Kristen Arnett, a white butch human with long straight brown hair and glasses is drawn in an MS paint style in three separate images. In the farmost left one, they are wearing a blue button up and gazing thoughtfully off to the left. In the center one, she is wearing a tank, some necklaces and rings and looking awesome. All the way to the right, he is sticking their tongue out all the way revealing a tongue ring while wearing a Jaws tee shirt. illustrations of money rain down in the background

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Queerness Is Messy, I Am Messy and That’s a Very Good Thing

It would have been impossible for me to write the novels and stories that I’ve created without the help of Autostraddle.

an MS paint style feature image with three different drawings of managing editor kayla. she is a south asian woman with long brown hair. she is wearing white and looking serious, fun and flirty all at once. in the central drawing she is holding a pink cocktail. the background is covered in drawings of money and a pyramid

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Who Else Is Going To Publish a History of Lesbian Cheerleaders?

At a small, indie operation like Autostraddle, I can say that the more funds we raise, the less we have to remain hyper-vigilant about our own survival, the more we can concentrate on the core of our work, the sooner I can get these projects out into the world, the more I can do the kind of erotic-academic work I love to do.

a rainbow background covered in a chaotic amalgamation of ms paint style dogs and cats and chicks with a cat sleeping on an open laptop that is open to the autostraddle website

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Together, How Far Can We Go?

You all have never, ever raised money for Autostraddle this quickly.

the brown and white comment dog, peering over their laptop with the words "hey did you see that comment?" the background is light blue, and there are a variety of hand-drawn pets, coins, and dollars in honor of this week's fundraiser.

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The Comment Awards Are Riding the Lesbian Party Bus

“I still wear my actual red Straddle This boxers!!”

three line drawings of carmen done in an MS paint style. Carmen is a Black woman with medium short curly hair parted in the center and large glasses who is shown here wearing hoops. the illustrations are smiling and celebratory. money rains down from above.

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The Little Things Matter

It’s complicated (or at least, it’s by design) that underneath structures of capitalism, queer independent media is never intended to survive.

a collage of the various fundraiser perks items along with cartoony illustrations of various autostraddle pets

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Save an Indie Queer Media Site, Get Cool Perks for Hot Gays

I don’t know sounds like a deal to me!

against a background of MS paint style autostraddle animals including Carol and an open laptop with a cat lying on it is a bunch of cartoon money. In a rainbow gradient, the words The Autostraddle Fundraiser 2023 are set large and centered

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We Need You To Buy Us Some Time Before Time Runs Out

If we don’t get the money we need, we’ll be gone before Pride.

a chaotic image with an ms paint style cat and two dogs on it - including carol. the cat is heather's cat dobby. there is a rainbow bar chart, illustrations of money, and several other mathematical looking charts.

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Yes, Fundraising Is Part of Our Business Model: Here’s Why

Here are updates to our current financial situation. Still, the essentials of everything we’ve been saying for years are true. Fundraising is a part of our business model!

A small brown and white dog sitting in front of a laptop with the words "hey did you see that comment?" The O in Comment is a soda can.

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The Comment Awards Are Bubbly Inside and Out

“‘Raw-dogging some pre-pickles in a Sodastream’ made me spit take my very boring Diet Coke.”

A small, brown and white dog peeking over their laptop screen, with a caption that says "Hey did you see that comment?!"

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The Comment Awards Are All Lit Up Inside

“I came for the lights and left wanting to know more about your Disney villain mom!”

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The Comment Awards Are Back on the Apps

“Can someone make an app for that, please? We can call it SPIT!”

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The Comment Awards Love You, And You, And You, Forever!

“Does this mean I’m fulfilling a lifelong dream in which not only am I NOT a danger with a bow and arrow, but actively skilled?”

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The Comment Awards Are Writing Fanfiction About Dana Scully

“Can’t wait for the Daddy quiz and to see what all the pairings become!!!”

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The Comment Awards Are Both Fascinating and Slightly Unhinged

“So proud that my wife Natasha Lyonne is fathering children with Drew Barrymore, who has been an agent of queer chaos since she turned Darlene Connor gay in Poison Ivy.”