We’re having an Advice-a-Thon/AMA on A+ on Monday to celebrate our sixth birthday with tons of Autostraddle editors and special guests like La Loba Loca, Mallory Ortberg, Dannielle Owens-Reid and more! We’re also giving away some free A+ memberships to ‘Straddlers-in-need and THIS is the post wherein you can get yourself in the running!
When people ask me why I started Autostraddle I tell them that I always wanted to be the editor of a magazine, but since nobody would hire me to be the editor of their magazine, I decided to make my own magazine. There’s a much longer version of that story but that’s a quickie and it’s pretty true.
Like probably 99.9% of the human beings reading this, I’ve applied for and was ignored or rejected for hundreds of positions with hundreds of employers.
Here are some of my most relevant rejections.
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Camp was surreal. I’ve never in my life experienced that much instant, sincere welcome. Everywhere people smiled and acknowledged you. No one looked at me strangely because I don’t wear make-up, have very short hair, and wanted to wear a tie. Such a change from south Mississippi. My cabin mates were the best people I could have possibly wished for. How can you feel like family in just a week?
WASH YOUR HANDS IF YOU ATE BUFFALO WINGS BEFORE GETTING LAID, OMG.
IT REALLY HAPPENED, Y'ALL! Check out Heather’s recap of the Brittana wedding and get ready for your heart to melt!
Since getting back, I have moved out of a bad living arrangement, found a new job, and come out to my mother. I’ve also started to question every assumption I’ve ever made — about myself, about others, and about what is possible. I’ve started to view people in a new way. I see privilege and disparity everywhere, and I feel a burning need to change it. More importantly, I believe that I can. I am more open and relaxed and at home in my body than I have ever been. I am frighteningly earnest. I am excited and grateful, and I am deeply, profoundly happy.
“I know I am so very very lucky to have gotten to go to A-Camp 2014. A year ago, I was overwhelmed by the heteronormative home I would have to get used to and I am so happy that a year later, I was fortunate to be in a space that is the antithesis. It is an opportunity that we all should get to enjoy — and I have to say, dear Autostraddle Reader That Has Yet to Go to A-Camp, I really missed you last year. Apply your heart out, friend and don’t give up completely. Autostraddle is here for you and A-Camp awaits your greatness.”
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It’s time for Episode 2 of the A+ Podcast, and this month we’re talking about pop culture! Tune in to hear us diss Criminal Minds and Once Upon a Time, try to figure out what’s happening in the new Star Wars movie, and invent the perfect board game for Taylor Swift and Lena Dunham’s next feminist sleepover.
