Introducing Camp Autostraddle XI
Join Roxane Gay, Be Steadwell, Nia & Ness, Gaby Dunn, Brittani Nichols and 400 LGBTQ women, non-binary people and other trans folks for five days of fun fun fun in Ojai, California!
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The Might-Have-Been
I was only pregnant for seven and a half weeks before my miscarriage. There was no body, no breath; there was no measurable part of a lifetime spent together. I’d only known there was life inside my body for three and half weeks, and yet the experience seems to still have a heartbeat.
Lookbook: ModCloth and A-Camp’s Queer Femme Summer Plus-Size Party Was Real Dreamy
Transformative. Powerful. Restorative. Life-changing. These are some of the words A-Campers used to describe the Body Posi Plus Size Party we hosted with ModCloth and Mary Lambert at A-Camp X.
8 Times A-Campers Made Cheese Plates and We Were Like, “Wow, Yes”
“The smoked gruyère is pointing to the chèvre, while the brie points to the chocolate. A beautiful puzzle.”
25 NSFW Sex Collages Inspired By Your Queer Erotic Imaginations and/or Lesbian Sexual Fantasies
You came to “Sexing the Collage Cherry” and boi are your arms tired.
A-Camp X Was a Huge Success and We’d Like to Have Some Feelings About It Together
We just put on our largest and most successful iteration of A-Camp in Ojai, CA. We’d like to gush about it for a minute, please – won’t you join us?
Nervous About A-Camp? Let’s Do Some Grounding
What I’m getting at here is that staying grounded (even though it sounds like an oxymoron) gives you the ability to move.
21 Kickass Brands Who Love A-Camp + Autostraddle
Many of these companies are small, queer and independently-owned themselves, which makes their donations to A-Camp even more amazing!
Campership Alert: Go to A-Camp X for Free Thanks to LELO!
Win your ticket to A-Camp X and the fees for the shuttle from LELO! Here’s how to enter.
Campership Alert: GladRags Wants to Send You to A-Camp and Change Your Life
GladRags, a rad feminist company that makes comfortable, reusable menstrual products, wants to send one lucky human to A-Camp X for free! Plus, they’ll hook you up with the reusable menstrual product of your choice!
A-Camp Spring 2018: It’s Time To Donate and/or Apply for Camperships!
Read the heartwarming essays from some of 2017’s A-Campership recipients and learn more about donating or applying yourself! We’ve even got a tax-deductible donation option this year that you’ll wanna know all about.
Introducing Camp Autostraddle X
We’re going back to California to chill at the pool with Mary Lambert, Jen Richards, Liza Dye, Mara Wilson, Gaby Dunn, Be Steadwell, Brittani Nichols and a bunch of weirdos (that’s you!)
The Babadook was a Special Guest at A-Camp and These Are His Stories
I’m not saying we invented the gay Babadook meme, but I’m also not saying he didn’t completely OWN A-Camp. What can’t this guy do?!
Be Steadwell’s New Music Video Will Put A Spell On You
“Black girl magic is ancient as fuck.”
Queer Crip Love Fest: More Seen Than I’ve Ever Felt
An A-Camp love story to help ease your comedown!
8 Of the Hottest Fat Fashion Trends for This Summer
Other great trends for this fat queers this summer include aliens, tweed, Bodysuits and beachwear as formal wear.
The 13 Stages of Klub Deer, In Robots
I’d like to think that all of us are exactly where we’re supposed to be right now, doing exactly what we’re supposed to be doing. And if what’s required of you right now is to look at gifs of dancing robots, so be it.
Drawn to Comics: Support Queer Camp Comics With “As the Crow Flies”
“This is honestly one of the best comics about identity and finding community and yourself that I’ve ever read.”
Heaven is a Place at A-Camp: Femme Looks For The A-Camp May 2017 Dance
The A-Camp dance theme this May is Heaven is Place On Earth, so I want to see everyone in their best Billy Idol, Rhythm Nation, Whitney Houston, Jennifer Beals, Ronald Reagan, Paula Abdul, Jem & The Holograms drag.
Campership Alert: Pool Party at A-Camp In Style Courtesy of Outplay
Do you want to go to A-Camp in an Outplay Swimsuit? Well, guess what; Outplay wants that for you too! Check out this Campership, y’all!