Results for: Feel good
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#PolyamoryProblems: How Do I Know When It’s Time To Break Up?
The idea of breaking up, and/or transitioning your relationship to platonic as somehow a failure or throwing something away is one of those pesky ideas we need to unlearn.
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Into the A+ Advice Box #17: Tense Workplace Dynamics on a Remote Island Homestead and More!
Dating and inexperience and some really positive advice about this, grieving while starting graduate school, coping with feelings of jealousy and more!
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You Need Help: I’ve Never Had a Date and I’m So Lonely
The bad news is the answer to loneliness is not necessarily found on dating apps. The good news is you can meet people other ways.
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Into the A+ Advice Box: US Politics Special Edition
We asked you for the political questions or issues keeping you up at night. From getting started in activism, to questions about phone banking and volunteering, to the Supreme Court and what will happen with the legalization of gay marriage, untangling the United States’ electoral system, talking to your conservative relatives, and more — the Autostraddle team takes on your questions related to the US election. We’re all super stressed, but at least we have each other!
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#PolyamoryProblems: Opening Your Relationship 101
Welcome to the first installment of #PolyamoryProblems, a new advice column on Autostraddle. There are countless things I wish I had known before I started out, and lucky for you I’m here to tell you the things that will hopefully make your transition into polyamorous relationships much smoother.
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Unfortunately There Is Such a Thing as Too Much Processing; Here’s How Not To
A hot take: processing literally everything all the time is not only *not good*, it is actually *bad*!
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Queered & Careered: Tackling the Monster of Career-Envy
Jealousy will always be there. There will always be someone that you or society perceives to be smarter, stronger, or more competent than you. We must get curious about our jealousy – become friends with it, and then tell it to be productive or get going.
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How to Keep Your Relationship Healthy During a Global Crisis
Tips and tricks from a therapist and multiple queer couples about how to keep your communication and boundaries strong.
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Queered & Careered: The Many Times Informational Interviews Have Saved Me
Sooo, what are you waiting for? Make a list of ten professionals who inspire you and reach out to them to connect today. We have the tools to uplift and provide protection for each other, and informational interviews are a great way to start that process.
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Queered & Careered: 10 Tips on Working From Home in the Era of Social Distancing
Since working from home is a part of the national call to practice social distancing, many of us are also navigating loneliness, restlessness, and anxiety. Here are a few tips that can help you on your journey.
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Queered & Careered: 5 Ways You Can Use Tarot at Work
Just because, let’s be honest: your workplace could use some queer witchy energy.
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Queered & Careered: Sussing Out if An Employer is Trash
When you’re queer, every career decision can have consequences for your emotional, mental, or even physical health. Planning ahead, finding support, and asking critical questions about the people and companies you’re “dating” is central to your survival.
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You Need Help: So Your Best Friend Is a SWERF
If you are out to your friend, or are thinking of coming out to her, and she still holds fast to her SWERF-y beliefs even after you explain how it hurts you, then you have one final choice to make: Stay, or go.
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Traveling to Meet Your Long-Distance Online Crush: A Gentle Guide
It’s 2019 and the world is our hot gay oyster! But… how do you actually go about planning a trip to meet the faraway queer of your dreams?
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Queered & Careered: Things to Bring and Leave Behind
Queered & Careered is a column that offers tips and tricks on how to navigate career development as a queer person — from job searching to career inspiration to dealing with straight nonsense in the office.
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What to Do About Every Gay Crush You’ve Ever Had, Have Now, and Will Have in the Future
Crushes are wild and often irrational, but I’m a Capricorn so I’d like to make them slightly more logical. Here’s how you can do that, too.
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You Need Help: You Don’t Know What To Do With Your Clit
Every body has a history; yours doesn’t preclude you from pleasure. Go forth and jam!
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You Need Help: How Do I Spice Up My Relationship?
So you’re not looking for anything new… but something has got to change for you to feel more fulfilled in this relationship.
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The 8 Most Asked You Need Help Questions, Answered
Love and sex and internalized homophobia and, yes, straight girls.
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“Go The F*ck To Sleep!” 8 Ways to Kick Insomnia’s Ass
Sleep is the magic pill. Gotta get in on that.