More New Merch for the Holidays: Lazy Femme Tees
Hi it’s me, Alex! I make stuff for the store that you can buy! So last week we excitedly announced the arrival of our Gal Pal Pullovers and Limited Edition Holiday Sweaters. Now we finally have a femme-y women’s sized top that we think you’ll be happy about.
Lazy Femme Origin Tee
Introducing the Lazy Femme Origin Tee! This is an Alternative Apparel shirt, an easy and relaxed fit boxy tee with a slightly wider neck and dropped shoulders for a “flowy” kinda look. It comes in black or “blue fog”. We’re really into it.
For once, this shirt is in women’s sizing! So Aja is 5’6″ and is wearing a size Large in these photos.
Sizing charts are provided in the product images, so be sure to check that out.
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Ready, set, happy shopping!
New Holiday Merch: Limited Edition Gal Pal Holiday Sweater and Golden Gal Pal Hoodies!
Happy holidays you guys! We made a couple of things for your gay shopping needs. Here they are:
The Limited Edition Gal Pal Holiday Sweater
I’m really into dumb holiday shirts/sweaters. For every single day the week before and after Christmas every year, I wear the same awful semi-turtle neck I got at K-Mart that’s three sizes too big for me. I love it so much. So this year when we were thinking of what to stock the store with, I got really excited about making an ugly holiday sweater thing with a gay theme: GAL PALS OF COURSE.
The design is made up of these tiny little things that give the sweater that “knitted” look. And the sweater is made of lightweight terry is perfect for layering, as evidenced by my white collared shirt or Brittani’s awesome chambray shirt underneath.
More importantly, we only printed 100 sweaters so these will go quick and they are only around for this holiday season. So snatch em up while you can!
A Note On Sizing: This sweater is a mens sweater, so I recommend ordering a size down than usual. I usually wear an extra small in mens, so the small fits me with some extra room.
Gal Pal French Terry Pullovers
This pullover is like being hugged by sunshine. The colors are pretty great and we can finally say we have more than just black and grey things in our store.
The “Gal Pal” imprint is navy and white, and the fabric is soft french terry.
It also has thumb holes!
A Note On Sizing: This sweater is unisex. Most of the stuff in our store is unisex, so if you’ve ordered from us before, the sizing will be pretty typical. But for those who need a description: the sizing will be larger than typical women’s shirt, but slimmer than a mens shirt. I’m wearing a small (and usually do) but could honestly go for a medium. It’s a hoodie after all.
There’s a size chart provided for everything in the product images in our store.
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Happy shopping, guys!
Introducing The New Autostraddle Merch Store: Now We Can All Live Our Best Lives
Our merch operation has always been, well… improvisational. We’ve done what we could with what we had — and we didn’t have much. Back in the early days, I screen-printed Hanes tank-tops by hand and our first ‘zine was put together by Rachel at Kinko’s. For the first few years I handled merch shipping myself, and then Riese took over in late 2011. When it became too much for her, the Merch Girl duties were passed off to Bren Perfect Human, somebody we’ll tell our children about around a campfire when we’re old. She saved us. She allowed us to sell things we’ve made and is such an overall organized and reliable person that we knew we could trust her to handle what was becoming a huge wing of the business. Along with the A+ Subscription, Autostraddle merchandise is a big part of keeping Autostraddle alive.
For those of you who have ever crowd-funded a campaign or had your own store even, you know that shipping a lot of stuff out at once is the worst part. It sucks! Plus, the more merchandise we developed, the less room Bren had in her tiny apartment to, you know, live. It was just getting pretty ridiculous.
The solution? We’ve hooking up with a family-owned merch fulfillment business in Northern Michigan. We searched long and hard to find an independently-owned operation that could store our merchandise and handle our shipping without breaking the bank. This was always an inevitable next step if we wanted our merchandise store to really succeed, and we’re excited about what we’re capable of doing now. The experience of ordering and shipping will be so much better for y’all, our customers.
Yes, we intended to launch the new store an entire month ago — and we did! But almost as soon as we did, we learned that some of the merchandise was in backstock, and so we took down the link at the top of the page decided to focus on making sure those initial orders were taken care of before making a big announcement on the site and opening the gates to an inevitable rush of orders. We’ve been working overtime the past month to ensure the best customer service possible and to get everything in shape and now, today, we finally feel ready to thrust open the doors loudly and tell you that THE NEW AUTOSTRADDLE STORE IS READY FOR YOUR BUSINESS.
We want to provide better shipping options, more payment options, and a nicer storefront to navigate when shopping our store. And even better — now that our storage area is bigger than Bren’s apartment, we can expand and offer more merch! Speaking of more merch…
Scissoring Heavy Duty Tote Bags!
Introducing the Scissoring Heavy Duty Tote Bag! This tote is so serious you guys — it’s made with 100% cotton canvas and it has a depth of 5″ so you can fit so many things in there!
And another thing!
Gal Pal Track Tees!
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but we’re really into our track tees. They’re just so soft and comfy. So since we’re all really into the Gal Pal thing right now, obviously we would make ourselves some Gal Pal Track tees.
Our Gal Pal crop tops sold out in a few days, so watch this spot!
Scissoring Boxer Briefs
And last but not least, we have more underwear!
We’re really looking forward to bringing you tons of awesome new merch in the near future and we appreciate the continued support from all y’all. Selling stuff that we make is a huge part of our income to keep Autostraddle going and can’t thank you enough for continuing to purchase from and support us.
Also, if you’re able, please post pics of yourself on instagram and tumblr in the merch! Tag with #autostraddle/@autostraddle or, even better, #autostraddlemerch — and you just might show up on a store page one day! Right now, due to our limited budget and time, all the merch is modeled by me and my girlfriend and we obviously represent a really limited group of clothing sizes. We’d love to have more pictures of what the merch looks like on all bodies!
Go check it out!
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New Merch: “Gal Pal” Crop Tops and T-Shirts Are Finally Here!
It’s Gal Pal Week at Autostraddle, a week dedicated to celebrating palships between queer gals, and what better time to introduce our new “Gal Pal” crew and crop shirts than on a week dedicated to our most pal-ish gals!
Gal Pal Crop Tops and Crew Neck Shirts are now in our merch store!
Gal Pal Crop Top
Everybody is wearin’ crop tops these days. We even showed y’all how to crop a shirt. But this one’s already cropped! How great is that! These are printed on Bella + Canvas Women’s Flowy Boxy Tanks.
