The Best of the Best Music of 2011

A Poem in the Style of 1990s Slang, in Pager

Carolita, What’s Actually in Your Handbag Right Now?

Snobs, Erotica Decoder Rings, and the New-Relationship Gift

Hate Actually

A Very Special Junk-Shop Gift Guide

More-Accurate Bath & Body Works Fragrance Names

Mulling: How to Manufacture the Holiday Spirit by Throwing a Bunch of Stuff in a Pot

A Femme’s Guide to Improvement: Very, Very Serious Ornaments

Happy Hour: Some Like It Hot

Carrie Brownstein of Portlandia on TV Glamour and Putting Birds on It

No Lesbian Shirt, No Lesbian Shoes, No Lesbian Service

My Gift of the Magi

Katie, What’s Actually in Your Handbag Right Now?

Love, Bathrooms, and the Older Male Coworker

Finance 101: Credit Cards and the Holiday Nightmare

Scandals of Classic Hollywood: Rita Hayworth, Tragic Princess

A Femme’s Guide to Improvement: Arm Candy and Too Much Glitter

Eggless Nogs, Why Not

Pain-Proof: Becoming the Lady Aye