“Obamacare turned me from a liability into a full citizen worth protecting, and to see it roll backward instead of march forward would be a stain on our national history and an immediate threat to countless people.”

“I’ve got anxiety, and lots of it. When my grandma sends me a Facebook message asking me to call home, I know everyone I love is dead. I know at least three serial killers live under my bed.”

Like, I think about buying a coffee and then am like “no no self, you can’t do that – you would need to speak to a person.”

Fruit, blogilates, and paddleboarding, oh my!

Autostraddle and A-Camp staff and family members are here to talk about what PP means to us as LGBT folks, and why we need it to be around for a very, very long time.

This week I thought we’d talk about the best ways to stay active if you spend most of your day sitting, whether it be because you’re studying or working a desk job or in another profession that requires lots of bum time.

It’s gonna get really real in here.

Why are you crying again? How are you supposed to handle this? What are feelings and why do you keep having them? Let’s find out!

“This will become a regular thing — a weekly recap of what’s working for me and what isn’t on my personal quest for improved health and wellness. There’ll be a lot of ground to cover because I have no fucking clue what I’m doing. Everything I know about health was taught to me by a giraffe that lived in a trailer.”

“I guess the thing for me is that I feel good in my current body. It’s not conventionally perfect but it’s mine. It’s familiar and all my clothes fit it and I don’t really want it to change, not if I can prevent it with a healthy balanced diet.”

“If you’ve ever shared a living space with a partner or family member who wasn’t on board with your health goals, I’d be super interested in hearing how you navigated that.”

My exercise routine has started feeling cruisey so in an effort to push myself a little harder and further here’s what I’m doing.

Apps to predict when Flo visits, the painters paint the house red, when it suddenly turns to chocolate season, etc. LET’S TALK ABOUT PERIODS, Y’ALL!

The NIH has spent millions to find out why lesbians are more often overweight than straight women. But is it a matter of public health, or a product of the accepting nature of queer culture?

“On one hand, she said she fully supported my path to recovery, but in the same breath she would ask me provoking questions like ‘When is fun Ginger going to come back?’ in response to me choosing not to drink.”

“For these campers, I was their Joan of Arc. It’s like, I’m Joan, and their vag is the ark.”

“Social equality for all people, regardless of size, must become a goal of the queer movement.”

“How do I deal with an assault that wasn’t rape? How can I keep from feeling like my assault is being minimized?”

My best friend died one year ago today.

You started a new fitness routine, but how will you keep yourself from bailing out? I have a few ideas!