The Autostraddle Insider: Issue 26, August 2016

Letter From Your Editors
Hello!
This month Laneia said we should give her a picture of ourselves playing "our favorite game." I got a little stressed about not owning a picture of myself playing Scattergories and apparently I was not the only staff member who felt this task was too overwhelming. Is Laneia playing Hide-and-Go-Seek? I don't know. Who knows anything anymore, you know?
DOES NO ONE ENJOY PLAYING WITH THINGS?? 1st Row: Alaina's Cat, Laneia, Laura M., Carrie, KaeLyn 2nd Row: Stef, Nikki, Heather, Erin, Rachel
WAIT I GET IT, LANEIA IS PLAYING HER FAVORITE RECORD!!!
Anyhow, what a relaxing month we've had here, enjoying our safe space surrounded by unicorns, cupcakes and queers JUST KIDDING this month a post we wrote about screwing ...

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Riese

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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