Hey you yes you, are you new here? Welcome! Get in here and let’s all hang out!

This week we’ve got allergies, The Babysitter’s Club, throwbacks and so much more.

Hi! It’s your elusive writer friend, Isabel, and I am here to host my first ever Friday Open Thread! Just as I wrote that, the skies darkened and a thunderclap rattled my windows, so it seems like everyone is excited for this. Right?

This week we’ve got Rick Astley callbacks, ideas for the next big musical, flirting with baristas and so much more!

This week we’ve got feelings about Pokemon, Dolly Parton, Star Trek and so much more!

I’ve missed you so much. Get in here and tell me everything!

We’ve got genius business ideas, robots, unicorn cats and so much more!

This week we’ve got flirting with straight people, Evan Rachel Wood Bisexual, Samira Wiley memories and so much more!

We’ve got pasta currency, bows for your bush, pond scum and so much more!

Come eat food made by spiders, for spiders, of spiders! No, just kidding. We’re just hanging out and chatting it up in this Friday Open Thread.

We have feelings on “Carol”, ground-breaking coloring book ideas, Buffy references, and so much more!

We’ve got gay grandmas, gay cartoons, gay internet searches and SO MUCH MORE!

Freaking out over Peaches, swooning over Queen Latifah, and agreeing that some books just aren’t for recommending to Mom.

Wanna get paid to write cool stuff for a bunch of really fantastic people / the world? We’re looking for a few new voices with a lot of opinions to share and jokes to tell. Get in here!

Have you done your homework?

All the things you said.

Documentary films. Policy initiatives. Direct action. These 20 activists are doing it all to save the world — and they’re Autostraddle readers just like you!

We love you, and we love what you have to say. That’s why during Tell Me Everything week we want you to leave as many comments as you can — FOR PRIZES!

Let’s talk about that feeling of having our feet on the ground for once, ya know? Or just share pictures of your puppy so we can all squeal with delight. LET’S JUST HANG OUT, OKAY? Okay!

I left the real world to hang out on the mountain but I’m not looking to leave the Autostraddle universe anytime soon, so let’s just hold each other or whatever. GET IN HERE!