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More Than Words: Láadan
The feminist sci-fi language that never got to jump off the page and do what it was supposed to.
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A Custom Fit: So Many Ways To Read A Thing!
There’s no wrong way to read a word, but sometimes there are so many ways it’s hard to choose which fits you best. Let’s review your options so you can always ride the reading rainbow with ease.
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Autostraddle Book Club: Emily Answers Your “Cameron Post” Questions and We Throw A Feelings-Fest
emily m. danforth answers 36 of your questions about “Cameron Post” and then we’re all gonna talk about the book!
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How To Name Your Child After Beer, Brunch and Roller Derby
Vanessa’s Team Pick: Give your future child the hipstery indie DIY name they so richly deserve.
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Literary Tumblrs For All You Tumblin’, Book-Lovin’ Queers
Malaika’s Team Pick: Tumblrs about books to read when you don’t feel like a book.
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Malinda Lo and Behold: The Autostraddle Interview
Malinda Lo spoke with Autostraddle about her new book Adaptation, diversity in YA, gay girls making out, and how much she loves us (spoiler alert: a lot).
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Emma and Nicola Wrote A Novel About Britney Spears: The Autostraddle Interview
Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus (“The Nanny Diaries”) re-imagine the story of how Britney Spears ended up under her father’s permanent legal control in their new novel.
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Make Sweet Poetry With Us
First we’ll create poems from nothing and then we’ll write poetry out loud.
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Autostraddle Book Club #5: The Hunger Games (Plus Movie Feelings OPEN THREAD)
HI, IT’S HERE, THE MOVIE IS HERE
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Adrienne Rich is Dead
“She died / a famous woman / denying // her wounds / denying // her wounds / came / from the same source as her power.”
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Sinclair Sexsmith on “Say Please: Lesbian BDSM Erotica”: The Autostraddle Interview
“The questions quickly became, what is BDSM? And what is lesbian? I’m not sure I know the answer in general, but I figured out a context for this anthology to be born into, some parameters about kinks and fetishes and gender.”
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Banned Books Week: The Conspiracy to Shield Queer Books From Your Eyes
School libraries are one of the best places to find LGBT teen literature…which is why anti-gay adults are so afraid of them. Luckily, you can do something about that.
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You Probably Want to Read Some Lesbian Pulp Fiction
Summer is almost over! Try to forget about that by reading some lesbian pulp fiction.
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How Will We Save LGBTQ Bookstores?
More and more gay bookstores are closing, which is bad for my bookstore addiction. Let’s talk this out.
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Pure Poetry #34: Of All Poets, Stephen Dunn
In which five of us talk about our favorite poet ever. “Those of us who think we know / the same secrets / are silent together most of the time.”
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Pure Poetry #22: William Carlos Williams and Beyond
This is just a post (mostly) about old white men. But it’s happy. It’s Autostraddle is Pure Poetry week and this is how we do it.
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Pure Poetry #8: Louise Glück
It was the last line of the poem that was the most striking. ‘The love of form is a love of endings.’
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Pure Poetry #25: Notes on Rainer “Rilke” Maria Rilke
Did you know that Rilke’s Mom initially raised him as a girl? True story.
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Pure Poetry #14: Sady Doyle on the Great Poet Diane Di Prima
“This woman found the riskiest, weirdest thing to be, at any particular moment, and then she became it.”
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Dear Harry Potter, We Are Lesbians And We Love You
Maybe you think it’s stupid because it’s just a book and Harry Potter doesn’t exist. Well, he does for me. And I’m a better person because of it.