Letter From Your Editor
Hello books I don't want to return to the library! Welcome to another thrilling edition of The Insider, a tiny community newsletter about how I'm scared I'll never be a real grown-up if I can't figure out how to start conversations with other human beings. Anyhow, this month we all watched Orange is the New Black:
Top row, L to R: Riese, Brittani, Heather, Vial of Piper’s white girl tears, Aja drinking Piper’s white girl tears, Audrey, Yao Middle row, L to R: Robin, Alley, Lizz, Stef, KaeLyn, Maddie, Hannah Bottom row, L to R: Chelsey, Carmen, Mari, Gabby and Laura watching Alex Vause together via the internet, Lydia, Rachel, Yvonne
And that's how that went. Seriously though, look at how amazing Kaelyn is, and also Y...
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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 3238 articles for us.
