I’m afraid of the social networking functions/meeting people from the internet. How did you overcome the meeting people on the internet is scary thing?
compared to meeting people in real life
the internet was a cakewalk
riese i finally just bought stickers/ donated. FINALLY! happy easter, team autostraddle
JESUS HAS RISEN
(I accidentally wrote “written” instead of “risen”)
I get irritated when people ask questions that you have already answered. What do I do with these feelings?
if you figure it out, let me know
So… autostraddle is the new lesbian facebook? I approve, I just hope that the site keeps the quality articles alongside the social functionality.(PS that bra post was wonderful, Autotraddle should do an article just on binding tho.)
We will never lose the quality articles, don’t worry. These extra features won’t have any impact whatsoever on editorial content. Zip. Zero. Zilch. Except we’ll probably write a post about it. That’s all!
In the beginning we actually all said we never wanted social networking or forums (another possibility) on the site anywhere, it just seemed too messy and weird.
But then we saw the incredible response to the post about meeting other gay girls and thought, okay, let’s do this, we need to do this. Also most websites of our size have something like this. ALSO IT’S REALLY FUN AND WE LOVE IT
It’s a plug-in that we’re using so the features aren’t as customized as they might seem right now, we’re working within a certain framework.
(can you believe we started working on that bra post since February 9th, 2010? publishing it feels like we just won a marathon)
What are these glorious new functions on Autostraddle? I am excited, but would also like guidance!
we’re fleshing out your profile situation – you can now add more info to your profile and message other users or make groups, etc. we’re building on this to have a few more exciting features.
basically – we want it to be easier for you guys to connect to each other if you want to right there on the website, which i suppose is called “social networking”? anyone who wants to do it, can, and anyone who doesn’t want to do it, doesn’t have to. there’s still no requirement for commenters to sign up for anything or identify themselves, as always.
we’re definitely still working out the kinks and there are a few more steps to setting it up that we haven’t started yet, so we’re waiting until we’re done figuring it out to make a formal announcement with corresponding “how to use this” guide.
I guess you could say “it’s in beta.”
THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT
I didn’t wear a sexy or interesting bra until I was out of college and working at Lane Bryant. I tried on their brand new Plunge bra and haven’t gone back since. I thought cleavage was something that real lesbians didn’t expose, since I was still under the impression that one had to be androgynous to be attractive to the same sex. This is not the case. Being self-assured and genuine about my gender expression has gotten me way more laid than hiding myself (and my cleavage) under baggy clothes and frumpy bras.
Is it weird that I think drinking coffee and getting my daily fill of autostraddle is trendy?
no it means you’re a trendsetter
Is it wrong to love “Spice World”?
if it’s wrong to love ‘spice world’ i know at least 60 girls who don’t wanna be right.
why did you change your name to Riese from Marie? is there a story behind it? was Riese your middle-name? I used to want to change my name as a kid, I wanted to be called Gregory - I’m a girl…
riese is a nickname for “marie”
MAH-REE
MAH-REESE
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