In this sex diary: Tinder spanking dates, post-breakup anxieties, sex in a tent, and a lot of thoughts on fucking your friends.

Nothing stays the same forever, and that includes our bods; here’s the Autostraddle team talking about how they’ve noticed their bodies aging and what that’s like.

“I’m eating a candy cane and drinking wine and am like WOW I GUESS I NEVER LEAVE NOW”

“I don’t really view those choices and connections as mistakes, because anything I did that I overall don’t regret isn’t really a mistake.”

“we’re naked the whole time but somehow it is not hot and more sad than anything else”

“i do love that you are holding barefoot wine in that nervous breakdown picture”

“Little A+ box, I just wanted you to know that today I did my part in helping to burn the patriarchy to the ground.”

*Law and Order sound* these are our stories — Autostraddle staffers share how they personally identify (or don’t!) and why.

Our BIGGEST ADVICE BOX EVER! Highlights include: tips for lesbian sex on an airplane, helping others to use your correct pronouns, how to survive a family holiday, getting over your first high school heartbreak, getting out of an abusive relationship, finding new friends as a queer adult, and dental dams! Just to name a few!

Forgiveness may be an attribute of the strong, but we also have the memory of an elephant.

How do you make a gif? I need a gif of Shane saying “where do you LIVE Mark??” Do you know the scene Im talking about?

“Amazingly, neither the training bra nor my actual boobs magically solved my very typical and very sad self-image issues.”

Real life worries from readers like you! Including: coming out at any age, getting comfortable with butt sex, and so many questions about moving! Get ready! It’s a party!

“All horror is queer culture, as is Halloween as you correctly stated, and the 1970s in general, AND all final girls are queer culture in a very specific way that can only be discussed when you’re extremely high during a full moon.”

Capitalism! So neat!

“also can you truly — in your true heart — think of a better headline than “i put a sheet mask on my cunt””

“I never went into it planning to be a monster, and I think that actually always made it worse.”

“I DON’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT BEING INTENSELY EMOTIONAL OR BAD WITH BOUNDARIES SOUNDS FAKE”

“for a second i was like…………….did i break this channel
with my confession”

“always happy for the opportunity to turn our community’s collective missteps into content”