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Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna

i just dropped out of college. I know its the right thing to do, and the AS article helped. I need to recover from a secret eating disorder and come out- my college year was spent hanging out with homophobes and starving. i’m scared to take time for me.

don’t be, it’s ok

i was at the gym swimming laps on coffee/emptiness when i decided to drop out of sarah lawrence because something wasn’t right and i seemed to be accumulating various eds like hobbies and i hated all my friends

i took a semester off, moved to nyc. then in the fall transferred to umich, and felt a lot more clear-headed. like i knew who i was, separate from any kind of institutional structure. i still didn’t like who i was, but at least i KNEW, you know? and then i sat in class and felt lucky that i had years of nonstop learning ahead of me, felt lucky for the structure, felt ready for it.

not graduating college was never an option for me, so when i left i knew i’d go back. that’s different for everyone.

sometimes you just have a really complicated “me” and i think it’s okay to call a timeout to figure out your shit, you know? ‘cause you’re gonna have to do it eventually. now sounds good for you.

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I know a lot about weed! Here is an anonymous weed formspring I made for people with questions so people will stop bothering you! (I came up with the price equation for laneia’s brownies question) http://www.formspring.me/potostraddle

ok you guys if you have questions about pot or pot sandwich recipies, you can ask this person.

someone in charge should really remind me that talking about drugs all the time will ensure we never ever get actual advertisers on autostraddle

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How many concerts have you been to? Which was the best?

I’ve been staring at this question for a month and still can’t name the ‘best’ concert, there have been so many and I’ve realised that they’re all very good for completely different reasons. Here are the ones I’ve liked the most, and why -
for energy - Green Day and the Deftones
for fire - Cold War Kids and Holly Miranda
for fun - Pink, Sia and Amanda Palmer
for innocence - Michelle Branch and Hilary Duff

Also last night I went to see Sufjan Stevens in concert and it was absolutely charming.

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I’m at college and I’m sick and I have a phobia of being sick and I just miss my mom and want her to take care of me but she’s mad at me because of being a baby queer and I’m scared. You’re a mom right? Just tell me it will be ok.

IT WILL BE OK. i’m sorry you’re sick and that your mom is mad b/c you like boobs. here is the plan:
find a person to procure these items for you
+ miso soup <— important
+ green / mint / chamomile tea
+ small orange juice / an orange
+ banana
+ ginger ale
+ saltine crackers
+ nyquil / unisom
+ tissue with lotion
+ some sort of dvd situation, like mean girls or empire records or almost famous. something. the last time i was sick i watched hilary duff in a cindarella story. that was special.

or i hear there are clinics on campus? mayhaps you should pay them a visit.
BE WELL YOUNG QUEERS OF THE FUTURE

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I’m 21.mostly just hangout with friends but i dont really go out there & hit on ppl.a friend told me:you either sit there and wait or do sumthin so im debating about okcupid. what do i do when ppl msg me?the thought of meeting a stranger is just weird/idk

i don’t know what to do when people message you. i have - wait lemme check - TWENTY-EIGHT unanswered messages in my inbox. um. i don’t know.
i have no idea.
i think it only works if you reply to the messages. i don’t know.
i’ve come to realize that i don’t know how to talk to people who don’t already know me from the internet. this is pathetic. don’t be pathetic like me.

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(also related to weed) pipe is the best way imho. and i do not like magic brownies i feel like that’s just a waste of weed. your take on this?

wow ok i am getting a lot of questions about weed so let’s back up.

i don’t know anything about pot.
i’ve had pot brownies once.

i don’t know how to roll a joint
i don’t know how much an ounce is
or however it is that weed is measured
i would need a refresher course on using a bong
i’ve been accused of “not really inhaling” by ~7 people
i’ve never smoked weed during the day unless someone else was and asked me if i wanted to participate
i think that’s b/c i usually go to the gym at some point, and it just makes me sleepy during the day.
80% of the weed i smoke is after 11pm
i don’t know what different strains of weed are called besides that i feel like one is called diesel

i’ve only become comfortable even talking about weed maybe like two months ago or something.
i didn’t smoke even semi-regularly until i started writing those godforsaken l word recaps which required constant substance abuse in order to make the material exciting

in other words, i dunno. i smoke a lot now but don’t know anything about it still, really. i like joints because they look cooler and seem more casual, pipes always make me think of the crystal meth people on intervention and bongs make me think of ‘dazed and confused’ and joints make me think of badass kids who had a joint tucked in with their cigarettes.

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I’m going to a concert with my friend who I’m in love with and she knows this and she likes me too but she has a girlfriend. And we’re staying at a hotel together, just us. I’m going crazy. What do I do? Why is life so complicated, Riese?

i think if life got too easy we would forget we are alive
i think

i could say how hooking up with your friend in the hotel is irresponsible and will only get messy down the road, but
let’s be real when it’s dark and you’re alone there’s no roads or responsibility.

if you do DO anything, it’s on her to make the first move.
she has a girlfriend. respect that.

if nothing happens – good, you’re probs avoiding a lot of drama and heartache.

if something happens – you’ll probably feel like your limbs are on fire the next day. don’t have any expectations, and if she starts treating you differently out of guilt/fear, call her out.

don’t have any expectations.
but hold onto your share, don’t get stuck with the short end of the stick.

i tend to believe that if something is meant to be, it will be. obvs, right.

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