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Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Going Bottom to Top

“I’m sorry, I cannot stop laughing at Blondie McGee and Her Blondie Ancestors.”

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Movie Reviews

TIFF 2022: “Women Talking” Is a Complicated Film for Our Complicated World

To paraphrase a quote from Sarah Polley’s film, what’s the difference between forgiveness and permission?

Photo 1: Max Chapman in A League of Their Own wears a navy short sleeved buttondown with a blue ball cap with red brim and jeans. Photo 2: Max wears a white tank and unbuttoned long sleeve shirt and newsie cap. Photo 3: Max wears a burgundy short sleeved buttondown with a blue ball cap with red brim and a baseball mitt. Photo 4: Max wears a yellow silk blouse with a black vest and smiles.

Queer Fashion TV Feature

Style Thief: How To Dress Like League of Their Own’s Heartthrob Pitcher Max

Max Chapman has one of my favorite fashion arcs over the course of A League of Their Own. You can easily build a capsule wardrobe around her looks.

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AF+

Into the A+ Advice Box #67: Surviving the End of a 9-Year Relationship

Looking for children’s books with queer moms, binding as a cis woman, communications issues in relationships, and more!

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TV Reviews

Season 2 of “House of Ho” Has Queer Mommy Issues & Lots of Dyke Drama!

It’s pretty dykey and very messy — like a perfect end-of-summer treat!

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TV News & Trailers

Javicia Leslie, Other Bisexual, Queer, Lesbian Celebrities, Celebrate The Autostraddle TV Awards

We don’t have to look to straight, white, cis institutions to give merit and value to our stories. We get to do that on our own.

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Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Queen Elizabeth II Has Died at 96

Susan Sarandon made a bi joke about cats and dogs and somehow now she’s gone viral, the succession plan following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, and the politiciziation of school boards in the anti-queer culture wars.

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TV Reviews

“The Devil in Ohio” Annoyed the Hell Out Of Me But There’s a Cute Little Queer Storyline

“Despite all of these reservations, I binged the series rapidly while performing a series of basic household tasks, and I imagine perhaps that many of you will do the same.”

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AF+ First Person

Is There Life After High School?

“I wanted to have nightmares about monsters or mass shootings. It was too embarrassing — in the midst of global catastrophe — to be concerned with something as frivolous as high school.”

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Literature

Rainbow Reading: Book Recommendations From Hot People Just Hit Different

It’s a great time to immerse yourself in some LGBTQ+ sci-fi and genre fiction.

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TV Show Recaps

JoJo Siwa Dresses Like Dolly Parton, Gays Up “High School Musical: The Series” Even More

In JoJo Siwa’s first queer role, she basically plays herself. And it’s lovely.

Jasmin Savoy Brown (Yellowjackets), Javicia Leslie (Batwoman), Bilal Baig (Sort Of), Gentleman Jack, The L Word, Zendaya (Euphoria)

TV Feature

Presenting the Winners of the 2022 Autostraddle TV Awards!

We might not come with a fancy in-person ceremony or physical trophies, but as mainstream awards continue to overlook groundbreaking LGBTQ+ series, we vitally fill a gap in the television awards pomp and circumstance.

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Literature Meet-Ups / Events

A+ Read a Fucking Book Club Q&A with Sarah Thankam Mathews

This time, we’re reading All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews, a book our Managing Editor Kayla called “so good I dreaded finishing it.”

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Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Cate Blanchett Is NOT Making Lesbian Propaganda!

If she made you gay, it was an apolitical accident! Also: Sue Bird says goodbye to basketball, Derry Girls is coming to US Netflix finally, lesbians on Peppa Pig, and more!

Dating Podcasts

“Wait, Is This a Date?” Season Two FINALE: Long Distance Crushes with Elise Bauman

Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called… a season finale! And to celebrate that ending, who better to come on and discuss the joys and successes of a long distance crush, than actor and queer person Elise Bauman?

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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: Imagine Eating Risotto With Tessa Thompson?!

Plus, Mae Martin as Hunky Cowboy? Don’t mind if I do!!!

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Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: “The Ache Is Just as Important as the Orgasm,” Kristen Arnett on Writing Great Lesbian Sex

Marking Brittney Griner’s 200th day being wrongfully detained in Russia, polyamorous parenting, the summer of Black queer music, and the long unraveling of the Republican Party.

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LGBT Book Reviews

Queer Graphic Novel “Coven” Will Fill the Buffy-Shaped Hole in Your Heart

Do you like witches, gays, and found family, and fictional teen angst? Is there a Buffy- or Baby-Sitter’s Club- or Motherland: Fort Salem-shaped hole in your heart? Good news, this one’s for you!