camp autostraddle

music

10 Steps to Starting Your Own All-Grrl A Cappella Group

Just because you aren’t on the Mountain right now doesn’t mean you can’t be a part of your very own music and magic making group of friends. I promise you…

Ari —

Jun 1, 2016

crafts & diy projects

Reuse, Recycle, Repoussé: Beer Can Earrings

This week at A-Camp, we’ll be using all these cans to make simple repoussé earrings. If you’ve got a can waiting to be recycled, bust out your scissors and join…

Laura —

May 31, 2016

style

What I’ll Wear Camp Edition: Basking in the Matriarchy

This week I’m a short short enthusiast, an Earth Mother, and a Mother Earth stan.

Erin —

May 27, 2016

camp

The Topless Touching Panel and Other Activities My Friends Think Happen at A-Camp

“The Dark Closet Private Conversation Area.”

Erin —

May 23, 2016

camp

Three Ways To Skip The A-Camp 2016 Waitlist

We’ve got an A-Camp VIP Package plus opportunities for campers who are under 21 and a person of color with hair-cutting chops.

the team —

Apr 15, 2016

camp

A-Camp 6.0 Recamps Part Four: Don’t Believe Me Just Watch

“Nothing better than this concert has ever happened. EVER. I saw Boyz II Men in 1994 and this was FORTY THOUSAND TIMES BETTER.”

Riese —

Feb 5, 2016

camp

A-Camp 6.0 Recamps Part Three: Queers, Queers, We’re Everywhere!

In our third of four recamps, Elicia Sanchez laughs so hard she almost pees in her pants except she wasn’t wearing pants, she was wearing tights.

Riese —

Feb 2, 2016

camp

Introducing Camp Autostraddle 7.0

Who wants to join Cameron Esposito, Rhea Butcher, Brittani Nichols, Julia Nunes, Jenny Owen Youngs, Dannielle Owens-Reid and 300 other weirdos on a mountain in Southern California? YOU DO!

Riese —

Feb 1, 2016

camp

A-Camp 6.0 Recamps Part Two: I’m A Jenny In A Bear Suit, Baby

We’ve got everything: diva cups, girls with feelings and guitars, hand massages, busted knees, phantom doors, QTPOC speakeasy takeovers, Gabby in a canoe, Jasika Nicole in a smoke machine, fresh…

Riese —

Jan 26, 2016

food and drink

The Great String Cheese Taste Test: What’s The Best String Cheese Brand?

If you’ve ever wondered what happens when a big ‘ol group of queers and otherwise-identified humans taste test and evaluate six brands of string cheese accompanied by boxed wine, then…

Riese —

Jun 24, 2015

money + work

We Mean Business: Four Queer Women Entrepreneurs On Taking The Plunge

The panelists for our A-Camp workshop on “Turning Your Passion Into a Business” chat on the benefits, drawbacks and rewards of starting your own business.

Riese —

Jun 11, 2015

astrology, tarot & witchcraft

Why We Are Witches: An A-Camp Roundtable

“Witchiness is in my family: my people are the original hilljacks. I grew up with stories about my great-grandma Fern who traveled around Appalachia holding seances where she raised spirits…

Mey —

Jun 5, 2015