feature image by molly adams, taken at a-camp 7.0

A-Camp 7.5: Midwest Takeover is less than a month away and we are SO FREAKING EXCITED. Like, A-Camp 1.0 excited. If you’re joining us, we can’t wait to meet you. If you’re not, you should! We know there used to be a waitlist and that was probably a huge bummer but spots have opened up since then so there is still hope to turn it all around. You can sign up right here, right now.

Reading through your descriptions of yourselves was absolutely thrilling. We’ve got a super-diverse group this time, including a solid chunk of newly-out folks whose heads are about to explode! I can’t wait to meet you weirdos.

1. I can’t see over the tops of fridges, and I’ve watched Mean Girls about a thousand times. Sometimes, I eat an embarrassing amount of shrimp at dinner parties.

2. Someone once told me that hanging out with me is “like all the good things about smoking pot,” which is by far my favorite compliment I’ve ever received!

3. My dream celebrity girl squad would be: Sara Quin, Rihanna, Serena Williams, Michelle Obama, and Rachel Maddow.

4. Heavily influenced by Rachel Maddow and Hermione Granger.

5. Will be best friends with anyone who will let me show them pictures of my dog

6. Queer black nerd who loves cats, whiskey and trashy tv and aspires to be a kitchen witch.

7. I’m very cat-like I think!

8. Butch with boobs

9. A delightful combination of glam and lumberjack.

10. My L Word character would be Bette with a big dose of Dana awkwardness.

11. I’m living independently in NYC. Autocorrect tried to make that “indecently.” That would have been an entirely different About Me.

12. I’m a cartoonist and illustrator living in Chicago making art about mermaids, the ocean, crushing loneliness, people in the woods, and sex.

13. I aspire to open a queer worker-co-op country bar.

14. I love my dog more than anything. I also love snacks and sharing those snacks with my dog. If I am not slingin’ makeup I’m probably in bed with my dog.

15. Slightly prissy femme stoner.

16. My favorite part of the day is when my workfriend and I water our garden of misfit office plants together — I find their will to live really inspiring.

17. I’m on day 8 of Whole30 + would kick a puppy for a doughnut.

18. Yes, you can eat my dead body if we’re in a Donner Party situation.

19. I’m an absurd Latinx coconut that thinks everything is a joke especially life.

20. I hate injustice, and also lightning, because of this one time I got struck in the face by lightning.

21. Hufflepuff primary. Hufflepuff secondary.

22. Always the one who wanted to stay up talking later at sleepovers (don’t know if bc crush on straight friends, or bc I’m trash for late night philosophizing. Either way, relevant)

23. I like hiking, Wisconsin, and self-identified weirdos.

24. I don’t like ketchup.

25. My deepest secret is that I want the contestants on the Bachelor and Bachelorette to find true love.

26. I am a girl who likes girls (bisexual, lesbian, idk) and loves to laugh, be goofy and make super corny jokes that no-one thinks are funny.

27. Hey! I love guacamole.

28. I love a good talk about how Kim K is a boss.

29. Perpetually single (not by choice), with a
 deep love for anything to do with comics and anime. I’d like to think the two aren’t related.

30. I’m a big friendly giant.

31. I like to think I’m more punk rock than I probably am.

32. fangirl of Kristin Russo tbh.

33. Once I got to feed a dolphin and I cried tears of joy

34. I both look and act like Pearl from Steven Universe.

35. Autostraddle was a big part of coming out to myself, never thought I’d be attending a camp myself. DREAMS DO COME TRUE.