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The Ultimatum: Queer Love’s Bridget Matloff on What the Cameras Didn’t Show You

Bridget Matloff speaks on friendship with Gabby Windey, pressures of reality TV, thoughts on marriage, gender roles, and yes, haircare.

Gabrielle Grace Hogan

Sep 8, 2025

FIRST PERSON

I Was Already Afraid of My Inbox. Then a Death Threat Came

The deadline for my compliance with the “blackmail” had already passed. It was supposed to…

Nico

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Aug 13, 2025

FIRST PERSON

On Being a Masc Top From Rural Oklahoma

You’ve fucked every lesbian sorority girl in Oklahoma, someone tells me on an app. Well,…

Anonymous

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Jul 23, 2025

PARENTING & FAMILY

A Breastfeeding Journey Of a Thousand Miles Begins With a Single Baby Step

“I woke up feeling like someone had run me over with a truck and I…

Riese

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Jul 10, 2025

first person

I Was Already Afraid of My Inbox. Then a Death Threat Came

The deadline for my compliance with the “blackmail” had already passed. It was supposed to be noon.

Nico

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Aug 13, 2025

first person

On Being a Masc Top From Rural Oklahoma

You’ve fucked every lesbian sorority girl in Oklahoma, someone tells me on an app. Well, I said. Probably not all of them, right?

Anonymous

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Jul 23, 2025

parenting & family

A Breastfeeding Journey Of a Thousand Miles Begins With a Single Baby Step

“I woke up feeling like someone had run me over with a truck and I thought, “I guess this is motherhood.” And probably would’ve died thinking that.”

Riese

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Jul 10, 2025

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1 down / 5 letters / "Queen ___" (show staring Rutina Wesley set in Louisiana)

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AF+ Mini Crossword Is Fit for a Queen

Well, maybe not a size queen. But other kinds of queens!

Emet Ozar

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Oct 4, 2024

Two images. One shows someone holding a cat, the other shows a person holding some jewelry.

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I Trusted My Friend With My Cat. Then She Stole My Candle.

Some things are missing, but did the cat-sitter actually steal them? That’d be nuts, right? Also, is it a red flag if someone isn’t friends with their exes?

the team

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Oct 4, 2024

8 across / 6 letters / Gymnast and journalist Hernandez who made an "and they were roommates" joke while commentating during the Olympics

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AF+ Mini Crossword Is Making a List and Checking It Twice

The contents of said list are surprisingly mundane.

Darby Ratliff

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Oct 2, 2024

59 across / 3 letters / Las Vegas Ace's star Wilson

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AF+ Full-Size Crossword is Very Big

Like, 15×15 squares big. That’s a huge (compared to other Autostraddle puzzles)!

Kate Hawkins

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Sep 28, 2024

5 across / 6 letters / "___ Einbinder: Everything Must Go" (stand-up special written by and starring ___ Einbinder)

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AF+ Mini Crossword Is Making Sourdough

BRB, gotta go feed my starter.

Kate Hawkins

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Sep 27, 2024

Collage shows a mom holding a child next to an image of a cropped shot of a person in drag.

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My Family Is Freaking Out That We Took Our Daughter To a Drag Brunch

The drag queens loved your toddler and your aunt is absolutely losing her mind! Also, can you ask your gf to shave her bush?

the team

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Sep 26, 2024

kristen and her son in front of a fuzzy black and white image from the gilmore girls

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I Am Not Lorelai Gilmore But I Also Kind of Am

“Suddenly I was pregnant. And then I was a dropout. And then I was a single mother. I had no money or resources outside of my deeply evangelical family, the…

Kristen Arnett

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Sep 25, 2024