Autostraddle Autostraddle Autostraddle Autostraddle

  • About
    • About Autostraddle
    • Meet The Team
    • Advertise
    • Press
    • Events
    • Contact
  • Shop
  • Sign in
    • Register
    • Lost Password?
  • Support Us
    • Buy Our Merch
    • Become an A+ Member
    • Give Us Money
    • Shop Our Affiliates
  • A+
    • All A+ Posts
    • The Autostraddle Insider
    • S L I C K Erotica
    • Into the A+ Advice Box
    • Some Answers to Some Questions
    • Sex Diary
    • Interview With My Ex-Girlfriend
    • Excerpts From My Secret Diary
    • Annual Report
    • Personal Essays
  • Television
    • All Television Posts
    • LGBTQ Television Guide: What To Watch Now
    • The L Word: Generation Q
    • The L Word: Generation Q recaps
    • The L Word
    • To L and Back Podcast
    • Recaps
    • Boobs On Your Tube
    • 202 Dead Les/Bi TV Characters
  • Film
    • All Film Posts
    • The 200 Best Lesbian, Bisexual & Queer Movies Of All Time
    • Movie Reviews
    • Best-Of Movie Lists
  • Arts+Pop Culture
    • All Arts + Pop Culture Posts
    • Books
    • Vapid Fluff
    • Fashion/Style
    • Music
    • Comedy
    • Theater
    • Visual Art
  • Sex+Dating
    • All Sex + Dating Posts
    • Lesbian Sex 101
    • How To Be Gay
    • NSFW Sunday
    • Shibari 101
    • Sex Toy Reviews
    • Tops & Bottoms
    • #PolyamoryProblems
  • Politics
    • All News + Politics Posts
    • Extra! Extra
    • COVID-19
    • This Is Not The Church of Social Justice
  • Community
    • The Autostraddle Yearbook
    • Roundtables
    • Herstory
    • First Person
    • Queer IRL
    • The QTPOC Speakeasy
    • Advice
    • You Need Help
    • Events + Meet-Ups Hub
    • Queer Girl City Guides
  • Columns
    • Things I Read That I Loved
    • Queer Horoscopes
    • No Filter
    • Year Of Our Lorde
    • Come Vibe With Me
    • Straight People Watch
    • The Dyke Kitchen
    • For Your Consideration
    • Queering Disability
    • Find Your Fit
    • Butch Please

Life

  • Food and Drink
  • DIY / Crafting / Food / Home
  • Health + Athletics
  • Travel
  • Business + Work

Geekery

  • All Geekery Posts
  • Drawn to Comics
  • Queer Your Tech
  • Saturday Morning Cartoons
  • Notes From A Queer Engineer
  • Gayme Corner
  • Video Games

LGBT Culture

  • Politics + Activism
  • Herstory
  • Marriage Equality
  • Coming Out
  • International News

Our Best Work

  • Greatest Hits
  • Ranked By Lesbianism
  • Epic Lists
  • Research/Investigations
  • Personal Essays
  • Longreads
  • Photo Essays
  • Shopping Guides
  • Listlings Without Commentary
  • Serious Business
  • Playlists

Etc.

  • Special Issues
  • Things I Read That I Love
  • Events
  • Lists/Top Tens
  • Calendar Girls
  • Autostraddle Merch

