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Into the A+ Advice Box #78: Forgiveness and Accountability

Should you forgive an abusive parent? What should you do with a conflict between your ex girlfriend and a friend? And more!

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Interview With My Fiancé: Kristen

In which we talk for a weirdly long time about who does laundry but also Yellowjackets, why a punk cover of “Mambo Italiano” is “our song,” and our sex drives.

AF+ Puzzles

A+ Crossword Is in Your Top 8

How do you make holy water?

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Now A+ Members Can Take shea’s “Writing Yourself Home” Workshop at Your Own Pace

Writing Yourself Home is a special generative workshop for writers of all ages that honors the complexities of what constitutes “home.”

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Interview With My Girlfriend: Gretchen

We had a kickball game and I said, “if we win, we can talk about what this is. And if we lose, then we continue hooking up and we don’t have to talk about it.”

AF+ Puzzles

A+ Crossword Has a Layover in Chicago

I recently went to the “World’s Tiniest Wind Turbine” exhibit.

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AF+ Parenting & Family

Into the A+ Advice Box #77: Should You Co-Parent With Your Queer Friends?

Plus self-harm scars and dating, crushing hard on your married coworker, learning to celebrate yourself and more!

A rectangular collage graphic of the current Autostraddle team with the text “100” on top. The background is a grid of 100 grainy photos in black and white of the faces of the staff and writers. There are small squares in lime green, bright orange, fuchsia, and cyan colors overlayed on top of the photos as if to color the photo. On top of the photo grid is the text “100" in large wide chunky font with a thin white outline. The text is filled with a white and blue gradient that appears to be glowing. The letters radiate a lavender gradient noise shadow that fades into transparency so the photos behind can be seen. Team members shown in the collage are: Riese Bernard, Carmen Phillips, Anya Richkind, Nico Hall, Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya, Heather Hogan, Viv Le, Laneia Jones, Tracy Levesque, Ro White, Shelli Nicole, Vanessa Friedman, A.Tony Jerome, Abeni Jones, Amari Gaiter, Analyssa Lopez, Ashni Mehta, Casey Stepaniuk, Christina Tucker, Dani Janae, Darcy Cooper, Drew Gregory, Em Win, Himani, Julie Gentile, KaeLyn Rich, Katie Reilly, Lily Alvarado, Meg Jones Wall, Niko Stratis, Sa’iyda Shabazz, Sally Neate, shea martin, Stef Rubino, Valerie Anne, Yash Canter.

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The Autostraddle Insider Issue 100: January 2023

“what if autostraddle just became a mariah carey fansite”

AF+ Puzzles

A+ Crossword Has Some Explaining to Do

Head’s up! There’s a hell of an editor’s note in here, so gird those loins.

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A+ Roundtable: Our Favorite Sex Toys

It’s an evergreen, be all and end all, “sisterhood of the traveling pants”-style, magically perfect for every need, kind of vibrator.

AF+ Puzzles

A+ Crossword Is Playing Charades Tonight

You should stop by.

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Into the A+ Advice Box #76: JEALOUSY AND ENVY

“That’s what envy’s like. Not just wanting what other people have, but becoming so consumed by it that you end up casting yourself as a supporting character in their story, instead of inhabiting the full and wondrous world of your own story, where you’re the main character.”