Guided Meditations Written by Someone With Debilitating Anxiety And Depression
Close your eyes. You’re walking through a shady wooded glen. Wait, weren’t all the bees dying like, a year ago? Did we all just move on from that?
You Need Help: Stop Gaslighting Yourself
What would it feel like to move forward with curiosity, rather than relying on the comforting familiarity of self-doubt?
Queered & Careered: 5 Networking Tips for the Awkward Queer
Are you an awk queer who cringes when you hear the word “networking”? This one is for you.
What Queer and Trans Patients Wish Their Therapists Understood
We sometimes wish our therapists had insight from actual queer people and not just theory about how to treat us more effectively – and we’re sure they do too, they want to help! That said, here’s our real-life insight and tips about how to help us get better better.
15 Forms of Queer Exercise I’m Doing in 2020
I will be dedicating myself exclusively to the projects of maintaining my Taurus moon lifestyle and queering exercise with these rigorous activities.
How to Live Alone Without Losing Your Mind
After trudging through years of roommates leaving their dildos on the dish rack, I was finally living alone. I hated it, and I didn’t know why.
Did You Know You Can Test The pH Balance Of Your Vagina In Your Very Own Home?
I’m going to be honest with you: this post is happening because no one responded to my query on Twitter.
Bisexual Ice Dancer Karina Manta on Leaving Competitive Skating and Joining the Circus
Seeing two queer skaters having fun and being themselves, while incorporating dance elements that are so tied to queer history in ice dance, the most heteronormative of the figure skating disciplines, is a thrill. So I asked Karina Manta how she does it.
Queered & Careered: The Many Times Informational Interviews Have Saved Me
Sooo, what are you waiting for? Make a list of ten professionals who inspire you and reach out to them to connect today. We have the tools to uplift and provide protection for each other, and informational interviews are a great way to start that process.
We’re Ready For Ya, 2020: A NYE Round Table & Open Thread
Let 2020 be the year we figure out what we actually need, and let’s scheme and dream about how we’re gonna achieve it.
Gey in Kikh: Happy New Year!
Celebrate the New Year with Soviet mayonnaise.
Raising Baby T. Rex: Happy Holigays Are Here Again
Remi saved the holidays!
POST-HOLIDAY MERCH SALE: 15% Off Everything in the Autostraddle Store
It’s here and queer and only comes once a year. It’s the annual post-holigays sale!
You Need Help: Is It Time To Break Up With My Therapist?
What kinda of things are okay to expect from therapy? Should I switch therapists?
Prone to Wander
“Selfishly, I’m worried about what will happen if I say out loud that I’m uncomfortable with all this God, if I let my brain run its anxious course. If my atheist, queer, bipolar self comes to choir with me in all its unkempt glory, will I lose my safest place?”
OPEN THREAD: Listen I Just Like The Word Christmakwanzakah Okay?
You will have a better time hanging out in this Autostraddle open thread than you will hanging out on Twitter today, I promise. It’s science!
We Took REI’s Extended Sizes Apparel Out for a Hike, a Zombie Attack, and a Photo Class — Here’s What We Learned
REI invited Abeni, Vanessa, and Heather to choose one of the zillion classes they offer and sent them some apparel from the extended sizes line to test drive. Afterward they got together to talk about the gear, the outdoor sessions, extended sizing in general, and what it’s been like to work with REI at Autostraddle over the past year.
Holigay Gift Guide: Last-Minute Anal Gifts
Anal toys are the PURRFECT holigay gift. I can say this with a false self of certainty that literally everyone’s New Year’s Resolution will be “MORE ANAL” or “BIGGER ANAL” or “FINALLY I WILL TRY ANAL.”
Holigay Gift Guide: Planners for Your Most Organized Decade Yet
Planners can be so many things: super structured, super loose, artistic or woo-woo or politically radical or conservatively minimalist. Here are some options to start with for yourself or a loved one!
Three Mocktails for Your Holigay Reunion of Exes
So you’ve invited three of your exes and each of their respective partners/polycules over for holiday dinner. It’s a potluck, so food is taken care of, but what will you drink!? These delicious mocktails, of course.