A. Tony Jerome, Author at Autostraddle

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national poetry month

Negative Money by Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, The World Keeps ENding, and the Wold Goes On by Franny Choi, and Freedom House by KB Brookins

book lists

8 Poets With New Queer Books To Check Out This National Poetry Month

If I’ve given you one poetry recommendation, I’ve held back from giving 15.

A. Tony Jerome —

Apr 24, 2023

i'll watch anything

Four stills from films mentioned in this post: Us, Orphan Black, Mad Max: Fury Road, and Scream

tv feature

I’ll Watch Anything Where Survivors Get Revenge, Make Their Own Justice

What I need as a survivor is the knowledge, the understanding, the belief that I’m not in this alone. I was alone in the abuse. I do not want to…

A. Tony Jerome —

Apr 18, 2023

Thank You Ex

breakups

Thank You, Ex: For (1) Set of Ghost Hands

I don’t like to think about the endings, which is probably why I’m always haunted, always clinging to things that return even when I should pretend I do not see…

A. Tony Jerome —

Mar 27, 2023

horror

paramount plus

Jasmin Savoy Brown and Devyn Nekoda standing close and looking stunned in Scream VI

movie reviews

Scream VI Review: Why Do Y’all Keep Picking Up The Phone?!

Scream VI is as queer as you were hoping it would be! Jump scares and gay smooching, let’s go!

A. Tony Jerome —

Mar 11, 2023

you need help

two Black queer people flirting with each other outside; one faces away from us and all we can see if her high ponytail and her neon yellow manicure touching the other person's chest; they have cornrows, a black shirt, a brown blazer, a silver chain, and a huge smile on their face

dating

You Need Help: How Do I Flirt When I’m Worried About Coming On Too Strong

I’m black and masculine so I’m worried that if I tried to make a move it would come off too strong, which I know I really shouldn’t but we live…

A. Tony Jerome —

Feb 21, 2023

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comics/graphic novels

The Girls That Can't Get a Girlfriend by Mieri Hiranishi features a blonde girl with swirly hair holding a hand up to a brunette girl holding a heart with her mouth open

lgbt book reviews

This Butch4Butch Manga Made Me Feel Heartbroken and Heartfixed

The Girl That Can’t Get A Girlfriend is an autobiographic manga by Mieri Hiranishi that follows her first crush, her first relationship, her first breakup, and trying to move on…

A. Tony Jerome —

Feb 12, 2023

Movies posters for "the lies we tell and the secrets we keep" "more than friends" and "behind closed doors"

television

Tubi TV Is Black, Queer and Bad — But I Love Every Minute Of It

Why is it so important that Black media always be excellent?

A. Tony Jerome —

Jan 23, 2023

horror

The doll M3gan reads Lady, a little girl with long brown hair, a book in a sunlit bedroom

movie reviews

“M3gan” Invites Us to Hang Out for a While, or Forever, NBD

What we’ve got to remember is that girls from about age ten to about eighteen are simply the most terrifying beings to walk the planet.

A. Tony Jerome —

Jan 12, 2023

a.Tony, Niko, and Abeni holding their skateboards

culture

A Convo on the Queer & Trans Takeover of Skateboarding

“Skating as a culture is getting more and more visibly queer”

A. Tony Jerome —

Dec 14, 2022

Horror Is So Gay

A Black girl with braids is repeated twice, once with her eyes open, once with her eyes closed

first person

Black Girls Are Always at the Center of Horror

There is a haunting that black girls know.

A. Tony Jerome —

Oct 26, 2022

horror

Horror Is So Gay

A bunch of demons encroach on a creepy being holding a knife in a window

quizzes

Can You Survive This Horror Movie?

Autistics, lend me your ears! Horror is our genre.

A. Tony Jerome —

Oct 22, 2022

horror

Aisha Dee in the woods on her phone. SISSY in red letters.

movie reviews

Finally, Horror Is For Black Queer Girls in Aisha Dee’s “Sissy”

Cecilia reminds us that whatever was living in you before you grew up doesn’t just vanish into thin air; it mutates and resides in your bones until it decides your…

A. Tony Jerome —

Oct 20, 2022

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8 Poets With New Queer Books To Check Out This National Poetry Month

I’ll Watch Anything Where Survivors Get Revenge, Make Their Own Justice

Thank You, Ex: For (1) Set of Ghost Hands

Scream VI Review: Why Do Y’all Keep Picking Up The Phone?!

You Need Help: How Do I Flirt When I’m Worried About Coming On Too Strong

This Butch4Butch Manga Made Me Feel Heartbroken and Heartfixed

Tubi TV Is Black, Queer and Bad — But I Love Every Minute Of It

“M3gan” Invites Us to Hang Out for a While, or Forever, NBD

A Convo on the Queer & Trans Takeover of Skateboarding

Black Girls Are Always at the Center of Horror

Can You Survive This Horror Movie?

Finally, Horror Is For Black Queer Girls in Aisha Dee’s “Sissy”