Christina Cauterucci
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Slate senior writer / host of Slow Burn: Gays Against Briggs
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Here's a story, a decade in the making, about my love/hate relationship with the handgun in my living room.
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Conservatives Are Terrified That People Like Me Are Buying Guns Now. Maybe They Should Be.
Weâre here. Weâre queer. Increasingly, weâre armed.
https://slate.com/life/2026/02/gun-range-safety-gay-lesbian-lgbtq-trump.html
about 2 months ago
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"Basically, everyone else is like, âOK, what crunchy thing can I sprinkle on my gummy?â"
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Grocery Hackers Are Obsessed With This Secretive Element of Snack Production. But Can It Survive a Legal Crackdown?
Would a PB&J pocket by any other name taste as sweet?
https://slate.com/life/2026/03/trader-joes-snack-dupes-uncrustables-lawsuits.html
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Neck beards. Hoodies. Graphic tees. Beanies. I wrote about why ICE agents are dressing less like a regimented unit of government employees and more like a Confederate reenactor meetup at the local Hardeeâs.
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Crusty Beards. Hole-Filled Pants. Plaid Button-Downs. Whatâs Going On With the Men of ICE?
While other government employees sport crisp uniforms and clean-shaven faces, ICE guys are nearing mind-boggling levels of sartorial slop.
https://slate.com/culture/2026/03/trump-ice-men-agents-airports-beard-clothes.html
9 days ago
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I wrote about Cesar Chavez and the left-leaning men whose robust analyses of power and justice stop precisely when they cross the threshold of their own homes, offices, or local middle schools.
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The Cesar Chavez Sexual Abuse Allegations Show a Disturbing Similarity to Jeffrey Epstein
As with so many abusers before him, his sterling public image provided the perfect cover.
https://slate.com/life/2026/03/cesar-chavez-dolores-huerta-sexual-abuse-allegations-2026.html
16 days ago
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In a rare bit of """good""" news, Kristi Noem had an utterly humiliating last week in office.
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Trump Has Been Restrained, in One Way at Least, This Term. That Just Ended.
She looked, to be frank, like a total chump.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/03/kristi-noem-fired-markwayne-mullin-corey-lewandowski-trump-dhs.html?cx_testId=6&cx_testVariant=cx_1&cx_artPos=3&cx_experienceId=EX7KGHGYKIJY&cx_experienceActionId=showRecommendations4EMB3X9F23GS02J#cxrecs_s
30 days ago
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I wrote about the saddest part of the Jim Carrey conspiracy theories.
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A Beloved Actorâs Face Is Now Unrecognizable. But Itâs Us Who Should Be Looking in the Mirror.
His extreme transformation spawned a spate of worldwide conspiracy theories.
https://slate.com/life/2026/03/jim-carrey-2026-face-alexis-stone-plastic-surgery.html
about 1 month ago
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I'm totally fascinated by how easy it can be to defang traumatic memories (including breakups!) with something a lot of us already have in our medicine cabinets: beta blockers.
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Thereâs No Such Thing as an Eternal Sunshine Drug. What We Do Have Is Propranolol.
Pop a few pills, do a little therapy, and it might all go away.
https://slate.com/life/2026/03/pain-therapy-drug-memory-breakup-broken-heart-eternal-sunshine.html
about 1 month ago
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Feel like everyone is breaking up lately? Here's why.
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Something Strange Is Happening With Breakups. Itâs Making It Much Harder to Date.
Careful you donât get Shrekked.
https://slate.com/life/2026/03/2026-break-up-trends-dating-technology-smartphone-apps.html
about 1 month ago
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Here's a story, a decade in the making, about my love/hate relationship with the handgun in my living room.
slate.com/life/2026/02...
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Conservatives Are Terrified That People Like Me Are Buying Guns Now. Maybe They Should Be.
Weâre here. Weâre queer. Increasingly, weâre armed.
https://slate.com/life/2026/02/gun-range-safety-gay-lesbian-lgbtq-trump.html
about 2 months ago
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Trump is concocting a world that rewards unabashedly manufactured femininity. Who better to capitalize on it than the company that insists the sexiest thing in the world is a stiff, sculpted bra that hides our softest body parts behind a wall of foam?
