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Hi hi. I want to make my girlfriend a cute/crafty little gift. I know you’re somewhat of a DIY aficionado… So, do you have any suggestions of what to make? Your help would be greatly appreciated! :P

hi hello. my favorite thing to make / receive is a cigar box full of random stuff that is somehow connected to me / her / us. the possibilities are more or less as endless as your own creativity / memory. tape things to the inside of the lid.
you’d be surprised how much life you can fit into a cigar box.

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laneia i can’t concentrate on my school work! You are a Mom. Please tell me to get off facebook and put my face in a book. Be stern.

YOU HAVE TO SET GOALS FOR YOURSELF.
example:
“After I write [number larger than 2] paragraphs, I will open a new tab and check facebook for 10 full minutes AND THEN I WILL CLOSE THAT FUCKING TAB and write [number larger than 2] paragraphs and open a new tab for facebook, etc.”
or
“I will work for 1.5 hours without checking any social media. When my time is up, I will spend 25 minutes checking every social media.”
It’s like when I don’t let myself have a glass of wine until after I’ve folded the laundry AND PUT IT AWAY.
DAMN IT WOMAN, DO YOU WANT TO END UP LIVING IN THE SAME SHIT TOWN FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE?? DO YOUR FUCKING HOMEWORK.

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Is it normal to be a complete shit? My basic reaction to just about everything that happens to any one of my friends is selfish, and I’m pretty sure I cover well and am a reasonably nice person to know, but does being nice come naturally to some people?

maybe you need better friends
you should be nice to everyone ideally
in lieu of that, be nice to the people you love
and be nice to the people that are nice to you
that shouldn’t be hard

i don’t think being “nice” comes naturally to me but i love everybody so much and being nice to them is the only thing i can do to show them how much i love them

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I am 24 and I have only been out for only two years. I have been with two girls, but neither of them had very much experience (sexually, duh) either. I’m going on a date with a girl this sat. and she seems very… experienced. Now I’m all nervous. Advice?

2 options:
1. ask her to show you what she likes in a cute voice
2. act “as if”
3. sometimes you feel like you don’t know what to do (sexually, duh). we’ve all been there. but the thing is that if it’s the right person, you sorta just somehow know what to do all of a sudden. it’s one of the most fascinating aspects of sex, really

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WOAH wait sorry, Heh i did it wrong pushed send to FAST SORREE!! lol but anyways, i have a problem, Im bi and im 19 i am with a guy, hes super sweet and cute and fun and i love him, alot, but i cant seem to stop think about girlz! idk what to do??? HELP?

probably find a lesbian and make her fall in love with you and make out with her on the side but refuse to let her hold your hand in public and refuse to tell your boyfriend and then when he finds out anyhow, talk her into a threesome and she’ll do it because that’s how bad she loves you, and she already does so much for you, but things aren’t ever the same after that, and then you’ll be scared to lose your boyfriend, and then rip her heart out, tell her you would never want to be openly gay and it’s just easier to be with a man, and then go onto autostraddle’s bisexual open thread and she’ll be there, complaining about you and all bisexuals everywhere and I will be screaming at her about stereotyping bisexuals and how absurd it is to write off an entire sexuality of human beings.

no but for serious. people keep asking me questions like this.
+ if you are in a MONOGAMOUS relationship and would rather be having sex with someone else – anyone, regardless of gender or sexuality – and you are sure that it is not a passing fancy or a tough spot in the relationship that’s worth moving past, you should talk to your partner about it or you should break up.
+ i had a boyfriend when i was 23 and couldn’t stop thinking about girls so i broke up with him. so that’s what i would do. i dated boys and girls after and sort of figured myself out in the process.

but what should you do?
i don’t know.
i can’t possibly know any better than you can.
i can’t tell if you’re asking me to define your sexuality for you
or assess your relationship.
i don’t know why i’m answering this question instead of the 215 other questions in my formspring inbox, 15 of which are just like this question.
why am i rambling on this one instead of the 215 others i think because it opened with ‘WOAH wait sorry, Heh’

i don’t know why i have so many formspring questions
when i am such a fundamentally ridiculous person

sometimes i feel like it’s dangerous for me to tell anybody what to do ever

sometimes i just want to type:
follow your heart
be nice to people who are nice to you
stick to the stuff that makes you smile and laugh
make a mark on the world
do what you must do
this is our time on the edge
be alive

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