welcome to camp autostraddle
- Carmen: A-Camp does something to me. It’s like the mountain air, the slightly less caffeinated coffee that enables me to drink coffee throughout the day, and being surrounded by all the people I love working with but never get to make slushies with using frozen popsicles as a foundation really wakes me the fuck up.
- Rory: That morning, like every morning of camp, slutshack rose at 5am or something to the husky cackle of Carmen Rios.
- Laura Wooley: On Friday morning, I woke up and threw open my cabin door to take in the great outdoors and was instantly bombarded with the very loud, very joyous sound of Carmen laughing.
- Kai: The first moment I realized I was a lone West Coast wolf surrounded by an East Coast wolf pack was when I was shoving a pillow over my head trying to keep out Carmen’s cackles and basic sunlight.
- Laura W: It was like a joke in a sitcom, except it was my real life.
- Carmen: Everyone in my end of the cabin kept waking up simultaneously, just like we would fall asleep simultaneously!
Do you have your Valentine’s Day gifts all squared away? If not, might I suggest something small this year? Something itty bitty, even? I’ve compiled a quick little gift collection for your gals and/or your pals this Valentine’s Day! Because who needs giant things when there are so many adorable enamel pins in the world? And yes, the following gift collection could be easily confused with Laneia’s Winter 2016 Wish List: Tiny Things Edition, but that’s not the title of this post, now is it?
Itty Bitty Valentine’s Day Gift Committee: Small Things for Your Gal or Your Pal
There is nothing I love more than sharing a deafeningly silent, poignant moment with 300 other audience members; grinning wide through a rousing musical number that makes me want to stand and cheer; or tearing up at a matinee with the gray-haired woman seated beside me.
Peritale, the webcomic by Mari Costa, starts out with the opener “Once upon a time, there was a fairy with no magic.” This seemingly sad or foreboding intro is offset by an illustration of that fairy, who we see bright-eyed with a giant smile on her face. This sets the can-do, never-give-up attitude and bright and welcoming look that permeates the rest of the comic and makes it so great. Peritale is a super terrific example of an all-ages webcomic that’s great for younger readers and older. No matter what your age is, if you like magic or fairies, you’re probably going to love Peritale.
