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Writer, Editor | Black 🇵🇷 🏳️‍🌈| I'm gonna tweet a lot about Beyoncé. Just so you know.

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I wrote about politics of desirability, the WNBA, and lesbian lust for @r29unbothered ’s Thirst Week 💦 I had a great time getting nerdy and thirsty! Many thanks to @DixPeyton , @hunteryharris , and @KathleenNB for editing this series. Everyone get hot.

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The WNBA Has Brought Lesbian Lust Mainstream. Now What?

We’re living in a record-breaking rise of the WNBA... the league is not only supremely talented, filled with incredible women and an important history of activism, these women are also fine as hell.

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SHE WALKED THE MET CARPET WITH EBONI ON HER SIDE!??!? 🥹 I know this has become something of a common appearance recently, but do yall even understand how far we've come to get here??? Were you there in the begining? Dana, I am so so so so proud of you. A lifetime of proud.

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Well hello there Queen Latifah and Eboni Nichols. #MetGala

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In 100% seriousness, my prayers to all the Black and brown service people who work in the White House and the residency. They don’t deserve any of this.

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It would take me so longer than a tweet to explain, but there's a direct line between this Super Bowl performance and the 2016 election. And I am not exaggerating.

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Beyoncé had police officers, liberals and conservatives outside the stadium ready to start riots.

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Hey, I don’t talk about it much, but I really have an entire PhD with a speciality in race, gender, and sexuality studies. I’m not the editor of some “cute ‘lil blog” — I’m Senior Editor of the largest (and longest living) independently owned queer women’s website on the internet

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No seriously, I know we all get on this little silly app and make our little silly jokes about the Oscars. But turning Chadwick Boseman into a literal object for swag bags and then NOT honoring the talent of his life’s work and craft is actively and systematically violent.

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I held off writing about In the Heights, in part b/c Twitter isn’t built for analysis and I’m hesitant to be critical about a movie with so much riding on it for the future of other Latinx projects. But I can’t let it go!! So! 🧵 on In The Heights, Afro-Latinxs and queerness.

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I know this: Naya Rivera fought like hell for Santana Lopez's coming out story. And seeing an Afro-Latina come out to her Abuela gave me the courage to do the same. And coming out literally changed everything in my life. How can I ever say thank you? Saying goodbye? Impossible ♥️

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Naya Rivera is dead at 33. Her body was recovered from Lake Piru today after a six-day search.

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OK. I have a lot of anger about Ellen. This isn’t for her. This is for Kate McKinnon barely holding her tears. This is for when she was 13. When I was 10. When it was the 90s and we were girls who couldn’t explain why we didn’t fit. This is for US.

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Listen. Going from Jane Fonda to Jamie Lee Curtis to Jodie Foster to Gillian Anderson was quite simply *A LOT* FOR MY GAY HEART IN A ROW. I have now retired to my fainting couch. Good day.

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Today is the first day of Pride. There will be no corporate sponsored parades. America is entering its 7th day of mass protests across the nation. Stonewall was a fucking riot. Honor your trans and queer ancestors. This morning, Donate to a bail fund.

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74 Bail Funds You Can Absolutely Support Right Now

Donate to a bail fund. We don't have to wait for others to commit to upholding the value of Black life and materially improve the lives of Black people. We can take care of each other instead.

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Personally speaking, I cannot get past the storytelling decision of In the Heights to cut the plot about Nina’s dad being anti-Black towards Benny, a key part of the play. If we’re going to tell Latinx stories, we should be honest about colorism and racism in our communities.

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Sharing a name with a bisexual Tessa Thompson character and getting the announcement narrated by Kehlani?? That’s called REALLY knowing your audience, gotdamn

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We are the Golden State Valkyries Narrated by Kehlani

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I really hate having to list those creditials because I don’t believe in ego-stroking, but I’ve been getting played recently. And I get it. I smile big and have chubby cheeks, but you’d be wrong not to take me seriously. I’m an expert because I earned it. Thanks ✌🏾

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By relegating Daniela and Carla to background sweetness, In the Heights asks queer Latinxs to settle. By not casting dark skinned Afro-Latinxs in speaking roles and cutting the ONLY plot directly addressing racism, it asks Afro-Latinxs to settle. We are worth more than settling.

