Hey Gal Pals!
Today is the day before I leave for pre-camp. It is also the day that the apostrophe key stopped working on my keyboard. So this feels like a good place to pause life, visit a mountain top for a bit and come back refreshed and ready to deal with that apostrophe key situation like a boss. Chelsey will be here next week to round up the comments of the week. Presumably all of her keys are working properly!
My main source of anxiety right now is that I haven’t packed a thing. And it looks like I’m not the only one. Procrastinators unite! And if you’re like me and have no idea what to wear to the Camp Met Gala, Audrey has come to our rescue.
Erin reimagines the workshops and panels that happen at A-Camp.
Maddie has gone through every Autostraddle playlist ever and found the best ones.
Katherine wrote a beautiful essay describing all the families that could have been and all the families that can be.
Don’t forget to drop the details for Pride Month meet-ups. And Riese found a few things to dress up those meet-ups.
Also Alex Vega! And Comments!
On Pop Culture Fix: Finding Dory’s Lesbian Couple Will Finally Empower Ellen To Turn All Children Gay:
The Nobody’s Purrfect Award to amidola:
The Reader’s Choice Award to Carolyn:
On Team Pick: “Queer Kid Stuff” Brings Fun LGBTQ Videos to Preschool Children:
The Kid’s Are Alright Award to queer girl:
On The Topless Touching Panel and Other Activities My Friends Think Happen at A-Camp:
The It’s Not NOT That Award to Avawn Alvear:
On 14 Ways To Really Overdo It At Gay Pride This Year:
The DIY Award to Jessica:
The MFA Award to Alecia:
See a clever, hilarious or thought provoking comment around this website-ship? Email it to me at: bren [at] autostraddle [dot] com!
Allow me to give Carolyn another standing ovation.
And Querr Girl I can’t wait to meet you at camp
Thank you so much! I’m honored :)
Well, I’m gonna be singing “Do You Wanna Build a Homo” all day now, so thank you for that. <3
I’ve had it stuck in my head on and off since I wrote it. Hopefully soon my brain can let it go…
20 points to Hufflepuff
I sang it at my wife and now she won’t stop whistling it… Yup I think it’ll be days before its gone.
Cat exchanges yesterday (just yesterday):
GF: I’m going to go change my shirt since I am covered in cat.
Me: Thank you.
GF (in clean shirt): Have you taken your meds?
Me: Going.
(Later that evening)
GF: Why are you petting the cat? Stop touching the cat!
Me: Because if I stop, he’s going to roll in my hair.
GF: Oh.
Me: Ow!
GF: He just bit you? You turned him on. Go wash your hands and STOP PETTING the cat. :::removes cat to far side of sofa:::
The cat struggles are real.