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Victoriaâs Secret Is Returning to âSexy.â Youâre Not Going to Like Why.
I hate to be the person who brings up Donald Trump in conversations about thongs, but ...
https://slate.com/life/2025/10/donald-trump-underwear-bras-victorias-secret-show-2025.html
6 months ago
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For the NYT Magazine, I wrote about this moment as an existential turning point for climate activists. Just as solar power became cheaper than fossil fuels, global politics swung to the right. Where does the movement go from here? I went to Vermont for creemees with Bill McKibben to find out.
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The Old Climate-Activism Playbook No Longer Works. What Else Can?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/magazine/climate-change-activism-renewable-energy.html
7 months ago
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they yassified Amanda Knox
8 months ago
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I wrote about the first indelible image of Trump's D.C. invasion: a sandwich bouncing off a bulletproof vest.
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The Image That Defines Trumpâs Reign of Terror Is ⌠a Subway Sandwich?
Sometimes, the only way to fight fascism is with a $5 footlong.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/08/dc-subway-sandwich-throw-trump-cbp-arrest-felony.html
8 months ago
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Jeremy Yoder says no war
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âThe D.C. public spaces that will be militarized and overpoliced in the weeks to come are exactly where you can best observe the interdependence and plurality that make cities great, and that conservatives view as a threat to their own ideological ends.â
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I Walked Through Trumpâs D.C. Hellscape. Itâs Now Clear What Exactly the Feds Are Doing Here.
Itâs not what the president would have you believe.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/08/trumps-washington-dc-takeover-heres-what-the-feds-are-really-doing.html
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I took a stroll through D.C., trying to see my city through the tactical Oakleys of a DEA agent patrolling the National Mall
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I Walked Through Trumpâs D.C. Hellscape. Itâs Now Clear What Exactly the Feds Are Doing Here.
Itâs not what the president would have you believe.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/08/trumps-washington-dc-takeover-heres-what-the-feds-are-really-doing.html
8 months ago
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I really wish the phrase "WNBA dildos" had come into my life in a more positive and celebratory (read: merch) context but this is the society we live in
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Itâs Raining Dildos on WNBA Courts. Youâll Never Believe Whoâs to Blame.
The WNBA needs to get tough on spectators behaving badly.
https://slate.com/culture/2025/08/wnba-green-dildo-sex-toy-polymarket-crypto.html
8 months ago
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Dee Phunk
8 months ago
Probably the most ridiculous photo illustration I've ever had to cook up in my almost 12 years at
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for breaking down one of the most idiotic things going on in pro sports right now.
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Itâs Raining Dildos on WNBA Courts. Youâll Never Believe Whoâs to Blame.
The WNBA needs to get tough on spectators behaving badly.
https://slate.com/culture/2025/08/wnba-green-dildo-sex-toy-polymarket-crypto.html
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hmm I agree
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9 months ago
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a searing and aggressively sensible (and, because it's
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Democrats Are at a Historic Low Point. A Certain Kind of Advice Brought Them Hereâand They Canât Stop Listening to It.
During the Reagan revolution, Democrats settled on a new way to winâand itâs destroying them now.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/07/donald-trump-news-democrats-elections-strategist-brain.html
9 months ago
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I'm sorry in advance. Once you read this, you won't be able to unsee it.
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For the Love of God, Please Stop Putting Up This One Pride Flag
Do this instead.
https://slate.com/life/2025/06/pride-flag-2025-steam-steamer-queer-lgbtq.html
10 months ago
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Nims
10 months ago
âCrowds of queer people cheering for rainbow-clad straight people on a day meant to celebrate the LGBTQ+ communityâitâs as dissonant as sending a model of a drone down the parade route, and itâs a sign of how far Pride has drifted from its origins as a show of queer visibility and power.â
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I Am Beyond Thrilled That Corporations Are Defunding Pride. No, Not for the Reason You Think.
