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Safe Sexting: Tech Tips for the Stress-Free Sexting You Deserve

The world is full of unknown and terrifying possibilities, like accidentally sending a nude to the family group chat because it was the most recent thing on your camera roll. Protect yourself and loved ones against these dangers and more with easy tips!

Rachel March 12, 2019 6 Comments
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Here’s an Exclusive First Look at Gaby Dunn’s New Graphic Novel, “Bury the Lede”

“An incisive and insightful psychological thriller where the relationship between the two female protagonists — a journalist and a murder suspect — is fraught with lies and complicated truths from the very beginning.”

Heather Hogan March 12, 2019 4 Comments
Issues Parenting & Family

A Tale of Two Mommies (Or Who Wore the Maternity Pants?)

“She would have loved to carry our child. Would have met the body changes with joy. That she was physically barred from being pregnant did not make the situation easier. She hid it well. But now I understood why she looked forward to the birth with such clear-eyed intensity.”

Christina March 12, 2019 21 Comments
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It’s Time to Recognize Holland Taylor’s Supreme Domme Energy

God grant me the aloof assuredness of a woman who’s lived a life.

Molly Savard March 12, 2019 14 Comments
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The Autostraddle Yearbook: A Decade Of Gay Work

And so we talked all night about the rest of our lives…

the team March 11, 2019 86 Comments
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You Need Help: How Do I Get My Sexual Confidence Back?

You’re at your most vulnerable when you describe how afraid you are of never being desired by another again. Own that vulnerability, because really owning our soft parts is part of what confidence is.

Christina Tesoro March 11, 2019 9 Comments
TV Show Recaps

“Supergirl” Episode 414 Recap: We the Dreamers

Supergirl, Dreamer, and Alex try to protect the people of National City as a Children of Liberty Rally, an Elite ambush, and a peaceful protest collide.

Valerie Anne March 11, 2019 7 Comments
AF+ Issues

Monday Roundtable: Our Saturn Returns

Your late 20s/early 30s are thought by many to mark your Saturn Return, when Saturn circles back around to the placement it was in when you were born, and generally fucks everything up. Here’s how that went for us!

the team March 11, 2019 43 Comments
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Chasing Amy

Birthdays are weird when you have a dead mom.

Kennedy Fields March 11, 2019 13 Comments
Society + Culture

Sunday Funday Loves Bisexuals, Brandi Carlile, and Kehlani’s “Butterfly”

Brandi Carlile hates guns, Bollywood has a new lesbian rom-com, butterflies coming out of cocoons, KaeLyn talks babies & bills, and belated IWD greetings. Happy Sunday!!

Ari March 10, 2019 9 Comments
NSFW Sunday

NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is a Rupture

You will never get closure, how to relearn how to masturbate as a trans women, golden showers and more.

Ryan Yates March 10, 2019
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Be The Change: 5 Ways to Create Safer Activist Spaces For Everyone

We have to commit to always learning and growing and doing more all the time to make our spaces better and better.

KaeLyn March 9, 2019 23 Comments
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Some Things: Gender/Language Barrier

…the word for she/he/it are WRITTEN differently but PRONOUNCED the same.

Cameron March 9, 2019 26 Comments
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Are You 10 Years Ago

“everywhere i went i was protected. i was never in the dark. i was alone but i was never really alone because autostraddle was there.”

Emily March 8, 2019 18 Comments
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Boobs on Your Tube: Nomi Feels the Carmen de la Pica Morales Sting on “Grown-Ish”

Plus updates on Charmed, All American, Roswell, Boomerang, The Magicians, and Whiskey Cavalier!

The TV Team March 8, 2019 10 Comments
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The Comment Awards Are Making Bisque and Bingeing Derry Girls

“Thank you for blessing us with the phrase ‘kitchen top,’ because I think that’s my actual alignment.”

Darcy March 8, 2019 13 Comments
Issues

Happy Birthday Autostraddle: 10th Birthday Cards and Love Notes from YOU

Not only did you send cards and love notes, you also sent us homemade vegan cookies, cash donations, and a fucking handmade seahorse enamel charm?!?!?!

Vanessa March 8, 2019 44 Comments
Movie Reviews

“Captain Marvel” Is More Kickass Than Our Wildest Dreams

If I were a man invested, even subconsciously, in propping up a patriarchal society where women, even subconsciously, Know Their Place, Captain Marvel would terrify the pants off of me.

Heather Hogan March 8, 2019 40 Comments
Straddleverse

FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: When Did You Find Autostraddle And What Happened Next?

We’ve been here for 10 years! When did you join the party?

Vanessa March 8, 2019 101 Comments
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It’s Autostraddle’s 10th Birthday: Ask Us Anything!

Sweet birthday AMA!! Eight full hours of advice, answers, resolutions, and camaraderie! No question will go unanswered! Not an A+ member yet? TODAY’S A GREAT DAY TO JOIN!

Laneia March 8, 2019 472 Comments
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