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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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How Do I Re-Friend-Zone My Friend After the Worst Sex of My Life?

Advice on how to stay friends when the friend you hooked up with wants more, flagging with carabiners, and whether it’s okay if your wife is your only IRL friend.

the team

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Apr 19, 2024

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AS Insider #109 April ’24: All the ‘Rejected’ April Fool’s Day Headlines

“Straight Couples Who Aren’t Fucking Are Appropriating Lesbian Bed Death Culture”

The Editors

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Apr 18, 2024

22 down / 5 letters / hint: Apt rhyme for orgasm

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AF+ Crossword Is Jumping on the Bandwagon

In America, using the metric system can get you in legal trouble.

Rebecca Goldstein

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Apr 13, 2024

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I Think My Hot Girlfriend Is Gonna Leave Me For Someone Hotter

Advice for coping when your Instagram-beloved girlfriend seems too hot for you, rekindling romance after long Covid, and how to flirt — gayly.

the team

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Apr 12, 2024

32 across / 4 letters / clue: "The Incredibles" fashion icon Mode

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AF+ Crossword Prefers Tagalongs

Instagram keeps showing me videos of Clinton’s Vice President dancing.

Darby Ratliff

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Apr 6, 2024

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Help! I’ve Gotten ‘The Ick’ for My Girlfriend

Advice for suddenly feeling unattracted to your girlfriend, having your first ever crush on a cis dude, and finding a sex therapist.

the team

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Apr 5, 2024

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AF+ Crossword Is Sorry Not Sorry

How do flat-earthers travel?

Kate Hawkins

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Mar 30, 2024

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Is Refusing To Share My Location a Red Flag?

A request from a younger girlfriend has a reader wondering if her aversion to location sharing is a generational conflict. Also: how to keep a relationship sexy without sex and…

the team

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Mar 29, 2024