greatest hits

advice

Going Down (South)

first person

The Ones We Left Behind: On Being An Ally To Small Town Queers

“If you’re reading this and are currently in love with a tiny place that hasn’t loved you back yet, I want you to know that this is okay.”

fonseca —

Oct 15, 2012

bisexuality

coming out a little later

coming out

Coming Out As An Amorphous Weirdo

“It wasn’t until I kissed the second girl that even my therapist at the time laughed at me and told me maybe it was time to accept that my sexuality…

Stef —

Oct 11, 2012

feminism

greatest hits

lgbt history

10 Amazing Lady Explorers Who Aren’t Columbus

Happy Way Less Problematic Explorer Day, everyone!

Cara —

Oct 8, 2012

b is hilarious

greatest hits

first person

The (Over)Thinker: On How To Be A Human With Another Human

I wrote a letter to myself about over thinking in a relationship. Maybe I wrote this letter to you as well.

Brittani —

Oct 3, 2012

greatest hits

personal essay

visual art

On Gender, Girlhood, and Norman Rockwell

A decade before Rosie, Rockwell was painting the girls who were destined to become riveters.

fonseca —

Oct 1, 2012

body dysphoria

body image

first person

25 Things I Do To Make My Body Dysphoria Feel Smaller and Quieter

Everything’s gonna be super duper.

Kate —

Sep 25, 2012

90s nostalgia

children's books

book lists

14 Girls We Wanted To Be Back Then: Kickass Heroines From YA & Children’s Books Of Yesteryear

We spent the 80’s and early 90’s with our noses in books, dreaming of being Scout or Molly or Fern or Heidi or Ramona or Harriet or so many more!…

Riese —

Sep 24, 2012

chely wright

country music

playlists

Playlist: 100% Country, 0% A**hole

Country music: Now with 100% less liberal guilt.

fonseca —

Sep 24, 2012

epic

girl gallery

issues

Epic Gallery: 150 Years Of Lesbians And Other Lady-Loving-Ladies

Photographs of lesbian, bisexual and otherwise-identified women, 1850-1999. Seriously this is really cool.

Riese —

Sep 19, 2012

a-camp

a-camp september 2012

camp

29 Things We No Longer Understand In A Post-Camp World

14. That sometimes the cute lesbian who looks like a 12 year old boy is, in fact, a 12 year old boy

the team —

Sep 18, 2012

a-camp workshop

camp autostraddle

coming out

Coming Out: Yet Another Roundtable

“Coming out never ends, and for some of you it hasn’t even begun.”

Carmen —

Sep 14, 2012

greatest hits

personal essay

coming out

Disowned: When Coming Out Doesn’t Go As Planned

“The truth is that it does bother me that my parents are pretending that I’m dead—probably more than I’ve been willing to admit.”

annika —

Sep 13, 2012