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Autostraddle Air Mail Is Coming Soon To An Inbox Near You

Posted byLaura

on June 18, 2012

Bonjour mes amies! If the number of emails and formspring questions I've gotten in the past week are any indication, a lot of you are worried that I never got your pen pal requests or that Autostraddle Air Mail isn't happening any more. That is so not the case! In the interest of keeping y'all in the loop/quelling any anxiety I might've caused, I wrote you a poem in the style of William Carlos Williams.

UPDATE: If you're still looking to join, jump on over to this survey and you're in, baby!

This is just to say

I have gotten

your emails

that contain

your vital stats

and which

you were probably

hoping

to receive responses to last week

Forgive me

there are 865 of you (!)

so it's taking longer

than I expected

49 responses to “Autostraddle Air Mail Is Coming Soon To An Inbox Near You”

Maria (member)
June 18, 2012 at 8:09 am Permalink Log in to reply.Report user

865!!!!!!

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Sarah (member)
June 18, 2012 at 8:14 am Permalink Log in to reply.Report user

And an ODD number! Dun-dun-duuuuuuuunnnn.

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1. Also! (member)
  June 18, 2012 at 8:27 am Permalink Log in to reply.Report user
  
  You could say it’s a bit queer!
  
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2. Olli (member)
  June 18, 2012 at 8:38 am Permalink Log in to reply.Report user
  
  I’m happy to take the extra person! Because after tomorrow, after 2 years of brutal, relentless studying, I AM FINISHED MY EXAMS AND CAN SPEND ALL MY TIME WRITING LETTERS.
  
  Also, 865 is a lot. So many gay letters in the post
  
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Sally (member)
June 18, 2012 at 8:25 am Permalink Log in to reply.Report user

Woah, I was waiting until I was living somewhere permanently before signing up for this.

Now I am concerned there will be no-one left to write to…

Oh wait, I CAN TAKE THE ODD PERSON !

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1. Michelle
  June 18, 2012 at 1:40 pm Permalink Log in to reply.
  
  You can write to me, as I’m also waiting until I have a permanent address!
  
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Digger (member)
June 18, 2012 at 8:39 am Permalink Log in to reply.Report user

Hey Laura, when are we doing that whole Autostraddle Friends With Benefits thing? I’ve been a bit out of touch and worried I might have missed the post.

Wow! 32
1. Morgan (member)
  June 18, 2012 at 11:43 am Permalink Log in to reply.Report user
  
  AUTOSTRADDLE APP
  
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  1. Maria (member)
    June 18, 2012 at 4:10 pm Permalink Log in to reply.Report user
    
    find the nearest single-straddler.
    
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  2. mon (member)
    June 18, 2012 at 5:52 pm Permalink Log in to reply.Report user
    
    STRADDLR
    
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2. Tori
  June 19, 2012 at 1:16 pm Permalink Log in to reply.
  
  Oh Digger, your comments always have a way of making me smile on the rainiest days of my depressing summer
  
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  1. Digger (member)
    June 19, 2012 at 1:32 pm Permalink Log in to reply.Report user
    
    So I can add you to the FWB list then?
    
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    1. Tori
      June 20, 2012 at 6:13 am Permalink
      
      DTF FTW!
      
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Emma
June 18, 2012 at 8:41 am Permalink Log in to reply.

This makes me feel a lot better! For some weird reason I was anxious that my stats weren’t good enough and so I didn’t get to be part of this. But now I’m excited again!

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Charli (member)
June 18, 2012 at 9:14 am Permalink Log in to reply.Report user

Yay! I can’t wait to get writing.

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Dylan (member)
June 18, 2012 at 9:58 am Permalink Log in to reply.Report user

lady homos have the power to save the postal service from budget cuts!

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1. antiant (member)
  June 18, 2012 at 11:20 am Permalink Log in to reply.Report user
  
  Yay! You are saving my job. <3!
  
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Krissy (member)
June 18, 2012 at 11:13 am Permalink Log in to reply.Report user

Is it too late to sign up? I wasn’t sure where I would be living until recently and now I fear I will be missing out on supergay penpal times.

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1. dizzy (member)
  June 19, 2012 at 2:20 am Permalink Log in to reply.Report user
  
  Yes please, me too, please please please!
  
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  1. Krissy (member)
    June 19, 2012 at 6:11 am Permalink Log in to reply.Report user
    
    If it is too late, you can just write to me! I’m super cool, I promise.
    
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2. bam
  June 19, 2012 at 7:43 am Permalink Log in to reply.
  
  I just sent in my info yesterday and it wasn’t too late so I’d go for it
  
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AJS
June 18, 2012 at 11:24 am Permalink Log in to reply.

I would’ve joined but postage costs from Hawaii to the mainland are just ridiculous

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1. GinnyLaPala (member)
  June 19, 2012 at 9:28 am Permalink Log in to reply.Report user
  
  Well maybe you can ask to be matched with someone from Hawaii? Surely you’re not the only one.
  
