Autostraddle Calendar Girls 2014: Chloe and Intern Grace are Double Miss February
Sometimes, SOMETIMES you can’t cover your face with smokin’ hot lesbians. When this happens why not cover your walls with them instead!? That’s where the 2014 Autostraddle calendar comes in! If you haven’t picked up the 2013 calendar yet, you should probs get right on that — they’re now available in our store for only $13! For 2014 prepare to have your mind blown, among other things.
Chloe and Intern Grace are Double Miss February
Chloe in her own words:
Hi! My name is Chloe and I’ve been instructed to by a fellow calendar girl to tell you that “I dance and I like to make girls blush, I’m also a hot redhead and I made everyone die by walking around in my underwear at the shoot.” But let me try and use my own words! Let me just start by saying that writing all this made me just as nervous as if I was talking to a girl I liked ridiculously too much…so I might talk too much, but I just really like you guys! I am 19 years old, INFJ and a Gemini. As well as yes, a redhead who loves to dance, make girls blush, and who walked around a good part of the calendar-shoot in my underwear. I decided I really wanted to share the adorable story of when I first told my dad I got chosen to be a 2014 calendar girl with you guys. I am extremely lucky to have very supportive family and friends, but none-the-less, I was still a little nervous to tell my dad I wanted to run off to LA to model for a queer lady calendar. After initially skipping all the way home from school, turning on loud music, and doing crazy excited dances around my room, I called some of my friends and family to share the news, including my dad. After slowly and awkwardly explaining to him what exactly I had applied and gotten chosen for I asked him what he thought, to which I received an enthusiastic “This is so exciting!! That is so awesome!! I am so proud of you!! You have to do it!” I knew he was an amazingly supportive parent, and I don’t know what I expected, but it blew me away and I told him that it took a very special kind of father to say they were proud and excited to send their daughter off to be a lesbian calendar girl. I know that not many of the other girls had family that they were able to tell why they were in LA that weekend, and I am extremely lucky to have family that all responded to the news much like my dad. Having that moment where I was able to step back and really appreciate how amazing the people in my life are is just one more positive thing I will take away from being a part of this project.
Get to Know Chloe
Where are you from?
I live in Livermore California, a small city in the SF Bay Area, where I was born and raised. I love living in the Bay, but in a year or so I’ll be transferring from my community college to some University somewhere and can’t wait for the change of scenery.
Occupation/Major/Passion:
For the past few years I have been working part-time as a ballet teacher for 3-5 year olds and I absolutely love it. I am incredibly passionate about dance and it’s pretty special to apply that to teaching tons of crazy little children. I have been doing ballet for eight years now and I am still just as head over heels in love with it as the day I started. I have also been doing hip-hop for a while now and love how empowering it is. I always leave class feeling like an unstoppable sexy dancing badass, which is never a bad thing. In school I am majoring in psychology, everything about it fascinates me and I am just a complete nerd about it. I plan on earning my master’s degree so I can become a counseling therapist. Also, also! I bake, a lot. Rarely does a week go by when I haven’t whipped up something sweet. It’s a wonderful stress release and also not a bad way to impress cute ladies!
Why did you want to be part of this project?
This last year I decided to approach life with a new sense of adventure. I made a goal to keep pushing myself out of my comfort zone and to go after as many new experiences as possible. September A-Camp was one of the first of those experiences and it had a huge part in me applying to be a calendar girl. Camp was so unbelievably wonderful and filled with so many amazing people and memories. I came home feeling the most like myself and with the strongest sense of community I had ever felt in my life. Being an Autostraddle Calendar girl is being queer and out and proud in such a big, powerful, and public way, and my newfound camp confidence made me realize that that was something that I wanted. I wanted to be bold and brave and to have the opportunity to represent the amazing community that is Autostraddle. I owe so many thank yous to Robin, Sara, and the rest of the crew, as well as a shout out to all of the other 2014 calendar girls — I love you all dearly! I am so grateful that I was able to be a part of this project. It was such a wonderful and memorable whirlwind of a weekend that I will never forget. Phew! That was the hardest question to answer by far! I didn’t know how to begin to fit all of my feelings into words!
Get to Know Intern Grace
Where are you from?
I live in Columbus, Ohio.
Occupation/Major/Passion:
I’m at Ohio State working on a double major in Journalism and Women’s Studies with minors in Theatre and Film Studies. I am majoring in Autostraddle, basically.
