When I see my past selves, I simultaneously miss and reject them. I struggle with seeing myself in several dimensions. I am stuck only seeing the “before” and “after,” the “repressed” and “thriving” • Art ℅ Studio Olafur Eliasson
Camp Thirlby’s Guide to Go with the Flow this Aquarius Season
Aquarians are visionaries, able to envision a better future that universally allows for the freedom they hold dear. Here’s how to embody that flow this season • Exclusive illustration ℅ Annika Bjerke
Navigating Body Image with a Chronic Illness
But I didn’t do this. My body did this to me. So I do not feel like an instigator. I feel like a victim of my own body • Art ℅ Jesse Draxler
Why Are Lesbians So Obsessed with Harry Styles?
So many lesbians know his eras like we know our own: times of gothness, of short hair or long hair, of matte foundation and daily winged eyeliner • Photo ℅ Helene Marie Pambrun
Finding Sexual Autonomy as a Demisexual
I spent the last two months or so recovering, trying to recover, hoping to recover, and unfortunately, failing to recover from a very toxic relationship • Art ℅ Audrey Helen Weber
A Guide to Navigating Trauma in a New Relationship
Healing isn’t linear, and it doesn’t happen on anyone else’s timeline • Photo ℅ Sir George Pollock
Greta Gerwig’s Little Women Balances the Joy and Anger of Womanhood
“I think Little Women is always a secretly subversive story” • Film Still ℅ Sony Pictures
Online Performance and The Stage of Instagram: Reflections on "Trick Mirror"
The internet has no backstage; the curtain never closes in the perpetual performance of online existence. So what is becoming of our identities? • Photo illustration by Lisa Larson-Walker, Photo by Elena Mudd ℅ Slate
“Portrait of a Lady on Fire” is the Future of Lesbian Film
The film, by and for queer womxn, is a utopia Film Still ℅ Neon
Mental Health During the Post-Holiday Season: When the Most Wonderful Time of the Year Isn’t So Wonderful
Coping with depression and anxiety during a time when all should be merry and bright is exhausting, debilitating, and frustrating • Art ℅ Audrey Helen Weber
Here’s to a New Decade with Camp Thirlby
At the end of the day, Camp Thirlby is here and continues to thrive because of you and your stories • Art ℅ Maria Ramos
Camp Thirlby’s Guide to be the GOAT This Capricorn Season
We all have our own mountains to climb. Here’s our guide to be the GOAT this Capricorn season • Exclusive Illustration ℅ Annika Bjerke
The Scale: A Poem
I wrote this for every version of myself that exists on the scale. I’m trying to tell them I’m sorry for getting angry at their impermanence. I’m trying to thank them for not backing down • Photograph ℅ Mélanie Lehmann
Goodbye, Thank you, I'm Sorry: A Jumble of Words for a Friendship Farewell
How do I move on from what was lost? I wonder if my loss for words isn’t because I don’t have thoughts and feelings about what it’s like for a friendship to end, but rather because we very rarely give it the language it deserves, like we have with romance • Art ℅ Tania Andrushchenko
Camp Thirlby’s Guide to Shoot Your Shot This Sagittarius Season
Only one zodiac sign could take a clean sweep of “Class Clown,” “Biggest Flirt,” and Valedictorian in the astrological yearbook: Sagittarius • Exclusive Illustration ℅ Annika Bjerke
For Your Reflection: Sex 101
Our camp counselors have shared with us a formative moment that exposed them to sex and dating, whether that be an experience in a sex ed classroom, a scene from the media, or even a conversation with a parent or friend • Exclusive art ℅ Annie Regan
Deconstructing the Dynamics of Savior Syndrome
Unfortunately, there is no cure (yet), but self-awareness and therapy can prove effective in treatment • Art ℅ Moonassi
Lover’s Leap Playlist
This playlist is for falling in love with today, this month, and the cool, crisp wind • Image ℅ Luna Homsi
Sex 101: Breaking Up with Your Relationship Pattern
I found myself on my bedroom floor one night, crying over another failed relationship. This involved the simultaneous action of shoving too much guac & chips down my esophagus while heavy sobs fell out of my mouth • Photograph ℅ Anna Breslin
A Baby Gay’s Guide to Getting Over Your First Lesbian Crush
You never forget your first crush on a girl if you’re queer • Photograph ℅ Brian Vu