Riese, Author at Autostraddle

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Joined A-Team: March 2009

Articles written: 3016

About Riese

Riese is the 40-year-old Co-Founder and CEO of Autostraddle.com as well as an award-winning writer, video-maker, LGBTQ+ Marketing consultant and aspiring cyber-performance artist who grew up in Michigan, lost her mind in New York and now lives in California. Her work has appeared in nine books including "The Bigger the Better The Tighter The Sweater: 21 Funny Women on Beauty, Body Image & Other Hazards Of Being Female," magazines including Marie Claire and Curve, and all over the web including Nylon, Queerty, Nerve, Bitch, Emily Books and Jezebel. She had a very popular personal blog once upon a time, and then she recapped The L Word, and then she had the idea to make this place, and now here we all are! In 2016, she was nominated for a GLAAD Award for Outstanding Digital Journalism. Follow her on twitter and instagram.

Riese's Featured Posts on Autostraddle

Riese's Work Elsewhere on the Internet

Hayley Kiyoko: American Teen Lesbian Heartthrob, for Nylon Magazine
Style Like Eileen Myles, for Emily Books
Prolific Lesbian Burglars Thwarted by Lion, for Jezebel
Design for Living, for nerve.com
All I Know Is That I Should, for autowin
Dirty Girls

All Posts on Autostraddle

Warrior nun: Ava has one arm around a nervous-looking Beatrice

TV Feature

GLAAD Report Confirms Cancellations Are Killing The Vibe For LGBTQ+ TV Characters

cancelled TV shows collage

TV Lists

48 TV Shows With Lesbian, Bisexual and Queer Characters Cancelled After One Season

Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

Sarah Paulson and Tig Notaro’s Lesbian Party Bus, Explained

top row: The King and I, West Side Story, The Year of Living Dangerously, The Blind Side. Second row: Monsters Ball, Traffic, Moonlight, Everything Everywhere All At Once

Movie Features

Race and Appropriation at the Academy Awards: A 95 Year History

still from Everything Everywhere All At Once

Movie News & Trailers

“Everything Everywhere All At Once” Makes Lesbian History at the Oscars

Movie Features

Oscars 2023: Two Queers Discuss the Pretty Gay 95th Academy Awards

group of contestants and suitors from "Love Trip: Paris"(Freeform/Adeline Lulo)

TV Feature

Reality Show “Love Trip: Paris” Ends With a Lesbian Knuckle Tattoo and Intact Relationships

Feature Image of quiz results: Talullah Bankhead, Mercedes De Acosta, Barbara Stanwyck, Marlene Dietrich. Row Two: Hattie McDaniel, Katharine Hepburn, Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford

Quiz: Which Actress From Early Hollywood’s Sapphic “Sewing Circle” Are You?

March 2023 Streaming Guide, top row: Wreck, Yellowjackets, Class of 07, Mae Martin. Bottom row: Perry Mason, Turning the Tables With Robin Roberts, The Big Door Prize,

March 2023: What’s New, Gay and Streaming on Netflix, Showtime, HBO Max, Hulu, Prime Video, Disney+, Starz and Paramount+

Netflix tv shows collage

TV Lists

60 Best Queer and Lesbian Netflix TV Shows

TV Lists

All 230 Dead Lesbian and Bisexual Characters On TV, And How They Died

Perfect Match. (L to R) Abbey Humphreys, Francesca Farago in episode 08 of Perfect Match. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix / © 2023 Netflix, Inc.

TV Feature

Francesca Farago Only Stayed On “Perfect Match” ‘Cause They Let Her Date a Woman

business manager overlooking a colleague struggling while working at a computer desk at the office.

Society + Culture

LGBTQ+ Population Growth Has Stalled Despite Our Best Efforts

Francesca with a tampon string coming out of her mouth while Dom sits next to her disappointed

TV Feature

“Perfect Match”‘s Francesca Farago Pulled Out a Woman’s Tampon With Her Teeth and We’re Obsessed

lesbian movies on netflix — a collage of Netflix films: The Prom, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Fear Street, Bruised, I care A Lot, Ride or Die, The Half of It and Do Revenge

Movie Lists

LGBTQ+ Movies To Stream on Netflix With Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans Characters

The contestants of Love Trip: Paris posing smiling

TV Reviews

“Love Trip: Paris” Dares to Send Three Queers to Gay Paree To French Kiss Their Single Life Goodbye

PARIS, FRANCE - OCTOBER 04: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY - For Non-Editorial use please seek approval from Fashion House) Kristen Stewart attends the Chanel Womenswear Spring/Summer 2023 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on October 04, 2022 in Paris, France. (Photo by Kristy Sparow/Getty Images)

Pop Culture

Iconic: Queer Icon Kristen Stewart Playing Queer Icon Susan Sontag in Upcoming Biopic

Collage of Hulu movies: Anais in Love, Happiest Season, Crush, Tell it to the Bees, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, the miseducation of cameron post, the feels and Happiest Season

Movie Lists

25 Lesbian Movies on Hulu That You Can Watch Right Now For Fun If You Want

Riese and Gretchen at the top of a hike, Riese is kissing Gretchen's cheek. Los Angeles is in the background.

