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Warner Bros Working on a Supergirl TV Show; Here’s Who It Should Star

Warner Bros Working on a Supergirl TV Show; Here’s Who It Should Star

Warner Bros., the studio who owns the film and TV rights for DC Comics has announced that they are currently working on a TV show based around the female superhero Supergirl. According to the Hollywood Reporter, out television writer and producer Ali Adler is writing the script, Greg Berlanti is producing and Geoff Johns,a writer for DC Comics is expected to be involved. Although not much else…

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The NFL’s New Stance on Domestic Violence Isn’t a Step in the Right Direction

The NFL’s New Stance on Domestic Violence Isn’t a Step in the Right Direction

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On August 28th, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell issued a letter to all 32 NFL ownersapologizing for his shitty response to a case involving domestic violence, and promising a newfound commitment to advocating for domestic violence and sexual assault prevention. Goodell’s shift comes after weeks of public outrage in response to the commissioner’s decision to…

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Team Pick: Watch “After Tiller” Free on PBS Right Now

Team Pick: Watch “After Tiller” Free on PBS Right Now

Do you have access to an internet connection and a web-enabled device of some sort? Yeah? Then you can watch the award-winning documentary, After Tiller right now, completely free. The documentary premiered on Monday of this week and will stream online on the PBS website until October 1, 2014.

After Tilleris an honest look at late term abortion, the complex stories of people who seek late term…

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Lez Liberty Lit #54: Libraries, Libraries Everywhere

Lez Liberty Lit #54: Libraries, Libraries Everywhere

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Nepantla: A Journal Dedicated to Queer Poets of Color launched today and the first issue is available for free online. In the introduction, the editors write:

“Nepantla: A Journal Dedicated to Queer Poets of Coloris an intentional community space. Our mission is to nurture, celebrate, and preserve diversity within the queer poetry community. Through this…

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Denmark’s New Law Makes Legal Gender Recognition A Lot Easier

Denmark’s New Law Makes Legal Gender Recognition A Lot Easier

Gay Star News asks “Is Denmark’s new trans law the best of its kind in the world?” and the short answer is well, no. Not because the new law, which came into effect this week and allows people to change their legal gender without having to fulfill any surgical, psychiatric or medical requirements, isn’t a great step forward for trans rights and self-determination — but because Argentina beat them…

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Federal Courts in Louisiana, Wisconsin, Indiana Send Mixed Messages on Marriage

Federal Courts in Louisiana, Wisconsin, Indiana Send Mixed Messages on Marriage

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Two federal courts have ruled on state same-sex marriage bans in the last two days, though their conflicting decisions further underline the need for a Supreme Court decision to help settle the issue once and for all.

Yesterday, a U.S. District Court judge in Louisiana ruledthat the state’s same-sex marriage ban is constitutional because of some convoluted (and…

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15 Ladies Who Played Peter Pan: From Nina Boucicault to Alison Williams

15 Ladies Who Played Peter Pan: From Nina Boucicault to Alison Williams

Peter Pan holds a special spot in so many queer girls’ hearts. For example, I’m pretty sure that Mary Martin playing Peter Pan in the televised 1960 version of Peter Panis my root? Also, I maybe possibly once published a (terrible) lesbian erotica story titled “Straight (On) ‘Til Morning” that indulged itself pretty intensely in Peter Pan imagery? Also, at least 25% of y’all have been Peter Pan…

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Say Hello To The New Contributing Editors On The Block

Say Hello To The New Contributing Editors On The Block

We’ve welcomed all kinds of new writers to the Autostraddle team, and now it’s your turn to say hello! Read about the newest Contributing Editors — including a few that have been here for a while but haven’t been formally introduced UNTIL NOW.

Here are the new kids who’ve been pumping extra smarts into your brainspace! We’re so glad they’re here!

AUDREY Contributing Editor

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Audreyis a…

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#tbt Dinah Shore 2011 Revenge of the Nerds (at Palm Springs, CA)

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Admitting That You’re Home: A Photo Diary

Admitting That You’re Home: A Photo Diary

I’m on the floor watching Punky Brewster. Punky lives in Chicago, Illinois, with her dog Brandon and her foster dad, Henry. “Me and J.W. used to live in Chicago,” she says from behind me.

I can’t believe anyone I know has ever lived anywhere but here.

She tells me that after the Depression, lots of poor people moved up to Chicago in the 1940s to work in factories because there wasn’t any work…

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Learning to Use Chopsticks: Coming Out as Korean-American

Learning to Use Chopsticks: Coming Out as Korean-American

At 27, I came out as Korean-American. I was always Korean, of course. I checked the “Asian” box when filling out a form. My ethnicity was written on my face in the shape of my eyes and my small flat nose. But until a few years ago, it wasn’t an identity I felt connected to. There were many identities that came first — poet, bisexual, queer, feminist, activist, organizer, fattie, vegan. Being…

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Dear Queer Diary: Take This Quiz, Know Thyself

Dear Queer Diary: Take This Quiz, Know Thyself

Back in the days when I was still dating boys, Facebook kindly alerted me to the fact that my then-romantic interest (who I shan’t dignify with the term “boyfriend”) had taken a quiz entitled “Which non-existent fruit are you?”

Although I have done my best to forget many other aspects of our relationship, I will always recall this moment as a kind of watershed — the moment when the outrageous…

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“BFF” is the New Film That Takes ‘Female-Driven’ to a New Level

“BFFs” is the New Film That Takes ‘Female-Driven’ to a New Level

It’s been a while since I’ve seen a not straight film I’ve really enjoyed and I think it’s been even longer since it’s been a comedy. So after I watched BFFs, I was very excited to share this film with y’all. It’s half buddy comedy, half romcom written by and starring actual best friends Andrea Grano and Tara Karsian. The film is about two besties that pretend to be a couple so they can take…

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The Ersatz Emancipation of Femininity: On Being a Bulimic, Brown Lesbian | Autostraddle

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I just thought this was really honest and beautiful and people should read this because she’s tackling really important issues that girls of color (and everyone else too) should be aware of.