Autostraddle Autostraddle Autostraddle Autostraddle

  • Support Us
    • Buy Our Merch
    • Become an A+ Member
    • Give Us Money
    • Shop Our Affiliates
  • A+
    • All A+ Posts
    • The Autostraddle Insider
    • S L I C K Erotica
    • Into the A+ Advice Box
    • Some Answers to Some Questions
    • Sex Diary
    • Interview With My Ex-Girlfriend
    • Excerpts From My Secret Diary
    • Annual Report
    • Personal Essays
  • Television
    • All Television Posts
    • LGBTQ Television Guide: What To Watch Now
    • The L Word: Generation Q
    • The L Word: Generation Q recaps
    • The L Word
    • To L and Back Podcast
    • Recaps
    • Boobs On Your Tube
    • 202 Dead Les/Bi TV Characters
  • Film
    • All Film Posts
    • The 200 Best Lesbian, Bisexual & Queer Movies Of All Time
    • Movie Reviews
    • Best-Of Movie Lists
  • Arts+Pop Culture
    • All Arts + Pop Culture Posts
    • Books
    • Vapid Fluff
    • Fashion/Style
    • Music
    • Comedy
    • Theater
    • Visual Art
  • Sex+Dating
    • All Sex + Dating Posts
    • Lesbian Sex 101
    • How To Be Gay
    • NSFW Sunday
    • Shibari 101
    • Sex Toy Reviews
    • Tops & Bottoms
    • #PolyamoryProblems
  • Politics
    • All News + Politics Posts
    • Extra! Extra
    • COVID-19
    • This Is Not The Church of Social Justice
  • Community
    • The Autostraddle Yearbook
    • Roundtables
    • Herstory
    • First Person
    • Queer IRL
    • The QTPOC Speakeasy
    • Advice
    • You Need Help
    • Events + Meet-Ups Hub
    • Queer Girl City Guides
  • Columns
    • Things I Read That I Loved
    • Queer Horoscopes
    • No Filter
    • Year Of Our Lorde
    • Come Vibe With Me
    • Straight People Watch
    • The Dyke Kitchen
    • For Your Consideration
    • Queering Disability
    • Find Your Fit
    • Butch Please
  • More
    • Life
      • Food and Drink
      • DIY / Crafting / Food / Home
      • Health + Athletics
      • Travel
      • Business + Work
    • Geekery
      • All Geekery Posts
      • Drawn to Comics
      • Queer Your Tech
      • Saturday Morning Cartoons
      • Notes From A Queer Engineer
      • Gayme Corner
      • Video Games
    • LGBT Culture
      • Politics + Activism
      • Herstory
      • Marriage Equality
      • Coming Out
      • International News
    • Our Best Work
      • Greatest Hits
      • Ranked By Lesbianism
      • Epic Lists
      • Research/Investigations
      • Personal Essays
      • Longreads
      • Photo Essays
      • Shopping Guides
      • Listlings Without Commentary
      • Serious Business
      • Playlists
    • Etc.
      • Special Issues
      • Things I Read That I Love
      • Events
      • Lists/Top Tens
      • Calendar Girls
      • Autostraddle Merch
  • About
    • About Autostraddle
    • Meet The Team
    • Advertise
    • Press
    • Events
    • Contact
  • Shop
  • Sign in
    • Register

      Lost Password?

Support Autostraddle

the holiday season

Film

Crudely Yours, A John Waters Holiday Gift Guide

…holidays don’t need to be filled with sappy crap. Sometimes, it’s ok to get your mistletoe freak fest on.

By gabby| December 5, 2011 | 11 Comments
Music

Holigay Gift Guide: You Love Music

Gifts for your ears…and eyes, but mostly your ears.

By Crystal| December 2, 2011 | 13 Comments
Fashion/Style

Holigay Gift Guide: Stuff You Wear Edition

Do you have a “trendy” friend/girlfriend/mom/sister/cousin who always buys you great stuff? Do you simultaneously have the fashion sense and gift buying skills of a one-year-old kitten? You’ve finally found the right place.

By Lizz| December 1, 2011 | 16 Comments
Comedy

Holiday Shopping List Without Commentary: Julie & Brandy’s “Hilarious and Awesome” Gifts

PAJAMA JEANS!

By julie and brandy| November 30, 2011 | 30 Comments
Business + Work

Holigay Gift Guide: Secret Santa 101, The Art of Anonymous Gifting

As someone who has been on the receiving end of terrible Secret Santa gifts for almost a decade, I feel somewhat qualified to offer up some gift ideas and advise you on Secret Santa gift etiquette.

By Crystal| November 29, 2011 | 54 Comments
DIY / Crafting / Food / Home

DIY This: Good Homemade Gifts You Can Make at Home!

You don’t need lots of money or special ninja skills to make gifts that people will actually really like, for real.

By Laura| November 28, 2011 | 54 Comments
Society + Culture

Cyber Monday: Deals You Can Get Without Getting Out of Bed

It’s Cyber Monday! I can’t help you with electronics, but here are my best suggests for Books, DVDs, Games and American Apparel Briefs. Get all your shopping done deeply discounted and move on with your life.

