Hey there champions! (Champions of what? Of highschool soccer? Of being gay? Of generally doing pretty good today? You decide!)

Here in the world of Autostraddle Plus, we’re always trying out things that you might like. We’ve watched Booksmart together, we’ve watched The Princess Switch 3 together, and just this past week, we asked you via a tiny survey if you would come to this very watch-along, and enough of you said YES so we’re doing it! We’re going to watch the finale of the queer 90’s cannibal mystery that has spawned an obsessive following — Yellowjackets — with none other than our resident Yellowjackets recapper and Managing Editor, Kayla!

The Details:

When: Sunday January 16th | 7pm PST, 10pm EST (Discord goes up at 9:50pm EST)

Where: We’re all going to chat together on a super mini A+ Pop-Up Discord Server! The link will appear RIGHT HERE — HERE IS THE LINK — when it’s time! And I will update the time stamp and headline on this post so it’s right on Autostraddle’s Home Page ahead of the event. So just come right back to this post on Autostraddle at 9:50pm EST (7:50pm PST) on January 16th.

What’s a Discord? It’s like a chatroom on steroids, or kind of like a different evolution of Slack. Like if Slack is a bird, Discord is a bat. They both fly and do a lot of the same things but they’re also…different? We’ll be chatting together in a text-based format, essentially. It also allows us to share photos. It’s pretty easy to join and if you want to make a Discord account ahead of time, you totally can. The way it works is you have one account for YOU the person, and then you can join the A+ pop-up server with the link when we put it in this post.

How do I watch Yellowjackets? So, Yellowjackets is a Showtime show. You can watch it if you have their app, if you have their TV channel, or if, like me, you’re watching Showtime through the Hulu add-on. We aren’t able to stream the show for you, so you will have to bring your own viewing situation.

What will the event be like? We’re all going to convene in the Discord about 10 minutes before the episode goes live on Showtime on cable at 10pm EST. We’ll chit, we’ll chat, we’ll share our themed drinks and snacks (MORE ON THAT BELOW) and then we will all do our darndest to hit play at the same time if we’re using the app. Then, we’ll watch WHATEVER IS GOING TO HAPPEN and continue the chat! Maybe this sounds fun to you.

HERE IS A WIDGET SO YOU CAN JOIN:

This Is a Themed Party My Friends and There Are Recipes:

Kayla’s Cocktail Suggestions

The Yellow Jack & Coke
1.5 oz of Jack (or your whiskey of choice)
0.75 oz lemon juice
0.5 oz yellow chartreuse
Cola
Add the whiskey, lemon juice, and yellow chartreuse to a shaker with ice, shake, pour over ice and top with a splash of cola! Feel the buzz buzz buzz!

Smoke & Sting
2 oz mezcal
2 oz citrus juice of your choosing
Water
Hot honey
Club soda (optional)
Dissolve a squirt of hot honey (as much as you want!) in about an ounce of warm water and add to a cocktail shaker with the mezcal, citrus juice, and ice. Shake and pour over ice. Optionally top off with club soda.

The Misty Fucking Quigley Special
2 oz sherry
An entire can of coconut La Croix
Pour ingredients into a highball with ice.

Shauna’s Malibu & Milk
No, I refuse to write a recipe for this or condone it as a choice.

Taissa’s Blood On Your Hands
This is just red wine.

Nicole’s Mocktail Suggestions

Virgin Version of Kayla’s The Misty Fucking Quigley Special

In a highball glass over ice, combine:
1 can of coconut La Croix (or whatever flavor sparkling water you have)
A spoonful of the juice from fancy cherries, or a splash of cranberry juice (your choice)
Stir and garnish with a maraschino cherry. Best drunk while eating a box of chocolates.

Shauna’s Terrible Brunch With Jackie’s Parents Fauxmosas

In a champagne flute, combine:
1 part orange OR orange/mango juice
1 part sparkling water

Doomcoming Punch

3 oz strong hibiscus tea (optional: add lavender to the tea)
1-2 TBSP rosemary simple syrup
Juice of a quarter lime
Tonic water (for the bittersweet flavor of having a mock homecoming in the woods when you cannot make it to your actual homecoming because your plane crashed)
Rosemary sprig for garnish

To make the tea: You are going to want to make this extra strong. So maybe steep it for a half hour ahead of making the drink. Use extra hibiscus when brewing for a bright color. Add the lavender to steep in the last 5-10 minutes. Then remove the tea bags / ball and/or strain the tea.

To make the simple: Take 1 cup white sugar and 1 cup water and a generous amount (about 1 TBSP) of dried rosemary. If you have it, you can use 3 sprigs of fresh rosemary. Put over medium heat while stirring until sugar is fully incorporated and the mixture appears clear. Take off heat and let cool. Strain.

In an old fashioned tumbler, add ice halfway. Top with 3 oz tea concentrate, 1-2 TBSP rosemary simple (or less to make less sweet — you can adjust this to taste), top with tonic water, stir and squeeze juice of one quarter of a lime over top. Garnish with a rosemary sprig or slice of lime.

Kayla’s Snack Suggestions

Mixed jerky charcuterie board (sorry!)
Mixed berries (just ask Akilah if they’re safe first)
Stuffed mushrooms (NOT Misty’s mushrooms)
Pigs in a blanket (tbt the pig head that haunted Taissa)
Rabbit stew (jk)

Mark you calendars and we hope we see you on the 16th!

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