Why did you want to be part of this project?
Robin made me do it.
I am finding it hard to think of something to say here that I will not instantly regret because now whenever I write anything about myself, I feel like Hanna from “Girls.” Robin suggested that people might want to hear about “what it’s like being Riese’s personal intern,” and another calendar girl said that she wants to know what it’s like to have my “own personal fan club.” I feel like the answer to both reads like a film review for “But I’m A Cheerleader,” in that it’s hilarious! It’s unexpected! You get to see Clea Duvall make out with chicks!
I mean, if you can adequately understand and respond to a 2a.m. email that just says, “I need a picture of a tater tot in a cardigan,” you could probably be Riese’s intern. She’s so independent that she almost never asks me to do any heavy lifting. That being said, she is absolutely the smartest person I know, and she is even more clever and more caring privately than people probably realize. Autostraddle has literally and directly saved my life more than once, and I can’t express my gratitude enough.
This calendar was also really big deal for me to do because even though I jokingly identify as a teen heartthrob, I have a lot of deep-seated body issues that I don’t like to talk about publicly or even privately. It can’t be overstated how incredible Robin is as a photographer and as a persuasive friend because if nothing else, this photo shoot gives my therapist and I a new way to talk about an old issue. The point is, this community of weirdos and Muppets has been very good to me, and I’m grateful that I have this opportunity to give back by taking off my shirt.
Artist’s Statement from Robin Roemer:
I want to start off by saying I wish I had a few weeks to photograph each of our 130 applicants, because they were all beautiful and inspiring! We are honored so many of you wanted to participate and we hope, at some point, we can work with each one of you. I mean that most sincerely.
This year we went through our applicants based on the survey first, the photos sent in to me had little to do with who our final picks were. We chose based on answers to a variety of questions. We wanted people who really had a sense of what the project was all about, were readers of Autostraddle, and were involved in their communities at home. We wanted women bursting with energy and love. Second, we wanted to represent our incredibly diverse our community: beauties of all different shapes and styles and backgrounds and gender expressions. Finally we found ourselves with 13 models, its 2013 now so twelve just wouldn’t do, who we feel represent some of the most brilliant our readership has to offer. I hope each of you, especially those of you who applied and were not chosen this year, enjoy this year’s calendar.
Crew:
Co-created by Robin Roemer and Sara Medd
Photographed by Robin Roemer
Wardrobe styling by Sara Medd
Hair by Taylor Stevenson
Make-up by Marla Verdugo
Line Production, Location Scouting and Catering: Sarah Croce
Design, Location Scouting, Production assistant: Alex Vega
Lighting Assistant: Kamila Baker
Production Assistant: Christina Bly
Puppy Wrangler: Mollie Thomas
Special Note: As of December 2010, we request that the comments on Calendar Girls posts, unlike every other post on this site, be exclusively positive and remain on-topic. These posts exist to celebrate women, so any criticisms of the model, her appearance or the appearance of the Calendar Girls as a whole will be deleted. Furthermore, any direct questions/concerns about the project in general can be directed to robin at autostraddle dot com!
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Robin
Robin specializes in entertainment, lifestyle and portrait photography. She's also a Creative Producer, Director of Photography and co-owner of Scheme Machine Studios LLC, her production company based in Los Angeles. Robin loves shooting for TV and film and has worked with media companies like Legendary Pictures and Viacom. She shot and directed the Pride campaign for Google called #ThisIsFamily. Robin has had the pleasure of working on national campaigns for companies like Dove and Levis, and had the unique opportunity to shoot for non-profits and initiatives such as The Black List, Save the Children, Move to End Violence, Have a Hart Day, and The Clinton Global Initiative. She is most proud of the work she has done with organizations such as The Ad Council and RAINN working on national impact campaigns. Her celebrity roster includes Cyndi Lauper, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, The B-52s, Keri Hilson, JB Smoove, Tegan and Sara, Margaret Cho, The B-52’s, Andreja Pejic, and many more. She was there for Autostraddle’s birth and proudly served as A-Camp co-director for many years.
Robin has written 82 articles for us.
Hot damn who knew two Rascals could be so sexy. Love y’all!!
Also now that I’ve actually read things instead of staring at the pictures I have all the feelings. You two made me cry because you are such beautiful people inside and out. I’m incredibly thankful to call you my friends.
oh my god GRACE
oh my god CHLOE
I HAVE DIED I AM DEAD
Oh this is just excellent! I always crushed on Grace but wow, is she a babe in these! :P
And Chloe, What an incredible beauty!
