Vanessa

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Vanessa is a writer, a teacher, and the community editor at Autostraddle. Very hot, very fun, very weird. Find her on twitter and instagram.

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four abstractly illustrated figures engage in a celebratory kinky dance. from left to right we have someone with top surgery scars wearing assless chaps, connected bvia a pair of cuffs to a person who is blindfolded and wearing cut out underwear, who is dancing next to someone in a mask and what appears to abe a full body rope bind, and followed by a person in a fishnet, corset and ballgag waving a flogger above their head. The figures are featureless and hairless and purple and the kink elements are red

How to Find Local Kink Community and Also How to Hire a Sex Worker

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Vanessa and PB pose in front of a pool in bathing suits, wearing sunglasses. Vanessa's sunglasses are red and heart-shaped. PB's are clear with greenish lenses. PB is white and has blonde hair that is long on top and under a hat with a swoop of bangs visible and with shaved sides. Vanessa is also white with long brown hair she is wearing up.

Things I’ve Never Asked My Girlfriend About Wildflowers, Baby Names and Time Travel

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A person with green skin and long pink hair looks off to the side with their arms folded against a black background. Two people behind them (a person with purple skin and blue hair and a person with blue skin and purple hair) touch their foreheads together.

S L I C K: How to Fuck Your Friends

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A fat queer femme lays down in the darkness, her arm extended to snap a selfie with her phone, which streams down a surreal glow over her face. Her hand cups the back of her head which has long, wavy blue hair.

S L I C K: Hank & Melanie

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mental health

Wellness Vibes Week 2020

In 2020 I Dare You to Be Honest With Yourself About What You Really Need

health

In 2020 I Dare You to Be Honest With Yourself About What You Really Need

Commit to your life, babe. Start today.

Vanessa —

Jan 17, 2020

pizza party friday

yeast infections

Did You Know You Can Test The pH Balance Of Your Vagina In Your Very Own Home?

health

Did You Know You Can Test The pH Balance Of Your Vagina In Your Very Own Home?

I’m going to be honest with you: this post is happening because no one responded to my query on Twitter.

Vanessa —

Jan 10, 2020

holigay open thread

new year's eve

We’re Ready For Ya, 2020: A NYE Round Table & Open Thread

holigays

We’re Ready For Ya, 2020: A NYE Round Table & Open Thread

Let 2020 be the year we figure out what we actually need, and let’s scheme and dream about how we’re gonna achieve it.

Vanessa —

Dec 31, 2019

pizza party friday

If You Delete Your Texts, How Do You Save Your Receipts?

geekery

If You Delete Your Texts, How Do You Save Your Receipts?

The Autostraddle team has an impromptu discussion about our own personal phone policies surrounding screenshots, text receipts, being petty, saving contacts, and…cat photos.

Vanessa —

Dec 27, 2019

holigay open thread

open thread

OPEN THREAD: Listen I Just Like The Word Christmakwanzakah Okay?

holigays

OPEN THREAD: Listen I Just Like The Word Christmakwanzakah Okay?

You will have a better time hanging out in this Autostraddle open thread than you will hanging out on Twitter today, I promise. It’s science!

Vanessa —

Dec 24, 2019

How to Have Phone Sex: A Detailed Guide

lesbian sex

How to Have Phone Sex: A Detailed Guide

Here’s a very thorough how to guide for approaching phone sex, from a chatty Capricorn slut whose greatest (PG-13) talent in life is never shutting up.

Vanessa —

Dec 19, 2019

instagram

Lists/Top 10s

17 Very Good Queer Meme Instagram Accounts to Follow

culture

17 Very Good Queer Meme Instagram Accounts to Follow

Good queer memes will make you smile and laugh and cry and accept the mortifying ordeal of being known.

Vanessa —

Dec 17, 2019

hanukkah

holiday gift guide

rei plus size hiking gift guide

christmas

Holigay Gift Guide: For Queer Hiking Babes of All Shapes and Sizes

Happy hiking, homos! I look forward to seeing you out there.

Vanessa —

Dec 11, 2019

holigay open thread

open thread

OPEN THREAD: Can We Make Today Extremely Gay?

holigays

OPEN THREAD: Can We Make Today Extremely Gay?

Can I just say – how is it the end of November…again?

Vanessa —

Nov 28, 2019

advice

Unfortunately There Is Such a Thing as Too Much Processing; Here’s How Not To

dating

Unfortunately There Is Such a Thing as Too Much Processing; Here’s How Not To

A hot take: processing literally everything all the time is not only *not good*, it is actually *bad*!

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Nov 26, 2019

holiday gift guide

Autostraddle’s Ultimate Team Holigay Gift Guide 2019: We’re So Tired, Will These Things Make Us Less Tired?

holigays

Autostraddle’s Ultimate Team Holigay Gift Guide 2019: We’re So Tired, Will These Things Make Us Less Tired?

Here’s a brief glimpse into the deepest materialistic desires of Team Autostraddle – these are all the things we want besides a very long nap!

Vanessa —

Nov 25, 2019

two friends with their arms around each other being happy

friendship

6 Easy Steps for Fucking Your Friends Without Fucking Up the Friendship

Let’s rebrand fall as Sex With Friends Season rather than Cuffing Season, yeah?

Vanessa —

Oct 24, 2019