2013
“five years from now when i’m living in a tree writing tracts about how monsanto is part of the illuminati cabal on recycled seventh-generation paper bags, you can pinpoint this as the moment it started.”
RACHEL KINCAID, MARCH 31, 2013
freshmen
Yvonne Marquez, Associate Editor Lane Moore, Associate Editor Mey Rude, Writer Fikri, Writer Gabrielle, Columnist Audrey White, Writer Archie Bongiovanni, Cartoonist Chelsea Steiner, Contributor Kaylah Wilson, Moderator Kaitlyn Jakola, Writer SJ Sindu, Contributor Aja Aguire, Fashion Editor Laura Mandanas, Writer Cameron Glavin, Cartoonist Maddie Taterka, Writer

Read Audrey White’s memory >
I first started reading Autostraddle in 2012 for the political commentary, I’m not even kidding you. I was such a good straight ally! In 2013 I got my shit together, came out as bi, pitched a one-off article, and that turned into 130 articles, four A-Camps, some of my very best friends, finding out I am trans, occasional heartache, and a whole lot of joy over the last five years. Life is a highway!
All that to say, it’s hard to choose a single good memory. Is it the time I did Justin Bieber strip drag and made 300 of you scream? Is it the time I got to interview Mara Wilson or Danny Ortberg or some of my most admired bisexual elders? Is it still to come, when I get to share space with Roxane Gay at A-Camp 11? Is it those long-gone pre-Slack days of 150-email threads every day where we shared story ideas and the minutiae of our lives from across the country and world?
When I am an old genderqueer grandparent on a front porch looking out upon my goats, I am going to remember being part of Autostraddle as one of the greatest things I ever did. That is for damn sure. Love y’all <3
—Audrey White
most popular posts
- How To Own It: The Queer Grrl’s Guide to the Galaxy, by Gabrielle Korn
- 22 Kickass Queer Women Who Came Out in 2013, by Riese
- Your Completely Queer Guide To Horoscope Hookups, by Kate Severance
- The ALTERNATIVE Autostraddle Hot 105: Hotties You Will Like Who Also Like Girls, by Riese
- How “Real” Is “Orange Is The New Black”? Comparing The Show To The Memoir To The Numbers, by Riese
- You Need Help: Real Talk About Your First Strap-On, by A.E. Osworth
- Fat-Booty Butch Wears Leggings — Confuses World, Confronts Self, by Gabby Rivera
- Let’s All Write Open Letters To Miley Cyrus And Also Your Mom Forever And Ever, by Rachel and Riese
- How To Have Lesbian Sex 102: Cunnilingus Edition, by A.E. Osworth
- 14 Genuinely Awesome Times We Saw An Actress’s Boobs [NSFW], by Riese

I wrote Dear Queer Diary from 2013-2014 while teaching English at a boarding school. I lived in a tragically carpeted dorm with about 20 eighth and ninth graders, and I used to write my columns in between helping them write papers and reminding them to brush their teeth. Autostraddle was my secret identity and my first regular writing gig, and I’m still proud and grateful.
Maggie Cooper

the year of us
this year we did a lot of…
- Orange is the New Black
- Dapper fashion
- Essays by trans women
- Epic lists
- Incredible guest posts to celebrate our redesign launch!
awards
- GLAAD Award Nomination: Outstanding Blog
- Alex on Refinery29’s “30 Under 30”
- Autostraddle on Refinery29’s 24 Best Websites for Women
most prolific writers
- Riese Bernard
- Carmen Rios
- Vanessa Friedman
- A.E. Osworth
- Brittani Nichols
- Carolyn Yates
- Sarah Hansen
- Lizz Rubin
- Kristen Ford
- Kate Severance

the year of…
tv

pop culture
- Raven-Symone and AZMarie are real cute
- Samira Wiley is just so very much on our radar
- Charice comes out
- Jodie Foster comes out
- Bustle premieres and we all get really upset about it
movies

- Blue is the Warmest Color
- Valencia
- Breaking the Girls
- Concussion
- Who’s Afraid of Vagina Wolf?
- Reaching For The Moon
- She Wants Me
- Dallas Buyers Club
politics
- U.S. Supreme court rules Section 3 of DOMA unconstitutional
- California, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Delaware, Minnesota, Hawaii, Illinois and New Mexico join the same-sex marriage bandwagon