This crop top has a boxy silhouette, round neck, and elongated arm holes and we love it so much.
Gal Pal Crew Shirt
Let me tell you how amazing these ridiculous 90s colors look on a black t-shirt. These are printed on American Apparel unisex fine jersey short sleeve t-shirts.
We haven’t done a crew neck in awhile (or ever?) but after I did the crew shirt design for Greyscale Goods and wore it at camp and got all these compliments, I thought we’d try it out.
We want your photoz!
Grab yourself a Gal Pal Shirt from our store, and if you feel so inclined, take a photo of yourself in your Gal Pal shirt hangin’ with your gal pals (bonus if they’re ALSO wearing a Gal Pal shirt), post it on instagram and tag us (@autostraddle) with the hashtag #galpals so we can see all your cute shining faces and everybody can see how the clothes fit on a variety of bodies!
Buy Gal Pal Shirts in the Autostraddle Merch Store!
Merch Alert: Get Ready for Summer With Scissoring T-Shirts!
This past winter, our scissor sweatshirts basically flew off the shelves with unprecedented speed. So, as summer rolls around, it’s only natural we recreate our imprint on some super soft tri-blend shirts. Now we can wear scissors on our chests all year ’round!
Unisex Tri-Blend Scissoring V-Neck
We tried something different and printed on v-neck shirts from Bella+Canvas. And we’re very happy about it. The shirts are softer than American Apparel and it just feels like I’m wearing an already worn-in shirt.
The “rust” color adds to that vintage-y feel. Basically, it’s a perfect summer shirt and the unisex fit will be comfortable for most!
Unisex Tri-Blend Scissoring Track Tee
Our “Tomboy Femme” shirts are also super popular. The fit is a big hit with a lot of our readers of a variety of gender presentations. You guys seemed to love them so much that we used the track tee for our scissoring shirts in a color called “tri-evergreen”, whatever that is.
As always, your merch purchases are a huge way to support us so we can keep going and doing this thing! Thanks so much!
Scissoring Shirts are $28 in the Autostraddle Merch Store
Sizing charts and more photos can be found in our store.
Happy shopping, y’all!
Our Embarrassing Sleep-Deprived Mess-Ups and Mishaps: A Roundtable
Chronic sleeplessness is pretty, well… CHRONIC around these parts. Who can fall asleep when there’s so much to overanalyze while lying awake in bed! Recently, Rachel sought your sleep advice in a Friday Open Thread and we placed our dreams about dreaminess in a sleep app. We’re desperate for a little shut-eye, ’cause lord knows the messes we get ourselves into when we haven’t gotten enough.
Which brings us to this roundtable and these stories about what happened to us when we were just intensely, overwhelmingly, unbelievably exhausted. This post is sponsored by Tylenol® PM in recognition that silly things sometimes happen when you don’t get enough sleep.
Unholy Recap — by Heather, Senior Editor
In the last year, I have written 700,000 words about television. That’s almost a million words. About television. I watch a lot of television to recap a lot of television, and also because there will be over 130 queer female characters on TV on 2015, and it’s my job to stay up-to-date. Recently, I spent eight hours of one day recapping a really great episode of Glee, probably the best the series has ever done. It made me laugh. It made me swoon. I cried twice. When I got ready to screencap it, I couldn’t find the episode online. I couldn’t find the episode on my DVR. I couldn’t find any mention of the episode on Wikipedia, and even Google was useless. Had I dreamed an episode of Glee called “Unholy Trinity”? Yes, actually. That is exactly what I had done. I went to bed at 4am after finishing a Pretty Little Liars recap, and woke up at 7am to start writing a Glee recap, and sometime during that three-hour span, I dreamed an entire episode of a television show (complete with musical numbers) and wrote a 4,000 word recap about it after I woke up. I was so delirious from lack of sleep, I couldn’t distinguish my imagination from reality. I recapped my dream like it was real life. Of course, Rachel and Quinn smooched on the lips in my imagination’s episode, so maybe that’s not such a bad thing.
Inappropriate Refrigeration — by Ali, Geekery Editor
At any given time, I am made up of 90-95% caffeine. The only reason I am an animate human instead of, say, a stapler or a mop in a bucket or a zombie that eats internet comments is because I am dependent on coffee and show tunes for my altogether subsidized energy level. It is therefore no surprise that, as the edges of my consciousness begin to go fuzzy while the ghost of java leaves my very soul, I start to do really dumb things. The dumb things I am willing to tell you about falls under a heading I like to call “inappropriate refrigeration.” It is not as sense-making as, “Oh Alison, silly me, you’ve gone and put the potato chips in the fridge when they should have gone in the cabinet.” No. It’s much worse than that. In the middle of a freak-out in which I searched frantically for my iPhone, I finally gave in and checked the “Find My iPhone” website like the Good Lord of Location Services intended. “It says it’s here! What the? Where is it?” And with a click my otherwise-noiseless and not-wifi-enabled refrigerator started pinging with abandon. I wish I could pretend this has only happened once.
No One Likes Chemistry Anyway — by Mey, Trans Editor
In college I was a terrible sleeper. Feeling young and immortal, I thought that I didn’t need to sleep and that I could go to school full-time, have a job, volunteer a couple nights a week and hang out with my friends as much as I wanted. Obviously, this led to some problems when I had to sign up for morning classes. One of the worst was my 8 a.m. chemistry class. As an English Major with zero interest in chemistry and a night owl with zero interest in being awake that early, I knew I was in trouble. So I made a plan. Every morning I would buy a sixteen-ounce double shot mocha on my way to class. Not eight-ounce, not twelve-ounce, but sixteen ounces of double shot caffeination. I would drink it right before and at the beginning of class and hope that it would help me make it through the day. I wasn’t that lucky. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning, just like clockwork, I would finish the last sip of my coffee, put my head down on the table and sleep through the next 48 minutes of the 50 minute class. Honestly, the only reason I was able to pass was with some very generous extra credit and the fact that my brother sat next to me and let me copy the notes they took while I was napping every morning.
