Buying Autostraddle merch is a present you give yourself and Autostraddle at the same time!!!
I briefly owned a hoodie when I was 14. (I was running varsity track…those were confusing times.) I lost it at a meet and never looked back. I cast my lot with shrunken grandma cardigans with detachable fur collars and moth-bitten sleeves. I continued to wear them after they’d felted up and had gaps at all the pearly buttons. I considered myself very chic. And perpetually uncomfortable. Like I now have roommates and I am amazed to learn that women come home from work and put on yoga pants and poly-cotton blend tee-shirts. I didn’t know this was a thing! I was wearing oxford collars until bed! But now I’m old and I want to be comfortable. Like what if a friend with a pit bull comes into my life? What if they want me to dog-sit? Just weeks ago, I would have had nothing to wear! Now I can walk this future dog, in the autumn, wearing my HOODIE.
