Results for: no fucks to give
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Extra! Extra!: Mourning Brandon Bernard and Casey Goodson Jr
In this week’s Extra! Extra! we discuss some of the recent abuses committed by the criminal justice system, revisit the topic of COVID-19 vaccine authorization (after a robust discussion on this in the comments last week) and look at a few situations unfolding around the world.
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Sunday Funday Is Staying Hydrated and Waiting To Kiss The Girl
Happy Sunday! We’re still isolating, but that doesn’t mean you’re alone! We’ve got tons to keep you connected and feeling good and gay! TV shows, gardening, music, you name it!
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Also.Also.Also.: Skateboarding Is Queer Culture
Learning to swim as personal journey, how corona is affecting the WNBA, queer skating collectives and more!
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Respect Your Elders: Tea with Trans Lesbian Poet Barbara Marie Minney
Lou Barrett sits down with Barbara Marie Minney to talk about coming out later in life, being a trans lesbian poet, and BDSM.
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Extra! Extra!: What Does It Mean That the House Passed the Equality Act?
In this week’s Extra! Extra! Natalie weighs in on the significance of this moment and also gives us a grounded perspective on whether or not the 117th Congress will succeed in passing non-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ people where the 116th failed. We also look at American extremism, the vaccine roll out, the climate crisis and a smattering of domestic and global news.
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Extra! Extra!: How Much Does Yet Another Trump Reveal Actually Reveal?
This week’s Extra! Extra! Offers more reflections on police brutality and delves into some damning news coming out of Trumpland. We also look at some LGBTQ+ news from around the world and dive into some of the not-so-great situations unfolding in Europe. And to close out, a look at the state of the Internet, climate change and the pandemic.
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A Candid Conversation About Queers in the Labor Movement with Longtime Union Activists Miriam Frank and Desma Holcomb
In 1990, Miriam Frank and Desma Holcomb released Pride At Work, a booklet on organizing for gay and lesbian rights in the workplace. They spoke with Autostraddle about their lives, this “naughty little pamphlet,” and the future of queer labor organizing. Plus, for the first time ever, the full 100-page pamphlet is being released online – right in this post!
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How to Avoid Performative Allyship: The Moment Is Over, Time to Join the Movement
Performative allyship isn’t helping. If you’re interested in building more than just a “woke” brand and want to be part of lasting, systemic change, here’s where to start.
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Extra! Extra!: There Must Be an End to the Long List of Names We Memorialize
This week’s Extra! Extra! honors all the victims – past, present and future. Oh it needs to stop – there must be an end to the long list of names we memorialize. But I’m not naive enough to think more lives won’t be lost before we reach that point.
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Also.Also.Also: #Dykes4Roman Said Gay Rights and Shallot Pasta
Accepting Alison Roman’s culinary authority. Also: Zoom is the hottest dance club, celebrity culture is burning, and YA Books to celebrate Transgender Day of Visibility.
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Extra! Extra!: VEEPSTAKES Edition
In this week’s Extra! Extra!, we take a break from our usual fare and instead offer commentary on some of the women who are on the short list to be Joe Biden’s Vice President.
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Extra! Extra!: A Race Between Education and Catastrophe
We used this week’s Extra! Extra! to revisit some not-so-distant history, examine the fucked up shit happening in the name of “Homeland Security,” take a look at some of the global headlines that caught our eye and check in on how COVID continues to impact our lives. Finally, we leave you with some good news… a little optimism to carry you into the weekend.
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Extra! Extra!: Where to Start, Trump’s Tax Avoidance or COVID Superspreading?
This week’s Extra! Extra! gives an update on the latest scandals from Trumpland, some reflections on what happened in Minneapolis this summer, another setback in the fight for Indigenous rights and sovereignty and news on some of the growing conflicts in the Western world.
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Sunday Funday is Celebrating Goth Lesbian Love and Babies
Happy Sunday! We’ve almost made it 525,600 minutes into the year, Billy Dee Williams is gender fluid, Senegalese folklore is on Netflix, a GSC is raising money for their students, the slow rise of lesbianism on TV, and more!
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Sunday Funday Is Kissing Girls In Wedding Commercials
Happy Sunday, we’ve got some lesbians kissing in commercials, the best queer TV of the decade, Tracy Chapman holiday music, and more!
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Extra! Extra!: What’s Changing – and Staying the Same – in Minneapolis After George Floyd’s Death?
This week’s Extra! Extra! takes us back to the state where George Floyd died to check on the progress towards justice. We take a look at some of the implausible stories concocted by the same people who ask us to believe them when their body cams mysteriously fall off. We look at what’s happening — or what’s not happening, as the case maybe — on addressing corruption, police brutality and immigration. And, of course, a look at how the virus continues to impact our lives.
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Extra! Extra!: Making Sense of a Summer Shaped by Violence
The state-sanctioned violence continues, people protest peacefully and are attacked and even killed by law enforcement and vigilantes (who are also, more or less, supported by law enforcement). We also bring a brief update on the state of the US election after both the Democratic and Republican National Conventions wrapped up, an update on some of the situations we’ve been following in Lebanon and Russia and, finally, on the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Pop Culture Fix: Netflix’s “Let It Snow” Has a Queer Holiday Story Starring Real Live Queers!
Plus also She-Ra’s new non-binary character, the Supergirl flirting never ends, Ali Krieger and Ashlyn Harris continue to be out of fucks, One Day at a Time’s writers are back at it, and more!
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Pop Culture Fix: Tessa Thompson Is a Damn Delight as Eartha Kitt’s Catwoman on “Drunk History”
Kate McKinnon has her Marianne Williamson impression ready to go, Lucy Lawless can’t believe she’s still having to explain that Xena was gay, Rutina Wesley on this season of Queen Sugar, Lizzo’s not giving up on Ursula, the Black Lady Sketch Show, and more!
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Attempting to Excavate British Queer History
The tipping point was at the start of June, when I saw a rainbow sign outside the big Sainsbury’s on the edge of town. It dawned on me there might be a reason: Oh yes, it’s pride month. Except it’s not pride month here. Is it?