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Growing Up is Hard You Guys — by Hannah, Contributing Editor
This one time, like many other times, I overslept. This wasn’t the end of the world, because for the most part I work from home or the occasional evening shift at a restaurant. I do this because I’m the definition of “not a morning person.” I do a lot of my writing in 10 pm to 2 am window, and if I’m not writing then I’m furiously trying to catch up on House of Cards. I just can’t ever find an excuse to put myself to sleep. I’ve always wanted to know what life is like for the other half; the people who go to bed at 10pm and wake up bright-eyed and bushy-tailed around six, hit the gym and then, I don’t know, eat lunch at actual lunchtime? I don’t think I’ll ever experience that. But this one time, I really, really overslept. The kind of overslept that makes you feel so worthless you might as well just go back to bed and try again the next day. Instead, I jumped out of bed, nearly spraining my neck, splashed some water to my face and zombie-walked my way towards my espresso maker. Determined to make the most of the remaining daylight hours I threw my double shot with almond milk into a to-go cup, added four heaping spoonfuls of sugar and booked it outside. Once I was standing in the sun, I drew a deep breath of fresh air, shook the sleep out of my eyes and took a big fat slug of double espresso with almond milk and four heaping spoonfuls of… salt. I could have gone back and made another cup. I could have thrown it away and gone to Starbucks. I could have done a lot of things, okay? But I was exhausted, I needed caffeine STAT, and my ego was already so bruised that I just forced a grin onto my face and kept drinking. It was inarguably the most disgusting thing I’ve ever tasted, but it was also a literal wake-up call. I learned that being a grown-up means getting enough sleep that you don’t have to force yourself to drink salty coffee.
Dancing to Vanessa Carlton Sounds Innocent Enough? — by Carmen, Straddleverse/Feminism Editor
My friends and I pulled a lot of all-nighters together in college to work and also just because, which led to a lot of nights of us being wired and watching Camp in the LGBT Resource Center ’til we passed out. It also led to some of our weirdest and most delusional behavior of which that is surprisingly not included. When we weren’t trying to make each other cry by talking about our feelings or writing each other’s coming out letters, putting salt in our coffee just to see how it would taste, or jointly hallucinating a man pulling a rickshaw through the library, we were usually singing and dancing. My roommate and I sang songs to each other while we fell asleep. Once, my friend just put on music and started doing cartwheels. And once, we decided to play “White Houses” out loud in the study lounge of my residence hall.
It started innocently enough: we were playing old songs we used to love and laughing at ourselves. But, as so often happens, first it was funny, and then it was real. Or rather, first it was funny and then we were all dancing emotionally to this song and then my friend, mid-twirl, accidentally fell and pushed open the emergency exit door. We then had to make the ensuing blaring alarm stop, and so for a few minutes I imagined myself explaining the entire mess to people who were awoken by said alarm. It was awkward. “Sorry, people in this notoriously quiet residence hall I was, by chance, placed in, we were just dancing to that Vanessa Carlton song.”
All in all, it was better than the rickshaw thing, though. That was just plain weird.
Enemy of the State — by Rachel, Managing Editor
I’ve always had a deep respect for civic duty and for my right to vote, which is why it seemed totally reasonable to show up at the polling place at 8 am. I had just moved to Milwaukee, WI, and the local elections on the ballot were high-stakes. I didn’t want to wait in long lines and lived just a block away from the polling station, so going first thing in the morning was a no-brainer. Until I tried to actually wake up, of course, and also until I realized I was out of coffee. I hadn’t slept well, which is a pretty normal occurrence for me. So normal that I decided I should just walk down the block to vote and get caffeinated later, and it would all be fine.
It actually was fine, until I started the voting process itself. I only made it halfway down the ballot before accidentally filling out two bubbles for the same question. Instantly I was back in the fourth grade, baffled by a test question and having to raise my hand to have the teacher come help me out. A saintlike volunteer came to assist me, and in the process handed me off to two or three other volunteers, each of whom I explained my situation to and each of whom so barely disguised their expressions of exasperation that the entire elementary school gymnasium full of voters knew I was a moron. I can’t blame them. Forty-five minutes or so later, I finally walked out, having cost the state multiple ballot forms and several volunteers a streak of gray hair. None of the candidates I voted for won. Would a full night’s sleep have helped? WE’LL NEVER KNOW.
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When You’re So Tired Even Your Dreams are Apologizing for You — by Stef, Music Editor
I keep odd hours, so my sleep schedule is always erratic, but it’s been especially rough the past week or so for no discernible reason. A couple of nights ago, I fell asleep at 10 PM (so pretty early, by my standards), only to come to at 1:30 AM, completely awake. I lay there silently, thinking about falling leaves or counting sheep or whatever I could to try to will myself back to sleep, but I was wide awake and nothing I could do seemed to change that. Around 4:30 I gave up altogether and read for a couple of hours, worrying all the while about how terrible I was going to feel sometime around late afternoon. I finally passed out around 6:30, and fell into a deeply uncomfortable dream I don’t entirely remember. What I do remember is that I had screwed something up somehow, and apologized profusely, telling whoever it was, “I’m really sorry! I haven’t been getting a lot of sleep lately.” I apologized to someone IN A DREAM because of my sleep issues. I’m almost impressed.
Passports Schmassports — by Crystal, HR Director
I’ve done a lot of ridiculously silly things while tired — locked myself out of places, forgotten important things, texted my boss that I love him, etc. The silliest one happened many years ago, while working on a pop tour. I’d worked throughout the entire night and had to go to the airport the next morning with the musicians to get a flight to the next city. I hadn’t had any sleep and was so exhausted that, somewhere between checking in and boarding the plane, I’d managed to lose the passports of not just the pop artist but also her whole band. It was a big problem. Panic ensued. Managers and promoters were flipping out because the tour was going to Asia that week and so passports were kind of essential. I was so sleep deprived that I couldn’t recall having them in my possession at all, so the blame fell onto one of the musicians. Naturally I felt like the world’s biggest idiot the next day, when I finally opened my suitcase and saw all the passports sitting at the top. I guess in my zombie-like sleep deprived state, I must have slipped them into my checked luggage while at the check-in counter. OOPS! Thankfully the passports hadn’t been cancelled yet and the artist who copped the blame had a good sense of humor about it. And I didn’t get fired.
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NEW MERCH: “Vapid Fluff” Tote Bags Are Here For #LezBiBuy Day!
We’re really getting into the holiday spirit here at Autostraddle. We made a ton of new merch items, then we sold out of some, so we ordered more, and now we present to you the final round of special items: Vapid Fluff Tote Bags, A+ Gift Memberships, and moar Scissoring Sweatshirts!
