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Hello sunrises and sunsets!
Look, we made (ourselves) a thing!
1st row: Carrie's breakfast, Yvonne's collage, Sarah's A-Camp workshop, Kayla's Dixie Chicks shirt, Molly's fire, Rachel's packing list2nd row: Stef's balloon arch, Cee's macrame, Riese's wedding zine for Laneia, Laura's warehouse of blenders, Abeni's t-shirt line3rd row: Laneia's flat rabbit, Siobhan's shirt, Heather's old fashioned, Valerie's painting, Alexis's collage, Tiara's jacket
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Riese is the 41-year-old Co-Founder 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 Los Angeles. Her work has appeared in nine books, 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. She's Jewish and has a cute dog named Carol. Follow her on twitter and instagram.
Riese has written 3251 articles for us.