riese's pieces

fullscreen

greatest hits

movie features

Every Plot Of Every Lesbian Movie, Ever

“When did I become so silly! Look at me, riding horses and driving backwards on the highway! Who knew girls were so much like drugs or like aerial gymnastics?”

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Oct 22, 2015

death is sad

greatest hits

first person

Before You Know It Something’s Over

“He didn’t feel any pain. He died instantly.” That was how she told me that my father was dead. I was 14.

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Jun 15, 2014

disability

greatest hits

first person

Everything Hurts All The Time

“I hated my body and punished it, and it hated me and punished me back. Is that what happened? That’s the thing about getting sick the way I got sick:…

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Jan 29, 2014

criminal justice reform

greatest hits

tv feature

How “Real” Is “Orange Is The New Black”? Comparing The Show To The Memoir To The Numbers

A look at the stories behind the stories and the humans behind the characters and the numbers behind those stories in everybody’s favorite lezalicious prison dramedy.

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Aug 4, 2013

blog anything

greatest hits

first person

Like Love Was A Thing I Could Do

“Isn’t this what Valentine’s Day had always been to me? A pageant? An opportunity to try on the idea of being in love, being traditional, being a couple you could…

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Feb 14, 2013

greatest hits

here/queer

first person

Going Mad in New York City

“I feel like yelling at people,” she told me. I didn’t really grasp then that she meant that. This was the very first time. This was the day after Easter.

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Mar 30, 2012

america's next top model

reality tv

tv reviews

What Reality TV Does To Girls

Studies show reality tv makes girls more competitive and appearance-focused and I just read a book about reality TV so I have a lot of things to share with you.

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Nov 29, 2011

Daily Fix

death is sad

politics + activism

So, It’s The Tenth Anniversary of 9/11

The headline of The Onion today is: “Remembering 9/11 A Pleasure For Nation Compared To Remembering Past 10 Years.”

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Sep 11, 2011

christina santiago

death is sad

community

LGBT Activist Christina Santiago, 29, Was Here

Christina Santiago was killed in Indianapolis on Saturday when the stage collapsed. She was a brilliant activist and she was Gaby’s best friend.

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Aug 17, 2011

college

Daily Fix

society + culture

The Last Days of Gay Rutgers Student Tyler Clementi: New Questions, Some Answers

Dharun Ravi wants all charges against him dismissed — and the papers filed in his defense offer new insights into what happened to Tyler Clementi.

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Aug 14, 2011

Daily Fix

international news

society + culture

On the Tragedy in Norway

The lesbian couple who rescued 40 kids from Utoya Island, the killer’s anti-feminist anti-gay manifesto and an abbreviated story of what happened.

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Jul 28, 2011

greatest hits

ilene chaiken

television

The L Word Franchise: All I Wanna Say is That They Don’t Really Care About Us (Anymore)

I’m mad as hell and I’m not gonna take it anymore!

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Jun 10, 2011