Today is LezBiBuy day, started by Afterellen in an attempt to funnel money towards lesbian businesses who so desperately need it, and we’ve got a few ways you could celebrate:
Vapid Fluff Tote Bags – $12
Inspired by everybody’s favorite kind of Autostraddle Content!
We looked for a slightly more sturdy tote than the regular canvas tote we’re all used to. This one measures 14″ wide by 13″ tall with 4″ depth in the middle, so you can fit more stuff inside!
The imprint is a vintage-y faded teal on black canvas.
Everyone who orders a Vapid Fluff Tote Bag will get a FREE issue of Lumberjanes with their order! Get your tote today in our store this holiday for only $12!
Obviously this bag is filled with pictures of Samira Wiley and Ellen Page
Give the Gift of A+
It’s a Christmas/Hanukkah/Kawanzaa miracle, because we finally figured out a way to offer an A+ Subscription Membership as a gift! Buy your special someone a year of Bronze, Silver or Gold to keep them entertained all year long.
In other news, Scissoring Sweatshirts are back in stock! We thought it’d take ’til December 8th but they are already here. IT’S A CHANNUKISTIS MIRACLE! If you’ve already got yours, be sure to instagram your cute self with the hashtag #scissorandsweat.
We couldn’t believe how fast these sold out! We don’t have a lot, so get them fast. If you miss out, don’t worry. We’ll be offering different versions in the very near future.
Also if you really wanna go hog-wild for #LezBiBuy, buying the first issue of Better Together, a collaborative ‘zine created by the writers of Autostraddle and the ladies of Everyone is Gay is a way to support TWO INDEPENDENT QUEER BUSINESSES AT THE SAME FREAKING TIME. How cool is that.
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NEW MERCH: Scissoring Sweatshirt, “Straddle This” Hotshorts, New Flasks and More!
We’ve made a lot of moves this year to stay indie and pay the heaps of queer women and otherwise-identified humans who write and work hard to keep this community afloat. For example, we started a membership program! The other big thing is that we’re rolling out a lot of fun new merchandise this holiday season and some of it is already in stock. LET’S DISCUSS.
Scissoring Sweatshirt
You guys wanted us to print on some fancy ultra-ethical Alternative Apparel stuff, so we did! We’d like to see a many people as possible on Instagram scissoring in this scissor sweatshirt (hashtag#scissorandsweat and #autostraddlemerch if you go for it!). It’s basically our best merch item ever.
So get yours: it’s printed on a super soft Alternative Apparel Eco-Fleece Champ Sweatshirt complete with vintage-style raglan sleeves and bound rib collar. This cozy sweatshirt is also part of the eco-friendly Alternative Apparel Earth collection. Illustration by our very own Rory Midhani, duh.
“Straddle This” Boxer Briefs
They’re back! We’ve restocked our briefs, except this time we have purple and teal colors to choose from. These are men’s sizes, so if you’re normally a 2XL in women’s, you’re an XL in men’s. Gettin’ fancy over here.
Straddle This Hot short
The hard femme version of the briefs! Now those of you who enjoy a different variety of undies can get in on this.*
Sneak Peek: Liquor in the Flasks
Shhhhh these aren’t available yet, but we’re too excited and had to show you what will be in the store so soon! Here we have some pretty slick black matte 6oz flasks engraved with the “Liquor in the” column graphic. Thanks to Rory Midhani for the illustration!
Look for those flasks in our store sometime next week after the (American) holiday weekend.
PLUS ONE MORE THING!
Starting today, November 24th, and until supplies last, you’ll get a FREE issue of Lumberjanes #5 with any apparel purchase (yes, this applies to apparel purchases made today before this post went up!). We suggest wearing as many apparel items at once — these super-soft hoodies on sale for $20, these new A-Camp hoodies on sale for $40, the aforementioned boxer-briefs and hotshorts, the You Do You black V-neck (already one of our most popular merch items ever), a Tomboy Femme T, a Misandrist Tee and, of course, THE SCISSORING SWEATSHIRT. Then read Lumberjanes and then you’ll be too gay to function, officially.
If you’re an A+ Member, a heads up that the special deal of the month is 20% off all Autostraddle merch. So yay!
If you’re not an A+ Member, just FYI: we’re trying to reach our goal of 1,000 members by the end of 2014 so let that marinate and we’ll see you on the flip side.
As always, thanks to everyone who reads this website, buys stuff, and/or supports us via A+ subscription. Your support means the world and literally keeps us running. Thank you!
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* We searched every supplier available to us (American Apparel, Gildan, Hanes, Fruit of the Loom, Jerzees, Bella, Alternative Apparel, Alstyle, Next Level, Anvil, Comfort Colors, HYP, Cygnus and Tultex) for cotton boyshorts that came in sizes over XL and it turns out that the women’s underwear industry just doesn’t roll like that. (Sidenote: Apparel items that DO go over XL, like t-shirts, charge us an extra $1-$2 per garment for each 2XL or 3XL we print on [we obvs eat that cost and don’t pass it on to you] so really the game is rigged in all directions!) Apparently XL is the largest a line goes, and if we want something larger we have to go to plus size, which has its own styles/colors/lines, and therefore printing on them would be a separate order requiring a new design with a 100-piece minimum buy, and we’re just not sure that we’d be able to sell that many when the only boyshort-ish option on the market is these, which only come in white! We’re trying to figure out a solution and until then we’re really sorry — this is the first time we’ve printed on women’s apparel and didn’t realize it would be like this.
VIDEO: Here Are Our Unstoppable Contest Winners!
This past summer, we teamed up with MOTRIN® and Lesbian.com to host a contest. We asked you to tell us what makes you Unstoppable and you delivered!
We had tons of short videos submitted from so many bright shining stars explaining exactly how awesome they are and/or how their awesomeness is helping or inspiring others. We loved everyone’s submissions and our hearts grew three sizes just watching them all.
While everyone is truly amazingly unstoppable in their own way, we had room for only six winners who each won themselves a shiny new iPad® Mini!
So to celebrate we made this compilation video showing off our Unstoppable Contest winners. Check them out and be awe their Unstoppableness, because it takes guts to put yourself out there and submit a video like all these women did!
Thanks so all who entered and applied and congratulations to our six winners!
Check out our article series: True Stories of Unstoppably Extraordinary Lesbian Moms
New Merch: Get Your “Safe Space” Zip-Up Cases!