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Elenna Capote (member)
June 18, 2012 at 12:18 pm Permalink Log in to reply.Report user

I know it’s too late to sign up so I just sent an email and I really really really hope there is a spot for me because I really want to be a part of this!
This is the appropriate moment to say: pretty please with a cherry on top!!!

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sydney
June 18, 2012 at 12:33 pm Permalink Log in to reply.

This is incredible and awesome! Hey, maybe I could write to a couple of ladies so I could send 2-3 letters at a time instead of just 1.

Maybe now I will check the mailbox more often than once a week.
# whatbills

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Nicole (member)
June 18, 2012 at 2:38 pm Permalink Log in to reply.Report user

Wow! And I e-mailed Laura to ask if there wasn’t enough people signed up to do this anymore… ha!

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Jules
June 18, 2012 at 3:17 pm Permalink Log in to reply.

Can I still sign up?

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Cat
June 18, 2012 at 3:32 pm Permalink Log in to reply.

Jeeze, the things you guys do for us. I feel like as well as the regular donations there should be a ‘you work way too hard, have a whiskey on us’ fund.

Also, way excited to find out who my pen pal is!

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1. Lina (member)
  June 18, 2012 at 4:03 pm Permalink Log in to reply.Report user
  
  yes, you should have a whiskey/drink of choice on us! I’m unable to cope with more than 5 mails in my inbox.
  you should totes expose your mail address so we could send 865 thank-you notes
  
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Stephanie
June 18, 2012 at 4:29 pm Permalink Log in to reply.

What?! Pen Pal requests?? How did I not know about this sooner?! Is it too late to sign up?

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Carolyne (member)
June 18, 2012 at 4:55 pm Permalink Log in to reply.Report user

Thanks for putting this all together, Laura! I am really looking forward to this.

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Franzmo (member)
June 18, 2012 at 5:29 pm Permalink Log in to reply.Report user

heck yes, with that william carlos williams.
i often write parody notes of this poem for friends.

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Savannah (member)
June 18, 2012 at 6:36 pm Permalink Log in to reply.Report user

I am so excited!!! Also, wow 865?! Way beyond my expectations, there are so many of us, love it!!

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Jordyn (member)
June 18, 2012 at 10:48 pm Permalink Log in to reply.Report user

I want to sign up. I love writing letters. I have calligraphy pens! How to join?

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Daisy Lee Palmer (member)
June 19, 2012 at 4:32 am Permalink Log in to reply.Report user

How exciting!!! this absolutely made my day, can’t wait!

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Jack
June 19, 2012 at 9:12 am Permalink Log in to reply.

I’d love to sign up too! (I dare say you’ll easily end up with a thousand gladies at this rate.)

So is there anything we can do to help? It sounds like a lot of work to do all on your own.

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Marika (member)
June 19, 2012 at 11:47 am Permalink Log in to reply.Report user

I love this poem, almost as much as I loved the plums you left in the icebox (they were delicious).

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Mac (member)
June 19, 2012 at 12:38 pm Permalink Log in to reply.Report user

I hope i’m not too late to sign up! If any of you want a Irish exile living in London type penpal I’m your gal

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1. Morgan
  June 20, 2012 at 3:15 pm Permalink Log in to reply.
  
  Go here to sign up!
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=true&formkey=dFlOejl6LU5iUU5nU1ZXRFBIMTNGNXc6MQ
  
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  1. Laura (member)
    June 20, 2012 at 5:34 pm Permalink Log in to reply.
    
    Thanks, Morgan!
    
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Lister (member)
June 19, 2012 at 1:42 pm Permalink Log in to reply.Report user

HOLY WOW.

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Aideen
June 19, 2012 at 3:19 pm Permalink Log in to reply.

Please tell me I didn’t send my address to a random email. Either way I’m really excited!

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MaffyTeacake
July 23, 2012 at 8:08 am Permalink Log in to reply.

Is this still happening? It’s been over a month since the last update, and I haven’t heard anything back after filling out the google form :<

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1. DearMsChris
  July 24, 2012 at 10:37 am Permalink Log in to reply.
  
  I came here to ask the same thing!
  
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  1. MaffyTeacake
    July 25, 2012 at 5:25 pm Permalink Log in to reply.
    
    Oh, thank goodness it’s not just me! I thought i’d been somehow missed off the list, and everyone else was having sparkly letter awesomeness xD
    
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    1. Daisy Lee Palmer (member)
      July 27, 2012 at 7:21 am Permalink
      
      yeah I wonder when my mailbox will be filled with rainbows and unicorns and glitter!
      
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    2. Teapot (member)
      August 6, 2012 at 1:14 pm Permalink
      
      I was afraid that the strict regulations of the german postal service kept me from recieving letters. now there is still hope for a letterbox filled with glittery rainbowstraddling unicorns yay!
      
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alex
September 27, 2012 at 7:11 pm Permalink Log in to reply.

I know it’s a little late… but is there any chance to still get in on this? or will there be another go round?

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Daphne
January 12, 2013 at 3:51 pm Permalink Log in to reply.

Blast me for being late to read this, but is there any way to still do this? I clicked the survey link, but it was non-functioning.

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