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All these funny lil jokes about Kim Mulkey’s outfits are (intentional or not) playing into a PR stunt to pivot away from conversations about how she’s a long-standing hateful bigot. But the north remembers.

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Rate @LSUwbkb coach Kim Mulkey's national championship game fit ✨

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In addition to being the first Asian actress to win the Best Actress Oscar, Michelle Yeoh just became only the second woman of color *ever* to win the award. In 95 years. The first was Halle Berry, 21 years ago.

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The decision to cut the plot of Nina’s dad being anti-Black from the play and the online conversations about colorism in the movie are of the same coin; In the Heights had an opportunity to say something important about race in our communities and it didn’t. Flat out.

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Good morning world! If knowing that Christine Baranski, Meryl Streep, and Andrea McDonald sang “Ladies Who Lunch” together while in their bathrobes isn’t enough to IMMEDIATELY make you stop scrolling and watch this video, I don’t know what to tell you.

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Dark skinned Afro-Latinx actors are put into boxes where they can’t even audition for Latinx roles. I’m so proud of being Black, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t hurt when we are literally written out of the narrative of our own communities’ stories b/c we aren’t in the room.

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Every straight person I know who saw In the Heights didn’t clock Daniela and Carla as gay unless they knew to look for it. And not everything needs to be a Pride parade — but if the majority of your audience can’t tell your characters are gay, you shouldn’t get credit for it.

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The other thing about Hannah Beachler, on top of all her other genius, is that she was the production designer for Lemonade. Game recognize Game. #Oscars2019

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@rgay "pls disregard if not Christian" is doing a lot of work here

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Here’s 4 images of Kamala Harris that I had *saved in my phone* that are better than that Vogue cover. I’d say something about how women who exude power in ways that aren’t traditionally read as “feminine” get played in the media, and that’s true. But also Tops Deserve Better!!

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I’ve seen some Afro-Latinxs say that In the Heights was the largest amount of Afro-Latinxs they’d seen on screen at one time, and I’ve seen other Afro-Latinxs note the lack of dark skinned Afro-Latinxs present for a film about Washington Heights. I personally think both are true.

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I loved In the Heights with my entire soul. Lots of people have talked about it as a Latinx project, but it also matters that it’s about Caribbean Latinxs. We’re marginalized in representation, even within the larger group.

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WHEN THEY ZOOMED IN ON TRACY CHAPMAN'S HANDS FOR THE FIRST CHORDS OF fAST CAR

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It meant the world to me to see Daphne Rubin-Vega’s Daniela wear head wraps and talk about slavery and see her and Leslie Grace’s Nina as Afro-Latinas in In the Heights. There’s also a CLEAR casting choice not to cast any dark skinned Afro-Latinxs that should be discussed.

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In the Heights has Timbs on concrete and little girls getting their thick curls combed into ponytails in kitchens so narrow they might as well be hallways. Three kids to one bed. Sweat. Salchicha con huevos. All of it. My mother actually cried at the opening number.

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Started with writing a silly quick hit about Cardi & Meg scissoring ✂️✂️, ended up writing a 800 word meditation on Black femmes and bi erasure.

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Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion Are Scissoring

Cardi and Meg sent a message in their new "Bongos" music video. And that message was y'all keep bi erasing us if you want, but ✂️ ✂️

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“I write for young girls of color, for girls who don’t even exist yet, so that there is something there for them when they arrive.” — #NtozakeShange Sending Sister Ntozake’s spirit love and warmth as she joins the ancestors. “For Colored Girls,” she did it for us. RIP.

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It would have been very easy to write in one definitive line of dialogue that established Daniela and Carla as a clear couple, instead of relying only on background moments. They could have kissed on screen. They only share a bed, briefly, before the In The Heights title card.

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I loved Anthony Ramos as Usnavi, and also Jharrel Jerome played the character in his high school production of In the Heights. There’s a famous video of him actually doing the opening number with Lin. We can open our imaginations.

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Jharrel Jerome - In The Heights Rehearsal with Lin-Manuel Miranda...