I really think weâll be fine without the Raytheon float, you guys.
https://slate.com/life/2025/06/pride-parade-month-2025-donald-trump.html
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I wrote about the beginning of the end of corporate Pride, and the possibilities that await us when the companies leave
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I Am Beyond Thrilled That Corporations Are Defunding Pride. No, Not for the Reason You Think.
I really think weâll be fine without the Raytheon float, you guys.
https://slate.com/life/2025/06/pride-parade-month-2025-donald-trump.html
10 months ago
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A Ronkle in Time
10 months ago
"But you donât need the backing of business leaders to host a Pride event. Nor do you need the majority of your neighbors to endorse it. All you need is a few committed residents with a knack for party promotion and the chutzpah to overcomeâor ignoreâwhatever opposition rears up in response."
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The Conservative Wave Is Having a Very Unexpected Effect on Pride
Against all odds, small-town Prides are multiplying and thrivingâeven in the country's most Trump-coded areas.
https://slate.com/life/2025/06/pride-2025-queer-lgbtq-trump-conservative.html
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Laura Helmuth
10 months ago
"They canât stop LGBTQ+ communities from supporting and sustaining one another with art, whimsy, and a good dance floor. And they canât roll back the cultural progress of newly out young people finding more supportive family members, teachers, and care providers." Pride!
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The Conservative Wave Is Having a Very Unexpected Effect on Pride
Against all odds, small-town Prides are multiplying and thrivingâeven in the country's most Trump-coded areas.
https://slate.com/life/2025/06/pride-2025-queer-lgbtq-trump-conservative.html
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Boise Autonomous Solidarity Hub
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"One seventysomething lesbian couple said theyâd moved from Nampa to a blue state 30 years ago, seeking a more affirming community. They returned just for the Pride event and were overcome with emotion by what they saw. âI cried like 50 percent of the day,â Knapp said."
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You Might Think Trump Has Destroyed Gay Pride in Conservative America. Itâs Quite the Opposite.
Against all odds, small-town Prides are multiplying and thrivingâeven in the country's most conservative areas.
https://slate.com/life/2025/06/pride-2025-queer-lgbtq-trump-conservative.html
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I wrote about the boom in Pride celebrations in conservative areas, and the extreme measures organizers are taking to keep them safe in the face of violent threats.
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You Might Think Trump Has Destroyed Gay Pride in Conservative America. Itâs Quite the Opposite.
Against all odds, small-town Prides are multiplying and thrivingâeven in the country's most conservative areas.
https://slate.com/life/2025/06/pride-2025-queer-lgbtq-trump-conservative.html
10 months ago
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Dr Dion Georgiou đ¨đžâ¤ď¸đŹđž
11 months ago
On what would have been Harvey Milkâs 95th birthday, I really strongly recommend people give
@c-cauterucci.bsky.social
âs Slow Burn podcast series on âGays Against Briggsâ, and Milk and others in 1970s San Franciscoâs LGBTQ+ communityâs resistance to efforts to roll back gay rights.
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Slow Burn Season 9
A nationwide moral panic, a California legislator who rode the anti-gay wave, and the LGBTQ+ people who stepped up and came out to try and stop him.
https://slate.com/podcasts/slow-burn/s9/gays-against-briggs#
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fur is in, handwringing about ethics is out
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Fur Is Back. I Know Why.
Faux fur, shearling, even real furâthereâs a reason why this luxurious good is making its way back into our closets.
https://slate.com/life/2025/05/fur-back-fashion-style-why.html
11 months ago
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on the return of a highly powerful political tool: Pete Buttigieg's beard
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People Are Losing Their Minds Over Pete Buttigiegâs Beard Again. Thereâs Something Much Bigger Going On.
If you listen closely, you can hear hidden messages rustling through it.
https://slate.com/life/2025/04/pete-buttigieg-beard-gay-bearded-faceapp-photoshop.html
11 months ago
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Laura Helmuth
12 months ago
Kristi Noem's supposedly stolen purse supposedly contained her passport, meds, driver's license & $3,000 in cash. Was it a go bag? If so, shouldn't the head of Homeland Security have kept an eye on it? Fun analysis from
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on
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Trumpâs Homeland Security Secretary Got Robbed. Thatâs Far From the Most Interesting Part of the Story.
