Stef Rubino

6 days ago | autostraddle.com | Stef Rubino

A litany of issues faces the state of Florida (as with many other states in the South) right now: climate change rapidly destroying the already failing infrastructure of most of the state’s major cities, the flailing economy, the housing crisis, ongoing environmental degradation from deregulated industrial production, continuing attacks on our communities by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and local police, our declining literacy rates, and, as of yesterday, a mass shooting on...

1 week ago | autostraddle.com | Stef Rubino

The next step in the Trump Administration’s plan to make life as difficult as possible for trans people in this country is being taken. With the exception of a couple of independent news outlets, very little coverage is being published about it, despite its potential impacts on almost everyone in the U.S. who buys their healthcare through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace.

2 weeks ago | autostraddle.com | Stef Rubino

In a climate of constant loss, it’s difficult to contextualize anything as a “victory.” Since President Trump and his administration took office in January, there have been more mass deportations and disappearances, revocations of international student visas, endless violations by Israel of their ceasefire agreement with Palestine, constant hits to the global economy, more federal funds withdrawn from educational institutions, closures of the branches of the federal government created to take...

2 weeks ago | autostraddle.com | Stef Rubino

In her gorgeous new book, Cinema Her Way, writer and film critic Marya E. Gates interviews 19 female filmmakers about their work, their experiences in the film industry, and the films that inspired them to make their own. These interviews with directors — including Karyn Kusama, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Allison Anders, and Cheryl Dunye — give us a thoroughly detailed insider’s view of the creativity, determination, and community-building that has come to define their careers.

2 weeks ago | autostraddle.com | Stef Rubino

It seems like everyone is talking about eating more protein these days. I’m not one to respond when people are raising alarms about arbitrary dietary issues, but I do think this particular conversation is important for a variety of reasons. Whether we like it or not, the truth is that protein is the main macronutrient the muscles in our bodies feed on and, well, muscle is the organ of longevity.