A-CAMP!!! RUNAGAYS!!!!

RUNAGAAAAYYSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[laneia and i are counselors for ‘the runaways’ cabin at camp, it’s gonna be the best cabin ever]

Ask Riese a brand new thing

3 September 2012 ·

Riese, I just found an old stash of magazines incl a Dutch dyke zine with an interview with Eileen Myles and I thought “This is like Autostraddle ten years ago” and then I thought “I am glad it’s now” and “I am glad there is Autostraddle.”

‘i’m glad you sent these sentences to me on formspring’

Ask Riese a brand new thing

3 September 2012 ·

If every one who has already contributed donates again just $10 then we can hit over 90k and I want that to happen like so. so. bad.

I KNOW EVERYONE JUST NEEDS TO DO THIS. maybe we should explain that to everybody the day before. just everybody if you’re reading this like, stay calm and donate $10

Ask Riese a brand new thing

3 September 2012 ·

I think I am one of those formerly-kind-of-homophobic-but-now-a-homo types. I feel weird about things I said and thought in the past. What do I do?

when i was 14 and my mom came out to me, i said “no you’re not” ~5 times, then ran to my room and sobbed while screaming “YOU’RE TURNING ME INTO A FREAK!”

do you feel better now

Ask Riese a brand new thing

3 September 2012 ·

For the last question-person: my period has become downright vicious over the past couple years and it turned out that my thyroid was falling down on the job. Something to consider!

this is something to consider.

Ask Laneia

3 September 2012 ·

when was the last time you ate meat?

in may i ordered some veggie hash browns at a breakfast place and found chunks of chicken in it. i’m fairly certain i didn’t actually eat any but i guess we may never know.

Ask Rachel a thing

3 September 2012 ·

So I really like this girl who I’ve been crushing on her for months now, since we had the same class last semester. She’s such a friendly person, but I can’t bring myself to talk to her. I haven’t crushed on a girl in years until her. What do I do?

spill coffee on her shoes and then you’ll have to talk to her to apologize. BAM.

Ask Rachel a thing

3 September 2012 ·

ooh you like junot diaz? i met him this weekend, he’s wonderful! he had a whole room of people laughing hysterically about genocide. then i touched his hand. it was special.

i lived in the same city as him for years and years and i never got to touch his hand! you are the luckiest.

Ask Rachel a thing

3 September 2012 ·

hi, Rachel! is it ok if i get the “how to be a person” book because even if i’m 24 (and it’s supposed to be oriented to freshers) i feel like i don’t know anything about actually being a person? or is it a shame?

no it’s an excellent idea, please let me know how it is

Ask Rachel a thing

3 September 2012 ·

i’ve had my period for a little over 10 years now. it wasn’t always baskets of kittens, but more recently it just feels different these days (read: less basket of kittens-y) is this a thing? do periods just CHANGE?

they do! can i tell you a story? ok. before i had magical pregnancies that resulted in two complete humans, my period was just sorta uncomfortable but nbd. but now! after the magical pregnancies! my periods are so painful that i throw up and have to do breathing exercises and take muscle relaxers and i can’t do anything at all for at least one full day, and it’s always the second day that’s the worst. is this normal? i have no idea. it feels exactly like labor, my period. i’m glad we had this talk. i feel much closer to you now. you should maybe talk to your gyno about your kittens-less period though.

Ask Laneia

3 September 2012 ·

is there a way to stop your period from happening for a few days?

birth control?

Ask Laneia

3 September 2012 ·

Sex with my ex’s ex. Bad idea?

i don’t know, can something be such a bad idea that it laps itself and becomes a good idea? (no, not really. this is a bad idea.)

Ask Rachel a thing

2 September 2012 ·

What is the most lesbian sport one would pursue…? I am trying to broaden my gaydar…

definitely fistball.

Ask Laura if, why, how, when, or what.

2 September 2012 ·

How do people figure out what they want in life? I’m 18, in my second semester at a college I don’t like and I have no idea what I want to do. It’s scary!

it’s totally scary, but it’s also really exciting. after 18 years of having a default plan (school), you get to use your big sexy creative brain to decide what you’re going to do. somebody told me that the best thing to do is think about the life you want to have and use that to decide what kind of work you’re going to do.

Ask Laura if, why, how, when, or what.

2 September 2012 ·

what made the pen pal thing take so long? (i’m not trying to be mean; i just want to see if i can come up with a way to help!) (sorry i always get afraid that people will misread what i’m saying on the internet.)

don’t worry, it gotcha. it took a long time for a lot of reasons. matching people up took a while because i had to match languages and ages and a few little requests here and there. what really took forever was sending out the emails. i tried to write a mail merge script but that just wasn’t working, so julia and i sent them out in between 40 hour a week jobs, getting ready for college, other autostraddle stuff and just life in general.

Ask Laura if, why, how, when, or what.

2 September 2012 ·

About Me

Autostraddle.com is my website. I made this tumblr in mid-2009 because we just can't get enough internet.

Autostraddle likes queers, photography, pretty girls and pure poetry. She has many talents, including jumping & tumbling. She also enjoys words, lesbians and girl-on-girl culture. She is best enjoyed with a balanced breakfast at Autostraddle.

Riese is responsible for everything here, more or less.

our favorite tumblr is fuck yeah autostraddle

We're also big fans of straddle gifs, hotties with autostraddle swag, camp autostraddle tumblr and autostraddle spam.

You used to be able to ask us questions on formspring, but formspring has been shut down as of March 31st, 2013. Sadness.

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