It’s time for new merch y’all! If you haven’t noticed, we have some new stuff in our store and we’re excited about it. From the people that brought you the Tomboy Femme tee and the awesomely 80s band-shirt-inspired “Misandrist” v-necks comes a whole new kind of item: pencil cases!
Maybe it’s a pencil case, but maybe it also has many other uses. I’ve used it as a mini-toiletry/dopp bag to hold my toothbrush and razor, and one of our editors really thought we had ordered dildo cases. So, feel free to get creative with it. Makeup, rolls of washi tape, nipple clamps — any kind of small items are welcome in this safe space.
The case is about 8-inches wide and 3-inches in depth, navy blue with white trim, zipper enclosure.
At only $8, it’s a great way to support our website and it’s staff and get a cool product in the process!
Visit the Autostraddle Store and Get One!
What Makes You Unstoppable? Tell Us and You Could Win Cool Stuff!
MOTRIN® has teamed up with Autostraddle.com and Lesbian.com to host a contest to give you the opportunity to share your own unstoppable-ness with the world and win great prizes.
HELLO YOU ARE AWESOME. We were just talking about you this morning, and how awesome you are — it’s actually how we begin each day. Then we do a gratitude meditation followed by a fruitshake party. (We call them fruitshakes because smoothie is such a weird word.) We know you’re rad and unstoppable and the reason the tides come in, but we wanted a way to let everyone else know! And a way to thank you for all the radtastic unstoppably awesome stuff you do!
MOTRIN® has teamed up with Autostraddle.com and Lesbian.com on a contest to give you the opportunity to share your own unstoppableness with the world and win great prizes. It could involve making a video — y’all are cool with videos, right?
How To Win
This is easy peasy! Just make a short video explaining exactly how awesome you are, why you’re awesome, and/or how your awesomeness is helping or inspiring others. Specifically, tell us why you are UNSTOPPABLE. That’s the key word here, “unstoppable,” so maybe write that down on the cue card your wife/friend/dog/chair/ girlfriend/roommate/daughter/butler will be holding up for you. The videos only needs to be about 30-45 seconds long, so probably the hardest part of this project will be squeezing ALL your radness into 30-45 seconds, but we know you can do it.
How To Enter
Upload your video to YouTube® and tag it with the keyword “unstoppable contest” and submit the video link using the form on the Unstoppable page, or the “Virtual Power Hub” as we call it.
If video is totally not your thing, you can demonstrate your unstoppable radness via photography. Take a high resolution picture of you clearly being/doing something awesome, or holding a sign that says, “I’m unstoppable because _____________________.”
Submit your photo using the form on the Unstoppable page and post it on our Facebook® or Twitter® pages with the tag #unstoppablecontest and tag Autostraddle and Lesbian.com on Facebook® and @Autostraddle and @Lesbiandotcom on Twitter®.
Win Stuff!
Six video winners will each receive a tablet! Six photography winners will each receive a DVD collection from Wolfe Video, the oldest and largest exclusive distributor of gay and lesbian films in North America.
Speaking of our friends at Wolfe, every contestant who enters with an eligible video or a photo will receive a promo code for a FREE MOVIE rental of their choice from Wolfe Video! And oh, what a choice you will have, contestants, because Wolfe Video is home to so many films almost as awesome as you are.
All of the winning videos and photos will be shown on Autostraddle.com/Lesbian.com’s Unstoppable Page.
The contest ends July 21st. Winners will be selected by a highly scientific process that will undoubtedly involve petri dishes, quadratic equations, calculus, a Magic 8 Ball and thyme. The thyme is crucial. (Just kidding. Winners will chosen by an Autostraddle.com / Lesbian.com panel.)
So let’s recap:
- Six video entries will win a tablet
- Six photo entries will win a DVD collection from Wolfe Video
- Everyone who enters will get a FREE STREAMING MOVIE from Wolfe Video!
Okay go get on it!
Visit the Virtual Power Hub for all the info and videos!
No purchase necessary. Open to legal residents of the 50 U.S. & DC, 18 or older. Contest ends 11:59 p.m. PT 7/21/14. Void where prohibited. Subject to Official Rules
Custom Suits, Kipper Clothiers, and Other Things That Are Worth Investing In
Team Pick:
I have never been more excited about a clothing company than I am about Kipper Clothiers, a one-stop custom suit shop for the LGBT Community. The Kipper team is really providing an amazing service to the lesbian, trans, and otherwise inclined folk who don’t have a prayer in the world for any suit options that will actually fit us properly.
This is my first time that I’ll be investing in a suit for myself (or investing in myself at all, really!) and I’m excited to be doing it with such professional dapper experts. Everything about the suiting is custom, from the fabrics and style options to the 36 body measurements they take to ensure proper fit.
You can’t put a price on the feeling of wearing an outfit that was literally made for you.
Hannah Hart rocking an amazing blue suit with Erin and Kyle of Kipper Clothiers
Kyle and Erin at Kipper have graciously supported us by providing Camperships for two lucky campers the past year. It’s time to give back.
Kipper’s Kickstarter for a Brick-and-Mortar Store
Consider helping the Kipper crew open a brand new storefront in San Francisco with their Kickstarter campaign.
In exchange for supporting the existence of a small business dedicated to suiting us properly and an actual store location that will serve as a beautiful and safe space for everyone and anyone to enjoy, you could get yourself one of many cool things they worked so hard to provide as perks, such as:
- a custom Kipper Clothiers tie or bow tie
- a flask gift set
- a limited edition leather wristband
- a WM. J. Mills vintage-inspired day bag
And more.
WM. J. Mills vintage-inspired day bag and flask set
Check it out and consider supporting Kipper Clothiers for one of their very fine perk options — there’s 12 days left!
Top 5 Amazing Yet Affordable Whiskeys You Probably Haven’t Tried
We’re celebrating Autostraddle’s Fifth Birthday all month long by publishing a bunch of Top Fives. This is one of them!
Hi my name is Alex and I have an obsession with whiskey. This is me at our whiskey tasting at A-Camp:
My love for whiskey is a really expensive hobby. There was a time that me and a friend managed to spend about $400 on whiskey at Seven Grand one night (which my girlfriend rightfully loves to make fun of me for!). And I think that it’s worth spending $65 on a unique craft whiskey (like Balcones True Blue Cask Strength or Brenne Whisky).