A rehearsal of the opening number of the musical 'In the Heights' at LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in 2014. The show was directed ...

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I’ve also struggled because it appears that In the Heights wants a lot of credit for its queer inclusion (l I loved Daniela and Carla, and the work Stephanie Beatriz and Daphne Rubin-Vega put into those roles), but it barely passes the bar.

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Only two actors have won posthumous Oscars: Peter Finch in 1977 and Heath Ledger in 2009. And unlike Chadwick Boseman, I can’t imagine either of them being turned into a “swag present” for guests after their death, but I bet you can spot the difference.

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It’s the armpit hair. It’s the girl beside her in the bed. It’s the fluffy blanket. Its the braids. It’s the topless casual toothbrushing. It’s everything. Janelle Monáe is my everything.

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ZOE KRAVITZ IS NOW DATING TAYLOUR PAIGE!!!!!!!! I am not taking questions at this time!!! On the account of death!!!

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Imma say this and say goodnight, but A Black Lady Sketch Show, The Amber Ruffin Show, and Ted Lasso — @ashleyn1cole 's pen is legendary.

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At age six, when #ALeagueOfTheirOwn first premiered, I watched it every weekend for five months straight. Well kids, I grew up, got gay, and used that encyclopedic knowledge to make you an obsessive guide to every #ALOTO Easter egg in the new series. ❤️

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Every “A League of Their Own” Reference in “A League of Their Own”

An episode-by-episode breakdown of every "A League of Their Own" movie reference and in the "A League of Their Own" series.

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Ahem, DID YALL HEAR THE GOOD NEWS YET??? 🦇❤️ Black, Bisexual, and Bat-f*cking-Woman. Let's go.

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Meet your new #Batwoman — bisexual actress Javicia Leslie!

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My favorite thing about my annual Parent Trap late summer rewatch is that not only is Chessy obviously a lesbian, but also that she’s hot.

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@lesbianharuka @autowin @sunflow_erboy The line referenced in this specific tweet (also the one of the only lines in a 1K word article to use “queer” or “woc”) was worded in this manner because the two actresses in question don’t both identify as specifically “black lesbians”

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A fun fact that is worth repeating: This year is only the second that two Black women are nominated for Best Actress (the first was Cicely Tyson and Diana Ross in ‘73). And it’s the first year they are both nominated for playing queer roles.

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@lesbianharuka @autowin @sunflow_erboy (at least not that I know of on any public record) and I wanted to be specific to THEIR identity while also paying homage to how important their representation is in taking these two roles. So, in this specific sentence,, that wording made the most sense.

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@lesbianharuka @autowin @sunflow_erboy I feel confident that anyone who reads the article will know we are talking about black lesbians in this film. As a black woman, I know how important language is and try very hard to be both specific and inclusive whenever possible. Again, thank you for your time!

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@autostraddle Hi, I’m the author of the piece. Thanks everyone for engaging! I appreciate your feedback. In the article linked above, I use lesbian (and “black lesbian”), more than any other term. (1/4)

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@autostraddle The line referenced in this specific tweet (also the one of the only lines in a 1K word article to use “queer” or “woc”) was worded in this manner because the two actresses in question don’t both identify as specifically “black lesbians” (2/4)

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@lesbianharuka @autowin @sunflow_erboy Hi, I’m the author of the piece. Thanks for reading! I appreciate your feedback. As my editor mentioned, in the article I use lesbian (and “black lesbian”), more than any other term.

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@autostraddle I‘m confident that those who read the article will know we are talking about black lesbians in the film. As a black woman, I know language’s important. I try very hard to be both specific & inclusive. Thanks for your time! And please see this movie if you can, it’s AWESOME (4/4)

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@autostraddle I wanted to be specific to THEIR identity while also paying homage to how important their representation is in taking these two roles. In this specific sentence, the chosen wording seemed to make the most sense. (3/4)

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“her friend”

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I’ve done research, and I’m just going to say what I’ve got to say.

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I'm so excited to share this news! I started writing for Autostraddle as a freelancer four years ago. I've been a reader for a decade! It's been my home. I have such love and respect for our team. Officially becoming the Editor-in-Chief? That's a dream.

