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The Autostraddle Insider: Issue 89, February 2022

Letter From Your Editors

This month we are all reading a book, which just so happens to be my natural state at pretty much any moment (you want proof? Scroll to the end of this newsletter for a surprise). I hope you get a chance to cozy up with something good to read in these last days of winter — and the un-official end to cozy season, too!

Nicole (reading Fran for the joke! See Carmen!) / Carmen reading Toni Morrison! See this article!) / Ro / Anya / Casey / Drew / Shelli / Meg / Dani / Heather

I’ve been thinking a lot about 1998 lately. I’ve been thinking about the bedroom that I hand painted with two different shades of candy colored pink (what? yes) and my Rocky Horror Picture Show p...

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