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Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna

what are good songs to listen to when you need to remind yourself that you shouldnt have fucks to give?

“Burnout” - Green Day
“Fight For Your Right” - Beastie Boys
“99 Problems” - Jay-Z
“My Generation” - The Who
“Tightrope” - Janelle Monae
“Friday I’m In Love” - The Cure
“Tonight’s The Night” - P!nk
“Rebel Rebel” - David Bowie
“Ten Thousand Fists” - Disturbed
“So Yesterday” - Hilary Duff
“Bad Reputation” - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
“Tik Tok” - Ke$ha
“Got The Life” - Korn
“F**k You” - Lily Allen

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how do you make people who cannot share their emotions, share their emotions? i feel like that comma is illegal but i need it. i need it, okay.

see up there where you said “how do you make people”
i feel like that’s where you should sit for a second and think
about how you can’t make people do things they’re not ready to do.
i could tell you that opening up to that person and proving over time that you’re a safe place for them to drop off some feelings would help nudge them in that direction, but really, that only works if they’re looking for a place that’s safe. some people just aren’t.
and really, i don’t know where my feelings would end and hers would begin, as far as what’s valid to request or expect or feel. so i think it’s hard to know when you can ask someone to grow or change or try something. i don’t know.

Ask Laneia something brand new

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Do you find it annoying that people say “ why do you go to the gym when your so skinny?” i find it soooo fucking annoying, A) im there to tone my body B) it makes me feel good about myself and C) its healthy to go to the gym! do you agree or disagree?

i agree! there have been times in my life where it makes me really self-conscious because when i say “no, i can’t do [activity] because that’s when i’m going to the gym” everyone’s like “why you don’t need to go to the gym!” and i’m like huh? ‘cause i’m skinny? i should go sit at a bar and stare at a television with you because i am too skinny to care about my health? wtf?

so –

D) i’m fundamentally opposed to the idea that 'wanting to lose weight’ is the only reasonable reason for a person to go to the gym! that’s so fucked up and sick, right?

before i started exercising i couldn’t even touch my toes and i was super weak and felt like i couldn’t take care of myself. like i needed people to help me move things all the time. now i am super flexible and somewhat stronger but in general just feel more connected to my body, and i feel like it’s good “me-time” and makes me a happier person.

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Your thoughts on plagiarism?

yes, this one time someone totally plagiarized my taylor swift article on a feminist website which shall not be named and, after we emailed/commented the site like 10 times, she finally said well it was “inspired” by me, and meanwhile i had a lot of respect for the girl who started this well-respected site but felt very confused after this incident b/c she was not concerned and um, if it was “inspired” by me then you should link to me in the first paragraph, like every other human who wrote about that piece on the internet. literally it was like someone who didn’t know how to spell or make a sentence just paraphrased every single sentence of my post. that pissed me off.

don’t plagiarize, kids, it pisses me off

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How is dating a Canadian different from dating an American?

+ ‘a canadian’ has less pent-up anger
+ 'a canadian’ has more calming zen energies
+ 'a canadian’ is more patient than your average american
+ a canadian probably went to a good school and always had health care and therefore is particularly receptive to extended rants about the failures of the US public school system and anguish over a lack of health care
+ when you get really upset about the US and say 'let’s just move to canada’ it sounds more serious than when you say it to an american
+ the feeling of 'i’m sorry that our country is like this, but AREN’T I CUTE?! DON’T I MAKE AMERICA SEEM CUTER?!!“
+ a canadian is less likely to have been to disneyworld, less interested in talking to you about epcot center
+ a canadian is more equipped to balance out the pent-up anger, anxiety, impatientness and so forth of the american they are dating

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you never responded to my question :( was it too long?

as of this moment i have 86 unanswered questions, several of which are between 8 and 10 parts long. if it is one of those, yes, i have probably thought ‘how am i even supposed to answer this’ and kept scrolling, also it was probably not actually a question so much as a detailed synopsis of your life with 'what do i do?’ tagged onto the end. maybe someday we will have a formspring friday on AS with “top ten longest questions?” i don’t know. i love you but i don’t know what to do with that.

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I’m the kind of person who wanders through life fantasizing. I fantasize up whole scenarios involving people I know, am friends with, or hooked up with. It makes me feel kinda crazy. How do I stop? Other people don’t seem to do that…

i do that. or, i did that. you should stop. take some meditation classes or do yoga with the intention of staying present in each moment. it’s really important because there’s a whole lot of interesting / inspiring / exciting things happening for real right now. you should pay attention.

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