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Food and Drink Shopping

Holigay Gift Guide: Food and Cooking Edition

No clue what to get the gourmet in your life? We’ve got some ideas.

Rachel December 14, 2011 30 Comments
Christmas Shopping

Autostraddle’s Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide 2011: What Your Girlfriend Or Otherwise-Inclined Pal Wants

This annual gigantic gift guide features all our wants, needs and desires. Or some of them, at least.

the team December 12, 2011 49 Comments
Sex Toys Shopping

Holigay Gift Guide: Sexy Sexalicious Sexathonical Edition

In which we provide a list of sex-related gifts and would like to know if you’ve ever given or received one yourself and if you liked it, etc.

Riese December 11, 2011 18 Comments
Christmas Shopping

Holigay Gift Guide: Sports Edition

This is a gift guide for your friend that likes sports or your college-aged brother.

Brittani December 9, 2011 18 Comments
Christmas Shopping

Holigay Gift Guide: Secret Santa 101, The Art of Anonymous Gifting

As someone who has been on the receiving end of terrible Secret Santa gifts for almost a decade, I feel somewhat qualified to offer up some gift ideas and advise you on Secret Santa gift etiquette.

Crystal November 29, 2011 54 Comments
Christmas Shopping

Cyber Monday: Deals You Can Get Without Getting Out of Bed

It’s Cyber Monday! I can’t help you with electronics, but here are my best suggests for Books, DVDs, Games and American Apparel Briefs. Get all your shopping done deeply discounted and move on with your life.

Lizz November 28, 2011 10 Comments
Queer Fashion Shopping

Tis the Season to Buy a Blazer

This Black Friday I suggest we all gallantly go out amongst the sobbing mothers and vomiting children and seek our dirt-cheap-deal fortune. This Black Friday, we should all buy ourselves blazers.

Lizz November 23, 2011 29 Comments
Queer Fashion Shopping

You Need A Messenger Bag: A Bag for Everything and Everything in a Bag

Messenger bags are the ultimate queer carrying-things accessory. Let’s use our undying love for them to solve some common bag problems.

Lizz October 7, 2011 75 Comments
Queer Fashion Shopping

The Jeans Issue: Queer Fashion Guide For Various Shapes, Sizes, Styles and Gender Expressions

Denim? I just met ’em.

the team September 7, 2011 177 Comments
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Molly Landreth And Her Queer Portraiture Are On Etsy

Rachel’s Team Pick: Molly Landreth of Embodiment now has prints for sale on Etsy that you will love.

Rachel June 21, 2011 9 Comments
Queer Fashion Shopping

Lizz’s Latest Thing: Vintage Swimwear for Grrls & Bois

Everything old is new again! Check out these vintage swimsuits!

Lizz June 13, 2011 23 Comments
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Geekery Shopping

17 Board Games You Could Be Playing Right Now and Having So Much Fun

In a world fraught with civil unions and bigoted t-shirt merchants, one ragtag team of queers will find out what it’s like when people stop being polite, and start playing Scattegories.

the team June 2, 2011 166 Comments
Queer Fashion Shopping

The Bra Issue: Queer Fashion Guide For Various Shapes, Sizes and Gender Expressions

What the f-ck am I supposed to do with these boobs? Bras, binding and more with special contributions from Butch Ladyman Julie Goldman and Bevin of Queer Fat Femme.

the team April 24, 2011 197 Comments
Beauty Shopping

How to Smell Good 101: Cologne & Perfume Guide for Queers

Wanna smell like a really rich man? Wanna smell like a flower? Wanna smell like Julie Goldman or Deanne Smith? Presenting a cornucopia of smell-good advice for peoples of varied gender identities!

the team February 7, 2011 206 Comments
Queer Fashion Shopping

How to Not Dress For Success: Top Ten Fashions For Being Alone in Your Apartment

You think I just roll out of bed looking this mediocre? No. This takes WORK.

Riese February 2, 2011 124 Comments
Health Shopping

What’s Good At Walgreens

Rite-Aid ate my heart. Also part of my head for real. It’s time for a beauty bar / medicine cabinet overshare and open thread!

Riese January 24, 2011 241 Comments
Queer Fashion Shopping

Top Ten Sweatpants

Sweatpants: the gift you give yourself, all year long.

Riese January 5, 2011 117 Comments
Community Shopping

Autostraddle’s Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide 2010: What Your Girlfriend Or Otherwise-Inclined Pal Wants

Buy stuff. Buy stuff for your friends. Buy stuff for yourself. Buy stuff for us. Buy stuff.

the team December 8, 2010 81 Comments
Christmas Shopping

Best Headphones for the Holidays: Headphone Shopping Guide #2

Quality headphones make an excellent gift, either for yourself or someone else. Here are a few that we can recommend with complete confidence. Hmm what’s that? I can’t hear you I’m listening to Kaki King ON MY FANCY HEADPHONES.

Crystal December 7, 2010 41 Comments
Queer Fashion Shopping

2010 Winter Fashion Styles For Various Shapes, Sizes, Gender Expressions

Inconvenient truth: it’s about to get a whole lot colder. What this means is that you’ve got to get yourself a coat and start looking up candy-cane vodka drinks and figuring out whether or not you should ask that cute girl to go ice skating.

Becky December 5, 2010 77 Comments
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