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Halloween

14 Halloween Costume Ideas from Your Favorite TV Shows, Movies, and More

Halloween is almost here! Here’s how to nail the look of your favorite characters from this year’s TV shows, movies, and video games.

Nora October 20, 2017 12 Comments
Halloween

PHOTOESSAY: West Hollywood’s Halloween Carnival Is Really Bonkers

Protip: leave around the time you see clowns passed out on the floor.

Molly November 2, 2016 6 Comments
Geekery Halloween

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.

Mey November 1, 2016 1 Comment
Book Lists Halloween

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.

Ryan Yates October 28, 2016 13 Comments
Halloween

7 Most Terrifying Horror Films for Your Halloween Movie Marathon

Do not watch these movies. No, really. Don’t watch them.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya October 24, 2016 21 Comments
Halloween

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.

Ari October 20, 2016 35 Comments
Halloween Shopping

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.

Maree October 18, 2016 13 Comments
Halloween

21 Things You’ll See at Every Queer Halloween Party This Year

How many Holtzmanns can one party have?

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya October 17, 2016 60 Comments
Halloween

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.

Mey October 13, 2016 5 Comments
Halloween

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!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya October 11, 2016 15 Comments
Halloween

7 Halloween Costumes That Subvert the Heteronormative Patriarchy

Watch out, 2016! Hillary’s on the rise and so are you – straight through some glass!

Erin October 10, 2016 24 Comments
Halloween Straddleverse

Friday Open Thread: IT’S HALLOWEEN

I will carve a pumpkin, dammit.

A.E. Osworth October 30, 2015 123 Comments
Halloween

Alien Actualities: A Halloween Makeup Tutorial

Hello spooky babes, resident alien Tayler Smith here to bring you an affordable look for Halloween that’ll have you lookin’ outta this world.

Tayler Smith October 20, 2015 7 Comments
Halloween

One Black Unitard, Three Badass Lady Costumes

Don’t get caught rocking the same costume during this entire month of mischief.

Hannah Hodson October 16, 2015 1 Comment
Halloween

11 Witch Costumes That Skip the Pointy Black Hat

I’ve got witches from folklore and myth, witches from TV and movies and even witches from real life, and none of them are wearing pointy black hats.

Mey October 15, 2015 22 Comments
Halloween

Be a Good Guy or a Bad Guy With These Nerdy Halloween Costumes

If being the hero isn’t your style, you can always be the villain.

A.E. Osworth October 15, 2015 12 Comments
Halloween

9 DIY Superheroine Costumes For Halloween Heroics

From DC Super Hero Girls to Arrow to Agent Carter, a list of DIY costume tutorials for your favorite TV superheroines.

Heather Hogan October 13, 2015 15 Comments
Halloween Pets & Animals Shopping

Trick or (Pet) Treat: A Halloween Costume Shopping Guide for Furry Friends

Enter at your own risk! Things are about to get adorable.

Carmen October 6, 2015 21 Comments
Halloween Webcomics

Saturday Morning Cartoons: Have A Good Halloween?

“Shhhh…I think I’m dying.”

Cameron November 1, 2014 12 Comments
Halloween

FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: I Am Milking Every G.D. Second of Halloween

Welcome to the Friday Open Thread, where we process our weekly feelings together in the comments until they come out as rainbow apple cider. This Friday is a special Friday, of course, BECAUSE IT IS HALLOWEEN OH GOD SO EXCITING HALLOWEEN HALLOWEEN HALLOWEEN.

A.E. Osworth October 31, 2014 234 Comments
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