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VIDEO! Getting In Bed with Kristin + Riese: Holiday Gifting & Parties & More!

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Dec 18, 2017
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Riese got in bed with me and we showered the universe with all of our gift ideas, our party thoughts, a tiny Christmas tree, and the socks my mother-in-law gave me for my birthday. ‘Twas a wonderful time had by all, and might even contain some tips for you as you scramble for gifts!

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Getting In Bed with Kristin & Riese: Gifting, Holiday Parties, & More! | December 10, 2017 from autostraddle on Vimeo.


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Hello! My name is Kristin Russo and I am a writer, speaker, educator and consultant with a focus on LGBTQ issues. I co-direct Autostraddle’s A-Camp, I co-founded Everyone Is Gay &  My Kid Is Gay and authored This is a Book for Parents of Gay Kids (Chronicle, 2014). I also worked as host and producer of First Person, a video series on gender and sexuality from PBS Digital and WNET & have a Master’s in Gender Studies from the CUNY Graduate Center. Last but certainly not least, I co-host & produce of Buffering the Vampire Slayer alongside musician Jenny Owen Youngs, which was named one of Time’s Top 50 Podcasts of 2018 and selected as one of Esquire’s Top 10 Podcasts of 2018!

Kristin has written 61 articles for us.

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    December 19, 2017 at 11:00 am

    Did my partner send the “I only have a gift for my new girlfriend’s cat” a year ago, because that’s exactly what I got
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Monday Roundtable: Feels Like the First Time

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The Autostraddle Insider: Issue 41, November/December 2017

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