Letter From Your Editors
Hello pumpkins!
Well, it's been 97 years since last we spoke to you in an A+ Insider, since every day lasts three years now. Happy Halloween by the way, here are some costumes we wore in the past that we're still pretty stoked about:
1st row: Stef (Courtney Love), KaeLyn (hippie), Carmen (Tinkerbell), Siobhan (The Morrigan), Laneia (Wednesday Addams), Alexis (ghost), Heather (Karate Kid)2nd row: Valerie Anne (Snow White), Casey (Princess), Vanessa (Miss Piggy), Riese (Sexy Robin Hood), Molly P (old man), Kayla (witch)3rd row: Rachel (librarian), Al (dad), Raquel (Velma), Sarah (Army gal), Carrie (punk), Yvonne (Selena)
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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.
Riese has written 3279 articles for us.