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Carmen Phillips Is Our New Editor-in-Chief

Carmen has led Autostraddle with compassion, pragmatism and heart.

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One day I'd like for us to discuss that Tallulah Bankhead fcked both Billie Holiday and Hattie McDaniel. It doesn't have to be today. Lots going on in the world. But one day, and one day SOON, we're circling back to this. A bad bitch. I tip my hat.

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R. Kelly’s Victims Were Ignored for 30 Years. It Has ‘Everything to Do With the Fact That They Are Black Women. #SurvivingRKelly

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R. Kelly’s Victims Were Ignored for 30 Years. It Has ‘Everything to Do With the Fact That They Are...

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These photos are silly, but damn so heart felt. Naya Rivera's advocacy on and off-camera ultimately paved the way for a generation to lesbian, bisexual, and queer women to feel good about themselves. "The only straight we are, is straight up BITCH" and I'm forever grateful.

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When Wakanda Calls, and you answer. I've been waiting for this moment since I saw my first X-Men cartoon at 8 years old. #BlackPanther #WakandaCameToSlay

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Sometimes I wonder “how gay am I, really?” But just now on my way to the farmers market I thought to myself “remember to change your indoor Birks for outdoor Birks.” So.

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I would’ve risked it all for Drew Barrymore in the 90s.

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QUEEN LATIFAH BROUGHT HER PARTNER EBONI NICHOLS ONTO THE RED CARPET and I only found out in the middle of the night, so I couldn’t scream about it then so I am screaming about it now!!! COME ON DANA, I AM SO DAMN PROUD OF YOUUUUUU!!!!!

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The #Oscars were pretty gay actually! Ariana DeBose became the first queer person of color and first Afro-Latina to win! 4 queer couples walked the red carpet! (Some with smooches!) Elliot Page looked handsome as heck! And gay jokes by gay faves!

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Here’s PART II. Damn I’m so lucky to love women. (Happy Brithday Stephen Sondheim, thank you for all the gifts you’ve given us, including this one)

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Ever seen a photo so beautiful that you genuinely thought you would cry? Anyway, @SaraRamirez for Out Magazine's Out 100 List. The rest of today is cancelled.

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I like to challenge myself, so I went ahead and did 20👇🏾 1. T’challa 2. Shuri 3. Luke Cage 4. Misty Knight 5. Riri Williams/Ironheart 6. Monica Rambeau/ Spectrum 7. Storm 8. Miles Morales/ Spiderman 9. Black Lightning 10. Thunder/ Anissa Pierce 11. Falcon 12. War Machine (MCU)

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Let's Talk Bette "Bat-Girl" Kane!🔥🐦

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Can you name 10 POC superheroes without looking any up?

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Oh I’m sorry Candace Parker came out and I actually am crying screaming might pass out

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Never Forget.

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Eboni Nichols RESPECTFULLY I have so much respect for your household and again RESPECTFULLY I wish y’all nothing but the best but you’re the luckiest woman alive and if y’all —I mean RESPECTFULLY— if a hall pass should ever make itself available, I.. I…

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Congratulations to Ruth Carter, the first Black woman to win TWO Academy Awards, for Outstanding Costume Design Black Panther (2018) and Wakanda Forever (2022). Her body of work and the ways she’s made melanin on screen shine in glory is unparalleled. I’m so happy for her.

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I had never watched (or heard of, tbh) Ted Lasso because, well, I tend to ignore TV starring white straight cis men. HOWEVER everyone kept talking about Ted Lasso so I started watching Ted Lasso and now I’m obsessed with Ted Lasso and only want to talk about Ted Lasso.

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If black queer and trans kids being supported by their parents makes you cry, and your looking for a little emotional reset on this early Spring Sunday morning, what else are you waiting for? #ZayaWadeStanAccount 💜

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There is just absolutely no one, nowhere, doing it for queer Black girls on TV like Batwoman right now. I am speechless. SPEECHLESS. Wildmoore, damn what a story to behold.

