I miss camp so much the only cure I could think of was some kind of comfort food that involves berries – only one type though – and that I could make very quickly and easily. I decided the only thing to do was to bake a mountain of berries into some flaky buttery crust and eat it while I scroll the A-Camp hashtag and cry for the millionth time. And thus, this blueberry galette was born!

“ok who sent me an autostraddle email address request for kristen stewart”

For the final installment of Queer Crip Love Fest, we turn the cute up to 11.

“i wish there were more bloody lesbians in the world so that i never had to get into ridiculous situations like this.”

“omg wtf there are so many good looking butches in that one city in maine
is there a colony?”

Your communal photo gallery is here! Gaze upon nearly 200 queer as fuck kitchens, and the queers who queer them.

“i’m stepping down from autostraddle
bye
you’ll miss calling me out when i give my body to the sea so”

Links upon links upon more links! Three women stop a rape, Ellen wants to be the Vice President, U.S. women’s soccer team is ready to strike, Mars and Earth are getting cozy, $300 vagina massages, lesbian adoption, Colonial intersex history, Harry Potter Constitution lessons, Peaches and more, more, more!

This week we’ve got cat allergies, gay Life, short fiction and so much more!

Sneak peaks for days, Brittani’s special workout recommendation, Stef’s pursuit of ERW, Rachel’s trip to Madison, early requests for AS 1.0 and so many more things you care deeply and passionately about!

It’s the second issue of the best little behind-the-scenes newsletter EVER.

Our very own Forever Intern Grace Ellis, along with Noelle Stevenson, Shannon Watters and Brooke Allen, have combined forces for the comic book “Lumberjanes,” about five girls at camp having fun and fighting monsters.

If you have read Autostraddle even once, it’s likely that you’ve seen some of Marika’s brilliance in the comment section. She is one of our most frequent commenters, and she was kind enough to chat with me about science, hammocks, food, and family.

Monique talks about being Mexican and queer in Arizona, her favorite artists, and her adorable dog Elliot (who is an extremely well-behaved road trip travel companion.)

Ashley chats with us about poetry, her goals for the future and what the Autostraddle community means to her.

Just a little extra motivation to participate in our fundraising campaign!

This week’s comment awards were brought to you by the letter “I” for “Incredible.” Which is what Community Managerette Carrie is.

It’s astonishing that even with so much public awareness, legislative initiative, and psychological research, these facilities still exist.

As the national and international conversations on colonialism, imperialism, and decolonization progress and spread, I think it’s important for us to continue reflecting on the big and small ways Indigenous groups in the U.S. and abroad have challenged and fought against the occupying, colonialist, imperialist forces that have attempted to wipe those groups off the map entirely.

Film festivals are one of the primary places that buzz begins. It’s why it’s so important that the first responses to films out of festivals aren’t solely those of cis straight white men working for major publications.