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The AfterEllen.com Huddle: What We’re Asking For This Holiday Season

Just in case you are still unsure what gifts you want want or what to buy for someone you know, maybe you’ll get inspired by what the AfterEllen writers are asking for this holiday season. Here’s what we are hoping to receive from friends, family, loved ones and Santa Claus.

Bridget McManus: I really want an assortment of leg warmers. Even though I live in Los Angeles I’m always cold. I told my wife to get me a few pairs, hopefully she’ll read this huddle topic and it will remind her to hop to it!

Miranda Meyer: Since no one can give me the gift of time, I basically want people to give me gift certificates or similar forms of money that has been earmarked for a specific purpose. There are a lot of things I need on just like, a practical level-which I would rather buy for myself-but I know if someone just gave me a check for X dollars, I wouldn’t spend it on the things I need. (I’m really good at rationalizing, like, wearing clothes that have holes in them in public. “It’s fine, no one will notice! I need that book way more than I need a new sweater!”) Otherwise, I just want literally everything Hannibal. ALL OF IT. I WANT IT. GIVE IT TO MEEEEEEEEE.

Erin Faith Wilson: I really hope someone gets me The Future is Female sweatshirt from Otherwild! I wear a medium and I want the blue one. Just in case Santa is reading this.

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Lucy Hallowell: I’m absolutely not going to get it but I want a new laptop in the worst way. I got mine used and it’s on its last legs and I would love it if Santa would bring me a new one.

Daniela Costa: I would like an Apple smartwatch just because. As more realistic gifts, more books on homosexuality in Old Hollywood and New Queer Cinema would be great, too. Also, the lovely “ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS PROPER QUEER REPRESENTATION IN THE MEDIA” pullover that Dana brought to my attention.

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Trish Bendix: I feel like this is a very practical Christmas season for me, and I’m asking for things like hair ties in my stocking because mine seem to disappear, never to be found again. But at the top of my list is everything from the Otherwild X Herstory collection, especially the Lesbian Culture sweatshirt.

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Elaine Atwell: I would like some money or some new bras or a ski pass or a puppy or a big bottle of Woodford Reserve. Just anything, really. I love things and I would like more of them.

Valerie Anne: I really want a unicorn onesie. And pretty much anything from the Hot Topic Orphan Black or Doctor Who collections. (When did Hot Topic become a place for nerds? I feel like I wasn’t cool enough to shop there growing up but now I’m buying something new from their website like once a month.)

Dana Piccoli: Invisalign for my snaggle tooth. Or a giant bag of peppermint bark.

Dara Nai: I want every Muslim and African-American man in America to join the NRA, then show up at every meeting, every pro-gun rally, every press conference, and every gun show to brag about their inalienable right to purchases assault rifles. Money talks, bullshit walks, and it there’s enough non-white people around, things change.

Grace Chu: Not to hear the words “active shooter” on the news in 2016.

What are you asking for?

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