Are you about to begin your freshman year of college? Are you a girl-who-likes-girls? Are you attending an all-girls school or a school with an actual queer community? Do you remember Lily’s College Lesbianage, a regular column which chronicled her first two years at Barnard? Well, this could be your lucky day, because we’re searching for our next College Lesbianagette!
You will:
+ Post one column every other Thursday (due the afternoon before) beginning in mid-August
You are:
+ Starting your fist year of college in Fall 2012
+ Comfortable with and prepared to take and post photographs of your life on the internet
+ Matriculating at an all-girls school and/or a school with a vibrant queer community
+ Planning to live in on-campus housing
+ A lady-loving lady
+ An excellent writer with a unique, engaging voice and a desire to develop and grow as a writer
+ Detail-oriented with impeccable spelling and grammar.
To apply:
+ Send us your first column — the one where you introduce yourself, your situation, and your feelings about your upcoming collegiate experience.
+ If you’ve already applied for a Contributing Editor or Intern position but want to apply to be the next College Lesbianagette, you can!! (Sidenote: we’ll be getting back to CEs and Interns next week).
+ Send your first column along with a resumè and a super-brief cover letter explaining why you’re the best girl for the job to laneia [at] autostraddle.com (cc rachel [at] autostraddle.com, riese [at] autostraddle.com & laura [at] autostraddle.com) by July 20th.
