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A+ Roundtable: The Things We Carry

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the team June 15, 2022 30 Comments
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Member2Member Advice: Pod Swap

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Nico June 10, 2022 67 Comments
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Interview With My Girlfriend: Amanda

“I never really wanted to move in there and be like, “Hey son,” you know? That’s my stepdad voice.”

Laneia June 8, 2022 28 Comments
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Into the A+ Advice Box #61: When Should a Person Cut Off Given Family?

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the team June 3, 2022 33 Comments
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The Autostraddle Insider Issue 92: May 2022

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Interview With My Ex: Courtney

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The Autostraddle Team Maysturbation Survey Results Are In!

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Into the A+ Advice Box #60: SEX

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the team May 20, 2022 14 Comments
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Interview With My Wife: Stacy

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Heather Hogan May 18, 2022 32 Comments
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A+ Roundtable: Sex With an Ex

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the team May 17, 2022 9 Comments
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Member2Member Advice: GARDENING

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Nico May 13, 2022 114 Comments
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A+ Sex Diary: Crushing and Fantasizing; Sex Becomes About Escape

“I love it, especially when it’s close up…it’s like I can almost taste it.”

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Into the A+ Advice Box #59: You Love Her But There’s No Passion

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the team May 6, 2022 44 Comments
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A+ Roundtable: Do We Have Kids? Do We Want to Have Kids?

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the team May 5, 2022 88 Comments
There are two rows of four AS team members in this collage. Top from left to right, Nicole a white genderqueer human with glasses holds up a glass bowl of wild violets, Heather a white soft butch woman with short gray hair and black glasses holds up three orange roses and raises an eyebrow winningly, Carmen a Black woman with curly hair glasses and hoop earrings who is also wearing a cute bandanna tied in a bow at the top of her head is holding up a bouquet of small pink flowers and smiling with her eyes over them, and Tracy and Mia who are our Yikes tech team hold up a bouquet of spring flowers - Tracy has short black hair and a nose piercing and is asian, Mia is wearing a beanie and has a gray bob. On the bottom left to right, Vanessa a white woman with long brown hair wearing sunglasses and a pink outfit is posing near a bounty of pink blossoms on a tree her head raised in a blissful expression, Dani a Black woman with curly Black hair and large vintage inspired glasses gazes at the viewer with lips slightly parted while holden a bouquet of flowers in various shades of yellow that also match her gold top, Casey a white woman holds her baby who is smiling softly while Casey smiles broadly in front of a single red tulip, and Shelli a Black woman with long black hair and a nose piercing smiles playfully over a single white rose.
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The Autostraddle Insider Issue 91: April 2022

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