Hi cuties! I’ve been eating a lot of Cuties lately – you know, those mandarin oranges that come like 20 to a bag at Trader Joe’s? Those tender, seedless little fruits seem to be less a food than they are a promise: you will get through this workday, this holiday, these house guests. These months can be hard on the heart and the immune system — whenever things start to feel overwhelming, take a breath and eat a Cutie. I promise you will be okay!
This week, Reneice made pumpkin pie!
‘Tis the season for Holigay Gift Guides, and here’s one full of amazing stuff from indie POC designers, from Carmen.
Jinghua went to Asia’s biggest Pride march, and it looked amazing.
Kyle’s cooking up an amazing Thanksgiving feast, with these recipes that embrace any and all dietary restrictions.
There’s a new Doctor Who and she’s a woman and she wears suspenders and I am FINE, everything is fine. Anyway, here are Alaina’s best tips on how to dress like her.
I think that you should read this. You will need tissues.
And then there were your comments!
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On Sunday Funday Is Full of Bisexual Luxury:
The Conscious Coupling Award to Katie:
On Boob(s On Your)Tube: Fresh Off The Boat’s Very Special Coming Out Episode Is Very Good:
The Do You Giftwrap? Award to Carmen SanDiego and Kristana:
On Monday Roundtable: The Wildest Things We Did For Love:
The ISO Handkerchief Award to Analyssa:
On I Made You The Horror Trailer Cut of “Carol” We’ve All Been Waiting For:
The Star Trek: Discovery Award to Chandra:
On Holigay Gift Guide: I Saw Mommi Kissing Santa Claus:
The MMM Award to Snaelle:
On Musicals Won’t Save the World but “The Prom” Is Gonna Try Anyway:
The Barb + Nancy 4 Eva Award to Rous Rose:
And on Michigan Lesbian Lives Through “American Horror Story: Cult,” But Also Hope Dies, So:
The Credit Where Credit Is Due Award to Sally:
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Thanks QG, I had to overcome my revulsion towards Comic Sans to make that gif but I thought the ends justified the means.
Hah! That was an A+ use of Comic Sans. I noticed it right away.
BEST USE OF COMIC SANS
There are only a few fonts that help folks with dyslexia have an easier time reading, and comic sans is one of them. Something about each letter being different. Ever since I learned that, I’ve made peace with the font. Anything that helps people read!
I just recently read this! It does make me feel better about Comic Sans.
My favourite bit is the red wavy line underneath Riese’s name. SHE IS A FAMOUS INTERNET LESBIAN, SPELLCHECK. *THE* FAMOUS INTERNET LESBIAN. GET YOUR EXCREMENT TOGETHER.
I like the clipart that suggests two gal pals going to the bathroom together
Women having to go to the toilet in pairs is the only gender stereotype I can get behind.
Ryan Murphy deserves comic sans
I’d missed Carmen and Kristana’s comments.
Two things it made me think of:
the airport where the english sign said “swaddling facilities”
and the friends who almost ran into a cardboard box on the highway, and something made them stop on the side and go back. There was a baby (alive) in the box. They ended up adopting the baby – they had been wanting a child for so long. It’s possibly the most incredible thing I have had happen to anyone I know.
SNAELLE IS THIS A TRUE STORY
Really truly yes! It happened somewhere between Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paolo.
It was about 20 years ago. That baby is grown up now :).
wowwwwwwww
Oh so the baby should be named Dutra after president Dutra who names that highway
Snaelle! Disappearing ghost villages and adopted babies found in cardboard boxes? Are you sure you don’t actually live inside a fairy tale TV series?
I actually live in a collection of magic~realist fairy tales whose pages flip at night, creating a breeze that comes to curl around you and whisper in your dreams.
This whole thread is wonderful ❤️
I KNEW IT
Amazon Prime is getting OUT OF CONTROL
haha i would def pay for Amazon Prime if I could adopt through them.
That’s crazy! What did they name the baby?
Can you imagine being introduced to Kennedy Expressway Smith or something?
Let’s play Marry, Murder, Mommi!
Ellen Page, Gal Gadot, Kristen Stewart
This is too hard!!
Am I a killjoy if I say I don’t want to murder anyone. Like, not even Republicans
That’s why I can never play this game Sally!
But let’s see, I could play Marry, M…ove Far Away From Here, Mommi
Kate Mackinnon, Kristen Stewart, Sally Yates!
I feel like a more accurate game for the target audience would be Move in after 2nd Date, Marry, Merge
Or Marry, Merge, Miss so much after you break up that you get back together even though you know it’s a bad idea
Or Marry, Merge, Midwife their baby with a future partner because you remain best friends after your break-up
This one I can do! Kate McKinnon, Shane, Cate Blanchett
Not a Shane fan Chandra?
I’ve never understood the allure of the moody heartbreaker
Same! That’s why Kristen Stewart was my Move Away choice.
I have a bit of a soft spot for KStew’s fumbly awkwardness I must admit
No Shane!! I’m shocked
Marry Gal
Mommi Ellen
Murder KStew
Can Ellen be Mommi? I think you might need to consult the experts on that one.
Oooh I’m real curious about this one!
Autostraddle needs a You Need Help Figuring Out Mommi post stat
I was thinking more on the line of me being Mommi to Ellen Page’s… baby? What is the counterpart of Mommi?
a mommi admirer perhaps? Mommimirer?
Wait WAIT I’m not sure you can just get away with single-naming Ellen Page like that. Ellen is Ellen. There need to be rules for society to operate effectively lest an irreparable rift open up in the lesbian universe.
Remember when AfterEllenPage.com redirected to Autostraddle?
I ‘member
Still does!
“whenever things start to feel overwhelming, take a breath and eat a Cutie”
That’s wisdom right there.
Whenever things start to feel overwhelming,
Take a breath and eat a Cutie,
Speaking words of wisdom,
Let it be
Y’all are the cutest ??
Applause
Sally and Chandra bringing the CGI!
The special effects budget was MAXED OUT, let me tell you
Hot Take: Baroness Schraeder isn’t that bad. She actually helped Maria and Captain von Trapp to get together
I am just realizing that I definitely had the hots for her when I used to watch this movie as an awkward middle schooler. She’s so pretty and shiny!
Agreed on your hot take @carmensandiego. I can’t recall all the details bc I haven’t watched that movie in forever, but I don’t even remember her doing anything mean or objectionable. Let’s clear her name!
She had planned to send them to boarding school because she cared about their education!
*sense of luxury intensifies *
Your jewel-encrusted tin can is in the mail!
Can bi me looove