I love how lush these photos are Robin. The colors are amazing. I just got my 2013 calender in the mail a week and a half ago and I love it so much! I’m really looking forward to this one now.
It’s interesting how my comments get so few likes compared to everyone else’s on here even though I’m just being positive and affirming and I’ve been coming here for over a year and trying to get to know people and be friendly. My comments get skipped over and silly quips get voted up.
I guess people here don’t really like me or maybe they just don’t notice me much.
Sorry I’ve been drinking.
I notice you! and not only will I like your comments, but MY likes comes with internet hugs. That’s like 15 normal likes.
*HUUUUUGGGG*
i also love your comments!
i don’t think there’s any rhyme/reason to upvotes.
Thanks guys. I really appreciate all the kindness. It means a lot to me.
And Riese, you’ve always been really awesome and kind to me and I can say unequivocally that you’re one of my heroines.
I love all you guys.
I agree with Riese, I think it’s mostly random, so please don’t feel like it’s a personal message to you.
There’s a scientific Autostraddle study just waiting to be done, where they would track people’s eye scanning patterns, assess proximity to the top of the comments, number of puns, frequency of words such as “feels”, “kittens”, “boobs” and “whiskey”, time of day across a selection of timezones, and day of the week, and ultimately discover the optimum commenting conditions. And I think they’d be almost entirely random and not grounded in anything logical that you might expect.
Bro, I’m sorry you will not have any time to devote to our broship now that your career as Ultimate Teen Heartthrob TM means you’ll be preoccupied with Tiger Beat shoots and running from hoards of screaming ladies at shopping malls. IT WAS GREAT WHILE IT LASTED, TAKE US OUT, SARAH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSz16ngdsG0
(I am so proud of you, you look so good, holy christ)
Chloe, you are an absolute vision. Total babes, the both of you!
Holy fricken wow so much cute and hot in one post. I too am dead!
WELL, THEN. No sleep tonight. Or ever, now.
wow
Omigod, GRACE. LOOKIT YOU. JESUS CHRIST.
Also, I have regrets not meeting Chloe at A Camp. Hair grrrl haaaaiiii…
Okay, but what’s this I hear about a tater tot in a cardigan? Is that March’s Calendar Girl?
[Just kidding, this is awesome, I want to snuggle that puppy (and I do mean the baby dog, not a euphemism for boobs – although I could also mean that, you don’t know)]
oh my god how are you both so attractive i’ll just be over here with a happily dazed smile on my face staring into the middle distance and thinking about your boobs
(and faces)
(and flannel because unf)
and also adorable personalities?? oh god now i feel like i’m being too objectifying BASICALLY YOU’RE BOTH REALLY GREAT IS WHAT I’M TRYING TO SAY HERE
You. Are. BABES.
omg.
and also both sound so awesome! please come to camp again and be my friends?
ohmygod hot girls and a puppy… how can so much wonderful exist I am dying
CHLOE I CAN SEE YOUR BOOBS. And a tiny puppy.
February is off to a great start. I don’t think I can look at an apple for a while now.
RIGHT?
YES PUPPIES! ( I’m just gonna mention the puppies here because I’ve been drinking and I think everything else I have to say would probably be inappropriate )
Sigh, I knew it wouldn’t last. But at least for a little while, I got to keep Grace in th pocket of my cargo pants. Fly and be free now lil’ heartthrob! Go make all the girls swoon.
I actually have no words for that last picture of Grace. NO WORDS.
So these pictures are really fantastic. So many beautiful gorgeous pics caused my brain to short circuit.
Especially the pic of you two hugging and laughing! I love it!
Also I have never been so envious of two dogs :P
Day off, remembers it’s the 1st of Feb – logs into autostraddle to check out the calendar girl…ooh, GIRLS, gorgeous girls, both of them. I do have a thing for redheads – I lost myself in Dr who plots focussing far too much on Karen Gillan than the story!..so a hot readhead is indeed a welcome site, yeah she’s hot.
And Grace! she has a kinda comfortable laid back sexiness to her – at odds in a way describing her deep seated body issues – her stunning photo’s say so much more!
Welcome site? sight even!
that tater tot fills out that cardigan quite nicely. who woulda thunk?
Woo woo! Take your shirt off and slip into something cheesier.
Finn Hudson, is that you?
