Dear Queer Diary: Let’s Take This Outside
I would like to begin this column with the requisite admission that I am not at A-Camp. In fact, I have never been to A-Camp, mostly due to practical things like having a job.
While I will admit that, on some level, this reality fills me with a fear of missing out (see: FOMO) so vast and so deep that it rivals the Atlantic Ocean, I am comforted by the realization that, if you are reading this,…
Get Your Knit On With These Seven Garter Stitch Projects (That Aren’t Scarves)
Be honest: you’ve always wanted to learn to knit. Maybe you’ve already started! Maybe you have the first three rows of a scarf in the back of your closet underneath a box of cat toys. In my experience, part of the reason that initial knitting attempts stall out (or never get started) is that we don’t have enough achievable motivation. Knitting a multicolored lace shawl is awesome, but takes a lot…
9 Famous Queer Ladies Who Figured it Out A Little Later
The traditional lesbian narrative goes something like this: in girlhood, the protagonist encounters a series of “signs” that suggest homosexuality is afoot. The protagonist feels nothing for boys, and so many things for girls, usually culminating in a crush on a straight best friend during adolescence. Often, intolerant parents and friends will encourage the protagonist to be straight, thus…
Bros On Transportation Actually Just Saving Room For Cats
We thought they were just massive assholes completely unaware of their privilege/the patriarchy/other humans on public transportation. We thought they just had inflated ideas of their genitalia. But no.
They were just saving room for cats.
This revelation has been fully documented in the photo essay, Saving Room For Cats. Anonymous photographers have been correcting the stigma against men…
Make A Thing: Custom Queer, Feminist Pendant Necklaces
Pendant necklaces are awesome! They’re stylish, they let everyone know your interests as soon as they see it and they’re easy to customize and make your own. While I’m currently up at A-Camp, I’m leading a workshop on how to make these fun, cute and kickass crafts. We’re making them featuring some of our favorite queer and feminist icons, but you can put pretty much whatever you want inside…
Liquor on the Mountain: Our Whiskey Tasting Line Up
It’s that time of year again. The time of year when we get a bunch of people at A-Camp to go in on a few bottles of whiskey and we all taste them together and talk about how great whiskey is. And, as with every tasting we do, we encourage you to follow along at home! If you drink alcohol, you should do a whiskey tasting because:
- exploring new horizonsis wonderful and makes for being a great…
Five Lessons From Poly Relationships That Everyone Can Benefit From
Juggling multiple relationships at different levels with many different people requires a sturdy relationship skill set that makes poly relationships the PhD of human interaction — not better than other types of relationships, but definitely more complicated. Here are five principles central to successful consensual non-monogamous partnerships that can improve basically any relationship.
1.…
Also.Also.Also. Prison Strikes, Striking Musical Gold, and Other Stories We Missed This Week
Hello travelers! Are you at camp yet? Are you having the best time of your life? I’m at home in New York this week, and yesterday I said goodbye to my best friend who will be in California this summer then South Africa in the fall and I won’t see her till January. Here’s the news we missed while I was crying and listening to Kate’s Long Distance Relationship playlist (because friendships are…
Last Tango in Halifax: Get On This Show and its Late-in-Life Gay Lady Character
One great thing about having Netflix in the British Isles is that you find out there’s a lot more to BBC programming than Doctor What and Benadryl Cucumber. If you don’t have regular access to British television and you like television shows that feature lesbians who are not teenagers or Los Angeles residents, then you’re missing out. Let me introduce you to the fantastic show you’re sleeping on:
Comedy Crush: On the Mountain with Elicia Sanchez
Elicia Sanchez is a stand-up comedian living and joking in Seattle, though this week she has temporarily relocated to Angelus Oaks as part of the talent line-up for A-Camp. She’s been performing stand-up since 2010 and has taken part in the Bumbershoot, Bridgetown, and All Jane No Dick comedy festivals, among many others. She also co-hosts That’s Provocative, a podcast with Nick Sahoyah, and The…
Starting a Different Conversation: On Mixed-Race/Biracial/Multiracial Visibility and Inclusion
by Laura Mandanas and Carmen
Feature image via TheState.ae
CarmenI’ve been to A-Camp four times — and each time, I came to talk about race and confessed quietly to someone on the panel that I wished I wasn’t there to do so. Over time, I began to take a backseat role in our now-regular QPOC panel; I served as big-haired, loud-mouthed moderator at A-Camp in May 2012, but barely contributed beyond…
Lumberjanes #2 Takes Us On a Wild Ride Through Waves of Water and Emotion!
by rory midhani
Boom! Box’s new title Lumberjanes is back with issue #2, and it picks up the fun, adventure and friendship of the last issue right off the ground and runs with it even faster and farther. Created by Shannon Waters, Grace Ellis (also known as our very own Intern Grace) and Noelle Stevenson, and with illustrations by Brooke Allen and colors by Maarta Laiho, Lumberjanes is only two…
Make A Thing: Tiny Happy Banners
We’re making tiny little banners today on the mountain. They are super easy, like ten times easier than you’d imagine. They also require zero crafting ability, so if you can glue and cut things, we’re good to go!
On the mountain, we’ll be using iron-on transfers. We’ll talk about how to adjust this tutorial for iron-on transfers after!
Tiny Happy Banners
Supplies Needed:
+ Felt in two…
More Than Words: More Words, Then!
I’ve been writing More Than Words for a long time now, teasing out histories and cataloguing usages and tracing variations, and I’ve reached a conclusion: we need more! More building blocks with which to describe and communicate all of the many ideas and identities we’re constantly generating. More flashcard fillers. More fun toys to pun with.
But, just like leaders and heroes and good…
Last minute #acamp shopping in Redlands
