AF+ Crossword Is At the Salon
Always keeping it stylish
My Roommate’s Nudity Habit Is Weirding Me Out
Can you build healthy boundaries without body-shaming an unclothed roommate? Also can you teach a bad kisser to be a good kisser?
Cowboy Clairvoyant: A Queer Tarot Reading for Those Considering Breaking Up
Breaking up is hard to do, yes, but not impossible.
AF+ Crossword Has a Few Tricks Up Its Sleeve
Don’t blink or you might miss it!
Will Everyone Always Seem Second-Best to My Ex?
They checked every box, but now it’s over and nothing else seems to come close. Will it always be this way? Also, we help a reader decide if she should shave her bush just because someone asked her to.
A Breastfeeding Journey Of a Thousand Miles Begins With a Single Baby Step
“I woke up feeling like someone had run me over with a truck and I thought, “I guess this is motherhood.” And probably would’ve died thinking that.”
I Treat My Wife Like a Barbie Doll and She Likes It
Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Kristen Arnett discuss the sliding scale of gender expression and how a femme wife is like having an IRL Barbie.
AF+ Crossword’s Got a Real Jam Goin’ Down
And across, too!
I’m Moving In With My Ex-Situationship (Wait, There’s More)
She’s dating your bestie, still flirts with you, and you’re all three moving in together?! Also, a reader wonders if she’s really a lesbian if all of her exes came out as trans men.
To L and Back Podcast: Ultimatum Queer Love Edition, Episodes 208 – 210
We got the ‘To L and Back’ band back together to discuss the messy glory of ‘The Ultimatum: Queer Love’ — the pain, the glory, the tongue kissing in sushi restaurants and why Haley does NOT in fact owe Dayna an apology.
Every Al Pacino Movie Is Gay
The queerness of Pacino’s filmography is a reminder. While the media and your worst uncle claim the newness of queer and trans people, the truth is we have always been here. This cinema belongs to us as much as it does any straight film bro.
AF+ Crossword Is Not So Odd
Normalize crosswords!!
My Boyfriend Doesn’t Trust Me to Party at Pride This Year
You cheated on your boyfriend and now he’s asking you to stay home from Pride parties — is that fair? Also, how to navigate different types of political activism.
Mal Wright Didn’t Want To Be Your Favorite ‘Ultimatum: Queer Love’ Cast Member
In anticipation of the Season Two premiere, Mal tells us everything about how The Ultimatum: Queer Love works and what was really going on behind the scenes, from Choice Day procedure to Reunion regrets.
The Former Long-Distance Couple Who F*cked So Much They Made Each Other Sick
“I was showing up to classes late, missing deadlines, covered in hickeys.”
The People We Miss From Breakups Other Than Our Exes
I think of all the people who exited my life because of breakups and how neither of us knew our final conversations with each other were exactly that.
Dykes Discuss Celine Song’s ‘Materialists’
Two dykes break down the baffling heterosexuality (and plot choices) in Celine Song’s second film, Materialists.
AF+ Crossword Says the Magic Words
Just thinking about how Abra evolves into Kadabra evolves into Alakazam.
Should I Stick It Out at My Christian College?
You could graduate debt-free, or you could see what else is out there. Also, we help a nonbinary reader feel more supported in this binary world.
Of Course Agnès Varda Was Bisexual
The reveal that Varda was bisexual should have filled me with the joy of a Gaylor finding a Karli Kloss sex tape. Instead, it felt like information I’d already known.