Queer Outfit of the Week: Christmas Party
Whether you’re going to your company’s holiday party or your uncle’s annual Christmas Eve bash you had better plan on looking fresh. Who knows? There could be mistletoe!
Once Upon A Time 311: Compulsive Heterosexuality and Queer Temporality
What do you do when your harddrive’s overcome with cheap Disney porn? You reboot that shit! And in the meantime, let’s throw every emotion possible at our characters and audience. Emotions you didn’t know you still had in your little gay body!
Idol Worship: Ten(ish) Questions with Melissa Gira Grant about Cats, Sex Work, and Writing
“Maybe years of blogging ruined me, or maybe they created a productive tension.”
Angel Haze Showers Us With Gifts From On High, Including First Listen to New Track
Dirty Gold release date, cover art, song and lyric video. Are you a puddle on the floor yet?
Top Ten Things I Genuinely and Unironically Love With Little to Zero Shame
“No one can deny the intense ’90s danceability of the Mortal Kombat theme. I even poorly choreographed a half-time dance routine for the cheerleading squad I was briefly a part of before being unceremoniously removed after punching a fellow cheerleader.”
Krissy Krissy Builds It Up Brick by Brick: The Autostraddle Interview
Were you actually discovered in a karaoke bar? “Yes, I was.” What were you singing? “Like the Way I Do’ by Melissa Etheridge.”
Holigay Gift Guide 2013: For XXXMAS Lovers
I’ve been thinking about the impending euphoria of the holidays since a little before Halloween, and a vast majority of that time has been spent trying to figure out what I’m going to put on display to showcase how fucking excited I am.
Star Trek N00b, Episode 2: The Man Trap (Oh My!)
“Okay, I had a fangirl moment once George Takei appeared on screen.”
Playlist: So You Read Vanessa’s Essay
Something to listen to besides yourself crying.
Holigay Gift Guide 2013: If You Can Read This Gift Guide, Thank A Teacher
Being a teacher can be especially tough around the end of the semester/before the winter break, but it’s not easy during the rest of the year, either. Here are a few things you can get them that might make your favorite teacher’s day a little bit brighter and easier.
Marriage Isn’t A Coupon You Have to Redeem
“Marriage is like a chlorinated community pool that we now get access to. I think that people forget that queers have been swimming in the ocean the whole time.”
More Than Words: Mansplaining
You don’t need me to tell you what this is.
I Don’t Know How To Say Goodbye So I Wrote You This Instead
This is an essay about leaving everything behind, and I don’t know where to start because part of what that means is that I am leaving you.
All I Want For Christmas Is You… and an Immersion Blender
When it comes to party planning, there’s a tool worth having that’s almost as important as your corkscrew.
Straddler On The Street: Jessica
Jessica has lived in London her whole life but currently attends Cambridge University where she studies English Literature. She spoke about Effing Dykes, intersectionality, mental health issues, and much more.
Playlist: The Tunes of Christmas Past
This year, the Holigays are partnered with a strong sense of nostalgia – so I’m going back to basics (and back to the classics.)
Holiday Gift Guide: So Your Loved One Works From Home
If you love somebody who works from home, you’ll love this gift guide!
VIDEO: Autostraddle Comment Sweepstakes Winners Announced!
Forever Intern Grace and Editorial Assistant Chelsey are here, queer, adorable and ready to announce the Autostraddle Sweepstakes winners!
American Horror Story 309 Recap: The Yankee Eyeball Swap
Is this show ridiculous? Of course! Am I at all interested in watching TV shows that DON’T feature a talking severed head of Kathy Bates? NOPE NOPE NOPASAURUS REX!
Sunday Funday is #GayForADay from Mexico to India to the USA
Let’s dig into the good gay news dispatches from around the world and never look back.