Be A Person Who Gets Shit Done: A Gentle Guide
No new apps, intense #lifehacks or complicated productivity systems here — just solid habits to get into for an ass-kicking 2015.
OPEN THREAD: It’s New Year’s Eve and We’re Spending It With You (and Your Resolutions)
What do you want your 2015 to look like? We need to know right now.
Light Up the Night on New Year’s Eve: A Wild Night Makeup Tutorial
Have you ever wanted to look like a living fireworks display? Perhaps you want your face to glitter so brightly that everyone in the room will be drawn to you like a moth to a flame. I certainly have the look for you! Everyone will want to kiss ya, it will be so difficult to decide who will win your first of 2015.
Playlist: This Sweater is Too Hot to Dance In
Give your guests something to tap their foot to but nothing that will make them have to get up and dance because everyone hates sweater stench.
Rock These Threads On New Year’s Eve: All-White Looks, Capes, Sparkles, Blazers
It’s the eve of a new year, and the best way to get a headstart on a rad 2015 is dressin’ to the nines to say goodbye to 2014. Whether you are feelin’ dapper as hell or on a shimmering ethereal tip, we’ve rounded up some awesome threads to look #flawless in.
#HappyHoligays Hall of Fame: Instagram, Tumblr, and Twitter Posts That Made Our Season Bright
We asked y’all to use the hashtag #HappyHoligays on social media this season, and boy, did you ever!
Jewish Christmases I Have Known
What do you do when the world gives you a mandatory day off, when nothing is open except Chinese restaurants and movie theatres?
VIDEO: Franchesca Ramsey’s Comebacks Will Make Your Racist Relatives STFU This Holigay Season
Now pass the tofurkey and shut the fuck up, uncle Ned!
A+ VIDEO: “All We Want For Christmas Is You” Lip Sync Dance Party
If you thought all we could do was sit in our chairs and type words on a screen, prepare to have your mind blown!
OPEN THREAD: All I Want for Christmakwanzakah is You, So Get In Here
This is a safe and special place for you to use as refuge from your family, a recipe depository from your holigay feasts, and also a friend-making machine.
Holigay Playlist: Having a Blue Christmas
The song Blue Christmas is not on this playlist, but it’s still perfect for melancholy holigay moments.
Get Baked: Homemade Gingerbread for all Your Festive Needs
“At some point, probably around the time I became a surly teenager and wanted something of my very own to craft and control and create, I decided to start making gingerbread too. At first this was just something I did alone, but gradually my younger brother began helping me, then my older brother, and it kind of became a tradition by accident.”
Butchbaby & Co. Brings Maternity Wear Out of the Women’s Section
Their philosophy is one of the best I’ve ever heard: “Don’t change just because your body does.”
Holigay Gift Guide 2014: 90s Kid Forever
If you or someone you love has been affected by 90s Kid Syndrome™, enable their disease with these gifts that are way cool and da bomb.
Keep It Simple With These All-Black Holiday Looks
Don’t let an all-black dress code get you down. Use pieces you already own to create pulled-together looks worthy of the holiday season.
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Best (Gift) You Ever Had
I wanna know the best gifts and worst gifts you ever gave or received and all the stories about your life in-between. GET IN HERE AND TELL ME YOUR TRUTHS!
10 Tips For Surviving Your First Family Holiday After Coming Out
So you’ve recently come out to your family, and it’s the first time you’ve been to holigay dinner since it happened. Autostraddle is here to help you through it.
10 Ways To Deck The Halls With Gay Apparel
This year, rather than scoffing at the isle of misfit sweaters and hats no one wants to play reindeer games in, I challenge you to embrace the hideousness. Allow yourself to lower your guards to the bright reds, greens, silvers, and blues and really snuggle into some ugliness.
On The Eighth Day of Hanukkah Your Bubbe Gave You Socks
“I think all Jews need to come clean about what we really get for Hanukkah. Luckily, I have compiled eight charts for your research.”
Playlist: For Your Holigay Parties
Bring the holigay meet-up spirit home!