Autostraddle Strap Week 2021 – All Images by Demetria.
In this series, two babes chat through both sides of one strapping topic — sharing personal narratives with you on their perspective at this point in their queer story. Next up — Are you gonna let them watch you strap up or are you more of a “BRB — but stay turned on!” kinda babe?
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Growing up in the rural town of Smyrna, Delaware, Danielle felt first-hand both the extreme joy and the major isolation that many LGBTQ+ people experience in Southern Baptist-style churches. After coming out, she left the church but continued her journey armed with the love of powerful music and celebration of community. She currently resides in the city of Wilmington, Delaware, continuing to create music to share and inspire those around her.
Danielle has written 1 articles for us.
Sarah (SC) is a butch first, queer writer based out of Toronto. Their writing can be found in Hazlitt, Joyland and Descant. She hosts the Butch Femme Podcast and is presently completing a collection of short stories that explore the intersections of queerness, body dignity/horror and shame (easy breezy stuff).
SC Dillon has written 3 articles for us.
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Once again I love the way this series is set up. It’s incredible to get to see not just two different opinions, but two completely different tones and takes. These two were way more moving than I thought was possible from the prompt.
“The reason I felt wrong in my body, though, was not because my body was wrong, but because it had the wrong name.”
This was simply beautiful said.
*beautifully
Such amazing writing, thank you both. Each narrative helped me find parts of myself I’d never put into words before. New treasures.
This series is nothing short of revolutionary.
this series needs its own awards show & event for Shelli Nicole & all the writers!!!! where everyone gets an award!! alsoooo the graphics! (sarah is that you? the mirror in this one is doing SO MUCH)
Shelli is amazing and I’m so grateful she did the hard work in getting us all together. I am honored to be apart of this.
I loved reading both of these, and they both resonated with me in different ways. Thank you so much to both of you for sharing your gorgeous writing.