Welp, it's a holiday of some significance to some people — maybe you, maybe not you — but regardless, we think you deserve a present. Last time we made you a video, you were pretty into it, so we thought we'd do that again. Thanks for bearing with us through podcast mishaps and one of the weirdest fucking years in the history of humanity.
Sometimes this website focuses on a thing for a time and sometimes that time lasts longer than initially planned, and maybe all the holidays stuff we do can feel like that. But I don't know, y'all, we just like the spirit of this season. It's not a religious thing (although it certainly is for many!), it's a "let's have fun and give each other things and be extra nice to strangers!" time. It can be a hard ...
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Riese is the 43-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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