Draft:Riese Bernard
Marie Lyn Bernard, known as Riese, is an American writer, blogger, and CEO and co-founder of Autostraddle.com which she helped launch in 2009.
Autostraddle
Bernard, along with Alexandra Vega, launched Autostradle.com in 2009.[1] Bernard functions as the Editor-in-Chief, CEO, and CFO as well as a contributing writer.[2][3]
Life and Career
Before starting Autostraddle, Bernard was a popular internet presence, known for her weekly recaps and commentary on television series, The L Word.[4] Her three-year running commentary on the series gained her recognition from AfterEllen.com and other queer internet writers.[3][4] Bernard starred in several vlogs including the Showtime web series “Lezberado” which was one of the top four most watched videos on YouTube as of April 2009.[5] Bernard’s writing appears on a multitude of websites, in multiple books, and in magazines including Marie Claire, Curve, Jezebel (website), and Nylon Magazine.[1][6] She has spoken about blogging, community-building, feminism, internet culture, and sexuality at places like New York University and The Museum of Sex.[6] She also runs A-Camp, an annual week-long retreat in Southern California for 300 hundred queer women, non-binary and trans folks.[3][7]
Riese Bernard was featured in the 2011 Pride issue of GO Magazine as one of the year's top 100 "Women We Love."[3][8] Her Autostraddle article titled "105 Trans Women on American TV: A History and Analysis" is nominated for a GLAAD media award for Outstanding Digital Journalism Article.[9]
Reference List
- ^ a b "After AfterEllen: On The Future Of The Queer Community On The Internet". Nylon. September 23, 2016.
- ^ "Is it the beginning of the end for online comments?". BBC. August 19, 2015.
- ^ a b c d Long, Kat (June 17, 2011). "100 Women We Love: Class of 2011: Riese Bernard".
- ^ a b Tara Shea Burke (Apr 9, 2013). Dana Heller (ed.). "Loving The L Word: The Complete Series in Focus". I.B.Tauris. p. 212-213.
- ^ Jarboe, Greg (2009). "YouTube and Video Marketing: An Hour a Day". John Wiley & Sons. p. 158.
- ^ a b "Celebrating Feminist Bloggers". University of Rochester Susan B. Anthony Institute. June 17, 2013.
- ^ Lauren Strapagiel (November 2, 2016). "Attention, Advertisers: Lesbians Buy Stuff, Too". Buzzfeed.
- ^ Tarrant, Shira (2015). "Gender, Sex, and Politics: In the Streets and Between the Sheets in the 21st Century". Routledge.
- ^ Alex Schmider (January 31, 2017). "28th Annual GLAAD Media Award nominees recognize outstanding portrayals of trans stories #glaadawards". GLAAD.