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The cover of X by Davey Davis features a large black letter X against a gold background. The image is repeated three times.

Davey Davis on “X,” True Crime, and the Fantasy of Screwball Comedy

“The thing that gets me about a lot of people’s just criticisms of Fifty Shades of Grey is, as a romance novel, as a ravishment novel, it’s a lot closer…

Drew Burnett Gregory

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Jun 28, 2022

Buzz and Izzy stand together with Buzz's emotional support cat

movie reviews

Pixar’s “Lightyear” Is So Much Queerer Than Just That Hyper-Scrutinized Lesbian Kiss

Alisha’s queerness isn’t just some sidelined reference. The whole plot of Lightyear revolves around Buzz comparing his life to that of his queer, Black best friend and realizing that family…

Em Win

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Jun 27, 2022

Sa'iyda clasps her fiancee's face in her hands and looks at her lovingly. They stand beneath a rainbow umbrella. Sa'iyda is a Black woman who is wearing blue glasses and a leather jacket and has short hair. Beth, her fiancee, is a white woman with curly short brown hair and black glasses who is wearing a gray jean jacket. An engagement ring is conspicuously visibile on Sa'iyda's hand!

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Interview with My Fiancee: Beth

“Give me a human, I’ll keep it alive. Give me a plant, it’ll last a week.”

Sa'iyda Shabazz

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Jun 27, 2022

Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore pose together with Moore's Oscar in 2015

pop culture fix

Pop Culture Fix: Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore to Fall in Love Carol-Style in “May December”

Plus also: Meg Stalter is creating a Christian lesbian comedy, E.R. Fightmaster showed out at the Connecticut Sun Pride game, and Janelle Monae invites SCOTUS to go fuck itself at…

Heather Hogan

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Jun 27, 2022

A collage styled to look like Polaroid pictures in front of a black background, inside each “Polaroid” is a new Autostraddle writer, left to right and top to bottom: Ashni is a South Asian person with shoulder length hair in black sunglasses and black shirt sitting outside on the grass; Yash is a mixed race South Asian person in a grey baseball cap and a grey shirt over a white one, they are smiling; Amari is a Black person with long braids that have gold details outside in New York City at night; Julie is an East Asian person in glasses and blue shirt underneath a black coat drinking a large fruity drink; Niko is a white trans woman with long blond hair covering her face and a red hoodie sweatshirt; Analyssa is a Latina with ombre blonde highlights in her hair, she’s giving a confident look sitting in her car; Darcy is a white person with a brunette bob in a grey and black henley shirt, standing in front of a dart board that is lit in rainbows; Em is a mixed race Southeast Asian person with round dark sunglasses, their hair swept to the side, in front of water; shea is a Black person with a Caesar cut and glasses in a denim coat with the collar up around their neck over a. Yellow shirt; Lily is a Latine person laying on the ground with their hair flared around them like a halo; Stef is a white person in black jeans and a black t-shirt with a graphic on it, standing outside; Katie is a white woman with blonde hair and ombre pink highlights, she has pink lipstick and is in front of a green bush wall; a drawing of A. Tony shows a Black person with a Caesar cut and glasses and a pink and black jersey in front of a teal background; and finally Sai’yda is a Black person with a high top fade and glasses, a grey sweater, smiling in front of a brick wall.

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Welcome Autostraddle’s Newest Writers!

Say hello to the 14 (yes, you heard that right!) new writers who are helping to make Autostraddle brighter and sharper.

Carmen Phillips

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Jun 27, 2022

Sonja Morgan, a white blonde woman, and Alex McCord, another white blonde woman, are wearing wedding dresses and looking puzzled.

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This Episode of “Real Housewives of New York” Was Performative Pride Allyship at Its Finest

“March Madness”, as completely unhinged and dated as it is, also reveals something far more depressing and contemporary: Nothing has really changed.

Juan Barquin

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Jun 27, 2022

$Flowers are collaged in the background behind a Tweet from AS writer Stef Rubino: "As a gay teenager, I never felt like I had the support I needed, especially given the fact that my home life was fractured & very off balance. That's why, for this pride month, I've partnered with Dr. Scholl's Custom Fit Orthotics,"$

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I Simply Cannot Get Enough of the “That’s Why I’m Partnering with ___” Tweets

As a late-blooming queer, I know how good it feels to be recognized. That’s why this month I’m partnering with AI Facial Recognition Services,

Anya Richkind

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Jun 23, 2022

Uncle Clifford behind the bar framed in purple lights in P-Valley

tv reviews

Uncle Clifford Remains a Nonbinary Revelation in “P-Valley” Season Two

There are some concerning moments in P-Valley’s second season, but Uncle Clifford remains center stage. She is strutting around her club in a bustier and cape and getting her whole…

Natalie

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Jun 22, 2022

Three copies of the book cover "The Faggots and their Friends Between Revolutions" (a bright red book cover with black text) are collaged in front of a swirling background in colors yellow and green and purple colors.

lgbt book reviews

Revisiting “The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions,” 45 Years Later

I didn’t know this book at all until a few months ago. I borrowed it thinking it’d be hilarious to read in public spaces and have people give me questionable…

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Jun 22, 2022

BOI Band: Five masculine of center folks of various races leaning against a frame with exposed lightbulbs, the walls look like metal grates

music

The Millennial Boy Band Fan to Queer Girl Pipeline Is in Good Hands With BOI Band

“We’re here to insert the queer perspective into heteronormative society. That’s the goal .”

Sa'iyda Shabazz

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Jun 17, 2022

LGBTQ+ in pink font on a blue background

film

Tribeca Film Festival 2022 May be It’s Queerest Season Yet

Dani Janae talks to Tribeca Film Festival programmers, Lucy Mukerjee and Shakira Refos, on the importance of investing in queer artists and audiences.

danijanae

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Jun 13, 2022

A subway car's door is open, and inside it is a pixelated image of Nevada by Imogen Binnie

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“Nevada” and the Multiverse of Sadness

This is how it feels to come to art too late. It’s no longer an experience of immediate connection, but one of processing, of rewriting.

Drew Burnett Gregory

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Jun 10, 2022

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Davey Davis on “X,” True Crime, and the Fantasy of Screwball Comedy

Pixar’s “Lightyear” Is So Much Queerer Than Just That Hyper-Scrutinized Lesbian Kiss

Interview with My Fiancee: Beth

Pop Culture Fix: Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore to Fall in Love Carol-Style in “May December”

Welcome Autostraddle’s Newest Writers!

This Episode of “Real Housewives of New York” Was Performative Pride Allyship at Its Finest

I Simply Cannot Get Enough of the “That’s Why I’m Partnering with ___” Tweets

Uncle Clifford Remains a Nonbinary Revelation in “P-Valley” Season Two

Revisiting “The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions,” 45 Years Later

The Millennial Boy Band Fan to Queer Girl Pipeline Is in Good Hands With BOI Band

Tribeca Film Festival 2022 May be It’s Queerest Season Yet

“Nevada” and the Multiverse of Sadness

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