Collaged in front of a navy blue gradient background, left to right: a blue and gray checked blanket over a brown couch against a white wall with an open window. on the white wall, there is a white fireplace, a stack of four blankets: one white, one blue with white stripes, one green check and one beige pattern, a dark blue blanket with white print draped over a light brown couch against a white wall. a tall potted plant is to the left in a white planter, hands holding up a white blanket with tan, orange, light blue and black checkered pattern

These Throw Blankets Will Help You Be Your Best Couch Gremlin Self

If you ask me, there’s no such thing as having too many blankets.

In the bottom right corner of the image, there is a black line drawing of two women with 1950s hairstyles whispering to each other against a light blue background. In the upper left corner, there is a speech bubble. Inside the speech bubble, there is an image of the Iroha Plus Tori, a dark red, teardrop-shaped sex toy with a convex side and a concave side. The concave side has small ridges.

Sex Toys

The Iroha Plus Tori Looks Less Like A Sex Toy and More Like a Woodland Grub (But It Still Got Me Off)

Because of the Iroha Plus Tori’s ambiguous shape, I wasn’t immediately clear on how to use it.

A collage of six album covers, from left to right and top to bottom: Fields by Devonté Hynes and Third Coast Percussion, Going Under OST by feasley, Only Diamonds Cut Diamonds by Vegyn, Mother Earth’s Plantasia by Mort Garson, Lester Young With The Oscar Peterson Trio by Lester Young and Oscar Peterson Trio, and Con Todo El Mundo by Khruangbin

Music

6 Albums to Help You Get Through the Work Day

Before we can indulge in all of life’s greatest holiday pleasures — sleeping in and boozed-up eggnog with a hefty side of Lactaid — we’ll have to dredge through the last obligations of work.

Puzzles

Mini Crossword is Vaguely Lesbian, Also Mean

A wonderfully gay way to begin your little week.

collage of quiz results: Top Row is Finley, Micah, Gigi, Sophie. Bottom row is Shane, Dani, Alice, Bette.

Quizzes The L Word: Generation Q

Quiz: Which Gen Q Character Is “The One” For You?

Everybody’s looking for “the one” on The L Word Generation Q, including you! This quiz will reveal which of these characters is your true love forever.

Foundation, a metallic eye shadow palette, makeup brush cleaners, a YSL lipstick set

Holigays

Holigay Gift Guide: For High Maintenance Femmes Who Are Deep in Beautytok

Skincare, fun makeup, and handy accessories to please even the brattiest femmes among us!

A yellow background with a queer person in a beanie playing with a whole bunch of cats. The queer person says, "PARTY TIME!"

Webcomics

Reine #41: Holigay Traditions for 2022

End of the year togetherness and late stage capitalism and cats. And maybe a fire extinguisher.

A glass of clarified milk punch with a lemon peel in it

Food and Drink Holigays

Impress Guests With a Milk Punch During the Holidays

Easily batchable, impressive without requiring too much work, and scrumptious, clarified milk punches should be your go-to for holigay entertaining.

Photo of Em on a mint green background surrounded by bath products

Beauty

AM/PM: A Hopeless Romantic and Their Bubble Bath Routine

“Baths are less of a frivolous want and more of an emotional and spiritual essential.”

A small, brown and white dog peeking over their laptop screen, with a caption that says "Hey did you see that comment?!"

Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Eating All the Leftovers

“As always, Tina has a lot to answer for.”

AF+ Puzzles

A+ Crossword Puts Its Money Where Its Mouth Is

Just like you!

Criminal Minds: Aisha Tyler and Nicole Pacent

TV Show Recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: Criminal Minds Is Gay For Real — Finally!

Plus updates on Mythic Quest, All American Homecoming, The Sex Lives of College Girls, and peep the photo that made Natalie ask, “Is this too risque for our website?”

Three pics: Sophie & Finley on the couch, Gigi in a bra and Shane, Tess and Alice at the art gallery

The L Word: Generation Q

The L Word Generation Q Episode 302 Recap: Los Angeles Traffic Jam

It’s time to recap Episode 302 of The L Word Generation Q, in which Finley and Sophie practice drawing birds, Bette races through a traffic jam, Alice dates a cult member and Tess really wants that bar.

Two young girls laugh and lay close to each other in Mosquita y Mari

First Person Movie Features

Homoerotic Friendships, Mosquita Y Mari, and the Things We Never Said

My friendship with her actually ended twice.

A green bag that says PROTECT BLACK PEOPLE, a trio of Fishwife tinned fish, a white Nike sneaker with a black check, two layering gold necklaces, House of Psychotic Women, a black stand mixer, and a woman wearing a shiny red lingerie set

Holigays

Hi Gay! It’s Time for Autostraddle’s Ultimate Team Holigay Gift Guide 2022

When you shop using this guide, you’re also giving the bonus gift of support for queer indie media!

A collage of two images of the model Jenny. On the left they are wearing the Gay Chaos Long Sleeve Tee in white. On the right they are wearing the blue Club Soda Tee. They are a size XL. The background is neon pink with a repeating pattern of a plus sign.

AF+ LGBTQ+ Businesses Shopping

A+ Members Get 25% Off Autostraddle Merch — Including All New Designs!

We’ve got A League Of Their Own Peaches Tee, Peaches Socks, an All Stars Cap, new tees and restocks of your fav items ALL on sale!

This is a collage of three photos of the model Jenny side by side. On the left, Jenny is wearing the Peaches tee and a blue baseball cap and holding a bat on their shoulder. In the middle, Jenny is wearing the blue Club Soda Tee and styled with a black beanie. On the right they are wearing the Gay Chaos White Long Sleeve Tee with a grey/burgundy flannel on top and a black beanie and tan canvas pants.

LGBTQ+ Businesses Shopping

We’ve Got New Merch and It’s All 20% Off All Weekend Long

Another year around the sun and it’s finally time to stuff our faces then buy a ton of stuff online. Why not check out the Autostraddle Store and get ahead of the gift game?