Results for: Feel good
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Straddler On The Street (Who Was Once on the Mountain): Chelsea Is Really Well-Dressed
I resurrected this incredible column to introduce everyone to Chelsea, a two-time A-Camper and this year’s Kippier Clothier Camper.
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Straddler On The Street: Lydia
Lydia is a queer femme who writes an acclaimed personal style blog, Style Is Style. She’s been featured in BUST and Rookie but this is the very first official interview where she’s talking about coming out and being queer! Also her style is AMAZING. Prepare to fall in love.
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Comedy Crush: Broad City’s Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer
This comedy crush has survived years and is still going strong. Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer, creators and stars of Comedy Central’s “Broad City,” are this week’s crushes.
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Straddler On The Street: Abby
Abby was the winner of the A-Camp 4.0 Kreuzbach10 campership, and as you might expect from such a human, Abby is sweet, energetic, confident and dapper as all hell. We talked about Ghana, names, gender, telling stories, and A-Camp.
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Comedy Crush: EmotiStyle’s Shamikah Martinez
Shamikah Martinez’s first interview as a comedian was with Autostraddle and now she’s back!
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Comedy Crush: ‘Orange is the New Black’ Writer Lauren Morelli
“There were all these different bodies and shapes and colors that came in to audition, women who had gone to Juilliard or been on Broadway, but no one wants to put them on TV because they don’t necessarily fit into a TV executive’s idea of what’s beautiful.”
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Poet Jade Foster’s Revival Tour Takes You to Church
“Every person who comes up and asks to share, has never left me. Every friend or colleague who said I’ll watch your door, I’ll send that email, I’ll pick y’all up, y’all can stay at my house, has never left me.”
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Straddler On The Street: Vanessa
Straddler On The Street turns one year old today, so we captured Vanessa and insisted she let us interview her instead of vice versa like usual. The results are predictably full of floral print and feelings.
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Straddler On The Street: Connie
“I am 24 and my partner is in her fifties, and I really really want to talk about my experience in an age gap relationship.” We chatted with Connie, a first generation Asian American currently living in New Mexico, about this and more!
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Straddler On The Street: Rebecca
Rebecca is a 37 year old electrician currently living with her partner in Philadelphia. She spoke about being an LGBT person and a gender nonconformist working in the trades and being a contestant in the ACLU’s My Big, (Il)legal, Gay Wedding contest!
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Straddler On The Street: Jessica
Jessica has lived in London her whole life but currently attends Cambridge University where she studies English Literature. She spoke about Effing Dykes, intersectionality, mental health issues, and much more.
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Straddler On The Street: Natalie
Natalie describes herself as a completely open book, and she’s not kidding! We talked about her transition, building community, and the pros and cons of living in rural Wisconsin.
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Comedy Crush: Yamara Taylor, Television Writer, Sketch Enthusiast, Mom
Yamara Taylor (The Boondocks, How to Rock, Instant Mom) chats about comedy writing, trick or treating at Aisha Tyler’s house, and the dearth of five year old sketch actors.
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Comedy Crush: Aisha Muharrar Loves Raisins and Apologizing
“Parks and Recreation” writer and terrible black best friend, Aisha Muharrar answers a few questions.
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Straddler On The Street: Lex
“I’m on a major self-love extravaganza journey.” Lex shares her perspective on religion and spirituality, A-Camp, Reiki, work, art, and life.
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Queered Science: Dr. Juniper Digs Derby and Dragonflies
For this week’s profile we have one of your very own: Dr. Juniper Simonis, Autostraddler, roller derby player, and population ecologist at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago.
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Queered Science: NOGLSTP’s Rochelle Diamond Forged A Path For All of Us
If any of you have ever experienced homophobia in the workplace or queer-related adversity in your personal life and moved on (ahem, way too many of us), then you need to know Rochelle Diamond’s life story.
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Straddler On The Street: Hannah
Hannah talks about her love for A-Camp, her tricky relationship with her parents, and how it feels to be “gay and female and Asian.” She also offers some really solid advice for anyone who feels a little lost.
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Queered Science: Jeremy Yoder, Allison Mattheis and Surveying Queers in STEM
Jeremy Yoder and Allison Matthies gathered data in a nationwide survey of sexual diversity in science, technology, engineering and math professions called Queer in Stem and answered some questions about their results.
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Idol Worship: Ten(ish) Questions with Melissa Gira Grant about Cats, Sex Work, and Writing
“Maybe years of blogging ruined me, or maybe they created a productive tension.”