By Lizz| November 28, 2011 | 10 Comments
Straddleverse

Thanksgiving Open Thread: Time to Stuff a Tofurkey With Your Feelings

It’s our third annual Thanksgiving open thread and when you’re here — you’re family. You’re TOTALLY family.

By the team| November 23, 2011 | 240 Comments
Fashion/Style

Tis the Season to Buy a Blazer

This Black Friday I suggest we all gallantly go out amongst the sobbing mothers and vomiting children and seek our dirt-cheap-deal fortune. This Black Friday, we should all buy ourselves blazers.

By Lizz| November 23, 2011 | 29 Comments
Geekery

The Nerdiest Holiday Gift Guide

Don’t know what to get that nerdy cuddle buddy in time for the holidays? Or need help wink-nudging that bad-gift-getting significant other of yours? I’ve got you covered.

By Whitney Pow| November 22, 2011 | 33 Comments
DIY / Crafting / Food / Home Food and Drink

Get Toasted: Flaming Cinnamon Martini

For when you want to put something besides turkey in your mouth on Thanksgiving.

By Sarah Croce| November 21, 2011 | 21 Comments
2012 Lesbian Calendar for Sale for the Holidays, Robin Roemer
Visual Art

Take A Look, It’s In a Book: Autostraddle’s 2012 Calendar Could Be Yours Forever

We made this for you!

By Riese| November 21, 2011 | 21 Comments
Geekery

Cameras Are a Queer’s Best Friend: The Holiday DSLR Guide

Why don’t you take a picture? It’ll last longer.

By the team| November 21, 2011 | 68 Comments
DIY / Crafting / Food / Home Food and Drink

Get Baked: Vegan Olive Oil Challah

Challah for vegans!

By Rachel| November 16, 2011 | 17 Comments
Straddleverse

Many Pumpkins Enter, Some Pumpkins Leave: Halloween Thunderdome Winners!

Winners announced!

By Rachel| November 7, 2011 | 12 Comments
Straddleverse

Christmakwanzakah Open Thread: For All Your Homo-Holiday Feelings

Really hope I get a fingerbox for Christmas.

By the team| December 24, 2010 | 554 Comments
DIY / Crafting / Food / Home Food and Drink

Get Toasted with Autostraddle: A Very Special Holiday Drinking Edition

Eight holiday drinks! One for each night of Hanukkah! Which is already over but don’t let that stop you from celebrating. Later on we can hunt for Easter eggs. What? I don’t know. Aren’t excerpts fun? I learned how to say ‘cheers’ in German!

By Laneia| December 20, 2010 | 60 Comments
Youth + Family

Lessons Learned: How a Jewy Lesbian Can Enjoy a Pleasant Chanukah with Her Uncharacteristically Bigoted Parents

Dad: Let’s light the candles.
Me: Let’s light your face.

By Amy York Rubin| December 14, 2010 | 47 Comments
Straddleverse

Autostraddle’s Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide 2010: What Your Girlfriend Or Otherwise-Inclined Pal Wants

Buy stuff. Buy stuff for your friends. Buy stuff for yourself. Buy stuff for us. Buy stuff.

By the team| December 8, 2010 | 81 Comments
Society + Culture

8 Hot Lesbian Jews: On The… Fourth? Night of Hanukkah, It Was Sunday Funday

Did we remember to spell Hanukkah consistently throughout this post? There’s only one way to find out!

By Rachel| December 5, 2010 | 30 Comments
Music

16 Holiday Songs That Don’t Suck: Your Autostraddle Christmakwansuka Playlist

Whether you’re the type who watches ‘Love Actually’ on loop from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Eve or you’re more of a Scrooge, we’ve got a suck-proof holiday playlist to tackle every mood. Cherry cherry boom boom, motherf*ckers.

By Lindsay Eanet| December 3, 2010 | 68 Comments
← Previous Page 1 2 3 4 5 Next Page →
I want more content for queer parents, for people in long term relationships and marriage (or finding themselves after divorce). A lot of queer culture is youth culture, but learning how to be your best, full self doesn't end in your 20's. - by Carmen, Interim Editor-in-Chief. Support Our 2021 Goals!