But good whiskey, or even amazing whiskey, doesn’t have to break the bank. These are five whiskeys that prove it, and there are definitely more out there. We all know Jack, Makers, and Knob Creek, and everyone and their mom (except my mom, despite my repeat efforts) buys and loves Bulleit. That’s not to say these aren’t quality whiskeys (they absolutely are), but what would be the point of telling you what you already know Instead I opted to find and include whiskeys that you’re guaranteed to enjoy for around the same price as a bottle of the usual Bulleit.
Also, I’ve stuck only to American whiskies, like bourbon, because that’s what I know and love. I am not a woman of scotch (yet!).
So with that, grab your Glencairn glass and on with the whiskey!
The three of the Top 5 that I actually own: Buffalo Trace, Eagle Rare 10, and Old Weller Antique 107
5. W.L. Weller 12 Year Old / Old Weller Antique 107
Price: $25 – $30
I have to admit I’m a bit hesitant to put W.L. Weller 12 Year Old on this list because it’s hard enough to find without more people knowing about it! W.L. Weller 12 Year Old is a wheated bourbon that comes from the same stocks and warehouses as the notoriously hyped Pappy Van Winkle whiskies. They’re made of the same mashbill. So you’re really getting something special for such an absurdly low price, not just with taste but also historically, as the Weller company name dates back to pre-Prohibition.
“A “wheated” bourbon, meaning that it doesn’t have the spicy rye notes found in a more traditional “ryed” bourbon. A pleasantly sweet, easy-going, well-balanced experience. Creamy vanilla, caramel, candied corn, and ripe berried fruit , along with more subtle notes of glazed orange, cocoa powder, and wood shavings. If I were going to ease a new bourbon drinker into the category, I might pick this one.” – Whiskey Advocate
I couldn’t agree more. W.L. Weller is rich, delicious, well-balanced, inexpensive, and I make sure I always have a bottle on hand. That’s if I can find it, which is becoming increasingly difficult. I was lucky enough to find it for our first whiskey workshop at A-Camp last year. Needless to say, if you see W.L. Weller 12 Year Old at the store, buy it. Even if only so I can buy it off you!
If you can’t find the 12 Year old, Old Weller Antique 107 is a good backup option while we brave the great whiskey shortage.
4. Buffalo Trace Bourbon
Price: $20 – $25
It’s perfect, it’s available everywhere, and it’s less than $25. If you haven’t tried Buffalo Trace yet, what is honestly wrong with you I mean really.
It’s a classic, a lovely balance of sweet and warm spices with brown sugar and vanilla notes. So so good. It doesn’t hit you too hard and it’s complex enough to where I could (and often do) savor a dram for hours.
Buffalo Trace really nails it in general: their Antique Collection is award winning and the Experimental Collection yields one of the most unique series of whiskies from a major distillery, in my opinion. Anything Buffalo Trace does is solid, so it’s no wonder their original bourbon really hits the mark.
3. Eagle Rare Single Barrel 10 Year Old
Price: $30
Speaking of Buffalo Trace, the Eagle Rare label is part of the Buffalo Trace family. I don’t know how it took me so long to try Eagle Rare 10. I did so at a bar specifically for this review, and I loved it. When it comes to a single barrel whiskey, I think the bottlings can vary a lot. With that said, I experienced a pleasantly balanced bourbon with sweet fruit and oaky vanilla flavors. It’s a truly satisfying drink.
At under $30 for a bottle, it’s unbelievable that you can get this taste for that price.
2. Evan Williams Single Barrel
Price: $27
Evan Williams makes more than just that black label bottle that looks like a Jack Daniel’s rip off. Evan Williams actually has a lot going on (and, for the record, I actually really like their black label). But even better is the 10 year old Evan Williams Single Barrel Vintage series.
What’s a single barrel? Well, most whiskies are a combination of barrels of whiskey that can even be different ages that are used to create the desired flavor characteristics. Single barrel whiskies are bottled solely from one barrel and one barrel only. Every bottle is marked with the exact date that it was placed in oak and bottled, in addition to the exact serial number of the barrel from which it was drawn.
Available now is the Vintage 2004 release, which is getting great reviews and stands to be as good as any of the other years. I tried the Vintage 2001 for this review and have been on the lookout for my own bottle ever since.
These were my tasting notes:
“A little smokey/charry, then becomes sweet — like butterscotch or custard. It reminds me of a creme brulee! So awesome. Medium body, very drinkable. A delicious balance of smokey (char character) and sweet.”
Apparently I really liked it.
1. Four Roses Bourbon (Yellow Label)
Price: ~$20
As I sampled whiskies for this list, Four Roses Bourbon wasn’t on my radar at all. It was only after I tried and ruled out Elijah Craig 12 Year Old and Wild Turkey 101 that I noticed the regular ol’ Four Roses there on the bar shelf. I’m more familiar with the Four Roses Single Barrel and Small Batch releases, which are special (and award-winning) limited edition releases. I decided to give the Yellow Label a shot and I was so happy I did — for $18.99 at BevMo, Four Roses is a steal.
It’s soft and incredibly smooth. I never understood what people meant when they described a whiskey as “floral” — that is, until this bourbon. THIS. The nose is fruity and floral and the taste is soft warm spices with a little citrusy sweet happening in there as well. I actually ordered my Four Roses with a side of ice and never used it. I just enjoyed this bourbon way too much to throw an ice cube into it.
Can’t find something in stores? Check out Caskers for whiskies and other liquor situations, especially for sending gifts.
Header Image by Rory Midhani
Let’s Take A Sec To Discuss The A-Camp Sponsors Who Made October Extra Awesome
The very fancy A-Camp sponsor table before all you people showed up
Most queer events these days are awash in corporate sponsorships — a girl can’t take an innocent stroll by the pool without getting hit in the head with a Bud Light beach ball or plied with Vitamin Water samples. We always knew A-Camp wasn’t necessarily the right space for that kind of branding, but we also knew we had a lot to gain from partnerships with other independent like-minded merchants who had killer swag for our campers.
This past October, we were blessed to find so many kickass businesses who were willing and eager to work with us to make your A-Camp experience snazzier and cooler than ever before. As we start gearing up for our next A-Camp session this May, I thought it’d be great to take a look back at October’s amazing sponsors, who helped us bring A-Camp to the next level.
Now we know that a big part of the A-Camp experience will be these partnerships with great companies who support our diverse and passionate queer community. We’re eager to see who we can get on board for May 2014 and I bet you are too!
