I talked to a professor who wrote on queer theory and another who wrote about Indigenous and Latinx culture. Parts of myself seemed more possible than ever before, and all it took was filling out a course of study declaration form • Art ℅ Kleb Marshall
When society has created a painful stigma around periods (and when periods can also be physically and emotionally painful), why would anyone think about period sex? Because it’s fun, safe, hot, healthy, and normal! • Photo ℅ Medium
It delays buses! It cancels flights! It rattles your schedule! It makes you late on the student loan payments you were sure you made on time! It sends exes crawling back to your missed call list! • Collage ℅ Man Repeller
Our Camp Thirlby Counselors’ ode to witches across the wicked years • Exclusive art ℅ Geordon Wollner
It’s a story about fall and home, and mothers and daughters, and sisters and brothers, and what makes us different, and what makes us all the same . . .
While Michael Stipe of R.E.M. lost his religion standing in the corner, I lost mine standing in the bathroom stall of my Catholic high school • Art ℅ Jorge Chamorro
The lack of mainstream and positive depictions of queer identities made it much more difficult for me to fully grasp my bisexuality during this own time in my life. This is why Ali’s pansexuality is important because it has the potential to portray a positive relationship between queerness and puberty • Still ℅ Big Mouth
As the sun enters Scorpio, we look towards its ruling planet Pluto, the planet of death and transformation. We can all hope to learn from our scorpion friends and their ability to live boldly and dangerously • Exclusive illustration for Camp Thirlby ℅ Annie Regan
Our Resident Camp Illustrator Emil on their experience taking Testosterone and SSRIs, and how that affects their sexuality . . .
This process of having to try and like someone, even when your brain is obsessing over all of their flaws and all of your flaws and how it can never work, is exhausting. It makes it hard for me to trust that I am right for people and that they are right for me • Collage ℅ Johannes Itten
A halloween playlist for witches, vampires, ghosts, and all monsters to play during spooky season and the rest of the year; perfect for enchanting large parties or solo spell work (heavy on the holiday cheer, light on the fright) • Exclusive illustration for Camp Thirlby ℅ Annika Bjerke
Netflix’s “Unbelievable” brings to light the irreversible damage of not believing victims of sexual assault • Collage ℅ Harper’s Bazaar
In 8th grade, I remember desperately wanting a Tumblr girlfriend • Photo ℅ Pinterest, source unknown
Former First Lady Michelle Obama challenged the motto: “It’s not always enough to lean in,” she said candidly, “because that shit doesn’t work.” • Illustration ℅ Annika Bjerke
“But like, can you still fuck or nah?” • Original Artwork for Camp Thirlby by Annie Regan
Companies—from the Gap to Free People—are shifting their sizing systems in an effort to make shoppers feel thinner • Photograph of Janelle Monaé ℅ Jaime Kay Waxman
Sex and mental health are two of the most ignored and socially stigmatized areas of human existence. Their histories are heavily intertwined and linked to oppression •Art ℅ David Marinos
Did it take you 45 minutes to decide on which outfit to wear to impress your class crush this morning? You just might be suffering from Libra season • Original Artwork for Camp Thirlby by Annie Regan
Girl in red’s concerts act as safe spaces for queer high-schoolers, out or not, to validate their identities • Photograph ℅ Isak Jenssen
I truly wish I had the answer. I wish I had a step-by-step guide you could print out and complete in under 20 minutes • Photograph ℅ Rock the Pixel