Michelle, this is the hilarious call of the century.
This is my favorite Autostraddle calendar ever. Chloe and Grace are the cutest. And that puppy. Omg that puppy. wANT.
GRACE! You look amazing in these photos! You are both totally adorable :)
My lifeless corpse should be revived. Actually no. There can be no better life moment than this, just leave me drowning in somewhat topless Chloe and Grace and puppy. I’ll be fine.
Am I the only one whose brain didnt register the puppy?
just me then….
totally didn’t register the puppy the first several times i looked at that.
What puppy?
This is my third viewing of this post today. Just noticed the puppies. And only because the comment awards mentioned them.
JOLENE JOLENE JOLENE JOLEEEEEEEENE
Yes? ;)
Intern Grace smiled at me once. Last April. I’m still recovering.
I was all “dammit I’m trying to adore this tiny puppy and there are BOOBS in the way” and then I realized I had lost my mind.
So adorable and sexy! Sexdorable? Adorasexy? Something like that.
You guys have so much swag. Gahhhhh
I am one very proud momma. My beautiful, bad ass, brave, smarty pants, my baby girl Chloe.
Oh my gosh look at these cuties! <3 Love my two fellow little rascals! :)
everything i want to say will embarrass grace
i feel like i just did something incesty with grace in the best way
I want you to know that one of those +1s is from me.
What is Chloe doing under Intern Grace’s shirt and can I join in?
and suddenly february doesn’t feel so freakin cold anymore
oh god, both of you are really beautiful human beings, on the inside and on the outside.
this is my birthday-month and I really really appreciate you being february’s calendar girls!
my little squirrel is all grown up!
Oh…hey Grace
“we request that the comments on Calendar Girls posts be exclusively positive and remain on-topic”
Okey dokey, here’s my contribution : you’re both SUPER hot.
Grace, you wouldn’t happen to be wearing the Autostraddle underwear, would you?
If that’s really what I’m seeing, then you’ve made an already superincredibleamazing photoshoot about 10 times better!!!
Both of you looked beautiful!
That what I was thinking, as well!
Grace feelings.
It seems like u actually know plenty related
to this subject matter and it shows with this specific article, named “Autostraddle –
Autostraddle Calendar Girls 2014: Chloe and Intern Grace are Double Miss February”.
Regards -Aisha
So, Grace is cute.
*blushes and hides*
My girlfriend is not an autostraddle reader and she asked what I was looking at on the interwebs… My response: “Hotties.”
After looking over my shoulder, her reaction: “Total hotties.”
It would seem that Grace is a heartthrob for any age. Good Lord.
you guys are just so pretty. what am i even going to do with you?
<3
Congrats on the high caliber of y’all’s undeniable prettitude. Translation: *paws at screen longingly*
Chloe, so glad you did calendar girls! You rocked it, of course. :)
Grace, you big cutie-pie.
Both, I miss you to pieces! X’s and O’s from me to vous.
Holy shit, one of my good friends just told me he went to middle school with Chloe and his sister is friends with her. I just can’t oh my god
Oh my goodness what?? Who?? Small world (especially due to my hilariously small middle school!)
My friend Vatsal said his sister Kopal was your friend in middle school!
Yes!
You all are adorable!
I just wanted to pop in to thank everyone so much for your super sweet comments! You made me blush and smile and laugh and I love you and am sending every one of you a giant hug right now! This has been such an amazing experience and being a part of the Autostraddle family and community has completely changed my life in the most terrific way. I feel so lucky to have met so many amazing, wonderful, lovely humans this last year, and I hope I will get a chance to know even more of you at camp in May!
xoxo, Chloe
I just- I can’t even- ohmygod, INTERN GRACE IS JUST SO CUTE. *runs away*
And I thought Tegan had the cutest smile on earth… obviously I was wrong.
All of these shots are awesome, but the first one with the apple is just classic. Like, can I have a poster of this?
Idea: It would be neat to have a calendar one year of queer couples/friends (people who already have a relationship with each other).
Chloe is so much yes.. YES!! By the way, I’m an INFJ and gemini too ;)
Wow! Chloe is a bombshell! Not to mention, her hairstyle is so chic and I’m a sucker for redheads.
Grace is super cute too, she does androgny and plaid very well.
i was surprised to read the chloe said she had body issues…her body is beautiful. i would tap that.
i- i-
hot hot hot like a tater tot those are the only words i can manage