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LGBT Book Reviews

Read a F*cking Book: Amber Dawn’s “Where The Words End And My Body Begins”

Although it is an individual’s work, it feels collective and empowering to see so many voices and ideas represented in this set of glosa poems.

Adrian June 4, 2015 2 Comments
Food and Drink

Sober in the City: Top 10 Iced Teas for National Iced Tea Month!

I say, “Hear, hear!” to iced tea and present to the National Iced Tea Month goddesses 10 delightfully delicious iced teas to try.

Ginger Hale June 4, 2015 10 Comments
Beauty Shopping

8 Vegan Cosmetic Products Just Waiting to Look Amazing On You

Just seemed like something you might need in your life.

Lydia O June 3, 2015 6 Comments
Dating

You’re Normal It’s Normal You’re Going To Be Okay

Here is what to do.

Ryan Yates June 3, 2015 27 Comments
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Liquor On The Mountain: Three-Ingredient Drinks are the Bees’ Knees

(or the Bee’s Knees? I’m choosing to go with the plural possessive because no one bee is responsible for the honey. Or we could call it the Beeses Kneeses.)

A.E. Osworth June 3, 2015 12 Comments
Playlists

Playlist: Top 20 Underrated Selena Songs

I’m bringing it way back to Selena’s first album with old school Tejano music and cumbias, a few of her English songs (one that has that Paula Abdul 80s/90s swag) and some of her mariachi songs.

Yvonne June 3, 2015 11 Comments
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How To Make Your Own Flogger in About 15 Minutes

Make your own cheap, easy PVC flogger!

Ryan Yates June 2, 2015 9 Comments
Crafts & DIY Projects

How to Make DIY Lavender Salve for Soothing the Grrls and Loverbois in Your Life

One day, my very best gal pal rubbed some lavender salve and it changed my whole freaking life. So let’s all make lavender salve because it’s made of magic and smells like inner peace.

gabby June 2, 2015 28 Comments
Politics + Activism

5 Things You Should Know About Solidarity with Incarcerated LGBT People: A Conversation With Black and Pink

The experience of getting a letter is one of the most important moments or feelings of connection to something.

Maddie June 2, 2015 11 Comments
Geekery

Drawn to Comics: Talking Comics With A-Camp 2015 Special Guest Jasika Nicole

“Reading ‘Fun Home’ was like someone turning on the lights for me. I immediately bought a book called ‘How To Make Comics’, went to (the now defunct) Pearl Paints and got all the tools I needed, and I just started drawing.”

Mey June 2, 2015 10 Comments
Gender

16 Ways to Make Queer Women’s Spaces More Trans Women-Friendly

“13. All feminist concerns are transgender concerns, period.”

Mey June 1, 2015 76 Comments
Gender

Caitlyn Jenner’s Vanity Fair Cover Is Very Vanity Fair

Caitlyn Jenner’s cover photo is stunning.

Yvonne June 1, 2015 57 Comments
Community First Person

Tell Me What You Want, What You Really Really Want: A Roundtable on How We Want to Feel

Once you figure out what feeling you were chasing, you can start working toward it – and getting a solid taste of it — every day. And that, my friend, seriously changes everything.

Carmen June 1, 2015 12 Comments
Home

Helping You Help Yourself #6

Improving your finances, free moving boxes, deciding between Advil and Tylenol, changing your oil, some special words from Riese about keeping your workspace neat, and more!

Rachel June 1, 2015 9 Comments
Food Lists

40 Recipes That Are Too Hot To Handle

Grab a glass of water and stay a while; it’s gonna be a wild ride.

Carmen June 1, 2015 6 Comments
NSFW Sunday

NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Will Fuck You In A Bathroom At A-Camp

I’m on the mountain this week, so please enjoy the following smut.

Ryan Yates May 31, 2015 3 Comments
Society + Culture

The Sunday Funday Is Dreaming of Being on Mount Feelings with a Load of Beautiful Queers

Breaking glass ceilings in education, bisexual books, and also cute stuff you’ll love!

Raquel May 31, 2015 12 Comments
Geekery

Unplug Your Camping, Keep Your Nerd

This year, I’m going to encourage everyone to unplug when they take their closest queer pack into the woods — as little tech as possible is the name of the game. But that doesn’t mean you need to give up your nerd.

A.E. Osworth May 30, 2015 17 Comments
Webcomics

Saturday Morning Cartoons: Essence of Camp

Five non-itinerary things that make A-Camp, A-Camp. In no particular order.

Cameron May 30, 2015 10 Comments
Literature

Things I Read That I Love #176: The Many-Gendered Mothers Of My Heart

Topics include indoor malls, therapy, queer identity (well it’s more complicated than that — you’ll see), Judy Blume, domestic abuse in South Carolina and more.

Riese May 29, 2015 11 Comments
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