Results for: representation
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The Comment Awards are Carolstraddling Into the Sunset
“Don’t c@ me.”
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The Comment Awards Are Full Of Love
“I found Autostraddle while googling ‘how do you know if you should leave your girlfriend?’ And reader, I did leave her. And then I went to an Autostraddle meet-up and met the lady knight of my wildest dreams.”
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An Autostraddle and A-Camp Apology and Action Plan
Autostraddle’s editors are eager to continue to learn from our mistakes and keep striving to make Autostraddle a space where everyone under the LGBTQIA+ umbrella feels seen, heard, represented, and safe.
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The Comment Awards are Cheering for You in this Brand New Year
“Gay cheerleader of the cosmos, guess I found my desired position for future job applications.”
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Not In Our Name: A Statement on Trans Inclusion From Lesbian Editors and Publishers
We have joined with the editors and publishers of Diva, Curve, Lesbians on the Loose, Tagg Magazine, DapperQ and Lez Spread The Word to make a statement on our commitment to trans inclusion, support and advocacy.
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FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Who Was Your First LGBTQ Inspiration Model?
Do you remember the first inspiration models or role models in your life? Come chill with me and let’s get hella nostalgic!
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31 Big Brands Selling Gay Apparel For Pride, Vaguely Ranked By Semi-Scientific Criteria
Tis the season to celebrate Pride by wearing rainbow gradient t-shirts that let the world know that love is love, love wins, pride unites, equality wins, love makes a family, it’s all love, we need more love, everybody is free to love and love unites!!!
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The Comment Awards Are Eating Those Sweet Little Figs
“A million little sweet figs for the person who wrote ‘once I cheated on my life partner with a wall in a jail.'”
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Fatventure Mag Is Here to Reshape the Way We Tell Stories About Fat People and Adventures
Fatventure Mag, a print and digital magazine, seeks to change the narrative about who deserves an adventurous life and who can tell stories about those adventures. The first volume is brimming with the voices of fat outdoorsy women and non-binary folks – and you have 5 days left to donate to its Kickstarter to make it a reality!
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The Comment Awards Are Lounge-Of-Center
“Petition to call a group of feminists ‘A Simmering Rage?'”
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Monday Roundtable: Reflections on Being 19 From 2019
“I hadn’t yet come to terms with being a lesbian, so I also spent a lot of time making excuses not to have sex.”
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The Comment Awards Are Eating Creamed Spinach in Waterloo
Milk is not a sexy beverage.
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Autostraddle Bi+ Week Roundtable: Choosing Visibility
How do we want to be seen in our daily lives? How much control do we really have over it? How do we make ourselves visible in a world that often chooses not to see us clearly, and what risks and complications come with it? There’s no one answer, which is why we had all these Autostraddle staffers who identify somewhere under the bisexual umbrella talk about it for you!
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A-Camp 2018, We Hold You In Our Hearts: The Autostraddle Roundtable
“I feel like this camp everyone really got to be their best, most honest and weirdest selves — for instance, and bear with me, when Sam and Riese and I created an intense trivia experience centered entirely around cults, true crime and murder and not only did people show up but many of the questions were TOO EASY FOR THEM.”
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A-Camp Spring 2017: Win A Campership From Catalyst Wedding Co.!
Campership alert! Catalyst Wedding Co. wants to give one lucky camper full funding to attend A-Camp 8.0!
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London’s Pride Posters, Ranked by “What the Fresh Hell Were They Thinking?”
“Imagine if homosexuality was contagious, though. What a beautiful world that would be.”
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Monday Roundtable: Are We Your (Enneagram) Type?
A few months ago, some of us took the Enneagram test and felt extremely uncomfortable with the truths it revealed about us. As fun as that was, we thought it would be even more fun to make even more Autostraddle staff do it and also share their results with a large audience. Let’s see if we were right!
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FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: To Homecomings and New Beginnings
Hi, I’m new here! This week, I’m having feels about The Handmaid’s Tale and airplane turbulence. Come say hello! *cue group hug*
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Los Angeles 4/7: TGIFemslash Convention
TGIF/F is a multi-fandom, femslash convention designed to build connections, encourage discussion, and celebrate the media and characters we love.
Founded in 2015, TGIF/F provides a safe space for online friends to meet in person and foster new relationships across fandoms both young and old. We celebrate many different kinds of relationships between women, whether officially established onscreen or celebrated by fans through subtext. Together, our voices demonstrate a true demand for femslash representation in media. And best of all, the community we build creates lifelong relationships and a true sense of belonging.
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Why I’m Saying No To Playing (and Attending) NYC Prideâ„¢ This Year
I was waiting for the other shoe to drop, and it did: “I am hoping to fill the stage with artists who are willing to donate 20 minute sets.”