Holigay Gift Guide 2016: New Parents of Human Babies
Did your friend/relative/coworker have a baby recently? Give a gift that shows you see how exhausted they are and you care.
Gift Guide: What to Ask For if You Want Your Friends to Be A Little Scared of You (In a Fun Way)
Being a little scary is such a great look. It’s why so many people are into Scorpios and Slytherins.
12 Incredible Black Friday Sales That’ll Make Your Head Pop Right Off Your Body!
If you’re going to shop on Black Friday, for the love of goddess, do so from your couch in your pajamas. It’s nasty out there.
OPEN THREAD: Thanksgiving 2016 Family Togetherness Time Right Here Together
We’re spending Thanksgiving together as a family; you don’t have to dress up but it would be nice if you tried the mashed potatoes. Get in here!
20% Off EVERYTHING In The Autostraddle Store Including New Gal Pal Hoodies!
OH MY GOSH LOOK AT THIS! IT’S A MAGICAL SALE! Plus we have black Gal Pal hoodies and a Black Gradient Scissoring Tee and more cool new shit on the way!
Holigay Gift Guide 2016: Buying Someone A Sex Toy? Start Here.
Whether you want to say “I love you,” “I have a crush on you,” or “I genuinely want you to be happy and maybe have a lot of orgasms,” we’ve got the sex toys for you.
How To Cook Vegducken (Or: How to Spend Thanksgiving Heartsick and Far From Home)
“I get up off the floor, reach for a long, heavy leek and a cutting board and my favorite knife, its weight in my palm like an amulet. I feel like a stranger in my own life, but I have seven hours and eight dishes left. There is work to be done.”
Aggressively Adorable Gifts to Make the Long-Distance Dating Struggle a Little Easier
Ease the sting of distance with these mostly practical (but yes, some are sappy… DISTANCE IS HARD, y’all) gifts.
How To Be Alone on Thanksgiving
So, you’re spending Thanksgiving 2016 alone. I’m here to let you know that spending Thanksgiving alone is not only just fine, it’s also damn fun.
This Thanksgiving, Be The Raging Feminist Killjoy Your Family Fears with FASHION
Why not bring the fight to them? Wear your heart and your guts and your politics on your sleeve. And across your chest, and on your head.
The 11 Best Holidays For Coming Out To Your Family and Friends
Here’s what you do: write “I’m Gay” (or trans or bi or queer or whatever) on a piece of paper and put it inside an Easter Egg for the Easter Egg Hunt. Someone at your family gathering will find it, and it will lead to mass confusion as everyone tries to figure out who the “I” is referring to in the note. Now your Easter party is a Mystery party!
PHOTOESSAY: West Hollywood’s Halloween Carnival Is Really Bonkers
Protip: leave around the time you see clowns passed out on the floor.
Drawn to Comics: Six Spooky and Fun Comics Perfect for an All-Ages Queer Halloween
Halloween is a great time for queer people. We get to explore weird stuff, we get to dress however we want, we get to try new things. We also get to tell stories. We get to tell stories that show just how weird and different and, yes, sometimes creepy, our worlds and our lives and our selves are.
Normal Blood Feelings: 5 Dark (and Sometimes Sexy) Queer Vampire Stories
If witches are a way to tell stories about women and power, vampires are a way to tell stories about women and sex.
7 Most Terrifying Horror Films for Your Halloween Movie Marathon
Do not watch these movies. No, really. Don’t watch them.
Man! You Can Feel Like A Woman This Halloween!
Be a winner. Be a star. Be happy to be who you are. But also this Halloween, try to be Shania. Because she’s a queen.
31 Halloween-Worthy Socks for the Costume Averse
Not moved by the costume spirit this year (or ever)? We’ve got some footwear alternatives for you, boo.
21 Things You’ll See at Every Queer Halloween Party This Year
How many Holtzmanns can one party have?
Gay Group Halloween Costume Idea: Be the Hilarious Queer Women of “Suicide Kale”
This summer we saw the release of a new iconic lesbian film starring four women who are just perfect for a group costume this year. That movie is Suicide Kale.
10 Costume-Within-A-Costumes for Halloween Inspired by Your Fave Female TV Characters
Costume advice from someone who takes Halloween costumes way too seriously!