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“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Episode 1309 Recap: That’s Hot

Drag Race returns with the game that taught a generation of gays about Grey Gardens. That’s right, it’s Snatch Game.

By Drew Gregory

A-Camp October 2013 Recamp #3: If You Wanna Be My Lover, You Gotta Get With My Carnival

We sang, we danced, we laughed, we cried, we bobbed for apples, we got a bear hug, and we lived to tell the tales!

By Riese

A-Camp October 2013 Recamp #1: Let It Snow!

It’s our first behind-the-scenes A-Camp 4.0 Recamp in which we reminisce about the day before we met you and the day we met you and how everything started to snow!

By Riese

A-Camp May 2013 Recamp #4: YUP.

In our last recamp, we party at the pool, dance all night, have feelings, display talent, and wish it never had to end.

By Riese

A-Camp May 2013 Recamp #2: Nothing Compares 2 U At Camp

“I’m gonna support the SHIT outta you.” (Also, a Lilith Flair playlist!)

By the team

A-Camp September Recamp 4: Small Town Saturday Night

Our final A-Camp September recamp contains breathtaking accounts from the ground and will reveal the date upon which May registration will open.

By Riese

A-Camp September Recamp #3: Reading Dancing Spooning Singing Sewing Clubbing Dreaming

On the third day, they created the heaven and earth, read some poems out loud, talked about coming out and religion and spooning and discovered the truth about cats and dogs.

By Riese

A-Camp September Recamp #2: Blame It On The Altitude

On Thursday, geeks and introverts met each other, girls in white got wet, everyone got wild and we all had mature discussions about intense topics like gender and being a queer woman of color!

By Riese

A-Camp September 2012 Recamp #1: We Absolutely Started The Fire

It’s the first recap of our amazing five days at A-Camp — read all about Pre-Camp (which is like preschool but for the team) and the day everybody arrived on the mountain trauma-free!

By Riese

A-Camp Recap Day #4: The One With All The Feelings

This is basically a snack-pack of camp recap — we’ve got a Sunday rundown, cabin photos, heaps of memories and final feelings and a little essay situation! Maybe even an announcement of some kind.

By Riese

A-Camp Recap Day #3: We’ve Got Talent

Day Three’s activities included the sex panel, the talent show, the queer women of color panel, the picking up chicks workshop, ‘zine-making, the dance and SO MUCH MORE!

By the team

A-Camp Recap Day #2: The (Word) Limit Does Not Exist!

On the first full day of A-Camp, we pressed flowers, talked about gender, played basketball, cabin-bombed and super-soaked.

By the team

A-Camp Recap #1: Movin’ On Up (The Mountain)

In which we recap the days leading up to A-Camp and the first day of A-Camp, which was a bit of a saga.

By the team

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