Letter From Your Editors
Hello Harrys and Sally!
Look at everybody just really committed to existing this year:
1st row: Malic // Casey // Adrian // Sarah // Laneia2nd row: Dani // Meg // Carolyn // Heather // Himani3rd row: Shelli // Drew // KaeLyn // Kayla // Malic again bc we didn't have enough to fill out the whole collage HI MALIC :)
I don't think any of us would've predicted the 2019 we've had — wild highs, devastating lows, areas of unexpected progress and so much overdue reckoning and rebuilding. And even though it's hard to imagine from this stationary bike that is literally going nowhere (as I write this on my notes app on the gym), I do think we are getting somewhere. And we couldn't have done that without your support.
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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.
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