Summer Merch Is Here: Scissoring Muscle Tanks, Tomboy Femme Crop Tops, & SO MANY Enamel Pins!
We have two new tops to blow your mind in colors that make you wanna eat a popsicle in the sunshine. Plus enamel pins and A-Camp swag!
a-camp spring 2016
Top 10 Foods We’re Not Ashamed to Eat In Public as Fat People
“I will lick that shit out of any allegedly “empty” sauce container of aioli regardless of its size in comparison to my tongue and how many people watch in horror or confusion when I refuse to let its gelatinous goodness remain clinging to the sides of its serving dish where it would otherwise remain unused, unwanted and unappreciated.”
How We Make Faith Tangible As Queers With Christian Roots: A Roundtable
When faith, spirituality, and cultural practice feel complicated and contradictory, it can help to have a physical object to hold onto and reflect upon. These items can root us to our histories of faith — or they may simply be a symbol of old memories.
Liquor On The Mountain: Whiskey Women
This year at A-Camp, we’re tasting whiskeys that are or have been historically piloted by women. No boys’ club spirits this year!
The Starting Place: How an Unlikely Hiker Can Get Outdoorsy
A personal take on showing up, hiking through it, and knots and how to tie them.
Take Yourself on a Diarist’s Hike
Can you capture some of the magic of A-Camp’s Diarist Hike where you live? Based on my experiences, I’d say yes.
Reuse, Recycle, Repoussé: Beer Can Earrings
This week at A-Camp, we’ll be using all these cans to make simple repoussé earrings. If you’ve got a can waiting to be recycled, bust out your scissors and join us. And if not, I bet there’s something cold in your fridge just begging for you to drink it.
5 Queer Poetry Slams and Open Mics From Coast to Coast
Poetry slams and open mics for queer poets of all stripes to try out.
Drawn to Comics: A-Camp All Stars Recommend Their Favorite Comics!
Knowing that these A-Camp All-Stars live parts of their lives off the mountain and reading comics, I decided to ask some of them what their very favorite comics are.
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: We’re Not At A-Camp and We’re Strong Enough to Admit It (Kind Of)
I have A-Camp FOMO, feelings about long distance besties, Joan Didion quotes and a lot of potato chips. Get in here and talk to me about it.
A-Camp Fashion Trends for People Who Haven’t Started Packing
Feel free to say: “SOS, send help, everyone is too good-looking!”
Get Weird and Shiny For Your Very Own Personal Met Gala
Whether you’re going to this year’s A-Camp and need a Met Gala outfit for the last night dance or you just want some more sequined metallic separates in your life, these are the pieces you need.
Campership Alert: TomboyX Wants You To Salute Your [Under]Shorts At A-Camp
Win full A-Camp Tuition with the TomboyX Campership, plus a tee, a hat and — you guessed it — underpants.
Three Ways To Skip The A-Camp 2016 Waitlist
We’ve got an A-Camp VIP Package plus opportunities for campers who are under 21 and a person of color with hair-cutting chops.
Campership Alert: We’ve Got a Campership WITH TRAVEL For A Lucky Trans Woman Who Could Use a Break! UPDATED WITH WINNER
Need a break from all the transmisogyny and cissexism of the world? Want to come to California to hang out with a few hundred other queer women and folks on a mountain? Then I’ve got some super great news for you!
Campership Alert: Lunapads Is Sending Someone to A-Camp and It Could Be You!
Lunapads has donated a Campership for A-Camp 2016 happening May 29th to June 3rd! If you didn’t think you were going to Camp this year, you could be wrong.
Campership Alert: Win a Full Tuition Campership and Swimwear from Outplay!
Outplay is sending a camper to A-Camp — enter to win a Campership PLUS a swimsuit for the pool party!
A-Camp Spring 2016: It’s Time To Donate To Or Apply For Camperships!
It’s time! It’s time to help somebody go to camp or maybe help YOURSELF go to camp! What a helpful day we’re going to have!
Introducing Camp Autostraddle 7.0
Who wants to join Cameron Esposito, Rhea Butcher, Brittani Nichols, Julia Nunes, Jenny Owen Youngs, Dannielle Owens-Reid and 300 other weirdos on a mountain in Southern California? YOU DO!