Talk to me about your one, wild, precious life! Let’s band together, scrap up every last morsel of Summer 20GayTeen, and send it off with a BANG!!

Let’s talk about the rules you broke, you little rebel you.

You’re walking down a city street with your headphones turned all the way up, swaying to the beat, so lost in the rhythms that you forget that you’re on your way to work. That’s summer, in a nutshell: you living your best life, with a great song to accompany it. But that begs the question: what’s the song that’s soundtracking your life in the summer of 20GAYTeen?

What lives in your praise house?

Tell me about all of your weird internet deep dives! And then roast me for loving musical theatre so much!! Happy Friday!

Cancer season is a nightmare, but Elastigirl and I are here for you.

Let’s glitter and be gay and then talk about our favorite musicals.

Do you have a crush or two or three right now? Who is making your face light up when their name shows up on your phone screen? Do you love crushes or absolutely HATE them? I want to hear it all!

Working at Autostraddle has been my dream job and it’s been my dream community, but it’s time for the next phase in my life, so I need to say goodbye.

This week: an ode to our favorite social media apps of the past. Did you love Myspace? 4Chan? ASS? Well get in these here comments and tell me about it! Also, happy birthday to me.

ICEBREAKERS ARE SCARY! For me! Some people love them! Let’s talk about it.

Tell me about your favorite road trip! Or just tell me about your week, your crush, your love, your life. You’re perfect.

You’re so cool and I want to hang out with you and talk about how cool you are! Want to see some pics of my baby at the zoo? I want to see your pics, too! Just get in here!

Whether after moving to a new place, switching apartments in the same city, or finding the community you’d been searching for, what made you realize you’d arrived?

I was talking with a friend recently, and they told me about their part-time receptionist work. All the sudden I found myself really loving the idea of being a part-time receptionist while still working on my writing. I think I have a new dream job.

What would Kid You and Teenage You think about Current You?

Hi, I missed you so much!

Cartoons are where queerness first comes to light for a lot of kids because it’s often one of the first forms of media we’re allowed to consume. So, basically what I’m saying is that cartoons turned me gay.

I want to hear about your week AND ALSO the thing you are so into right now and you can’t believe you haven’t been into it all along, gosh, life would’ve been so much better if you had been!

Let’s fill this thread with nostalgia and love in a full on appreciation fest.