Autostraddle (sometimes abbreviated as ASS or A/S) is a website for women of non-hetero orientations that features articles and images on different topics that are of concern to non-heterosexual women such as genderpolitics, feminism, sexuality, gay rights, etc.
The term itself is something of a joke to its readers which is essentially straddling something or someone, or humping said object/individual.
Person 1: I found the BEST article about being genderqeer on Autostraddle today! It was so informative.
The grindset is a contemporary ideology of self-exploitation disguised as strength, deeply tied to the aesthetics of the “sigma male” and to new digital forms of patriarchy. It promotes the idea that human worth depends on productivity, economic success, absolute emotional control, and the ability to work endlessly, turning vulnerability, rest, community, and tenderness into signs of weakness. Beneath its rhetoric of discipline and power often lies a profound inability to relate healthily to pain, fragility, and human interdependence.
“That’s the grindset, brother. While weak men sleep and complain, sigma males stay disciplined, work in silence, suppress emotions, and build power while everyone else wastes time chasing comfort.”