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Today is #ButchAppreciationDay , which at Autostraddle we’ve also expanded to #StudAppreciationDay because even on 🎉 fun internet holidays 🎉, there’s more to queer masculinities in our community that narratives that center whiteness. Thread for content (and our store sale!)👇🏾

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I’m SHOCKED that I don’t have more people on the timeline talking about #LittleFiresEverywhere . Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington in a 1990s period piece Big Little Lies style drama except its about POC and an angsty teen lesbian coming of age. Do yall not like nice things?

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Damn. I am so lucky to work with the funniest Black queer people on Queen Latifah's internet.

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Janelle Monáe's "Lipstick Lover" Music Video Has Fully Melted Our Brains

This queer Black feminist sex positive pool party has shattered everything inside me.

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3 years

In a surprisingly vulnerable moment, I wrote about Ryan Wilder ( @JaviciaLeslie ), Sophie Moore ( @meagantandy ) and what the @BatwomanWriters are doing this year writing a genuine Black lesbian love story that's full of hard fought trust, heroism, such care.♥️

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Autostraddle’s Favorite Lesbian, Bisexual, and Queer TV Couples of 2021

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When I tell you that 15 years ago, the idea of the show opening with both Bette and Shane having sex with black women was beyond my imagination, I REALLY MEAN THAT SH*T #TheLWordGenerationQ

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Brittney Griner, a 2x Gold Medal Olympian, has been "wrongfully detained" by Russia for 97 days. The President hasn't PICKED UP A PHONE AND CALLED HER WIFE ONCE. Not even to say "your country is with you." The basics of his job. We know why. I'm livid.

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Cherelle Griner, Wife of Brittney Griner, Opens Up to Robin Roberts

"I won't go down until she's back," Cherelle said. "Every single day matters for me to be sound, for me to be alert, for me to be attentive, to make sure that she comes back."

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This morning I woke up to the news of Toni Morrison's passing. Within an hour, I was writing. I hadn't written something I was proud of in over a month. But – a black woman writing, it's the only way I knew how to pay tribute. Thank you, for everything.

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Toni Morrison Has Died at 88; When I Was 27, She Saved My Life

Maybe that’s why black women love Toni Morrison. She laid bare the kind of secrets that we barely even whispered to each other, the shames that we buried underneath our quick tongues and sisterhood...

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3 years

Ok since I’ve gotten A LOT of new followers since Sunday, here’s a small intro: I’m Carmen, I’m queer, Black, Puerto Rican. I have a PhD but I don’t often write long analysis threads. I usually write about my day job @autostraddle and being gay. And it’s ok if you leave! ♥️

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4 years

Obviously Jennifer Holliday’s Effie... but I’ve waited my whole black ass broadway-loving life to see Sheryl Lee Ralph’s Deena and Loretta Devine as Lorrell. Release the tape!!

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4 years

- still wish that they somehow would release the full original Dreamgirls footage.

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3 years

No one, absolutely no one, in the entire history of the skinny white women celebrity complex has ever been “just friends” with Cara Delevingne.

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6 years

Good morning! I retweeted this last night, and I’m unapologetically retweeting again. It’s vulnerable and honest and in the middle of plastic Hollywood lights, something actually real. Have you taken time to watch @LenaWaithe yet? If not, what are you waiting for?

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. @LenaWaithe explains why she cut her hair: "I felt like I was holding onto a piece of femininity that would make the world feel comfortable with who I am" #HFPA

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This is a good time to remember that @LenaWaithe was on the Hosting Committee for this year’s #MetGala and said of the occasion: “I really want to channel all my foremothers and forefathers from the New York ball scene — they started this” #RespectOurElders #MetGala2019

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2 years

Shut the fuck up. And that’s on Black Boricua queer excellence, babyyyyy ❤️

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6 years

Did @BrandonVDixon just give THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS LIFE-- blood, life, tears, alla that-- And then throw the #WakandaForever at the curtain call??? WOW. We out here for the culture!! #JesusChristSuperstar @BroadwayBlack

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4 years

I’m legit still stunned, but overwhelmed and excited to become Autostraddle’s Deputy Editor and join @thatkamala in having an even greater leadership stake in a publication I love. I’m so grateful for what @autowin has built. I look forward to growing AS into the next horizon.