A+

Interview With My Girlfriend: Gretchen

Streaming Guide Collage: top row shows Harlem, The Watchful Eye, Love Match: Paris and Bel-Air. Bottom row shows a Million Little Things, Your Place or Mine, Attachment, Star Trek Picard, Harley Quin and Planet Sex With Cara Delevingne

February 2023: What’s New, Gay and Streaming on Netflix, HBO Max, Hulu, Prime Video, Peacock, Disney+, Shudder and Paramount+

The L Word: Generation Q

Our Charts: Three Generation Q Infographics

Alice / Bette + Tina / Sophie + Dani

The L Word: Generation Q

The L Word Generation Q Episode 310 Recap: Looking Full Steam Ahead I Guess

Lesbian weddings feature image: Friends, Glee, The fosters, Wynonna Earp, The chi, Grey's Anatomy and Nomi + Amanita

Lesbian Weddings on TV: From Carol and Susan to Bette and Tina

3-piece collage: Dani + Sophie laughing, Alice on her scooter, Bette and Tina

The L Word Generation Q Episode 309 Recap: Quiet Before The Firestorm

Sophie + Dani / Bette + Tina / Finley + Carrie

The L Word: Generation Q

L Word Generation Q Season 3: Everything We Know

three part collage: Angie and Shane, group hug around Finley, and Dre and Dani giggling on the couch

L Word Generation Q Episode 308 Recap: Quality Time Salts All Wounds

two girls sitting in a restaurant gazing at each other gayly

TV News & Trailers

PSA: Those Two Gay Minutes of “Kaleidoscope” Is All There Is

collage of new shows premiering in January 2023

January 2023: What’s New, Gay and Streaming on Netflix, HBO Max, Hulu, Prime Video, Peacock, Apple TV and AMC+

collage: Finley and Carrie at bowling, Alice and Tom handling a kitten, Dani and Dre at the release party

L Word Generation Q Episode 307 Recap: Little Boxes Made of Ticky Tacky

top row: McDonalds Sandwich grid, TLWGQ photo, Zendaya in a commercial, A League of Their Own quiz. Second row: Golden Girls, best queer movies, Stardew Valley, Jodi Comer

Straddleverse

Autostraddle’s Most Popular Stories of 2022

collage: finly & sophie, shane as a captain, alice and dana embracing

The L Word: Generation Q

The L Word Generation Q Episode 306 Recap: Questions For Us All Together On Drugs

feature image of the best tv shows of 2022 according to autostraddle

TV Lists

The Best TV Shows of 2022 With LGBTQ Women and Non-Binary Characters

Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

JoJo Siwa and Avery Cyrus’s Breakup Incites Unprecedented Levels of Fallout, Gossip, Speculation and Sapphic Chaos

L Word Generation Q Episode 305 Recap: Locked Out of My Mind

Lesbian Christmas movie collage: Column One: Christmas Clapback, Picture Perfect Christmas, You Make It Feel Like Christmas. Column 2: Let it Snow, a New York Christmas Wedding, Ghosting the Spirit of Christmas. Column 3: Happiest Season, Under the Christmas Tree. Column 4:

31 Christmas Movies With Lesbian, Bisexual, Queer or Trans Characters

Kehlani, Shane + Tess's Mom, Dani + Roxy

L Word Generation Q Episode 304 Recap: Last To Know It All

Collage of items from the post: watch, queer tarot deck,

85 LGBTQ+ Owned Businesses and Queer Shops To Support This Holiday Season!

Alice + Sophie surprised / Kehlani is hot / Shane and Finley dancing

The L Word: Generation Q

The L Word: Generation Q Episode 303 Recap: Quiz Showdown

Collage of December Streaming properties: My Unorthodox Life, Bros, Sort Of, Doom Patrol, Mack & Rita, Gossip Girl, The Almond & the Seahorse

December 2022: What’s New and Gay on HBO Max, Netflix, Prime Video, Peacock, Hulu, Paramount+ and Prime Video?

Bette and Tina sitting at Dana's with Shane

Jennifer Beals Is Stepping Back From “The L Word,” Deepening Our Collective Mommi Issues

collage of quiz results: Top Row is Finley, Micah, Gigi, Sophie. Bottom row is Shane, Dani, Alice, Bette.

Quiz: Which Gen Q Character Is “The One” For You?

Three pics: Sophie & Finley on the couch, Gigi in a bra and Shane, Tess and Alice at the art gallery

The L Word: Generation Q

The L Word Generation Q Episode 302 Recap: Los Angeles Traffic Jam

Colorado Springs Club Q victims: Raymond Green, Derrick Rump, Ashley Paugh, Daniel Davis Aston and Kelly Loving

Politics + Activism

These Are the Five Victims of the Club Q Shooting in Colorado Springs

Three pic collage for L Word 301 recap: Alice in a vest and pink pants, Sophie and FInley sitting on the curb outside Dana's, Bette at the mic on stage bathed in purple light wearing an off-the-shoulder dress

The L Word Generation Q 301 Recap: Last Year I Gave You My Heart

Diverse group of young women posing for a group photo before practising soft ball at the outdoor city park field.

Relationships

The 68 Absolutely Gayest Ways You Met Your Gay Partner(s), According to the 2022 Reader Survey

prolific actors collage: jillian

Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

The 60 Most Prolific Lesbian and Bisexual Women and Nonbinary Actors

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 12: Kit Connor attends the Attitude Awards 2022 at The Roundhouse on October 12, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by John Phillips/Getty Images)

Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

Kit Connor Was Forced To Come Out Because Everybody Is Using “Queerbaiting” Wrong

Top Row: Elite, Sex Lives of College Girls, The L Word Generation Q, Leverage: Redemption // Row 2: Manifest, The Big Brunch, Nope, Dead to Me, Mythic Quest, Wrong Place

November 2022: What’s New and Gay on Netflix, HBO Max, Showtime, Peacock, Hulu, Disney+ and Prime Video?

TV Feature

Why is Season 3 of “Love is Blind” So Heterosexual?

girl in a yellow hoodie drinking a hot cup with a cold straw

Identity

46 Very Special Ways You Explained Your Sexual or Romantic Orientation on the 2022 Autostraddle Reader Survey

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