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22 Excerpts From Laura’s Misanthropic Teen Diary, 2000-2003

“I became defensive and snappish and surly. I continuously blew him off and disagreed with everything he said. He called me closed-minded and I said, ‘ok.’ So he put headphones on and looked glumly resigned after having failed EVERY possible conversation topic, ruining everything.”

Laura Mandanas July 29, 2015 42 Comments
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Autostraddle Book Club #8: Let’s Talk About “The Argonauts,” Also Here’s An Interview With Maggie Nelson!

This book is jam packed with awesome. Unsurprisingly, so is Maggie Nelson.

A.E. Osworth July 29, 2015 17 Comments
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Pop Culture Fix: Interviewer Thinks Cara Delevingne Needs To “Take A Little Nap” And Other Less Infuriating Stories

Queen Latifah and Mary J. Blige are co-starring in The Wiz, Raven thinks Caitlyn Jenner is moving “too fast, too soon,” Megan Rapinoe was inducted into the LGBT Athletes Hall of Fame, Tig Notaro has an Amazon pilot on the way, and more!

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No Filter Is Playing Sports In The Park With Kate Moennig

Take a look at these sex-crazed weasels, and also DeAnne Smith’s grandma!

Stef July 29, 2015 17 Comments
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Fool’s Journey: Poet Leah Horlick Explores Trauma, Healing and Transformation Through Tarot Symbolism

Poet Leah Horlick’s book of poems For Your Own Good uses the symbolic language of the tarot as a vehicle to express some of the most traumatic experiences of her life. These poems tell the story of an abusive relationship and its aftermath, using tarot cards and tarot symbolism to do so.

Beth July 29, 2015 8 Comments
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Homesteady: Embroidered Engineer Prints (Two Ways)

Got a black and white photo you just loooove and some embroidery floss in your craft stash? Stitching a design on an engineer print is a very affordable gift idea, or a way to take DIY decor to the next level.

Hannah Clay Wareham July 28, 2015 13 Comments
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Working On It, Week 5: Meditation and Hydration

This week I’m talking about working out at my apartment, finding the best germ-free water bottle, and a cool meditation app.

Crystal July 28, 2015 117 Comments
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Drawn to Comics: Team Girl Comic Issue #11 Brings Even More Great Comics By Women

Do you want a comic anthology with comics from fifteen female creators? Of course you do!

Mey July 28, 2015 6 Comments
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Daily Fix: Officer Pepper Sprayed Black Lives Matter Activists After Their National Conference and More News Stories

KC Haggard is the 11th trans woman to be murdered this year, a San Francisco high school will be the first to offer a LGBT history class, a 37-year-old Cleveland woman was found dead in a jail cell and more news.

Yvonne July 28, 2015 8 Comments
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We See You: An Open Thread for Bisexual Women Dating Men

So many women feel like there isn’t a space to talk about their experiences in this area. So! That brings us here; we’ve tried to make the space we want to see in the world in the form of this open thread.

Rachel July 28, 2015 1,199 Comments
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Orange Is the New Black Episode 309 Recap: Rumspringa Natural Good-Time Family-Band Solution

Leanne’s Amish roots come to light as she hammers out the tenants of Normaism, a rabbi arrives to test Jewish Black Cindy and the others about their newfound Jewish faith, and Suzanne’s legion of admirers grows.

Heather Hogan July 28, 2015 46 Comments
Queer Fashion

30 Things You Should Definitely Keep Wearing After 30

But you know what is great about being a queer gal or boi? Not giving a hoot about social norms around what “respectable ladies” are supposed to look like.

KaeLyn July 28, 2015 111 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Boob(s On Your) Tube: Welcome To The Queerest Week In TV History

I Am Cait, I Am Jazz, Hannibal, Complications, The Fosters, Chasing Life, Defiance, Rookie Blue, Scream, Clipped, Steven Universe and more!

Heather Hogan July 27, 2015 41 Comments
Home

Helping You Help Yourself #9

Which wild plants to eat, how to supercharge your iPhone in just a few minutes, ridding your apartment of fruit flies, remember everything, and more!

Rachel July 27, 2015 30 Comments
Queer Pregnancy

Panic and Parenthood: Having A Baby, Being Torn Apart, and Putting Myself Back Together

“In one of my college psych courses we had to try to use conditioning to get rid of bad habits. My classmates tried to stop biting their nails. I tried to stop panicking during sex.”

Lucy Hallowell July 27, 2015 95 Comments
Gender

Spread This Far and Wide: It’s Almost Time for the U.S. Trans Survey

If you’re trans and would like to help inform the next decade of trans advocacy, sign up and pledge to fill out this survey!

Mey July 27, 2015 6 Comments
Politics + Activism

You Should Go or Help Other Humans Go to #QI2: the Queering Immigration Conference

“A lot of folks have their own opinions and viewpoints of what immigration looks like. I think if they came to this event they’d be able to see what trans and queer migration really looks like.”

Maddie July 27, 2015 5 Comments
Food Lists

40 Recipes For Getting Fruit Into Your Face

If you, too, dream of a world where fruit is less of a decorative item in a basket and more of the main event, get ready to put some of these recipes into your mouth immediately.

Carmen July 27, 2015 18 Comments
NSFW Sunday

NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Sneaking Into The Woods

Your first anal sex, your first kinky sex, why embarrassment has no place in the bedroom and more.

Ryan Yates July 26, 2015 11 Comments
Society + Culture

Sunday Funday Will Take You All Around the World to Fight for Gay Rights, Fall in Sweet Queer Love

Obama’s gonna go hard for gay rights in Kenya, two queer women took a honeymoon around the world and made a video about it for you, Italy’s Supreme Court just made a decision that’s huge for trans rights, Riley Curry is doing the nae nae in here. Just saying.

Carmen July 26, 2015 21 Comments
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