About eight months sober at that point, I had two thoughts scream through my mind at nearly the same time – first, “Oh hell yeah, all the whiskey at my fingertips” quickly followed by, “Oh hell no, this is cruel.”

Take your gender treachery to the next level with these gifts for watching, reading, playing, and giving.

No tree? Me neither! Here’s some ideas to inject sparkle and holiday spirit into your living quarters anyway!

Gal Pals! Gender Traitors! Glitter fiends! Get in here for some seriously great gifts!

These are all gifts made by women and queer people, each one personally hand-crafted or designed, that you can gift to the discerning artist types in your life.

These are our resolutions. What are yours?

Two Things: First, I want nothing more than for you and your loved ones to start off 2018 being your best selves. Second, I checked this list. I checked it twice. Everything on it can still be delivered by December 25th (in case you are as much of a procrastinator as I am. No judgement! 2017 was hard, after all.)

Find out what the entire Autostraddle Team wants for the holigays, and nab a couple of sweet gift ideas for you and your loved ones while you’re at it!

“It reminds me of traditions I enjoyed as a child with my family, and it reminds me that I like my religion, and it reminds me that history is very long and humans are very resilient.”

“Don’t half-ass a themed party. No one will ever trust you to throw a party again.”

Turn on all the lights in the house and come read about the Winchester Mystery House, haunted cabins, songs playing from beyond the veil, and our deeply unsurprising number of experiences with ghost cats.

When I read poetry, including the Psalms, it messes with my alignment. It forces me to sit up straighter and recognize words and ideas that pluck at the sinewy parts of myself I ignore. I hope in these few weeks we can all try to read some things that scare us.

Maintaining the balance between “I like you and think you’re cool to hang with and sometimes bang” and “we’re dating” is tough, but these gifts will help you out.

Being a little scary is such a great look. It’s why so many people are into Scorpios and Slytherins.

Even the most organized freelancers could probably stand to be a little more organized.

It’s that time again! For the EPIC ENORMOUS gift guide in which all of us tell you what we want and then you go get the things for somebody else.

Costume advice from someone who takes Halloween costumes way too seriously!

Now with our limited edition holiday Gal Pal sweater in olive green!

From lit witches to bruja babes, we’ve got you covered.

In 2016, we’re giving ourselves permission to do stuff we wanna do, on our terms, for ourselves. How about you?