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Orange Is The New Black Episode 213 Recap: And I Will Never Finger Her

Orange Is The New Black Episode 213 Recap: And I Will Never Finger Her

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Hello and welcome to the thirteenth episode of the second season of Orange is the New Black, a show about reckless drivers and how frustrating it is to lose all your drugs! This is the series finale of this fine television program in which a whole bunch of shit went down. I hope all of you are really proud of Team Autostraddle for taking no less than four months and seven writers to recap this…

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Michigan Same-Sex Couples Get a Court Win, But State Legislature Wants to Leave Trans People Behind

Michigan Same-Sex Couples Get a Court Win, But State Legislature Wants to Leave Trans People Behind

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It’s been a week of mixed feelings for the Michigan LGBTQ community. Yesterday, a federal judge struck down a Michigan law that banned municipalities and public schools from providing health benefits to domestic partners of employees. Meanwhile, the state legislature is finally looking to amend Michigan’s civil rights bill, but there’s a push to…

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Also.Also.Also: I Swear This Isn’t Clickbait and Other Stories We Missed

Also.Also.Also: I Swear This Isn’t Clickbait and Other Stories We Missed

Lord have mercy you will never get through all of this. Maybe next week I’ll do two smaller AAAs and everyone will wake up happy. Here are some of the things we missed while Time magazine was being the absolute fucking worst!

look what new Intern Raquel found for you!

look what new Intern Raquel found for you!

Gay.

+ One of my favorite humans, Arabelle Sicardi, wrote The Best Time I Got Sent to ‘Pray Away the Gay’ Bible Yoga Campand…

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You Need Help: You Think You’re Bad At Sex

You Need Help: You Think You’re Bad At Sex

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Welcome to You Need Help! Where you’ve got a problem and yo, we solve it. Or we at least try.

Q: My girlfriend and I broke up about four months ago. She was the first girl I was ever with, and we were together for almost three years. About halfway through our relationship, she admitted to me that she had been “faking it” every time we had sex. She told me…

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6 Blue Lipsticks Road-Tested for the Ice Queen In You

6 Blue Lipsticks Road-Tested for the Ice Queen In You

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Something truly wonderful is happening.

Cosmetic companies are expanding their lipstick colors beyond the standard red-orange-pink-purple-burgundy spectrum and into the land of black, yellow, green and blue lipstick. Lauren Thurman-King discussed this phenomenon at The Style Conand credits the ongoing ’90s/early ’00s revival and the popularity of unconventional…

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Faking It Episode 208 Recap: The Flavor Of The Month Is Lezberry Blast

Faking It Episode 208 Recap

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Welcome to the eighth recap of the second season of Faking It, a patriotic musical revue from the same network that brought you Doggy Fizzle Televizzle. This recap would’ve been up earlier, but Comcast decided it would be better for my mental health to take a billion years to upload each photo to this post. It was sort of like I was writing a recap on the wall of my cave in prehistoric times!…

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Anonymous Sex Toy Review: The Stronic Drei

Anonymous Sex Toy Review: The Stronic Drei

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AUTOSTRADDLE ANONYMOUS SEX TOY REVIEW #48:

It’s our 48th Autostraddle Anonymous Sex Toy Review! Over the last few years, sex toy companies and stores have propositioned us to review their toys in exchange for, you know, their toys.

This week, one of our anonymous reviewers tried out the Stronic Drei from Fun Factory, available at Babeland.

  • Material: 100% silicone + base
  • Color: turquoise or pink
  • S…

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Playlist: One More Time Without Feeling

Playlist: One More Time Without Feeling

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Let me give you a little background on the concept for this playlist. Phil Kaye, a very talented poet, has a piece called “Repetition” where he tells us his mom taught him that “if you repeat something enough times, it loses its meaning.” That’s where this playlist comes in.

Lovingly crafted, this is a playlist that goes through the valleys and peaks & valleys and…

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Coming Out to Your Friends: The Autostraddle Roundtable

Coming Out to Your Friends: The Autostraddle Roundtable

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One of the most quintessential moments of queer life is the act of coming out. It’s such a life-changing event that we have entire day devoted to celebrating itevery year. While the coming out process and experience is different for just about everyone, the actual act of coming out is often a unifying concept for the LGBT community. At almost any queer event, you’ll…

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEF! LOVE, A+ AND THE INTERNET

HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEF! LOVE, A+ AND THE INTERNET

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Today is our dear Music Editor Stef’s 31st birthday! This is a really exciting occasion because if there’s anything that makes you feel better about where you are in life than turning 30, it’s turning 31. Trust me, I speak from experience.

Anyhow, Stefturns THIRTY ONE TODAY! Stef is a very special human. She’s a founding member of Autostraddle.com and has worked all five A-Camps, serving as…

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“This Is A Book For The Parents Of Gay Kids”: A Coming Out Conversation with Bruce and Phyllis

“This Is A Book For The Parents Of Gay Kids”: A Coming Out Conversation with Bruce and Phyllis

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This Is A Book For The Parents of Gay Kids is “A Question and Answer Guide for Everyday Life” by Autostraddle friends and all-around superheroes Dannielle Owens-Reid and Kristin Russo. The book came out of a need for parents that they saw in their work at Everyone Is Gay, where they provide advice and promote conversation among LGBTQ youth.

“LGBTQ youth across the world were itching for a place…

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