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A close up of Jukebox smiling at the camera on Raising Kanan
TV Show Recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: Raising Kanan Has One of the Best Teen Lesbians on TV, When Will People Pay Attention

I’ve long said that Jukebox is the heartbeat of Raising Kanan. It’s a bit of a double-edged sword when you think about it.

Carmen Phillips December 29, 2023
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Culture

What’s In and Out for 2024

IN: Ethical Non-Monogamy (the action), OUT: Ethical Non-Monogamy (the phrase)

Drew Burnett Gregory December 29, 2023 17 Comments
Movie Features Politics + Activism

The Most Important Movie of the Year Is a Documentary From 1976

The Memory of Justice draws parallels between the Holocaust and the more recent horrors of the French occupation of Algeria and the American occupation of Vietnam.

Drew Burnett Gregory December 29, 2023 2 Comments
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Mini Crossword Had a Sneaking Suspicion

You know why they called it “the Dark Ages?”

Rachel December 29, 2023 1 Comment
Girlfriends by Emily Zhou
LGBT Book Reviews

Short Fiction Collection “Girlfriends” Presents Expansive, Nonlinear View of Transition and Dysphoria

The trans women in Girlfriends often find themselves stuck in the spiderweb of someone else’s drama or self-implosion.

Nic Anstett December 28, 2023 1 Comment
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First Person

For My 30th Birthday, I Moved Back to New York

Essays about turning 30 are almost as annoying as essays about moving to or from New York.

Drew Burnett Gregory December 28, 2023 8 Comments
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Dating

How To Support a Sex Partner With an Eating Disorder

I now have three years of recovery and a wonderful girlfriend by my side. I think I’m ready to talk about ways we can support our partners who have eating disorders.

Summer Tao December 28, 2023 3 Comments
Straddleverse

The 25 Most Popular Autostraddle Posts of 2023

These are the most-read stories we published on Autostraddle in the year 2023: L Word recaps, quizzes, lesbian celebrity gossip, World Cup gays and more!

Riese December 28, 2023
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First Person

Untethered: Mercury Retrogayde

USPS has been sending my mail to my ex.

Nico December 28, 2023 6 Comments
protesters gather to protest Israel's genocide of Palestine, and a group holds a banner that says HEALTHCARE WORKERS FOR A FREE PALESTINE
First Person

Gaza, We Carry You With Us

Every few days, Healthcare Workers Watch sends me a google drive folder with lists of names and photos of healthcare workers killed and abducted in Gaza.

MK December 28, 2023 27 Comments
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AF+

The Autostraddle Insider #106: December 2023

“Why did Riese and I write 50,000 words about this Hanukkah movie.”

The Editors December 27, 2023 2 Comments
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Food and Drink

Uncommon Pairings: Wines To Drink With Last-Minute Freezer Dinner

Mozzarella sticks are extremely salty, and they require something big to cut through that salt. Enter: Cab Sauv.

ashni December 27, 2023 1 Comment
Gorgeous Gruesome Faces by Linda Cheng
LGBT Book Reviews

Sapphic Yearning, Horror, and K-Pop Blend Perfectly in “Gorgeous Gruesome Faces”

I’ve never really been a horror girlie, but in recent months, I’ve found myself intrigued by YA books that have a horror element.

Sa'iyda Shabazz December 27, 2023
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Book Features

LGBTQ Fiction Sales Are Up, but We Still Urgently Need Creative Ways To Fight Book Bans

What does the LGBTQ book landscape look like right now? It’s complicated.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya December 27, 2023 8 Comments
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: A Very Chrishell Christmas!

If there is one thing Janelle Monáe is gonna do it is get in that damn Grinch costume.

Christina Tucker December 27, 2023 2 Comments
In Steven Spielberg's 1985 The Color Purple, Shug leans in to kiss Celie on the lips
LGBT History Movie Features

The History of the Color Purple Kiss

In 1982 Alice Walker wrote a Black queer text so ahead of its time, that 40 years later we’re still fighting to catch up.

Carmen Phillips December 27, 2023 20 Comments
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Puzzles

Mini Crossword is Hunky-Dory

I’m only familiar with 25 letters of the alphabet.

Rachel December 27, 2023
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Comedy

23 Low Stakes Personal Growth Milestones I Accomplished in 2023

2. I successfully transitioned my hair from a side part to a middle part. (This was directly inspired by the feature film M3GAN.)

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya December 26, 2023 6 Comments
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AF+

“Too Queer, Too Smart” for Abuse

“They didn’t hit me. They didn’t throw me. They didn’t throw the phones, the glasses, the blow dryers, at me. They were just near me and it was always somehow my fault.”

Holly December 26, 2023 7 Comments
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Health

Here’s a Step-By-Step Guide on How to Find a Therapist

We’ve all been in a place where we know we should see a therapist, but the idea of even taking the steps from “yeah I should probably see someone someday” to “I called them yesterday and set up my first appointment” is daunting. I’m going to guide us through it.

Em Win December 26, 2023 5 Comments
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