Straddler On The Mountain: Brooklyn
Say hi to Brooklyn – she’s a campership winner Texan trans* girl who spoke openly and honestly about her unsupportive family, being homeless and the importance of having a loving community to fall back on.
Ode to My Pack Sack: Marshmallows
The only Camping Wisdom I have acquired is that rocky riverbeds make terrible beds and chopping wood’s hard. Oh, and marshmallows need to be toasted and consumed in large quantities.
The Kink Panel Has Some Kinky Resources For You
The Kink Panel wanted to give you guys all the resources so you can follow along at home.
NSFW Sunday Wants To Leave Marks
This week on NSFW Sunday: all about your orgasms, 10 days on a lesbian porn set, never nudes and more.
10 Writers of Personal Essays For Your Heart and Brain
“It can be hard to even get started, because the best way to learn how to write is to read, and by definition your choices are pretty limited when it comes to personal writing. But hey, there’s still been some amazing personal writing whose authors have deemed it fit for public consumption”
How To Throw The Perfect Tea Party: A Gentle Guide
After reading this post please be sure to invite us to all the perfect tea parties you host in the future, okay?
T-Shirt Stencils for T-Shirt Stenciling, Autostraddle Style
Intern Geneva made four perfect stencils for you to cover yourself with after you go through the easier-said-than-done process of spray-painting them onto your old favorite shirts!
37 Books By, For, or About Bisexual or Otherwise Non-Monosexual People
Here you’ll find academic books and nonfiction books documenting the experiences of bisexual people, fiction or memoir that depicts bisexual people and a few online resources!
Read a F*cking Canadian Book, Eh: Zoe Whittall’s “Holding Still For As Long As Possible”
Will all these wonderfully complicated characters learn to unravel their complications and fears? Probably not. But will they braid them together to form a community? Don’t you hope so?
Make A Thing: Making Mountains On The Mountain
Tiny little mountains to snuggle on or off the mountain.
Ten Pure Poems
Today on the mountain we’re playing the Pure Poetry Challenge. Here’s the ten poems we’ll be paying homage to, all by pure poets.
Tech Spring Cleaning Part 4: I’m Sorry, Folks, But It’s Cable Management Time
Are you ready for a rage-inducing activity? You have to fix your cables.
Lez Get Dressed For Work: The Suit-Not-Suit
Do you have to wear a suit to work? Can you wear an approximation of a suit? Here’s how!
You Can Take It With You: Rainbow Lentils
They say a colorful plate is a healthy plate. Get your colorful plate on with this springy salad. Plus how to go grocery shopping without a list.
Liquor On The Mountain: We’re Having a Whiskey Tasting And You Should Too
Ah, the power of buying alcohol in a large group of queermos – if you haven’t done it before, you should probably do it now. Why? Because you can get really amazing bottles to try that might be out of your budget otherwise and you’ll be trying those bottles in really excellent company.
Butch Please: Butch Goes Camping
Camp is family, after all.
Nerdcraft: Craft Like a Nerd With Perler Bead Sprites
You, too, can put together your own bead sprites in the shape of 1-up mushrooms, Pokémon and the TARDIS. Gather up your geeks and go.
Our Top 10 Favourite Introverts
Introverts! We’ve everywhere. Here are some of our most loved, fictional and real.
Claire’s College Lesbianage: Change is Afoot… Er, Aknee
“It took about two weeks from the time that I tore my ACL during rugby practice to know for sure that it was torn, and about twenty minutes after that to change all of my summer plans.”
Make A Garden Thing: Twig Plant Markers
If one of your plants dies on you, why not recycle it as a warning to others?