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Christmas Food and Drink

Power Ranking Italian Christmas Cookies

Personally, I think it’s kind of f*cked up how decadent amaretti cookies are.

Stef Rubino December 11, 2022 19 Comments
Against a blue background, purple, bubbly text reads, "Alone Together." Below the text, there are three images of a couple. One person has straight hair and the other has curly hair. The people are pink line drawings filled in with white. In the first image, the couple hold hands and walk together with a tiny pink heart between them. In the next image, the curly-haired person is pregnant and the straight-haired person leans down to listen to their belly. There is a tiny pink heart between them. In the last image, the couple hold their baby in the air. There are two, tiny pink hearts above them.
Parenting & Family Webcomics

Alone Together

Nobody told me creating another human is the death of the creators’ relationship.

Rio Rodriguez December 10, 2022 14 Comments
A grey and white tabby cat spreads his toes and licks his foot.
Money + Work

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Last week, I found myself, once again, in debt to a creature of the night.

Heather Hogan December 6, 2022 13 Comments
several spruce branches in a pot of simple syrup which nico is stirring
Food and Drink Holigays

Break the Kitchenette With Some Herbaceous Simple Syrups for the Holigays

I am going to suggest that you make a Christmas tree into a simple syrup for the holidays, and I will be right.

Nico December 5, 2022 21 Comments
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Holigays

Holigay Gift Guide: For Grown-Up Kids in Their Thirties and Forties

I’m 43 years old and I love to play!

Heather Hogan December 4, 2022 6 Comments
A Golden Girls mug, a Golden Girls print pastel throw pillow, a pair of pink Golden Girls socks, and a yellow shirt that reads Stay Golden with the characters of Golden Girls on it.
Holigays

Holigay Gift Guide: For That Friend Who’s Somehow ALWAYS Rewatching “Golden Girls”

Chances are, you have someone in your life who still loves Golden Girls, even though they stopped airing new episodes 30 years ago.

Sa'iyda Shabazz December 2, 2022 6 Comments
Gallbladder with gallstones
Geekery Health

A History and Science Lesson About the Gallbladder

Leigh Cowart, queer science writer and author of “Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose,” delves into gallbladder pain like no one else can.

Leigh Cowart November 30, 2022 11 Comments
An abdomen of an adult patient with Waterproof Transparent Dressing after Cholecystectomy or Laparoscopic Gallbladder Surgery for gallstones removal.
First Person Health

Goodbye to My Gallbladder

Happy Gallbladder Day on Autostraddle dot com! I’m glad you’re here and I’m glad my gallbladder is not.

Vanessa November 30, 2022 41 Comments
DVDs of Manji, Therese and Isabelle, Make a Wish, and Memento Mori.
Holigays Movie Lists

Holigay Gift Guide: 10 Rare Lesbian Movies To Buy for the Queer Cinephile Who Has Seen Everything

In the age of streaming, it may seem like physical media is the way of the past. But streaming options are very limited.

Drew Burnett Gregory November 29, 2022 8 Comments
Holigays

Holigay Gift Guide: For Fitness Fiends

I’m starting out this gift guide with recovery tools because honestly, rest days are critical!

ashni November 29, 2022 2 Comments
Holigays Queer Fashion

Five Outfits for Being a Kitchen Top This Holiday Season

Practical and stylish, all you’ll have to do is take off your apron and reveal your fit for the evening.

danijanae November 28, 2022 16 Comments
Foundation, a metallic eye shadow palette, makeup brush cleaners, a YSL lipstick set
Holigays

Holigay Gift Guide: For High Maintenance Femmes Who Are Deep in Beautytok

Skincare, fun makeup, and handy accessories to please even the brattiest femmes among us!

Christina Tucker November 27, 2022 1 Comment
A glass of clarified milk punch with a lemon peel in it
Food and Drink Holigays

Impress Guests With a Milk Punch During the Holidays

Easily batchable, impressive without requiring too much work, and scrumptious, clarified milk punches should be your go-to for holigay entertaining.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya November 26, 2022 9 Comments
A green bag that says PROTECT BLACK PEOPLE, a trio of Fishwife tinned fish, a white Nike sneaker with a black check, two layering gold necklaces, House of Psychotic Women, a black stand mixer, and a woman wearing a shiny red lingerie set
Holigays

Hi Gay! It’s Time for Autostraddle’s Ultimate Team Holigay Gift Guide 2022

When you shop using this guide, you’re also giving the bonus gift of support for queer indie media!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and the team
November 25, 2022 8 Comments
A leftover Thanksgiving sandwich with cranberry sauce and turkey on it.
First Person Thanksgiving

Why I’m Craving a Thanksgiving Sandwich 364 Days a Year

It’s November 2016, and I’m lonely and missing my family a lot more than I expected. I say I can’t come home for Thanksgiving for a mix of reasons.

Julie Gentile November 24, 2022 8 Comments
A group of friends dine around a table for Thanksgiving
Playlists Thanksgiving

Playlist: Songs for Vibing with Your Found Family on Thanksgiving

Here’s about seven hours of songs to play behind conversations and to fill the comforting silence of breaking bread over a tofurkey, ham, or whatever you like to stuff your face with.

Julie Gentile November 24, 2022 1 Comment
A woman sits on her kitchen counter, reading something on her phone.
Book Lists Thanksgiving

Short Fiction Playlist: Five Queer Short Stories To Read on Thanksgiving

If you have a pocket of time between tasks tomorrow or are just having a chill, quiet day, dive into some brilliant stories.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya November 23, 2022 11 Comments
Holigays

Holigay Gift Guide: For the Kitchen Top You Maybe Have a Crush On

There’s something so sexy about watching someone cook with confidence.

ashni November 23, 2022 4 Comments
a roasted turkey with cranberry and orange on a table.
Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Will Always Be My Special Holiday — And Not Just Because It’s When I Proposed to My Partner

On October 1, 2020, I bought her an engagement ring.

Sa'iyda Shabazz November 22, 2022 2 Comments
a young Black woman looking at an approaching train while standing on the metro station platform
Life Relationships

You Need Help: What To Do With This Meaningless, Single Life?

I want to try to hold space here for both: for your (and my, really) pain and for the possibility that you may not feel this way forever.

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