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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads February 15, 2019October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Emily Raboteau, Joe Bernstein and Davey Alba, Jen Doll, Kate Harris, and Lisa Franklin.

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads December 21, 2018October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Casey Parks, Cathy Newman, Zach Baron, Molly Priddy, and Christopher Solomon.

Posted inEditor's Pick

How to Thrive as a Sober Queer Through the Holigays

by Sari Botton December 20, 2018October 19, 2022

In a piece that’s part personal essay and part service journalism, Molly Priddy shares how challenging it initially was going home for the holidays just after she got sober — and how it’s gotten better over the years. She also offers tips suggesting how others avoiding alcohol might get through the end-of-year forced family fun […]

Posted inReading List, Uncategorized

To Reflect, To Love, and To Protest: A Pride Month Reading List

by Emily Perper June 29, 2018October 19, 2022

A roundup of longreads to celebrate Pride Month.

Posted inReading List

Looking Back at Pride Month

by Emily Perper July 1, 2017October 19, 2022

Eight stories and two bonus reads for Pride month.

Posted inFood, Reading List

Back in the Kitchen: A Reading List About Gender and Food

by Emily Perper March 20, 2017October 19, 2022

Eight must-read essays on how we cook and how we eat.

Posted inReading List

Twenty Years of ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’: A Reading List

by Emily Perper March 13, 2017October 19, 2022

I don’t remember consciously watching Buffy—it feels like I absorbed it by osmosis. It’s not perfect, but it is wonderful.

Posted inFeatured, Nonfiction, Reading List

Stand Up For Transgender Equality: A Reading List

by Emily Perper March 5, 2017October 19, 2022

I was in the lobby of a theater in Washington, D.C. when I saw the first of the tweets about the Trump administration’s decision to stymie protections for transgender students on the federal level. It wasn’t until the play ended and I was on the Metro home that I had cell service; I began to piece together […]

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 inFeatured, Nonfiction, Reading List

Present-Day Witchcraft: Seven Stories About Witches

by Emily Perper October 17, 2016October 19, 2022

Seven stories about the modern rituals of witchcraft and how they inform our past.

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