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Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Featured, Nonfiction, Story

I’m Not Queer to Make Friends

by Logan Scherer May 14, 2019October 19, 2022

By Trying on the Role of Reality TV Villain, Logan Scherer Confronts His Gay Shame

Posted inNonfiction, Science & Nature, Story

The Curious Tale of the Salish Sea Feet

by Kea Krause April 8, 2019October 19, 2022

To date, 21 disembodied feet have washed up on the shores of Seattle’s Salish Sea. What at first looked like the work of a serial killer turned out to be something even more unsettling: A message from the ocean about who we are.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Brontosaurs Whistling in the Dark

by michelleweber March 6, 2017October 19, 2022

Reflections on Angela Merkel’s and Germany’s attitude toward refugees, from a daughter of refugees who themselves fled Germany in the 1930.

Posted inFeatured, Nonfiction, Reading List

The Lives of Nuns, Part 2: A Reading List

by Emily Perper January 11, 2017October 19, 2022

In the two years since I compiled the first installation of “The Lives of Nuns,” Autostraddle wrote about queer nuns in history, Racked shadowed (fake) nuns growing marijuana, and The Huffington Post reported on a nun’s murder and the students who want the truth. Those stories and more are included below. Seclude yourself and read.

Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Editor's Pick, Profiles & Interviews

Sharp Women Writers: An Interview With Michelle Dean

by Natalie Daher April 4, 2018October 19, 2022

On Didion, Arendt, Malcolm, Ephron and other women writers who made an art of having an opinion.

Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Profiles & Interviews, Story

Sharp Women Writers: An Interview With Michelle Dean

by Natalie Daher April 4, 2018October 19, 2022

On Didion, Arendt, Malcolm, Ephron and other women writers who made an art of having an opinion.

Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Unapologetic Women

The Man in the Mirror

by Alison Kinney March 9, 2018October 19, 2022

In the aftermath of rape, Alison Kinney discovers that a new lover who helps you to heal can just as easily betray you.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women

The Man in the Mirror

by Alison Kinney March 9, 2018October 19, 2022

In the aftermath of rape, Alison Kinney discovers that a new lover who helps you to heal can just as easily betray you.

Posted inFeatured, Nonfiction, Reading List

Three Stories on Myth and Superstition

by Krista Stevens May 11, 2016October 19, 2022

Friday, May 13th is the only “Friday the 13th” in 2016. Enjoy these three stories on myth and superstition.

Posted inFeatured, Nonfiction, Quotes

Temptation, Purity, and High-Stakes Evangelism in a Texas Town

by michelleweber November 18, 2015October 19, 2022

Jeff Sharlet spends a day with the sexually pure teens of Battlecry Honor Academy, and learns that renouncing your sins doesn’t mean redacting their memories.

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