What’s Your 2021 Pride Sponsor?

It’s that time of year again – when half the people you follow on Instagram are posting anti-corporate pro-kink Pride memes and the other half are posting selfies for their brand partnerships with 3D-printed blue light glasses that are trans-inclusive, somehow. No offense if that’s you, I would also absolutely be making that money if I was insta famous enough for it. In fact, I think we should all get our own sponsors for Pride; if we’re already locked into a dystopian marriage with capitalist co-opting of biopoliticized lived experience, we could at least get a trickle down some of the spoils. Obviously we can’t all get your premium corporate sponsors – your stainless steel sex toys, your high-end sustainable apparel, perhaps some luxury skincare – but I don’t think that should stop us; pride sponsors for all! The only limit to what a Pride sponsor can be is your imagination. Read on to find out yours!

What's Your 2021 Pride Sponsor?

You're meeting The Gang for brunch during Pride weekend; you're the first one to arrive, and they won't seat you til your entire party is here. You pass the time by:
You're finally seated! What's your drink order?
Everyone's recapping their evenings from the night before - where were you?
Someone had a fight with their girlfriend last night and is distraught over their hashbrowns about how to move forward. You advise them:
Oh yikes, the server got your order wrong - these eggs benedict were supposed to have avocado subbed in for Canadian bacon.
You just got the check, and obviously it's a nightmare scenario. No one can figure out the best way to pay between everyone; do you:
Ok, brunch is over! Where are you going next?
Oh no - you just realized you left something at the brunch spot by accident. What was it?

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Originally from Boston, MA, Rachel now lives in the Midwest. Topics dear to her heart include bisexuality, The X-Files and tacos. Her favorite Ciara video is probably "Ride," but if you're only going to watch one, she recommends "Like A Boy." You can follow her on twitter and instagram.

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37 Comments

  8. Huh. I got CBD Lube. Which is really, really not me, but I think I got it because I chose a lot of laid back, avoid the drama and read instead type answers.

    I’d rather have Cate Blanchett or a handful of nuts.

    But if I’m being honest, trauma therapy would be the most accurate. In fact, trauma therapy SHOULD sponsor me, considering how often I recommend it to people.

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  9. I got handful of nuts on my 2nd attempt and I feel so seen:

    “You’re practical, reliable, can turn near-crises around in the nick of time, and a great source of protein; just like our old friends raw almonds or perhaps some salted pistachios, you’re always there to gently ask someone who’s about to type a foot-long block of text to their ex whether perhaps their blood sugar is a wee bit low.”

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  10. Ok but honestly if anyone has any suggestions for a “small batch indie perfume that makes you smell like a sexy reclusive witch living in the woods” this was a thing I did not realize I needed in my life and yet so clearly do.

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  16. “You’re gonna spend the rest of your day consoling the distraught friend from Question 4.”

    It me.

    If the next Autostraddle quiz has an answer option, “e. Can’t answer, just got a text from the distraught friend from the Pride sponsor quiz,” I will choose that one, too.

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  26. I got A Handful Of Nuts which is a spectacular irony, given that I have a nut allergy and brunch is a bit of a minefield for me, because so many of the sweet options have nuts in them!
    But practical and reliable just about covers me so it still works

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