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I just don’t get why they can’t put women on the money!” I was literally yelling at the top of my lungs. “You know who I wanna see on the money? NICKI MINAJ. THAT’S WHO I WANNA SEE ON THE MONEY. MADONNA. HILLARY CLINTON. Why is Benjamin Franklin on the hundred, anyway? What did he do, turn back time? Well, you know who turned back time? CHER. PUT CHER ON THE HUNDRED!
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“I learned a lot about you weirdos reading the results of our first-ever Autostraddle Grown-Ups Survey, which we unleashed upon the world last month in order to ensure our fingers were firmly on the pulses of our readers over the age of 29. One of...

I learned a lot about you weirdos reading the results of our first-ever Autostraddle Grown-Ups Survey, which we unleashed upon the world last month in order to ensure our fingers were firmly on the pulses of our readers over the age of 29. One of the things we asked about was your job — what you did for a living, and also what you wish you were doing for a living, if not your present job.

Here’s what a word cloud of answers to “if not your present job, what job do you aspire towards?” looks like.

And these are some of the most kickass / interesting / unique jobs y’all named… as well as some VERY VERY SPECIAL occupations we fear may not exist.

34 Awesome, Non-Existent and Otherwise Special Jobs You Wish You Had

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It was so shocking that parents felt so scared because of me being in the girl’s bathroom. I mean, what do you think am I going to do? Trans people are worried about their bathroom privacy more than anyone. We are the ones at risk of being raped or sexually assaulted. It’s happened to me before. I’m not hurting anyone. I am just simply using and expressing my rights as a human being using the girl’s restroom.
DW Trantham, Courageous Trans Teen, Stands Up For Her Bathroom Rights and Finds Community Support
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If I had given a speech, I would’ve thanked my team first and foremost, and also all of you. I would’ve thanked all of you who’ve given money, bought merchandise, joined A+, come to camp, shopped through our affiliate links, donated a campership, left a comment, hosted a meet-up, attended a meet-up, shared a post of ours on social media, sent us a delightful e-mail, told your friends about us, wrote about us in your publications or on your blogs, given us an interview, ran into us at Whole Foods, taken a reader survey or ever tried to explain what “Autostraddle” means to anyone, ever.

I would’ve thanked my incredible team: firstly, my Executive Editor and Best Friend Laneia and my Co-Founder, Tiny Dancer Alex Vega. My Managing Editor Intern Rachel, sister wife for life. My Senior Editors Yvonne Marquez and Heather Hogan. My founding team: Tess, Crystal (whose praise I sing from the highest hills), Stef, Carly, Robin and Natalie. Gabby and The QPOC Speakeasy. Every single Autostraddle Subject Editor, Contributing Editor, writer, developer, designer, tech person, photographer, camp staffer, intern, illustrator, merch girl, comic artist and all the other humans who make this place run.

These humans work so hard, and so many of them have worked or do work so hard for so long for free, too. All the souls who make A-Camp so fantastic, and the guests like Deanne Smith, Hannah Hart and Julie Goldman, who have leant A-Camp their starpower and used their powers for good. I would’ve thanked my dearest mother and my little brother. My girlfriend, Abby, for making me happier than I ever knew possible, and Quickbooks, for basically the same reason. Also my Dad, even though he’s dead so I’ll have to tell him about it later. Also Tinkerbell. The most important thing to take away from all of this is that it’s basically all because of Tinkerbell.

Riese, We Won A Thing: Autostraddle Triumphs At GLAAD Awards, As Does Kerry Washington
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“I’m a Jew from New York with an eccentric scientist mother, I’ve never been one to follow the rules. As a matter if fact, I’ve been told my entire life by bosses, teachers and camp counselors that I needed to “settle down.” They said I was “too...

I’m a Jew from New York with an eccentric scientist mother, I’ve never been one to follow the rules. As a matter if fact, I’ve been told my entire life by bosses, teachers and camp counselors that I needed to “settle down.” They said I was “too much,” “too loud,” “too inappropriate.” The idea being that I should keep it small – you know “less is more.”

So I tried that, specifically at work: to be quieter, more reserved, less obtrusive. But that meant I was less of myself. And that felt more awful than being told I was too much. As my teacher Alexandra Billings (who plays Davina in Transparent) says, “Less is not more. Less is always less.” And you know what, I didn’t want to be less.

If I was too much for certain places, I was going to create a place where it was wonderful to be exactly me. And for you to be 100% you – weird, honest, joyful, strange, excited, vulnerable and real. All the time.

A Party of Five: Nikki Levy of “Don’t Tell My Mother!”

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Emily: Hello, there! I am Emily Fields.

Jacket Girl: …?

Emily: Emily Fields.

Jacket Girl: …?

Emily: Emily Fields. As in … Emily Fields.

Jacket Girl: Do I know you?

Emily: Do you not know me?

Jacket Girl: I don’t think so?

Emily: Um, okay. Wow. Okay. But do you not suddenly feel, like, super gay and willing to do anything I ask so you can keep standing this close to my hair?

Jacket Girl: Are you the devil in disguise?

Emily: ARE YOU?

Pretty Little Liars Episode 524 Recap: Oooh, Barracuda! on Autostraddle

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It’s time for another anonymous sex toy review on Autostraddle! This time, we’re talking about the Lovehoney Bodystocking. “Sometimes I review things I would have tried on my own and this is not one of those times. I put it on, got a run, swore, and...

It’s time for another anonymous sex toy review on Autostraddle! This time, we’re talking about the Lovehoney Bodystocking. 

Sometimes I review things I would have tried on my own and this is not one of those times. I put it on, got a run, swore, and set out to seduce my activity partner, which wasn’t difficult (see above re: being pretty much naked). Wearing the stocking felt about equal parts sexy and ridiculous, and I think it was this combo that let me discover my favorite thing about it, namely how much fun it is (was) to rip. My activity partner and I are into rough, aggressive sex, and we often talk a big game about tearing clothes off each other but when it comes down to it clothes are pretty expensive and personally I only own like three sweaters so normally we do less tearing and more hasty removing and in my case folding. The body stocking — already with a huge run up the back of my leg — was the perfect chance for her to actually destroy something during sex without consequence.

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I struggled with my sexuality for a long time and I think it would have been so much easier if I’d seen someone like me on TV or in a movies or in books. Femslash fan fiction gave me that; the stories I read showed I wasn’t alone because other people had to think like me if they’re writing about this stuff.
 Fan Fiction Friday: 8 Femslash Writers You Need to Know | Autostraddle
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“Hello webbie-queers! Thus continues our “So You Want to Make a Website” series, a series encouraging you (yes, you) to use the tools available to you on the web to take control of your own narrative/business/creative life/whatever. We’ve covered...

Hello webbie-queers! Thus continues our “So You Want to Make a Website” series, a series encouraging you (yes, you) to use the tools available to you on the web to take control of your own narrative/business/creative life/whatever. We’ve covered what you’re going to make, how you’re going to make it, a small digression in favor of learning to code and now, the domain name. Domain names are the addresses you type in the URL bar that will eventually take you to your website. There are about one million options for domain name ownership, so let’s just dive in.

So You Want to Buy a Domain Name

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