A-Camp Spring 2017: Win A Campership From Catalyst Wedding Co.!
Campership alert! Catalyst Wedding Co. wants to give one lucky camper full funding to attend A-Camp 8.0!
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A-Camp Spring 2017: Win A Campership AND Fancy Shoes from Tomboy Toes!
If you’re a fashionable queer on a budget with a penchant for classy masculine dress shoes who’s still hoping to attend A-Camp this May, today’s Campership Contest announcement is going to make you feel like dancing and prancing!
Introducing the A-Camp Arts & Resistance Fund: A Tax-Deductible Way To Change Lives
The A-Camp Arts & Resistance Fund is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Find out more about donating and about applying to a campership specifically for QPOC artists in this post!
A-Camp Spring 2017: We’ve Got Six Full Camperships for Trans Women To Give Away
I’m freaking serious, this is so worth it: we’ve got one full campership for a trans woman of color with full travel included, one campership for a trans woman without travel and four camperships for trans women of color with a $100 travel stipend.
A-Camp Spring 2017: It’s Time To Donate and/or Apply For Camperships!
Read these essays and feel inspired to apply for and/or donate to the campership fund for our May 2017 camp in Wisconsin!
Introducing Camp Autostraddle 8.0
We wanna see you in Wisconsin from May 18th-May 23rd with special guests Mara Wilson, Be Steadwell, Gaby Dunn, Brittani Nichols, Shea Diamond and Kim Milan!
Midwestern Gothic Style Guide: How to Dress for the A-Camp Dance
As you walk down the street, every blonde, blue-eyed farmer’s daughter (there are so many farmer’s daughters) you see smiles and says “hello!” only to follow up with “don’t go into the woods, there are strange women in the woods” in a hushed voice as they walk past you.
A-Camp Midwest: There’s Still Time To Sign Up and You Really Should
We wanna see you in Wisconsin! Some regular spots have opened up PLUS we’ve also got some VIP Apartments if that’s more your style!
35 Spectacular Ways You Described Yourself When Signing Up For A-Camp
“I hate injustice, and also lightning, because of this one time I got struck in the face by lightning.”
A-Camp September 2016: It’s Time To Donate To Or Apply For Camperships!
Read these essays and feel inspired to apply for and/or donate to the campership fund for our September 2016 camp in Wisconsin!
Campership Alert! We’re Sending Three Trans Women to Midwest A-Camp for Free!
We’ve got two full camperships with travel expenses and one campership without travel for three lucky trans women because the more trans women at camp, the better!
Introducing Camp Autostraddle 7.5: Midwest Edition
We’re bringing A-Camp to the midwest and we wanna see you there!
Top 10 Foods We’re Not Ashamed to Eat In Public as Fat People
“I will lick that shit out of any allegedly “empty” sauce container of aioli regardless of its size in comparison to my tongue and how many people watch in horror or confusion when I refuse to let its gelatinous goodness remain clinging to the sides of its serving dish where it would otherwise remain unused, unwanted and unappreciated.”
How We Make Faith Tangible As Queers With Christian Roots: A Roundtable
When faith, spirituality, and cultural practice feel complicated and contradictory, it can help to have a physical object to hold onto and reflect upon. These items can root us to our histories of faith — or they may simply be a symbol of old memories.
The Starting Place: How an Unlikely Hiker Can Get Outdoorsy
A personal take on showing up, hiking through it, and knots and how to tie them.
Take Yourself on a Diarist’s Hike
Can you capture some of the magic of A-Camp’s Diarist Hike where you live? Based on my experiences, I’d say yes.
Reuse, Recycle, Repoussé: Beer Can Earrings
This week at A-Camp, we’ll be using all these cans to make simple repoussé earrings. If you’ve got a can waiting to be recycled, bust out your scissors and join us. And if not, I bet there’s something cold in your fridge just begging for you to drink it.
5 Queer Poetry Slams and Open Mics From Coast to Coast
Poetry slams and open mics for queer poets of all stripes to try out.
Drawn to Comics: A-Camp All Stars Recommend Their Favorite Comics!
Knowing that these A-Camp All-Stars live parts of their lives off the mountain and reading comics, I decided to ask some of them what their very favorite comics are.
Get Weird and Shiny For Your Very Own Personal Met Gala
Whether you’re going to this year’s A-Camp and need a Met Gala outfit for the last night dance or you just want some more sequined metallic separates in your life, these are the pieces you need.