Results for: a camp
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Queer Girl City Guide: Burlington, VT
It’s a difficult task to find a place that isn’t gay-friendly. It’s Vermont, you guys. You want to know where the gaybourhood is? Burlington is the gaybourhood.
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Hello Flo’s Adorable Tampon Ad Is Cute and Funny, Free of White Yoga Pants
“For these campers, I was their Joan of Arc. It’s like, I’m Joan, and their vag is the ark.”
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How My Motherhood Made My Mother Accept My Lesbianism
She didn’t say “I have suspected this for years and I still love you.” It went more like a Scared Straight kind of thing but instead of scaring me about drugs and a life of crime, she wanted to scare me straight, straight. “Just Say No to Lesbianism” straight.
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Defining For My Own “Right” Way To Be A Mom
“As a lesbian mom, it was especially hard to fight the urge to do the “right” thing, however slippery a concept that was, because I was representing a community, not just myself, I thought.”
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A-Camp by Rail: An Ode to Amtrak
Come along with Taylor as she makes her way from Portland to A-Camp by train!
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Bustle.com Conjures Every Terrible Feeling Women in Media Have About Women’s Media
A man decided it was time for a “women’s publication that puts world news and politics alongside beauty tips.” He got $6.5 million to make it happen. When the women who work in women’s media found out, everyone’s head exploded.
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Get Baked: Bulkas (Yeast Buns), A South African Jewish Tradition
Let’s make bulkas together in anticipation of breaking the Yom Kippur fast on Saturday evening. This recipe includes a photo of Vanessa as a small child, a short instructional video, and an until-now top secret family recipe. L’chaim!
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On Camp: Not Burning Your Skin, A Kit and Lifestyle Guide
The last thing I want when facing 200 other lesbians in the sun-filled woods is to look like I was cooked to rare and then set free at the Jersey Shore.
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Call For Submissions: “On Camp” and More Queer Girl City Guides
We need more city guides! Also, our April theme is “On Camp”!
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Not Your Heteronormative Weekend Getaway: The Survival Guide
Qwear’s Sonny and Champagne just got back from Ptown’s “Ladies” Weekend and have a pocketful of tips – fashion and otherwise – for your next queer weekend away.
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Queer Girl City Guide: Toronto, Canada
“Put in the effort, put yourself out there and you will be rewarded with a really, really good time!”
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Queer Girl City Guide: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Halifax is a historic city with the Celtic charm expected of Nova Scotia, overflowing with arts, culture, music and bars, so many bars. As it’s the biggest city in the Maritimes region of Canada, lots of queers from across Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and PEI make the pilgrimage to our seaside city.
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Super Spooky Halloween Movie Night: Addams Family Values
With bonus drinking game inside!
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25 Awesome Gay Things To Be Thankful For This Year
Eleven months ago, there was still a possibility of Rick Santorum becoming President, so don’t say 2012 never gave you anything.
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Autostraddle’s Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide 2012: What We Want
This massive six-page guide is full of holiday gift ideas and wishes from your friendly neighborhood Autostraddle staffer! We think you’ll find it very useful and inspiring, much like Autostraddle itself. What is modesty?
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New Year’s OPEN THREAD: Resolution Party Time
Happy New Year’s Eve! We’ll be in here talking about our feelings and figuring out how to make the world/ourselves better. And ok, probably drinking.
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Queer Girl City Guide: Nashville, Tennessee
The South is notoriously friendly. It is also notoriously bigoted. In 2006, the year I moved to Nashville, an anti-marriage equality proposition passed. It felt like a slap in the face and a sign to leave. Six years later, I couldn’t be more happy that I stayed.
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Gays Fight To Enjoy Shitty Fast Food In Good Conscience, Which Is Impossible
The problematic aspect of the discourse around Chick-fil-A is that it isolates the anti-gay rhetoric and investments as its sole transgression against the queer community.
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A Year of Grieving: 10 Things I’ve Learned
My best friend died one year ago today.
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Queer Girl City Guide: Madison, Wisconsin
“This was the first city that I chose for myself, and I’ve never looked back. This is home, and for good reason.”