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First Person

Well, That’s Mortifying: That Time I Didn’t Know About Roger Clemens

The class erupted in wide-eyed giggles and guffaws and I continued smiling at the front of the room, confident and certain that I’d made a very smooth move.

Vanessa October 16, 2021 9 Comments
Lauren from New Amsterdam on the phone saying "I can't stand being away from you."
TV Show Recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: New Amsterdam Keeps Saying Love Is Not a Lie But THAT’S Also a Lie!

Also! Updates on Rosewell, New Mexico and Nancy Drew and American Horror Story and Work in Progress!

The TV Team October 15, 2021 7 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

The Morning Show: We Are Having So Much (Gay) Fun!

“I AM HAVING SO MUCH FUN!” Bradley yells from the floor where she is sitting (gay) and eating a plate of waffles.

Christina Tucker October 15, 2021 14 Comments
Marcela Robledo hugs Ana María Otálora who hugs Silvia Varón in red lighting.
Movie Reviews

Newfest 2021: Ruth Caudeli’s “Leading Ladies” Takes Dyke Drama Seriously

The various plots of Leading Ladies — with their backstabbing, cheating, and litigious consequences — would fit right in on The L Word. And yet they couldn’t feel more different.

Drew Burnett Gregory October 15, 2021 4 Comments
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Straddleverse

Autostraddle Predicted the Future in 2014 🔮 And We Were Spot On

A+ is a key part of the reason Autostraddle can be the way that we are today, and why we can publish what you love.

Nico October 15, 2021 2 Comments
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Straddleverse

The Comment Awards are Wearing Fuzzy Wuzzy Slippers

“I was indifferent to Miss Honey, but was really into Trunchbull, and no, I don’t want to unpack that.”

Darcy October 15, 2021 7 Comments
Twenties recap: Hattie texts Ida
TV Show Recaps

“Twenties” Episode 201 Recap: A New Dawn, A New Day

“After you sleep with the woman of your dreams, there’s only one right thing to do in that situation, which is to badly sing Anita Baker and also tell her you want to marry her.” Welcome to Autostraddle’s Twenties recaps!

Carmen Phillips October 15, 2021 12 Comments
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Politics + Activism

Anti-Blackness and Bioessentialism Won’t Give Us Abortion Rights

On Lil Nas X, fake pregnancy, and projections on social media.

KB Brookins October 15, 2021 9 Comments
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The L Word: Generation Q TV Feature

On Blackness and “The L Word: Generation Q”

Black queer people are in this community. Trans queer people are in this community. And we deserve to get lost in a good time, too. We deserve fun, messy, sexy storylines. Just as much as any cis white woman over 50.

The Speakeasy October 14, 2021 54 Comments
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AF+

S L I C K: The Cool of the Marble

Our narrator takes their sub over the edge. “I am so lucky to be the custodian of your pleasure and your pain, pet.”

Cruel Valentine October 14, 2021
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TV Show Recaps

“Batwoman” Episode 301 Recap: We’re All a Little Bit Mad

Sophie smashing women into walls in a sexy way! The one and only Renee Montoya! And the look Ryan gives her gal pal! We’re back, Bat-fam!

Nic October 14, 2021 13 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

“Legends of Tomorrow” Episode 701 Recap: Big Top (Energy)

The Legends are back with circus shenanigans, bank robbery, and just a touch of accidental homicide.

Valerie Anne October 14, 2021 7 Comments
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Straddleverse

No Time for Hell, Yet. Or: Is This Essay Really Just About My Inbox?

You would think that, as someone living, not in actual Paris, but the “Paris of Appalachia” as they call Pittsburgh, that Brexit would leave me largely unaffected, but dear reader, you would be wrong!

Nico October 14, 2021 15 Comments
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Book Features

The Book That Helped Me Leave Religion: Kurt Vonnegut’s “Cat’s Cradle”

The first sentence of “The Books of Bokonon” – the fictional foundational text of Bokononism, the religion Kurt Vonnegut invented for his 1963 novel Cat’s Cradle – reads as follows: “All of the true things I am about to tell you are shameless lies.”

Abbie Jones October 14, 2021 3 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

“Supergirl” Episode 615 Recap: Hope Floats

Alex and Kelly welcome Esme into their lives while Kara and Lena try to get the hope totem before Nyxly does.

Valerie Anne October 13, 2021 7 Comments
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Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: The New Scream Is Queer and Not Just Because Neve Campbell Is Your Root

Also! JoJo Siwa is Prince Charming, Trans Netflix employees are staging a walkout to protest the transphobic Dave Chappelle stand-up special, and Beanie Feldstein is your new Harriet the Spy!

Heather Hogan October 13, 2021 12 Comments
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Dating Podcasts

“Wait, Is This a Date?” Podcast Episode 110: It’s In the Stars (and Cards)

How could we talk about queer dating without talking about astrology and tarot?

Drew Burnett Gregory October 13, 2021
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AF+

The October 2021 A+ Pop-Up Discord Server is Now!

What a day it is! It’s a day where we can all hop on the A+ Member Pop-Up Discord Server!

Nico October 13, 2021 1 Comment
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Straddleverse

I Almost Didn’t Write It

I don’t want to write about it for any other publication. I barely want to write about it for myself.

Vanessa October 13, 2021 6 Comments
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: May I Present, the Only Good Thing to Have Happened on Gen Q This Season

Sha’Carri Richardson is the definition of thriving, Lesbian Jesus is out here in these palm tree covered streets, giving you fall no matter WHAT, and I truly, unsarcastically love the work Stacy London is doing around menopause!

Christina Tucker October 13, 2021 3 Comments
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