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Marie Lyn Bernard, aka Riese, is a freelance journalist, award-winning writer, blogger, fictionist, copywriter, video-maker and aspiring cyber-performance artist who grew up in Michigan, got wise in New York City, and now lives in the San Francisco area. Her work has appeared in nine books including "The Bigger the Better, The Tighter The Sweater: 21 Funny Women on Beauty, Body Image and The Hazards of Being Female" and "The Best American Erotica of 2007," magazines including Marie Claire, GO, Curve, Interlude, NeXt, and CollegeBound, and all over the web including nerve.com, Jezebel, Emily Books and OurChart (RIP). She was the recapper for The L Word Online and host of Showtime’s Lezberado and her personal blog has earned many dubious honors including Best Personal Blog 2008 and Hottest Bloggers 2008. Riese has spoken about blogging, community-building, feminism, cyberculture and sexuality at places like BlogHer 2011, Yale, New York University, The University of Chicago and The Museum of Sex. A graduate of the University of Michigan, Interlochen Arts Academy and The Olive Garden's week-long training intensive; she enjoys eating foods, having big ideas, reading books & talking to her stuffed dog, Tinkerbell. Follow her smokin’ hot adventures on twitter.

Contact: riese[at]autostraddle.com

Zoe Saldana Bisexual: Responds With Ellipses When Asked About Prior Relationships With Women

“Promise me one thing — if you choose to [print the question "have you had a relationship with another woman?"] just put three dots as my response. That’s it.”

Things I Read That I Love #76: Astro-Ride!

Topics include the Khmer Rouge, crisis pregnancy centers + race-baiting, SamRo, coffee, Little House on the Prairie, grief, growing up gay and Kevyn Aucoin!

Glee Episode 422 Recap: All Or Nothing Or Everything Or Something Or Whatever

This week on Glee, everything ended. Because it was the last episode of the season. There will be more episodes next season though. So don’t worry about it. Also this episode was weird, so.

BREAKING: Zoe Saldana Is Bisexual Maybe, Definitely Wants To Raise Your Gayby

“I might end up with another woman, raising my children…that’s how androgynous I am.”

2013 GLAAD Awards San Francisco: Our Starry Starry Night With Adam Lambert, Brittney Griner and Ketel One

Alex, Riese, Marni and Mary hit up the GLAAD Awards in San Francisco last night and spent lots of quality time with Adam Lambert, Brittney Griner, Mel B & Jessica Clark!

May 10, 2013

Things I Read That I Love #75: Quinoa Cranberry Pilaf, Coregasm

Topics include New York’s fancy gentleman’s clubs, Thelma & Louise, porn in San Francisco, shitty jobs, domestic violence, oxycontin abuse, scientology, band names and so much more!

See The Fascinating Evolution of Cover Art From 12 Legendary Queer Books

Looking back at a century of cover designs from all over the world for beloved queer books like Tipping the Velvet, Orlando, The Color Purple, Annie on my Mind, Rubyfruit Jungle and more.

Delaware Legalizes Gay Marriage, We Won A Thing!

Delaware became the 11th state to legalize same-sex marriage today!

Glee Episode 421 Recap: Wonder-less

This week on Glee, everybody came back to Ohio for brunch at The Cracker Barrel and sang Stevie Wonder songs.

May 03, 2013

Things I Read That I Love #74: I'm The Dopest Ghost In Town

Topics include the kids of the movie “KIDS,” mental health care, public housing, women in the Middle East, SXSW, escaping North Korea, Texas beauty pageants, a year without internet and more!

Everybody Should Come Out, Or Not

Someone thinks Margaret Cho outed John Travolta, Fastrack thinks kids should come out, Ángeles Álvarez thinks lesbian politicians should come out, and now that Jason Collins is out, Andy West thinks everyone should come out.

April 29, 2013

12 Retrobad/AWESOME Moments In Lesbian Blazer-Wearing History

Lesbians have always mastered the blazer, but this also means that we were especially vulnerable to the late ’80s-’90s terrible/AWESOME Blazer Situation. You know the situation I’m talking about.

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April 27, 2013

Glee Episode 420 Recap: Lights Out, You Don't Wanna See This

This week on Glee it got super dark and super awk. Also: ballerinas!

April 26, 2013

Things I Read That I Love #73: Tear-Smeared Eyeliner

Topics include trans* fiction, female soliders in combat, GoFundMe, the Lady Jaguars, The Wronged Man, food stamps, 90′s slutgrungefashion, breast cancer, Web U, southern cuisine and so much more!

April 25, 2013

I Just Now Saw: Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Welcome to “I Just Now Saw,” a new column in which I attempt to conduct conversations about television shows you watched ten years ago and I just now saw for the first time. First up: BUFFY!

April 23, 2013

VIDEO: Hitler Reacts to "Lost Girl" Finale

“What do they think is going to happen online? They’re fucked! Especially when everything after 3.07 was such a mess. So many storylines were presented! I will leave a comment on the Showcase blog!”

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April 22, 2013

"Bomb Girls" Cancelled, Fuck Me In The Ear

“Bomb Girls” got cancelled today. They’re doing a two-hour movie though, so that’s nice. It’s nice, but it’s not what I wanted because what I wanted was 5 more seasons!

April 21, 2013

Glee Episode 419 Recap: Sweet Dreams Are Not Made Of This Episode

This week on Glee, The New Rachel dreamed a dream that Glee was good again and Marley-Kate wrote some songs with Lord Tubbington and Finn missed sociology!

April 19, 2013

Glee Renewed For Two More Seasons, Fuck Me In The Ear

I’d like to thank Teen Jesus, who I have prayed to every night for additional seasons of this occasional hellscape.

April 19, 2013

Things I Read That I Love #72: Even If She Was Gay Emotionally

Topics include Gia Carnagi, Jenna Lyons, Dodd-Frank, solitary confinement, day care, Q*bert, Khadijah Williams, Prom 1995, Shutterbabe and more!

April 18, 2013

Top WNBA Draft Pick Brittney Griner Is Gay

“Just be who you are. Don’t worry about what other people are going to say, because they’re always going to say something, but, if you’re just true to yourself, let that shine through.”

April 17, 2013

ABC Family's "The Fosters": Two Lovely Gay Ladies Bringing Up Four Very Lovely Kids

Here’s your first look at ABC Family’s “The Fosters,” exec-produced by J-Lo and starring “a multi-ethnic family mix of foster and biological kids being raised by two moms.”

April 14, 2013

VIDEO: The First "Hunger Games: Catching Fire" Teaser-Trailer Is Here (!!!!!!)

“Katniss Everdeen is a symbol. We don’t have to destroy her, just her image.”

April 12, 2013

Things I Read That I Love #71: He Wasn't Weaving Bark Shoes

Topics include three strikes laws, Nick Offerman & Megan Mullally, the Mount Rainier shooting, YA novel covers, Ms., Naked Joe, domestic violence, photographers in Juárez and more!

April 10, 2013

23 Vintage Young Adult Novel Covers With Major Lesbian Subtext

Nobody was surprised to hear that Mallory hates boys (and gym).

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