That robber really hit the jackpot.
https://slate.com/life/2025/04/donald-trump-kristi-noem-stolen-bag-restaurant-theft.html
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Why was Kristi Noem carrying around $3,000 and her passport when her purse was stolen? I have some ideas.
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Trumpâs Homeland Security Secretary Got Robbed. Thatâs Far From the Most Interesting Part of the Story.
That robber really hit the jackpot.
https://slate.com/life/2025/04/donald-trump-kristi-noem-stolen-bag-restaurant-theft.html
12 months ago
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I wrote about the strange current state of buying drugs: Legal dispensaries still make you feel like a criminal, while black-market vendors have never been so polished. And corporate $ is giving a professional sheen to harmful substances that are barely regulated at all!
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Why Does Buying Weedâand Other DrugsâFeel So Weird These Days?
I think Iâve figured out a major part of the problem.
https://slate.com/business/2025/04/buying-weed-these-days-legal-weirdness.html
12 months ago
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after my fourth helping of fish sperm, I began to wonder...
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James Allenspach
12 months ago
On today's Outward podcast
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talks with one of the organizers of SF Pride to see how different this year will be.
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Planning Pride Amid Political Backlash
What will Pride look like in the post-Rainbow Capitalism era?
https://slate.com/podcasts/outward/2025/04/suzanne-ford-on-navigating-corporate-pride-in-2025
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this is like threatening to kill someone, then taking your knife away from their throat and saying "i saved your life"
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12 months ago
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katie krzaczek
about 1 year ago
I was laid off from Slate yesterday, just about a month before I would've had one year at the company. After a career boomeranging around the industry, I felt lucky to end up at Slate. I'm not sure what comes next yet, but I'm extremely grateful for my guild colleagues and their solidarity today.
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Laura Helmuth
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"The Lavender Scare is widely viewed as a shameful period in U.S. historyâa witch hunt that demonized a vulnerable minority to build support for a broader right-wing agenda." And now it is starting again. Important piece by
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@slate.com
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It Was One of the Most Shameful Episodes in U.S. History. Federal Workers Are Watching Trump Try It Again Before Their Eyes.
History is repeating itself in a terrifying new way.
https://slate.com/life/2025/03/donald-trump-news-trans-dei-government-workers.html
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This is the Lavender Scare 2.0. Trans federal workers are: * training their bodies to avoid using the bathroom * communicating in pseudonyms through secret channels * being fired under dubious pretenses * quitting when they can't take the degradation any longer
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It Was One of the Most Shameful Episodes in U.S. History. Federal Workers Are Watching Trump Try It Again Before Their Eyes.
History is repeating itself in a terrifying new way.
https://slate.com/life/2025/03/donald-trump-news-trans-dei-government-workers.html
about 1 year ago
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Slate Union
about 1 year ago
On Monday morning, Slate was suddenly informed that six of its employeesâincluding three editors, two of whom were members of the unionâwere being laid off, just months after four other staffers were also let go. The Slate Union's official statement reads as follows:
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A lieutenant commander in the Navy who came out as trans in 2022: "I feel like the last two years have been all of my hopes and dreams coming true, and also my worst nightmares coming true at the same time."
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A Trans Military Member Explains How Trumpâs Latest Ban Is Affecting Her and Her Colleagues
âIn the military, it's not just a job, it's a lifestyle. It's a commitment. It's something that you have to make a lot of personal sacrifices for.â
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/02/trans-member-military-reacts-donald-trumps-ban.html
about 1 year ago
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The Trump administration isn't just hostile to trans people. The White House is trying to make it illegal for *all adults* to support the trans kids in their lives.
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What Trumpâs Orders on Trans Kids Are Really Aiming At
A slew of new orders target trans peopleâand two are focused on children.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/01/trump-trans-kids-executive-orders-real-meaning.html
about 1 year ago
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