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A collage including highlighters, a vase that's also a bookend, pressed flower bookmarks, a hanging bookshelf, and a planter shaped like books
Book Features Holigays

Holigay Gift Guide: What To Buy for Book Lovers (Other Than Books)

If it’s too much pressure to pick out a book for your literary pal, consider a creative display shelf, a customizable book planter, pressed flower bookmarks, and other presents that are bookish but not books!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya December 3, 2021 8 Comments
Christmas Movie Reviews

There’s an Unexpected Lesbian in Hallmark’s “An Unexpected Christmas”

I love surprise lesbians, especially when they ruin Christmas for homophobes, so this little Hallmark movie was a hit for me!

Heather Hogan December 2, 2021 11 Comments
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Holigays Sex Toys

Holigay Gift Guide: Stocking Stuffers Under $20 for the Sweetheart Whose ‘Stocking’ You ‘Stuff’

Shops this list of toys and accessories that are under $20 and have yourself a hole-y night.

Ro White December 2, 2021 3 Comments
Most Lesbian Christmas Songs: A collage of five Christmas albums by Doris Day, Nat King Cole, Wham!, Brenda Lee, and Eartha Kitt
Christmas Music

Classic Christmas Songs, Ranked by Lesbianism

The lyric “someday soon, we all will be together, if the fates allow” is very Sappho if you know what I mean. I’ll take any opportunity to find the dyke root in any piece of media, so why not rank some holiday classics by how much lesbian energy they exude?

danijanae November 30, 2021 17 Comments
A collage of winter solstice gifts
Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft Holigays

Holigay Gift Guide: For Winter Solstice

I’ve gathered a variety of ritual kits, books, supplies, and tools to help you tap into the deep, powerful, recovery-oriented magic of this season.

meg November 29, 2021 3 Comments
Holiday date night collage of sexy, cozy items
Holigays Relationships

How To Plan a Cozy, Sexy Holiday Date Night

Gifts don’t have to be physical objects. Setting up a sweet, sexy date-night-in for your partner or polycule can be an incredibly meaningful experience, as well as a beautiful way to show your care and affection.

meg November 29, 2021 8 Comments
Cozy season soup recommendations: A collage of soups
Food Lists Holigays Quizzes

Quiz: What Cozy Season Soup Should You Make?

Not sure what’s for dinner? Take this quiz to find out what cozy season soup you should make — featuring vegetarian and vegan recipes with lots of options for substitutions!

Lucia November 28, 2021 17 Comments
2021 queer gift guide collage
Holigays Shopping

Autostraddle’s Ultimate Team Holigay Gift Guide 2021: We’ll Tell You What We Want (What We Really Really Want)

LGBTQ+ books, scented candles, kitchen tools, fancy pillows and robes, and more! Find out what the Autostraddle team wants with our ultimate gift guide.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya November 24, 2021 3 Comments
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Holigays Quizzes

Holigay Quiz: How Will You ‘Ruin’ Your Family’s Holiday Gathering This Year?

What’s supposed to be a “warm and fuzzy” gathering could easily end in a blowout, and you might be blamed.

Ro White November 21, 2021 19 Comments
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Holigays Shopping

Holigay Gift Guide: For Final Girls

Whether you want to dress like a final girl, channel the energy of one, frighten yourself with a book, or wear your love of horror for all to see, I’ve got you covered.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya November 19, 2021 2 Comments
Holiday Lookbook For Fat Femmes collage of four plus size looks
Holigays

Hot for the Holigays: A Holiday Lookbook for Fat Femmes

Here are some looks that will make you the best dressed at your family get-together, your office party, or your solo celebration.

danijanae November 18, 2021 10 Comments
Astrology Gift Guide: A collage of gifts including pajamas, glassware, a pourover, and pillowcases
Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft Holigays

Holigay Gift Guide: What To Buy for Every Astrological Sign

Explore holiday gifts for the curious Gemini, empathetic Pisces, bold Leo, grounded Taurus, energetic Aries, and more with this astrology gift guide.

meg November 17, 2021 9 Comments
Against a peach background, a cartoon description of three different Halloween costumes and what they say about you: A Skeleton (Nerd, You're getting body paint on everything and everyone), Cowboy (horse girl, this also isn't a costume for you), Straight Couple (it's camp, you're so funny actually)
Halloween Webcomics

Reine #27: What Your Halloween Costume Says About You

Which one of you is the vampire and which one’s the vampire hunter?

Ren Strapp October 30, 2021 7 Comments
A collage of the author on various halloweens across the years
Gender Halloween

How To Choose A Halloween Costume

Halloween costumes are traditionally scary – ghosts, goblins, political figures. Look back at the last 20 years and realize … that you frequently went an entire year wearing a costume and only got a reprieve on that one glorious October day. Terrifying.

Abbie Jones October 25, 2021 23 Comments
Elise Bauman photoshopped in front of a Christmas tree wearing a Santa hat
Christmas Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Carmilla’s Elise Bauman Makes the Yuletide Gay in Hallmark’s First Lesbian Christmas Movie

Also! The tricky trans politics of FX’s Y: The Last Man, Rosanny Zayas on Afro-Latina representation, Courtney Vandersloot makes more WNBA history, and more!

Heather Hogan September 29, 2021 19 Comments
First Person Valentine's Day

Making Amends with Valentine’s Day

I hid behind instruments, computers, Whitney’s voice, Prince’s guitar. I sat in front of my computer surrounded by cassettes, illegally downloading songs, awkwardly whispering “I love you more than I know how to explain and I’m scared so here’s a mixtape I made you.”

shea wesley martin February 11, 2021 8 Comments
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Get Into These Valentine’s Day Sex Toy Picks (and Get Your Date Off Valentine’s Weekend)

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Guest February 6, 2021
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Quizzes Sponsored Valentine's Day

QUIZ: What Kind of Queer Valentine’s Date Are You?

And what kind of toy are you bringing? 👀

Guest February 2, 2021 11 Comments
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Holigays

Grounding Ourselves for 2021: A NYE Round Table & Open Thread

In a chaotic world, how will you show up for yourself and provide yourself with the consistency you need in the new year and beyond?

Vanessa December 31, 2020 5 Comments
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Holigays

Tale As Old As Time: Here Is Your Christmakwanzakah Open Thread!

I hope that however you decide to spend today you can grant yourself some grace and kindness — and that you pop in to hang out with us for a little bit!

Vanessa December 24, 2020 42 Comments
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