Hudson Whiskey
One of the recurring workshops at Camp is “Know Your Whiskey,” where we get dappered up and host 25 lucky campers through a tasting and history tour of five whiskies. For the months leading up to camp I am obsessively hunting down the most interesting whiskies I can get my hands on to feature at the tasting.
But this past October A-Camp, I got lucky — New York’s Hudson Whiskey sponsored our tasting by providing us with three bottles from their collection: Baby Bourbon, Four Grain, and Single Malt. Along with ice cube trays for our campers to take home!
It was a pleasure to collaborate with such an awesome company, not just for their wonderful whiskey (they won Craft Distillery of the Year from Whiskey Magazine in 2011) but also for supporting small businesses and the local/organic ethic — they only source their grains within 10 miles of the distillery from local farmers.
Field Notes
You people and your journals, I swear! You’ve got so many feelings, and you need a place to put them, and that’s why every camper got a pack of three Field Notes notebooks in their gift bags and I saw y’all using them everywhere I looked.
Field Notes has so many awesome notebook products, including the Expedition Edition (made with water and tear-proof paper!) which I have my eye on, and they always come out with interesting limited edition notebooks. This is a great company doing awesome things and we’re so happy that one of the great things they decided to do was give you a notebook.
Stand TALL Wine Co.
Back in February 2013, Riese and I were invited by the lovely founders of Stand TALL to a tasting and tour of their production house in Saint Helena, Northern California. We were really excited when they volunteered to drive all the way from Northern California just to open and pour their delicious gay Pinot Noir to our campers at Dapper Hour.
Genetic, a 2010 Pinot Noir, is the first LGBTQ wine label ever produced. It’s made with grapes from Willamette Valley, Oregon that are shipped to Saint Helena where the wine is produced and bottled. The best part: 1% of total sales go towards the Napa LGBTQ Project.
YouTube sensation, Hannah Hart enjoying Genetic Pinot Noir from Stand TALL Wine Co.
Check out founders Larisa and Dana at A-Camp talking about their wine label:
If you like good wine, lesbians and women-owned independent businesses, you can get your very own bottle of genetic at the Stand TALL Wine Co. website.
Curve Magazine
Each camper got the latest issue of Curve Magazine in their gift bags — this was extra-special because Autostraddle Photographer and A-Camp Co-Director Robin Roemer’s photographs of Tig Notaro were right there on the cover!
Joia All-Natural Sodas
The flavors of Joia Sodas are interesting and unique combinations of fruits, herbs and spices. Joia jumped at the opportunity to provide enough soda for every camper and then some, thus lessening the load of mixers y’all had to bring up the mountain! But seriously, it was really fun to have inventive non-alcoholic beverages for all that aren’t filled with lots of chemicals. They even have great cocktail recipes for all their sodas.
Hurraw Lip Balm
Hurraw Lip Balm is all natural, vegan, and made from premium raw, organic and fair trade ingredients — JUST LIKE YOU! We really dig this company and their flavors, like chai spice, earl grey, moon balm, and root beer.
Hurraw was a hit at Hannah Hart’s kissing booth
Wolfe Video
We were truly honored to have the support from Wolfe Video — the oldest and largest exclusive distributor of gay and lesbian films in North America. They supplied us with some of the latest LGBTQ DVD releases that were given out to some lucky campers as prizes during our super fun carnival event. Just like Amazon Instant, Wolfe On Demand gives you instant access to rent or download from your computer, (or get yourself a Chromecast and you can have it on your TV) easy peasy.
Babeland
The bondage demonstration was a success thanks to Babeland
Of course, the lesbian-owned sex toy and education center Babeland is amazing and continues to be incredibly supportive of and committed to this community — whether it’s hosting a cocktail party or giving us all kinds of sex toys for our workshops! (This was especially fun for Lizz going through security at the airport…) Babeland supplied us with bondage rope, a flogger, a crop, a leather paddle, and some leather restraints for demonstrations, as well as lots of queer erotica anthologies for the A-Camp library and the Erotica-Writing Workshop.
Tattly
Tattly is a collection of designy temporary tattoos! They have tons of cool whimsical designs all made by artists who you support when you buy one of their designs. You guys tattooed the hell out of your bodies at A-Camp with these suckers — we saw bicycles and hearts and rainbows and robots and cameras all over the place!
Ruby’s Red Wash
Ruby’s Red Wash is a stain remover created just for periods: it solves the age-old problem of menstrual blood stained clothing! Genius. And they have a cute website too. Carolyn, the founder of Ruby’s Red Wash was nice enough to send us some packs of her product as prizes for our camp carnival.
Homoground
Homoground is the best queer music source on the internetz and they are responsible for creating the really awesome and clever Feminist Playing Cards. Feminist Playing Cards is a deck of playing cards featuring illustrations of influential feminist musicians by 14 feminist artists. How awesome is that?
Strip and Go Bare
Campers were treated to a bottled cocktail made with organic vodka, filtered spring water, and fresh fruit juices called Strip and Go Bare. Needless to say, it went over quite well!
Club Card Printing
Last because they are certainly not least is Club Card Printing. We’ve been printing with Club Card since 2010, and their work is always impeccable, prompt, and convenient — they recently moved from their location in The Castro to North Beach in San Francisco, and this camp they printed all our gorgeous A-Camp programs! You can get your shit printed from Club Card no matter where you live, but they also have a Vancouver location. Their prices are ridiculously reasonable and everyone who works there is the nicest and coolest ever.
Interested in becoming a sponsor?
There are many options available, including workshop supplies and items for our swag bags! Contact alex@autostraddle.com for details and visit the A-Camp website to see our past collaborations.
If you’ve got sponsor suggestions, share ’em in the comments!
Here for the Holigays: Brand New “You Do You” Zip-Up Hoodies
We had a lot of requests for a zip-up hoodie so guess what, here it is!
This is the softest comfy-ist hoodie you could wear and is 80% cotton and 20% polyester, comparable to an Alternative Apparel hoodie (but much less expensive!).
The fit is unisex — the hoodie shown above is an extra small.
Our brand new “You Do You” zip-up hoodie is $48 in our store (plus shipping). We know you’ll love this one, it’s really cute as hell.
Happy holigays! Happy gifting! And thanks for your support y’all!
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These 2014 Autostraddle Calendars Are F*cking Beautiful
Every year we conceptualize, design, shoot, produce and give birth to a brand-new Autostraddle calendar. These calendars showcase a diverse group amazing and accomplished queer women and, of course, give us an opportunity to further worship Robin Roemer’s awesome photography. Each calendar has its own individual theme and style — and we’re especially proud of this year’s look.
