Welcome to the second edition of Baby Steps, my little blog about a human baby that will be born in February and will live in our home and eat our food and cry all night but also, ideally, look very cute in onesies! Last time we talked about how we got pregnant and today we’re talking about how we told people and how, as we discovered on a trip home to see Gretchen's family, the topic of pregnancy has a lot of potential when it comes to having conversations and strengthening ties with heterosexuals.
But first — in Baby Steps #1, I invited questions and suggestions and one of them was “I’d love to hear more about Gretchen’s journey from not wanting to be a parent to being one.” So let’s start there!
Gretchen’s Journey From Not Wanting To B...
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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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