Riese Bernard

Marie Lyn Bernard, or "Riese," is the Editor-in-Chief and CEO of Autostraddle.com, the world's most popular independently owned lesbian website. She's a freelance journalist, award-winning blogger, copywriter, video-maker and aspiring cyber-performance artist raised in Michigan and based in the San Francisco Bay area. Her work has appeared in eight books, magazines including Marie Claire, GO!, Interlude and Curve, and all over the web including Jezebel.com, Nerve.com, OurChart and Suspect Thoughts.