You’ve spent the year getting to know our 2014 calendar girls, and now it’s time to have them on your wall!
“Out of the all the confusion, I’ve found beauty and love. In others, but more importantly in myself. I am black. I am queer. I am this. I am that. I am whole.” -Kai, Miss October
This year, the calendar is a very normal 8.5″ x 11″ when closed, and 11″ wide by 17″ long when you’re hanging it on your wall. It has a drilled hole for easy hanging, and as requested, plenty of space in each box to keep track of the days of your life.
“I am an only child, a first generation Filipino-American, and somewhat of the “black sheep” in our traditional, conservative, Catholic family. As a gay atheist with tattoos trying to pursue a career in sex therapy, I think I turned out to be the complete opposite of what my family expected of me.” -Maria, Miss April
” I have a genderqueer bike named Sunshine because a day without my bike is a day without Sunshine.” -Rachel, Miss September
We even have all the appropriate holidays marked off for you, like National Coming Out Day and National Sandwich Day.
” I love creating safe spaces, and I find the work I do to be radical and subversive in that it challenges the patriarchal notion that emotion is irrational and excessive and rationale is the highest form of understanding. There is great wisdom in emotions, and I work to nourish that and support others to give weight to their feelings.” -Parneet, Miss May
Seriously, I could think of no better way to keep track of 2014.
“My participation in this project is another middle finger to the Mormon patriarchy I grew up under. This is my body, and I’ll do with it as I please.” -Brianne, Miss March
The 2014 Autostraddle Calendar is for sale in our store for $16 and it’s the perfect holiday gift for your favorite person! Also, your purchase supports the ongoing existence of this website and next year’s calendar! So everybody wins.
We also have lots of other merch available this season, including flasks, hoodies, pins, and the classics. Merchandise sales are a big element of what keeps us going financially, so happy holidays and thanks, as always, for your support!
New Autostraddle Merch for the 2013 Holigay Season: Hoodies and Flasks
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The holiday season is upon us! Here at Autostraddle, we like to celebrate this time of year by working our little butts off to get fun new things in our store for you — and for us! Because your purchase directly supports us and helps us keep on and carry on.
So here’s the report on the latest and greatest merch that is now in our store for purchase:
Navy A-Camp Hoodies
First up: these amazingly soft and perfect-fitting navy A-Camp hoodies for all humans to enjoy, regardless of whether or not you attended A-Camp or even know what it is! These hoodies are comparable to Alternative Apparel hoodies (80% cotton, 20% polyester) and are a unisex fit.
See how cute everyone looks in our A-Camp hoodies?! The navy hoodie is just the latest in our set – we create a new logo for each new A-Camp event, of which we’ve had four so far. So once these run out, that’s it!
Navy A-Camp Hoodies are available for $48 in The Autostraddle Store.
‘You Do You’ 6oz Stainless Steel Flasks
A flask is a must-have functional accessory. I think I own three flasks now. My first one was 4oz capacity and while it’s the easiest to conceal, it just doesn’t hold enough for a entire night out. Especially if you share your booze! So we got these 6oz stainless steel flasks engraved and imprinted with black ink for our store because even if you already have a flask, you probably need this one as well. Just saying.
This flask can fit in the back pocket of my tiny black jeans, y’all. Don’t judge, you do you.
“You Do You” 6oz Flasks are available for $18 in The Autostraddle Store.
*Flasks will begin shipping the first week of December*
If you order another item in addition to a flask, it will ship separately!
As always – thanks for supporting us and happy holigays!
You Need An Autostraddle Hoodie, Can Buy One Right Now
Just in time for summer! HOODIES!
Y’all have been requesting an Autostraddle Merch hoodie situation for awhile, but it took us a long time to find an affordable AND high-quality hoodie situation. At last the time has come for us to unleash this $48 masterpiece upon you, thanks to our dear friends at Mammoth Printshop.
These Independent Apparel hoodies are 80% cotton, 20% polyester and comes in two colors: concrete and cardinal red, so even if you can’t be at A-Camp or don’t even know what the hell A-Camp even is, the look remains yours for the sporting. The imprint is a new retro-style A-Camp logo.
The sizing is unisex — in the photos above, that’s me wearing an extra small: I’m 5’5″ and I think I have a shorter-than-average torso. Anyway, that’s also unwashed so I can imagine there’s some shrinkage that comes with a dryer situation.
I think you’ll really like these. And we didn’t order many because we’re always afraid we won’t sell out of anything even though we always always do. Because you guys are awesome. So get ’em cause you’ll love ’em. You know that guy with the raspy voice in the Mens Wearhouse commercials who says “ya gonna like the way ya look, I guarantee it,”? I feel like him right now except I actually mean it.
Autostraddle Retro-Style Camp Hoodies – $48
[If you’re coming to A-Camp, we’ll be selling hoodies and other merch there, so bring cash!]
New Autostraddle Merch Item: Metal “You Do You” Pins
You guys are going to love these!
We’re excited to unveil our custom “You Do You” pins. They’re made of metal with an “antique gold” finish with the letters “YDY” inside a triangle (which is the gay symbol did ya know!) filled with black enamel.
These are tiny, about a half inch at most at the widest part. And they come with a rubber back.
I’ve given these a spin on the lapel of my fancy blazer, on my Peg and Awl bag, even as cuff links. Someone mentioned that they’re going to put their pin on their lanyard. Sounds about right!
Autostraddle “You Do You” pins on things.
So many uses and purposes in just one tiny little package. We think you’ll enjoy these.
Get your metal “You Do You” pins in our store for $8
(Though if you order your pin with another merch item, your pin ships for free.)
And as always: thank you for supporting us!
Things We Like: Customized Journaling with ‘Bound For Anything’
Alex’s Team Pick:
When we wanted to make our “So Many Feelings” custom memo journals this past holiday, we looked no further than the great people behind Bound For Anything.
Not only could we place our own graphic on the cover, but we got to customize the pages inside the journals. The choices range from: blank pages, lined pages, city maps, grids, calendar pages, music notation pages, storyboards, wireframe pages, apparel sketching, even games like tic-tac-toe and hangman, and more.
Customization is easy, especially with their intuitive design for it:
Need some ideas? Check out the Bound for Anything “Idea Room”. Literally the possibilities are endless and these make great gifts. You’re welcome!