Is it because every time team autostraddle goes to Dinah, someone gets injured? I mean who’s next…tinkerbell?
it’s like Final Destination
i had a sad sad dream that we ( you, me, and the autostraddle team) were starring in a movie about autostraddle! this cinematic adventure took place at six flags! (?). but the saddest thing happened. none of you would talk to me : ( what does it mean?
YOU GUYS DREAM A LOT.
i had a dream tuesday night that brandy howard was yelling at people on my behalf inside of a taco bell. and last night i dreamed that this other website was given a sitcom on cbs and we had to write an article about it and i was pouring myself a really strong drink to suppress the sadness and sense of failure.
but um, if we were in a movie together that was being filmed at six flags, i’m more than positive that we would all talk to you! there’d probably be some arm-in-arm dancing and maybe even tumbling? i’m not sure if anyone among us can do cartwheels or flips. i always love a good cartwheel, don’t you?
I keep dreaming about my mum having sex, THIS DISGUSTS ME SO MUCH OMG what is wrong with my subconscious
well, according to dreammoods dot com, to see your mother in a dream “represents the nurturing aspect of your own character.” and to dream of sex “refers to the integration and merging of contrasting aspects of yourself. It represents psychological completion.”
so!
i think that means you should probably drink more.
I’m coming out to them next week. Next Thursday. I’m so so scared, do you have any advice?
IS THIS TODAY. are you coming out to them today? we will cross our fingers for you.
Are you (or any of the other Autostraddle ladies) going to Dinah next year?
i think i have plans that weekend.
lets say hypothetically that i wanted to date you, k? what is the thing you would need me to be to even begin to consider it. what is the thing? hypothetically. that is, obvs we are not really going to date. duh.
by the looks of things, i’d need you to be a 6’ tall irish vegan drummer chem nerd from california with crazy curly hair, blue eyes, black wrist cuff and a medium-sized puppy.
hypothetically.
Laneia! Every time I try to send you a private message on as it links me to the newest article. Should I just email you?
yes! riese / laneia / rachel [at] autostraddle.com!
also hey while you’re at it, email tess [at] autostraddle.com re: this tech problem.
Intern Bren’s Team Pick: Are you ready? I don’t think you’re ready.
what are your thoughts on Avril Lavigne?
honestly, back before i read ‘the art of happiness’ and decided to not have hateful feelings towards anyone for stupid reasons, i really fucking hated avril lavigne because she described herself as “punk” and was like, maybe at most a hot-topic level punk and just ugh and that stupid song about how she’s “not like that” about like, not having sex w/your boyfriend, and that dumb song sk8er boy. it was such processed commodified rebellion and it drove me crazy that people took her seriously at the time when she was practically mandy moore compared to like, blink fucking 182. like my asshole could’ve written “sk8er boi.” just total crap, all of it. she was a christian artist who then decided to wear chuck taylors and put eye makeup on because some producer told her to and really i wanted to stab her in the eye, and also sometimes wished i didn’t hate her so much so i could turn her up and drive around screaming WHY’D YOU HAVE TO GO AND MAKE THINGS SO COMPLICATED
I want to submit a topless pic of myself (face cropped out) on a lesbian tumblr just to see how many notes it gets, but I’d like to do it anonymously so my real-life friends who follow my tumblr won’t know about it. Where should I go…?
sometimes, laneia and i sit on g-chat and talk about kids these days and how like, you just should not be putting photos of yourself or your body on the goddamn internet all willy-nilly, my teenaged friends, and we worry that people are having thoughts like the very thought you’re having right now! absolutely not! go ask your other mother. jiminy christ on a cheescake, you girls.
Couldn’t you guys do a mourning post on what’s happened in Oslo? It would mean a lot to us in Scandinavia, who are in shock. I know we can read about it other places, but autostraddle feels like our place, and I need the realities to just be mentioned. <3
ok
i don’t know how to do this
can you tell me how
Do you worry that the new like/dislike plug-in will be mostly utilized by one demographic of reader leading to mostly promoting of gifs and possible (unintentional) reduction of welcoming environment of AS from hiding of different/unpopular opinions?
good question! we’ve been knocking around ideas re: ‘how to handle comments’ for a few weeks now – our comment policy has always been super-lenient (don’t threaten to kill me with a pitchfork, no hate speech, etc.), we don’t require registration and ppl can be anonymous – and this is the first thing that we’re trying.
i don’t think it will hide unpopular opinions expressed in a civil tone of voice. it hasn’t so far. i think if people are rude or talk like evil anonymous devil-children, they’ll get voted down. but not unpopular opinions. i trust our readers to be better than that. if they’re not, then i’ll take away everybody’s fig newtons and cry.
you touch on some other risks i’m looking out for as well, and i definitely understand your concerns re: one demographic, gifs, etc.
that being said, i made a few changes this afternoon to it that i think will be better – i made the images different, and took away the “like/dislike” words because there’s no need to like or dislike everything someone says. only logged-in members can rate anything now too. def keep me updated on your feelings about it.