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How To Throw The Perfect Tea Party: A Gentle Guide

After reading this post please be sure to invite us to all the perfect tea parties you host in the future, okay?

Vanessa —

May 26, 2013

a-camp workshop

camp autostraddle

pop culture fix

Our Top 10 Favourite Introverts

Introverts! We’ve everywhere. Here are some of our most loved, fictional and real.

Crystal —

May 24, 2013

a-camp

a-camp may 2013

movie features

Let’s Talk About Fictional Kickass Heroines: Katniss, Xena, Buffy and More

Here at Autostraddle, we love kickass women. We’re presenting a list of 20 of our favorite kickass fictional heroines as a way to jumpstart this feelingsfest and leaving the rest…

Vanessa —

May 23, 2013

camp autostraddle

get baked with autostraddle

recipes

Get Baked: Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie Dough S’more Cupcakes

If you need to drown your sorrows about not going to A-camp, I pinky swear these chocolate peanut butter cookie dough s’more cupcakes will do the trick.

Vanessa —

May 21, 2013

a-camp

a-camp may 2013

camp

Idol Worship: Ten(ish) Questions About Camp with Julie and Brandy

Julie wants me to say, “Nothing brings you to comedy.” I guess she means, we were always funny and attracted to funny people so that’s why we are here. And…

Carmen —

May 21, 2013

Daily Fix

feminism

geekery

How Sailor Moon Made Me A Feminist: An Ode to Magical Girl Shows

Maybe it’s the influence of Sailor Moon that is part of what made me a feminist, someone who didn’t think that being a girl was a weakness but was, in…

Rose —

May 17, 2013

a-camp

a-camp may 2013

camp

Listling: 18 Things Found In The Wrong Places While Organizing A-Camp Supplies

On cleanup day, everyone just wants to go home.

Laneia —

May 15, 2013

greatest hits

personal essay

first person

I’m A Trans Woman And I’m Not Interested In Being One of the “Good Ones”

If you present in a traditionally feminine way, you’re just being a misogynistic parody of a woman, and if you fail to present in a traditionally feminine way, well ha!…

Vivian —

May 15, 2013

Adam Lambert

autostraddle live

pop culture fix

2013 GLAAD Awards San Francisco: Our Starry Starry Night With Adam Lambert, Brittney Griner and Ketel One

Alex, Riese, Marni and Mary hit up the GLAAD Awards in San Francisco last night and spent lots of quality time with Adam Lambert, Brittney Griner, Mel B & Jessica…

Riese —

May 12, 2013

audre lorde

dorothy allison

book lists

See The Fascinating Evolution of Cover Art From 12 Legendary Queer Books

Looking back at a century of cover designs from all over the world for beloved queer books like Tipping the Velvet, Orlando, The Color Purple, Annie on my Mind, Rubyfruit…

Riese —

May 9, 2013

greatest hits

masturbation month

sex

Masturbation Memory Lane: Roundtable and Open Thread

Autostraddle staff talks anonymously about when they started masturbating, among other things. Join us, won’t you?

A.E. Osworth —

May 9, 2013

"personality cult"

greatest hits

music

This Letter Crystal Sent Me About Meeting Tegan and Sara

“All I really wanted to do was shake the Tegan and Sara’s hands. That’d be enough. Unfortunately, it’d also only take 10 seconds. I’d have at least 80 seconds left…

Crystal —

May 7, 2013