FRIDAY: AUGUST 15, 2014
Hello darlings!
Welcome to issue two of the Bee! We’re
so glad you’re here! We have been
squealing over your adorable entries to
#aplusbeephoto on Instagram - the winner
will be announced in the next Bee, so
keep them coming. And don’t forget about
our PO Box. We want all the mail from you
weirdos. ALL OF IT (PO Box 10553 / 2140
N Hollywood Way, Burbank, CA 91505)
Now that all the business is settled, pour
yourself a cup of tea and let’s do this
thing.
QTPOC Speakeasy Facebook Group
There are a lot of Facebook groups
for Autostraddlers out there! Today
we wanna tell you about the QTPOC
speakeasy, which QTPOC straddlers
can join here: http://on.fb.me/1p8p6dc
During the United States Prohibition
Era, a speakeasy was a place that
operated illegally to sell and serve
alcohol. Patrons had to “speak easy” in order to get a drink. The criminalized
status of alcohol created an entire subculture based on codes, keeping your
voice low, and trying not to attract attention.
Calling our QTPOC-only group The Speakeasy plays with the idea of what
it’s like to be living in the cultural shadow of white privilege. However, ours
isn’t a place for silence. Our conversation on the mountain has turned into a
Facebook group of humans who share everything from personal triumphs and
must-download artists to irl acts of racism and microagressions. We comment
on each others’ posts and continue to support each other through moments
of hell and moments of fucking joy. We do this in a group that is safe from the
dumb and hurtful shit non-QTPOC people say and believe. We do it here so
that we can function in the world and have the patience and strength to deal
with all the extra. Speakeasy for life. Please join the conversation.
Stef’s cat Scully
(the Official A+ Bee)
Helen’s cat Mr. Pickles*
Aries: There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with
another person.
Taurus: There are three ways to ultimate success: The first way is to be kind,
the second way is to be kind, the third way is to be kind.
Gemini: Nobody else can live the life you live... We have a chance to bring
what’s unique about us to live in a redeeming way.
Mey’s cat Sawyer
Lydia with Peaches
Cancer: The greatest thing we can do is to is to help somebody know that
they’re loved and capable of loving.
Leo: To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or
she is, right here and now.
Virgo: I like you just the way you are.
Crystal’s cats Johnny
Riot and Catniss
Hansen’s cat Cowboy
Libra: Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the
beginning of something else.
Scorpio: Who you are inside is what helps you make and do everything in
life.
Sagittarius: Peace means far more than the Opposite of war.
Capricorn: Love isn’t a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like
struggle.
Bren’s cats Mr. Bix
and Sammy
Fikri with Mars
*Helen did not provide her cat’s name, so I assumed
Aquarius: The world needs a sense of worth, and it will achieve it only by its
people feeling that they are worthwhile.
Pisces: Discovering the truth about ourselves is sometimes a lifetime’s work,
but it’s worth the effort.
FRIDAY: AUGUST 15, 2014
MEETIN’ UP ALL OVER THE WORLD
CINCINATTI:
MINNEAPOLIS:
Safe(r) Space Forum
WHEN:Wednesday Aug. 20th, 7pm
WHAT: We’re continuing some awesome discussions about
what makes a safe space & how we can be better allies to
each other.
Autostraddle Summer Brunch
WHEN: Sunday Aug. 24th, 12pm
WHERE: Lake Harriet Bandshell (4135 W Lake Harriet
Pkwy)
WHAT: Bring a brunch dish to share or just bring yourself!
Megan’s Big Bi Birthday Bash
WHEN: Friday Aug 22nd, 5pm
Indoor Rock Climbing!
WHEN: Saturday Aug 23rd, 4pm
WHERE: Vertical Endeavors
DETAILS: http://on.fb.me/1sXm1hN
Autostraddle Brunch
WHEN: Sunday Aug. 24th, 11am
For locations, carpool details, etc., either join the facebook
group page or email us at [email protected]
SYDNEY:
Brunch Brunch Revolution
WHEN: Saturday, August 23rd, 11am
WHERE: Reuben Hills (61 Albion Street, Surry Hills)
Staff Spotlight: Ali
“I don’t currently
Own as many button-downs
As I would like. Blerp.”
by Cara
+Think you have what it takes to write
your own horrible comic (or NOT horrible
comic, you do you)? Email grace@
autostraddle.com with a pitch for a 4
panel comic to be featured in the Bee!
+ Need advice? Email chelsey@
autostraddle.com for a chance to have
your questions answered by DEAR
SOUR, Brittani’s new advice column
coming soon to a Bee near you.
+ Pictures of your cats, tattoos, haircuts,
etc! Send them to Chelsey’s AS email
+ Envelope art, postcards, breakup
poetry, etc. MAIL IT TO US (Attn: Chelsey,
PO Box 10553 / 2140 N Hollywood Way,
Burbank, CA 91505)
Since camp ended, your loyal
correspondent
has
been
traveling from city to unfamiliar
city, collecting experiences and
— when the opportunity presents
itself — pouring one out for our
mountaintop queer community,
which I very much miss. I’m
currently staying in Austin, TX
that’s hung all over with crafts and
is home to several of my college
friends, a rotating series of potted
plants, and a pair of talkative,
astoundingly smooth-feathered
female Khaki Campbells. Meet
my new friends, Puff and The
Duchess. They’re female Khaki
Campbell ducks who were raised
side-by-side from ducklings, and
they won’t go anywhere without
each other. If one is in the hutch,
both are in the hutch. If one
waddles off after a tasty-looking
weed, the other follows to eat half
of it. But the exact nature of their
closeness was not revealed to
any of us until, taking a hose out
back one morning to refill their
pool, I accidentally interrupted a
bout of enthusiastic tail-twisting.
After quickly retreating back
behind the fence, I realized
that watching would make me,
essentially, S1E1 Jenny, and I left
them in peace. Queer community
is everywhere.