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Food and Drink

Uncommon Pairings: What Wine You Should Drink Based on Your Star Sign

Geminis, at their best, are adaptable, playful, and great in group settings — like sparkling wines!

ashni August 23, 2023
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Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Christina Aguilera Really Wanted You to Know She Kissed Madonna Too

Raven-Symoné tells Whoopi she gives off ‘lesbian vibes, Megan Rapinoe responds to her critics, Sha’Carri Richardson is the fastest woman in the world, and more!

Heather Hogan August 23, 2023 5 Comments
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: This Ken Is Extremely Hot to Me!

Also, this Keke Palmer shoot is a slay for me.

Christina Tucker August 23, 2023 3 Comments
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Straddleverse

For Them Acquires Autostraddle: An Explainer

Everything there is to know about our future with For Them.

The Editors August 23, 2023 53 Comments
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LGBT Book Reviews

YA Favorite Jennifer Dugan’s Queer Thriller Debut Is a Lesson in Trauma

The Last Girls Standing gave me big Yellowjackets vibes.

Sa'iyda Shabazz August 23, 2023 1 Comment
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Puzzles

Mini Crossword Does the Deed

I put my root beer in a square glass.

Kate Hawkins August 23, 2023 2 Comments
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Dating

Going With the Flow: Red Flag or Hottest Quality?

Please just say how you feel!!!!

Em Win August 22, 2023 7 Comments
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Movie Features

Stewart Thorndike on “Bad Things,” Motherhood, and Her Childhood Nightmares

“The world is a frightening, frightening place, so I don’t really understand why every film isn’t a horror film.”

Drew Burnett Gregory August 22, 2023 2 Comments
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Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Laura Ann Carleton Fatally Shot Over Her Store’s Pride Flag in California

Also, some school districts are saying “yeahhhh I’m not gonna do all that” to anti-LGBTQ+ policies.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya August 22, 2023 2 Comments
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Straddleverse

Get In Here and Meet Kylo Freeman: For Them’s Founder and Autostraddle’s New CEO

“I’m used to working with an all-queer team that has amazing creative ideas that are a little bit out of the box, so it feels like a perfect fit from my end.”

Riese August 22, 2023 177 Comments
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Friendship Relationships

You Need Help: Am I Her Best Friend or Am I Being Emotionally Manipulated?

It’s possible your needs and views when it comes to intimacy are incompatible.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya August 22, 2023 10 Comments
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Sports

WNBA Week 12: The New York Liberty Finally Look Like That Promised Super Team

The WNBA is sprinting toward the 2023 playoffs. As always, Natalie and Heather break it all down and make some bold predictions about end-of-season individual awards. 

Natalie, Heather Hogan and Carmen Phillips
August 21, 2023 10 Comments
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TV Feature

10 Essential Episodes of Riverdale

The episodes of Riverdale most often made fun of online are actually some of the finest installments of the series.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya August 21, 2023 6 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

Does “Love Island USA” Finally Have a Queer Couple?

Johnnie Garcia came out as bisexual and kissed Kassy Castillo in the most recent episode.

Heather Hogan August 21, 2023 2 Comments
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Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Like You, Abbi Jacobson Thinks ALOTO’s Cancellation Is Cowardly Bullshit

Stardew Valley (but with murder!), The Last of Us is still casting Abby for season two, and more!

Heather Hogan August 21, 2023 3 Comments
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Movie Reviews

20 Years Later, “Thirteen” (2003) Should Be In the Queer Girl Coming-of-Age Canon

Some movies are so powerful, you don’t even have to see them. It’s enough to steal a furtive glance at two older girls with pierced tongues on a DVD cover at your local Blockbuster.

Drew Burnett Gregory August 21, 2023 16 Comments
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Parenting & Family

Queer Mom Chronicles: How Do We Engage With Queer Mom Influencer Culture?

One of my biggest issues with mom-fluencer culture in general is that there is a lack of ability to create meaningful conversations around the issues that plague motherhood.

Sa'iyda Shabazz August 21, 2023 6 Comments
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Puzzles

Mini Crossword Wrote / This Clever Headline About / Sex And Cats (For You!)

I’ve been reading up on the 
thesaurus lately

Rebecca Goldstein August 21, 2023
Quizzes TV Feature

Guess Which of These Riverdale Storylines Is Real and Which I Completely Made Up

Riverdale’s final season ends this week. How much do you remember about what has happened?

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya August 20, 2023 18 Comments
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Movie Features TV Feature

A Queer Syllabus for the Writers and Actors Strike

As Hot Strike Summer rapidly turns into Hot Strike Fall — I’ve become deeply interested in the trend where the forefront of labor movements are vocally and visibly, well, gay as hell.

Carmen Phillips August 20, 2023 11 Comments
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