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The Autostraddle Insider: Issue 35, May 2017

“WHY IMMEDIATELY FISTING”

Riese May 30, 2017 79 Comments
Community

Celebrate Pride with an Autostraddle Meet-Up

What do you look for in a Pride celebration? What should a community Pride event look like? Well reader, YOU have the power to make that decision this year when you host or attend an Autostraddle Pride meet-up!

Rachel May 30, 2017 41 Comments
Queer Fashion

What I Wore: Navigating the Heteronormative Patriarchy, Pt. 11

“This was going to be my last interaction with the heterosexual agenda for an entire week and I needed to keep my eye on the prize.”

Erin May 30, 2017 37 Comments
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Center Women of Color Or Get the Fuck Out of the Way and Other Stories for Your Week

A whole new Jupiter, Keko is a lesbian, if you only ate potatoes, Spotify is rude, wtf is in a tampon, ICE is still shit, Sally Yates, Jezebel, and so much more!

Laneia May 29, 2017 30 Comments
AF+ Sex

Masturbation Month and Beyond: A Staff Survey Experience

May is Masturbation Month! Here’s how the AS staff does it, featuring first time stories, all the weird places we’ve masturbated, how we feel about that and more.

Ryan Yates May 29, 2017 15 Comments
Money + Work

Follow Your Arrow: Queer Hairdresser Klara Vanova on Trust and Community

In this month’s Follow Your Arrow, Klara shares the story of her gender-neutral barbershop business, how she made the leap from office-worker to sole-trader, and the importance of building trust in the community she serves.

Beth May 29, 2017 16 Comments
Book Lists

8 Urban Fantasy Books That Feature Queer Women

These gritty and glittery queer urban fantasy novels feature sex-work activism, genetic experiments, polyamory, erotic antique-postcard painting, sibling rivalry and more — and a ton of queer women characters.

Casey May 29, 2017 18 Comments
Webcomics

3 A.M.: First Day, Huh?

“My name is Mae, today’s my first day.”

Pam May 28, 2017 10 Comments
NSFW Sunday

NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Just Saw A Face

How to take perfect naked selfies, why people like masochism, how much sex (some) people are having, seeing the same faces on dating apps over and over and more.

Ryan Yates May 28, 2017 4 Comments
Society + Culture

Sunday Funday is Wearing Rainbow Chucks to the Frontline Awards

U.S. national soccer is sporting rainbow letters for pride, super gay sneakers from Nike and Converse if that’s your thing, self-care according to the laaaadies, Astrea’s Fueling the Frontlines Award are intersectional feminist fire, a new album from artists living in countries where being gay is dangerous or illegal, and more good queer stuff!

KaeLyn May 28, 2017 30 Comments
Geekery

5 Technologies I Wish I Had Known About Before I Started This Move

LEARN FROM MY MISTAKES.

A.E. Osworth May 27, 2017 11 Comments
Webcomics

Some Things: Ghosts

I know I’ve left behind ghosts.

Cameron May 27, 2017 15 Comments
Beauty

23% Of Women Don’t Shave Their Pits, Thanks Feminism!?

I did my own research, aka I texted a bunch of my queer and trans friends to ask them about their body hair. What do you do with your pit hair? How does that choice connect with your gender, your other identities, cultural or family expectations?

Adrian May 26, 2017 124 Comments
Music

Four Hot New Queer and Queer-ish Singles From Your Faves to Usher In Summer

Mary Lambert, Halsey and Lauren Jauregui, Hailee Steinfeld and Carly Rae Jepsen all gave us new queer or queer-ish songs this week, and it’s up to you to make at least one of them the song of the summer.

Mey May 26, 2017 35 Comments
Literature

Things I Read That I Love #238: Mythological Teen Goddesses Haunting Texas Supermarkets.

Topics include Twin Peaks, the Menendez Brothers murders, white supremacy, the artwashing of Boyle Heights, Richard Nixon, waterparks, “The Perils of Privilege” and so much more!

Riese May 26, 2017 8 Comments
Straddleverse

FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Let’s Warm This House Up

Do you have any fur kids? What are their names? How did they come into your life?

Kai May 26, 2017 111 Comments
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Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Knotting Their Pearls

Come for the euphemisms, stay for the butties! It’s the Comment Awards, now with more gender bending Gillian Anderson. Praise.

Darcy May 26, 2017 10 Comments
Comedy Queer Fashion

Steal Their Looks: The Donald Trump Administration

Not only are they serving up our wholesale demise, they’re serving looks.

Erin May 26, 2017 38 Comments
Gender

Sherrell Faulkner of NC 11th Trans Person of Color Murdered in the US This Year

Nearly all those murdered, including Faulkner, have been Black trans women.

Mey May 25, 2017 3 Comments
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Relationships

Queer Crip Love Fest: More Seen Than I’ve Ever Felt

An A-Camp love story to help ease your comedown!

Carrie May 25, 2017 19 Comments
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