Life is a roleplaying game and the roleplaying game is life.

A-Camp workshop pitch: We just watch this episode and squeal about how cute Avalance is

Our Chief Sally Consultant is also here to weigh in on HBO’s new comedy.

It’s been a banner year for queer women on the big screen!

Thanksgiving in the US is just under two weeks away which means it’s almost crunch time! Gotta finalize those side dishes, decide how many pies to bake, and start mentally prepping for the moment you confront your problematic family members and hold them accountable for upholding white supremacist structures.

John Hughes meets Wes Craven in Riverdale’s fun but surprisingly emotional ’80s tribute.

Sara and the crew go back to Punk Rock London to find out who’s causing some royal trouble while Ava gets Nate settled in his desk job.

After more than five years at Autostraddle, Yvonne is stepping down as senior editor. But before she goes, she wanted to take some time to reflect on her time here and to thank the incredible team and community that she’s had the pleasure of getting to know over the years.

Plus: Five Black women who can change the face of politics, bisexual women in the midterms, Ring of Keys live, lesbian Harry Potter proposals and more!

I carved a tarot pumpkin (all the tarot suits, not posting a picture because I messed up the Cups) and roasted the pumpkin seeds (not pictured because we ate them before we could photograph them) and asked my new oracle deck if there were any messages I needed to pick up from the beyond. I pulled this card.

“But Make It Fashion is a collection of essays about our weird bodies and genders and desires and what we choose to put on top of all those things every day.”

“It took me 14 years to recognize with certainty that I was a dyke. I wish I could say it was about the intellectual complexities of sexuality and gender, or that I was afraid of being different. Those were factors, but not nearly as pressing as this: I thought dykes had bad style.”

“Here I am, gaslighting myself, and all I want to do is buy some clothes.”

“If Rachel Maddow ever hits Dinah Shore karaoke party in a three-quarter-length leather coat and leather pants, it will look like every performance on this live album.”

A-Camp Spring 2017

A-Camp Fall 2016

Yvonne at A-Camp May 2015

Yvonne & Kaelyn at A-Camp May 2015

A-Camp May 2014

Yvonne’s First A-Camp // October 2013