waffles, eggs, and bacon

First Person

This Diner Is Where My Relationships Begin — And End

8 months ago 10 Comments

Lesbian Love Story by Amelia Possanza

Literature

Rainbow Reading: Exclusive “Lesbian Love Story” Cover Reveal!

8 months ago 4 Comments

A collage of an open book and flowers against a blue, gray, and teal background.

Literature

Rainbow Reading: Queer Utopias Are Necessities

8 months ago 6 Comments

Our Wives Under The Sea by Julia Armfield against a dark pink, light pink, mint, and yellow background

Literature

Rainbow Reading: Happy “Our Wives Under The Sea” Week to All Who Celebrate

9 months ago 7 Comments

An illustrated woman sails on a large book.

Literature

Rainbow Reading: Give Me Your Most Escapist Book Recommendations

9 months ago 9 Comments

The cover of Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour features a glass with a cocktail in it and a vase with flowers in it. The image is repeated three times.

LGBT Book Reviews

“Yerba Buena” Is the Perfect Book To Bask in This Summer

9 months ago 10 Comments

The cover of Rainbow Rainbow by Lydia Conklin features a swirling rainbow pattern. The image is repeated three times.

LGBT Book Reviews

With Characters From Middle School to Middle Age, This LGBTQ Short Fiction Collection Has the Range

9 months ago 3 Comments

A Black girl with her hair pulled back holds a stack of books while smiling and wearing a buttondown denim shirt

Literature

Rainbow Reading: The 2022 Lambda Literary Award Winners, Erotic Cookbooks, and More!

10 months ago 4 Comments

A Black woman with braids wears a brown leather jacket and holds a book in front of her face.

Literature

Rainbow Reading: What Are You Reading This Pride Month?

10 months ago 22 Comments

In a room with white walls, a woman with olive skin, long, brown hair and floral tattoos on her lower arm sits in a white bed with her chin in her hand. To her left, a woman with pale skin and short brown hair who is wearing a grey T-shirt sits with her arms crossed.

Dating

Competitive Queerness Gives Me the Ick

10 months ago 16 Comments

A cartoon woman wearing a red swimsuit dives into a book

Literature

Rainbow Reading: Don’t Stop Believer-ing

10 months ago 5 Comments

A cartoon woman holds a stack of books so big that it covers her face.

Literature

Rainbow Reading: A Fictional Happy-Ever-After Doesn’t Always Satisfy When It’s a Real Life Happy-Ever-After That I Want

11 months ago 5 Comments

A cartoon of Shakespeare sits against a multicolored background.

Literature

Rainbow Reading: Have You Heard About This Queer YA Retelling of Julius Caesar?

11 months ago 8 Comments

Mal Blum's new EP Ain't It Nice

Music

Mal Blum on Their New EP “Ain’t It Nice,” Queer Americana, and Finding Humor in Sorrow

12 months ago 5 Comments

A glass of beer sits on top of a stack of books. A hand is pouring a beer bottle into the beer glass.

Literature

Rainbow Reading: I’m a Book-at-the-Bar Kind of Nerd

12 months ago 12 Comments

The book Body Work by Melissa Febos

Book Features

Melissa Febos on “Body Work,” Medieval Women, and First Drafts

1 year ago 3 Comments

A tween is curled up in a blanket reading a book

Literature

Rainbow Reading: I’ve Been Thinking About What I Was Reading When I Was 13

1 year ago 8 Comments

A Black woman in a red beret reads a book with a mug in one hand

Literature

Rainbow Reading: Trans! Vampire! Romance!

1 year ago 4 Comments

The book covers of SubGurlz, Sister Gin, The Swashbuckler, Persistent Desire, Paperback Romance, Stone Butch Blues, Highsmith, and The Case Of The Good-For-Nothing Girlfriend

Quizzes

Quiz: Which Vintage Queer Classic From Yash’s Bookshelf Are You?

1 year ago 13 Comments

River Butcher in a jean jacket and black button-up standing on stage with a microphone laughing in front of a purple backdrop

TV Reviews

River Butcher Is “A Different Kind of Dude” in His New Stand-Up Special

1 year ago 5 Comments

A retro woman reads a book holding a glass bottle of Coke in one hand

Literature

Rainbow Reading: More Like Mercury READtrograde, Am I Right!

1 year ago 4 Comments

A woman in ripped jeans and a flannel sits in a blue chair reading a book and holding a mug

Literature

Rainbow Reading: A New Story Collection From Carmen Maria Machado Is Coming!

1 year ago 12 Comments

A book with rainbow pages and the words Rainbow Reading

Literature

Rainbow Reading: It’s Showtime, Folks

1 year ago 16 Comments

Four American Girl dolls against a white background

Herstory

Which Historical Lesbian Bars Would American Girl Dolls Have Visited?

1 year ago 40 Comments

A collage of tomboys featured in the article

Movie Lists

You Can’t Convince Me These Early Hollywood Tomboys Weren’t Gay

1 year ago 27 Comments

Malinda Lo holding her book Last Night At The Telegraph Club and her National Book Award trophy

Book Features

Malinda Lo on Her Historic National Book Award Win and Lesbian Literature’s History and Future

1 year ago 8 Comments

Malinda Lo, who won a National Book Award, next to the winning book: Last Night at the Telegraph Club

Book Features

Malinda Lo Won a National Book Award for “Last Night at the Telegraph Club” — And I Yelled

1 year ago 8 Comments

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