“There was a deep sharing of emotion and feelings and we planned the future and organized and then shared opinions about finger-fucking and chlorine you know, very loudly, next to some children. “

In celebration of our upcoming redesign launch and the holiday season, we’ve got an easy way for you to win some kick-ass Autostraddle stuff!

Cheryna spoke about her cute cat and her cute girlfriend, being queer and Dominican, and her experiences at A-Camp. There’s also a funny story involving milkshakes and a policeman, plus a cute photograph of the cute cat.

We’ve spent the last year trying quick fixes and cheap labor for our broken website and there’s no way around it: it’s time to turn this shed into an actual building — luckily, we just made a really kickass Indiegogo campaign for that!

Heather knows, she knows, how to connect with people through stories and writing, she knows how to make you feel seen, buoyed, valued, special, important, remarkable.

(Bear training is also secretly for people who want to get wifed.)

“It’s been so long since I watched a lighthearted dramedy not set in the UK that I’ve forgotten the American way to pronounce condom.”

“I don’t know who you are but I’ve never believed in anyone’s ability to reach peak mommi more than you”

“I DID get hit on by a man at a lesbian bar on Saturday night. It made me feel very free and also like a pastry.”

Say hi to Brooklyn – she’s a campership winner Texan trans* girl who spoke openly and honestly about her unsupportive family, being homeless and the importance of having a loving community to fall back on.

Registration is open for three Feminist Camp programs! Each provides participants with the opportunity to explore NYC, make connections, and play a part in a movement that will, by the end, completely humble them.

Everyone loves everybody. Seriously.

“We met in 1995. I was in grad school and had a job at the campus women’s center. I helped her hang an art show. We later hung out at a feminist science fiction convention. We’ve been together ever since.”

For this quiz, you’re headed to sleepaway camp!

“can we call lesbian visibility day lesbian brigadoon”

“I made dinner and our entire website fell apart”

Toeing, spooning, kink, crushes, and the almighty Autostraddle Chart. You asked. Riese, Laneia, Rachel, Yvonne and Heather answered!

Who are the QPOC or POC artists that we bob and weave to on an everyday basis? In the spirit of our A-Camp QPOC group The Speakeasy, here is a Block Party playlist for everyone to enjoy.

I figuratively locked Grace Ellis and Shannon Watters in a dark room and made them talk a little bit about their creative process in celebration of today’s AMAZING launch. Also: preview art!

If you’ve been here for 10 seconds, you’ve seen user paper0flowers comment on something. Now it’s time to meet the girl behind the username!