OPEN THREAD: Welcome To Thanksgiving Headquarters, Population Weirdos
I hope somebody brought mashed potatoes! Welcome to your Thanksgiving / Not-Thanksgiving-If-You-Don’t-Live-in-the-US Feelings Atrium!
This Business Of Art Fix #17: A Really Sort Of Creepy Relationship With Women In General
Changes and layoffs at Gawker and a rebuttal from Wonkette, layoffs at pretty much every print magazine ever, FHM folds ’cause dudes are embarrassed to be seen with it, more digital publishers are asking their readers for money, Uber drivers sound off about their actual work conditions and more!
100 Things Autostraddle Staffers Are Thankful For This Year
“Autostraddle commenters! Autostraddle readers! THE PERSON LOOKING AT THIS RIGHT NOW, BASICALLY. Y’all are our lifeblood, and I love each and every one of you.”
15 Useful Phrases To Yell At Thanksgiving Football
“Summon all the indignation you can muster and pretend you are shouting down a Planned Parenthood opposer.”
You Need Help: Emerging From Your Hermitage
Like, I think about buying a coffee and then am like “no no self, you can’t do that – you would need to speak to a person.”
Holigay Gift Guide 2015: Comics for Girls (and Anyone Else) Who Want to Get Into Comics
All comics are Girl Comics, but the ones on these list are some of the best ones.
Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts For Book People (Besides Books)
Book people get the books they want for themselves, so get your bibliophile these non-book book gifts instead!
Holigay Gift Guide 2015: Tools For Your Girlfriend’s Tool Box
One time I went with a friend to the hardware store and helped her pick out an S-Drill for her girlfriend. Now they’re married and live together in Indiana. Coincidence? I think not.
Follow Your Arrow: Virtual Assistant Lizzy Goddard on Entrepreneurship and Chronic Illness
“In 2013 I was too ill to work, living on disability benefits, and had just dropped out of my masters degree. I was introduced to the world of lifestyle design, which then led me to the world of online business. Here were all these people, working from home/travelling, and running fun businesses from their laptops. About 2 months in I was making more than enough to live off, had doubled my rates and was hovering around fully booked…and now I’m a full-time, accidentally permanent VA!”
Queer Mama for Autostraddle Episode Eleven — My Birth Story Wasn’t At All What I Expected
“The moment I met my child for the first time was nothing like I imagined it would be.”
Get Out There: Taking Local Transit To Tex-Mex Town
I checked out Austin’s brand-spankin’ new local transit system and then ate some breakfast tacos. What’d y’all get to exploring in the last two weeks?
Holigay Gift Guide 2015: Flower Power
All things wearable and floral-themed, for folks of all shapes, sizes, gender presentations, and also flower print preferences.
40 Really Delightful Things About Being a College Senior
“21. Trying not to cry in your advisor’s office”
Relevant to Your Interests: Robots for Everyday Wear and Use
ROBOTS! Some of y’all love them; some of y’all think the apocalypse is nigh.
A STE(A)My Gift Guide for Nerds with an Artistic Bent
Gifts for the nerds who put the Art in STE(A)M.
Molly Goes to Europe: Snapshots of Tapas, Pastries, Museums & Views
I crashed my mom and my sister’s trip to Europe and it was great. I joined the legs from Paris to Lisbon to Seville to Madrid. Here are some things I saw, some food I found, and a bunch of selfies.
Donor Siblings: The Happy Unexpected Bonus of Lesbian Parenthood
“Suddenly I was looking at all these little boxes online, little question marks where the faces would be, each one representing another human that shared half of my daughter’s DNA.”
This Business of Art Fix #16: Vim, Can-Do and a Meta-Art-Piece About The Internet
Topics include vim & vigor vs. hedge fund money, changes at The Hairpin, the closing of Grantland, Refinery 29’s international expansion, how Kate Beaton does money, and cool new podcasts from people you like including Gaby Dunn and Brittani Nichols.
Holigay Gift Guide 2015: For Feminists Who Live, Breathe, Wear, and Drink Out of the Movement
Without further ado, here’s a bunch of cool shit your favorite feminists are likely wishing for this year — or should be and just don’t realize it yet.
I Reclaimed Christmas With DIY Gifting: Here’s 6 Ways You Can Too
“As an adult, when I was presented with the option of creating my own Christmas traditions with my partner, my instinct was to completely ignore the holiday altogether… I also knew that I didn’t want to partake in the mad shopping frenzy that the holiday season had become famous for. So I started racking my brain for fun, easy DIYs that I could create in bulk for Christmas gifts.”