1.0Autostraddlehttps://www.autostraddle.comthe teamhttps://www.autostraddle.com/author/the-team/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="KB4s9tZHZc"><a href="https://www.autostraddle.com/whats-your-root-autostraddle-editors-remember-what-brought-them-to-this-website-for-the-first-time-253130/">What’s Your “Root?” Autostraddle Editors Remember What Brought Them to This Website for the First Time</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.autostraddle.com/whats-your-root-autostraddle-editors-remember-what-brought-them-to-this-website-for-the-first-time-253130/embed/#?secret=KB4s9tZHZc" width="600" height="338" title="“What’s Your “Root?” Autostraddle Editors Remember What Brought Them to This Website for the First Time” — Autostraddle" data-secret="KB4s9tZHZc" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://www.autostraddle.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/New-AS-1024x611.png?fit=1024%2C6111024611For a myriad of reasons, we all somehow ended up clicking over to this very special place called Autostraddle Dot Com at some pivotal point in our queermo lives, and now we're all still here making it happen! In this roundtable, our editors and writers share their "root" — the posts that brought them here for the first time.