Autostraddle Calendar Girls 2012: Kali is July!

I don’t know about you, but I’m glad it summer. Is it the sunshine? The coconut fruit bars? Girls on bicycles? Almost — we’re glad it’s summer because it’s time for our July calendar girl. And she’s awesome/smokin’ hot.

Here’s something you need to know before the proceedings:

You can buy our 2011 calendar for $5.
That’s totally a super cheap sale price AND when you buy stuff from us it helps us keep going.

Also, if you missed any previous amazing Calendar videos made by the one and only Kelli Griggs:
Kelli & Ashley are January/February, Luna & Michelle are March, Julie/Brandy and Stacee are April and May, and The Real L Word‘s Francine is June.

Some background:

This is Round Three of Autostraddle’s Lesbian Calendar Girls: talented, smart, charismatic, geeky and really-really-good-looking lesbianisty ladies. We make this calendar for you because you all really need to cut it out with your crushes on straight girls, this shit is out of hand, the last thing you need is 12 months of whatever Maxim & FHM come up with. REAL LIVE LESBIANS!

This year we’re going to give you a video every month and just a few teases of what the actual photos will look like, so the Calendar will be chock-full of surprises. Are you excited? WE’RE EXCITED.

Our July lady is Kali:

Autostraddle Lesbian Calendar Girls Robin Roemer
Kali works in campus recreation as a fitness manager. She studied Kinesiology which sounds fancy and if you didn’t know (like me) it’s the “scientific study of human movement”. Kali is originally from Orange County, California so she surfs and snowboards like a pro obviously. Also, she believes our “bodies should be shown”. We dig it.

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Photographer Robin Roemer & Stylist Sara Medd

Photographer Robin Roemer & Stylist Sara Medd

Here’s Robin & Sara to explain a bit more about this year’s theme:

The 2012 Autostraddle Calendar is our interpretation of the idea of a “lesbian image” without the traditional presentational definers of gender and sexual identity – when we (literally) strip away clothing, what do our naked selves communicate about who we are?

The 2011 calendar was about solo portraits of women who are brilliant, beautiful and courageous on and off camera; 2012 is about the amazing and vibrant community of queer women.

We sought to do something different this year by creating dramatic scenes and having the models interact with each other. We loved the idea of playing with identity in the form of masks, and the power that comes from choosing what to reveal and what to keep hidden.

Be prepared to see lots of skin this year in the 2012 calendar – but remember that it’s what we choose not to show that sometimes gives the most away.

We photographed a group of beautiful and diverse queer women both poolside and on various studio sets in Los Angeles. We’re excited for the monthly Behind the Scenes videos, where Autostraddlers can meet our sexy and inspiring calendar girls. (This being possible thanks to Videographer/Video Editor Kelli Griggs and Music Supervisor Stacee Coleman).

We hope you enjoy meeting the girls as much as we did!

Thanks to all of the amazing stylists, the production team members, and of course our brave and beautiful models.

We hope you love the results and look forward to purchasing your own 2012 calendar later this year in support of the project and of Autostraddle.com.

xoxo
Your devoted producers,
Robin & Sara
(Photographer & Stylist)

Autostraddle Lesbian Calendar Girls Robin Roemer

So here it is!
We present the Autostraddle Calendar Girl Behind-the-Scenes video for July:

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Robin

Robin specializes in entertainment, lifestyle and portrait photography. She's also a Creative Producer, Director of Photography and co-owner of Scheme Machine Studios LLC, her production company based in Los Angeles. Robin loves shooting for TV and film and has worked with media companies like Legendary Pictures and Viacom. She shot and directed the Pride campaign for Google called #ThisIsFamily. Robin has had the pleasure of working on national campaigns for companies like Dove and Levis, and had the unique opportunity to shoot for non-profits and initiatives such as The Black List, Save the Children, Move to End Violence, Have a Hart Day, and The Clinton Global Initiative. She is most proud of the work she has done with organizations such as The Ad Council and RAINN working on national impact campaigns. Her celebrity roster includes Cyndi Lauper, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, The B-52s, Keri Hilson, JB Smoove, Tegan and Sara, Margaret Cho, The B-52’s, Andreja Pejic, and many more. She was there for Autostraddle’s birth and proudly served as A-Camp co-director for many years.

Robin has written 82 articles for us.

33 Comments

  1. Too lazy to log in but….shiiiiit, this is my birthday month and she is OH SO FINE for July.

    MMMPH.

  3. Look at you!! You did an awesome job and look fierce =) I’ll let you know when I head back to C(K)ali.

  4. woah! geez A/S, I’m continually blown away by the calendar girls – strong, sexy, stunning women

    • hahaha the shoot took place over a total of two days. One day was at a house in the Hollywood Hills and another one at a studio in Downtown Los Angeles.

    • Because we shot the whole calendar in two days in Los Angeles this year at a house in the Hollywood Hills and at a studio downtown called Jesus Wall. These spaces can be seen in the opener of each video.

  9. oh autostraddle first you gave me asschat, then calendar girls, and now behind the scenes with calendar girls. you guyz are too kind

  13. Auuugh, I can’t see the video! There’s just a big black rectangle. Anyone else has the same issue? (I’m on Firefox and Adblock is disabled for AS)

  15. Hell to the yes to everything about this video, including Sarah Croce at the end!

  17. Holy shit Kelli Griggs you are ONE HELL of a video editor! SHEEWWWWW. Kali is super awesome. I have a soft spot for her voice #shhhhh.

  18. Hot girls & kinesiology pretty much go hand in hand huh? (Fuck yeah kinesiology nerds!)

  19. WHO IS that hottie patootie beside Kali in the first pic? the one with that awesome hair? She is soooo Hot i wanna have her ;)

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