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Texas GOP Walks The Plank of Its Own Platform As State Shimmers With Purple
The GOP is digging its heels into the sand as the tide turns. But hateful platform language and fist shaking will not stop the ocean. Texas is too big to smother with such small ideas.
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Can’t Go Home Again: Tacos, Grief and Growing Up Without Tamale House
“My friends who hadn’t left town took me to new restaurants and bars they had found during their fledgling adulthood. Strangers lived in what had been my home. The girl I loved in May wasn’t speaking to me. I had a wonderful time, but I learned the city wasn’t mine anymore.”
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Holigay Gadget Gifts for You and Yours
Here are a few ideas for the gadgety girrrls and bois among us (you know the ones? Those that already have all the gizmos and a bunch of accessories for them).
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MTV’s “Faking It” Is Pretty Good, For Real
Turns out those irritating trailers were just Trojan Horses delivering a cute show with a queer female lead to all of us here on The Isle of Lesbos.
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100 Things That Are Orange, Ranked
Orange is the new orange is the new orange is the new orange is the new orange you gonna say banana? So, this is what we did today.
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For All The Girls I Loved Before I Knew I Could
Kelly cut off all her hair and started dating Katie. I started chasing around after a guy who looked like Ellen DeGeneres and trying to make sense of the mess in my brain.
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National Poetry Month: YaliniDream Opens Spaces and Hearts
I ended up taking advantage of the fact that I was on the margins. I used the power of invisibility to crack open spaces at the edges. The power of performance is impermanence — nobody could catch it and say “here’s proof of what she is saying or doing.”
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The Autostraddle Insider: Issue Six, December 2014
This week in The A+ Insider, we re-cast Peter Pan starring Alex Vega, Laneia thinks you need a walk, we remember the year that was, and everybody stocks up on Endure By Rachel Kincaid.
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Top 5 Snacks From My Hometown In South Texas
These snacks are super unusual and will probably gross you out. But oh, they’re magic.
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Intense Lesbian Fanfiction, Part Three: That Escalated Quickly
“Blaze squinted in the mirror and pushed her hair left, then right, then left, then right, then left, then right, then righter, then really left, then up a little, then all the way down […]”
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Faking It Episode 104 Recap: You’re A Karmasexual
This week on “Faking It,” Amy goes to a lesbian coffee shop and Karma’s parents introduce the schoolchildren to Kale!re
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“Faking It” Episode 101 Recap: Let’s Be Lesbians
In the first episode of “Faking It,” two girls are mistaken for a lesbian couple and they sort of just run with it.
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Faking It Episode 106 Recap: I Promise This Threesome Won’t Be Weird At All
This week on “Faking It,” everybody gets ready for a three-way!
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The Poet and the Scientist: Deep In My Heart, In Texas
After our little trip to the big easy, we were ready to relax, get back on budget, and try some real Texas barbeque!
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Let’s Get Brunch: July 26-28 Is International Autostraddle Brunch Weekend
It’s the most delicious time of year! You should join your local Straddlers for some 3D brunchy realness.
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“The Punk Singer” Proves Kathleen Hanna Is Invincible
“The first thing I learned was that Kathleen Hanna can do literally anything.”
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100+ LGBTQ Black Women You Should Know: The Epic Black History Month Megapost
This epic megapost is your glorious opportunity to meet more than 100 amazing black LGBT women who’ve made their mark over the last 150 years.
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Si Se Puede: San Antonio Passes Long-Awaited Non-Discrimination Ordinance
San Antonio finally passes an updated nondiscrimination ordinance that protects LGBT individuals.
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Hearts and Crafts: Jessica Buie, Where Art Meets Science
Jessica Buie’s art combines cultural theory and scientific concepts and an amazing eye for design. Also, she designed special stickers for us!
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Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Just Lost: Texas Women Are Down but Not Out
“HB2 outlaws abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, shuts down all but five abortion clinics in the state and tightens guidelines when it comes to abortion drugs. It’s a law that undoubtedly affects so many in the state: low-income, working class, people of color.”