Join A+ Starting at Just $4 / Month!

We're Over 6000 A+ Members Strong! A+ members are the secret gay illuminati keeping us around! It's also just a lot of good, queer fun. A+ starts at just $4 a month. Will you join?

Affiliate of the Month

wet for her logo

Wet For Her is an online sex toy retailer that's a welcoming space for queer women and the folx they love — celebrating a diverse range of bodies, genders, and orientations.

shop Wet For Her →

Support Autostraddle While You Shop!

Illustration of shopping bag surrounded by sparkles. Text reads Visit the Affiliate Marketplace

kickback some of your amazon purchase to us!

From the Archives

  • Listling With Minor Commentary: 21 Words You Invented to Describe Autostraddle

    Listling With Minor Commentary: 21 Words You Invented to Describe Autostraddle

  • Listlings Without Commentary: 21 Words You Invented And 15 Weird Words You Chose To Describe Autostraddle

    Listlings Without Commentary: 21 Words You Invented And 15 Weird Words You Chose To Describe Autostraddle

  • All 214 Dead Lesbian and Bisexual Characters On TV, And How They Died

    All 214 Dead Lesbian and Bisexual Characters On TV, And How They Died

Latest Comments

  • hainamoration On 8 Books Featuring Big Queer Families, Found and Otherwise "Nice list! I’ve been meaning to read Cerulean Sea, have heard nothing but sweet things about it. I’d also recommend…"

  • Aly On “Wynonna Earp” Episode 407 Recap: Glitter In The Air "Wait but also a Repo, The Genetic Rock Opera reference?! I adore your recaps, quite frankly they are the main…"

  • Tracy Levesque On “RuPaul’s Drag Race” Episode 1309 Recap: That’s Hot "I was screaming at the TV, “If Elliott and Utica are not on the bottom, this game is rigged!” Fortunately,…"

  • Rey On Ginny & Georgia’s Lesbian Gets a Refreshingly Typical Teen Dating Story "moderators please remove this comment."

  • Maria Devlin On “RuPaul’s Drag Race” Episode 1309 Recap: That’s Hot "“During the week off, I finally started catching up on UK season 2 and while I will not go too…"

  • Maria Devlin On “RuPaul’s Drag Race” Episode 1309 Recap: That’s Hot "Dropping in to say hey UK racers! Very much agree. I want a UK version of Drag Race hosted by…"

  • Maria Devlin On “RuPaul’s Drag Race” Episode 1309 Recap: That’s Hot "Imo Utica was bang-on with the afro comment precisely because she didn’t couch it as “that’s offensive”. She said “I…"

  • Poo-Tah On Grease Bats: Get A Hobby "That used to be my Saturday routine!"

Support Us

Latest Posts

  • NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Thinking About Pandemic Dating

    NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Thinking About Pandemic Dating

  • “RuPaul’s Drag Race” Episode 1309 Recap: That’s Hot

    “RuPaul’s Drag Race” Episode 1309 Recap: That’s Hot

  • “Wynonna Earp” Episode 407 Recap: Glitter In The Air

    “Wynonna Earp” Episode 407 Recap: Glitter In The Air

  • A+ Weekend Discord Server Invite Inside! Now Through 8pm PST 3/7!

    A+ Weekend Discord Server Invite Inside! Now Through 8pm PST 3/7!

  • Grease Bats: Get A Hobby

    Grease Bats: Get A Hobby

Upcoming Meet-Ups & Events

Submit to our Community Calendar →
View More Meet-Ups & Events →
← Previous Page 1 2 3 4 5 Next Page →
Autostraddle Autostraddle Autostraddle Autostraddle

Our Network

  • Community
  • Store
  • A-Camp

About Us

  • What is AS?
  • Meet The Team
  • Press
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • Write for Us

Follow Us

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • Tumblr
  • Instagram
  • RSS

Copyright 2009 - 2021 The Excitant Group, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Comment Policy

We’re trying to get to $190K by the end of the weekend. If everyone who read Autostraddle today gave just 8¢, we’d get there! Will you help us out?
Help Us Out!
Become an A+ Member
Give thru PayPal
Close Popup

AUTOSTRADDLE IS RAISING FUNDS FOR 2021 LEARN MORE →