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With enthusiasm for the future, @autowin has decided to step down as Autostraddle’s Editor in Chief — she’ll still be here full-time as CEO/CFO and a writer — and is excited to pass the torch to new EIC @thatkamala and new Deputy Editor @carmencitaloves .

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3 years

Seriously though tonight’s BET Awards had: Lil Nas X making out with some Black man to CMBYN, Mj Rodriguez walking out to the stage to her own damn song, and Queen Latifah saying “Happy Pride!” ✌🏾🌈 ON BET!!! Iykyk… this is like my Blackest, Gayest fever dream. I may not sleep.

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3 years

What was supposed to be quick piece yesterday about Queen Latifah turned into a personal essay about me learning the lyrics to U.N.I.T.Y. at 8 years old, @LilNasX , @MjRodriguez7 and all us queer Black kids who grew up watching a BET that didn't love us.

Queen Latifah and the Black Queer Kids BET Never Loved

Sunday night felt like whatever was opposite of death by a thousand cuts — freedom by a thousand small breaks.

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4 years

Amanda Gorman. Her brown skin and braided hair and her gold earrings and adornments. Her bright red headband and bright yellow coat and that shimmering highlighter on her cheeks. Her eloquence. Shining Black Girlhood. Every word washed me to the bone.

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6 years

“I believe in free thinking, but I don’t believe in free thinking if it’s rooted in — or at the expense of — the oppressed. If your free thinking is used as fires by oppressors to continue to hold back black people or minorities... I think it’s bullshit” — @JanelleMonae 👑

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1 year

Is Ruth Carter the only Black woman in history to have two Oscars? In 95 years!?? I think so.

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2 years

Like many Black communities, large sections of Buffalo’s East Side are a food desert. Many people will not be able to access food while the Tops Market is closed. Please donate. (There’s more in the 🧵)

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. @iamcardib rapping about Offset cheating on her while simultaneously publicly announcing that she's pregnant with his baby was simply ICONIC. The layers to that performance. I just died. WOW. I'm so glad I saw it live. #SNL

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4 years

I was just reminded that High Fidelity got cancelled this year by Hulu after only one season. I am once again enraged. We truly do not deserve nice things.* *Zoe Kravitz kissing girls, having a millennial midlife crisis, and being the charismatic star she was always meant to be!

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. @autostraddle is hiring new Team Writers and you should apply! Especially my lesbian, bi, queer women and nb folks of color! PLEASE APPLY! Even if you don't think you qualify, mediocre white man that shit and apply anyway. I want to hear you!

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We Need Help: Now Hiring Team Writers!

We're looking to bring some more writers onto our team and maybe perhaps you are one of them?

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So ECSTATIC to announce I’m @autostraddle ’s new Associate Editor. (Their First Black and Second Latina senior editor!) Autostraddle gave me a home when I was closeted, scared and alone. If I can help make it home for another girl looking for a port in the storm, that’s my dream.

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6 years

Please welcome our new Associate Editor, Dr. Carmen Phillips! (And go ahead and hit follow on Twitter: @carmencitaloves !)

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Somehow I got the Batwoman Season Finale screener last night? I woke up this morning still giddy. TV can just be fun. It can be silly and swoon worthy (and Black) and suspenseful. Since tonight’s the finale and we still have no word on S4 — it’s time to #RenewBatwoman .

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3 years

A fun question to ask today, on the day that @gentefied was cancelled by @netflix is: How many Latinx lead television shows, from actual Latinx creators, are left? Bet you don't need one hand to count them.

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‘Gentefied’ Canceled By Netflix After Two Seasons

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4 years

You will never convince me that Kamala Harris’ stylist isn’t a lesbian, in this essay I will —

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6 years

I was having a lot @LenaWaithe feelings this morning, luckily @autostraddle let me write about them. Forever on Team #BlackGaySlay ! Thank you Lena, and Jaqueline Woodson. You are both shining so bright, and it gives the rest of us permission to shine a little brighter too.

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6 years

“We gotta tell our shit. Can’t no one tell a black story, particularly a queer story, the way I can, because I see the God in us.” @LenaWaithe 's Vanity Fair cover + interview is a watershed moment for black lesbian visibility:

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4 years

@theheatherhogan AHAHAHAAAAHAHHAHAAAA 🥳

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