KCRW // “The l word'“ is bringing back tv’s most famous lesbians
THE ADVOCATE // 12 LGBTQ PODCASTS YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING TO
mel magazine // What the bloop happened to queer media?
SHRILL SOCIETY // interview with riese bernard of autostraddle
SLATE OUTWARD PODCAST // THE “QUEER MEDIA” EDITION
NYLON // WHAT WE DON’T TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT QUEER MEDIA
BUZZFEED // DOES LGBT MEDIA HAVE A FUTURE?
THEM.US // queeros 2018, honoring outstanding lgbt people who make our community stronger // RIESE BERNARD - "WHAT WOULD QUEER MEDIA BE WITHOUT AUTOSTRADDLE? WE DON'T WANT TO KNOW."
GOOD COMPANY MAGAZINE issue #1 // "reshaping the media"
glaad (Gay and lesbian alliance against defamation) awards // nominee, 2017 glaad award for outstanding digital journalism for "105 trans women on american tv: a history and analysis"
go magazine // 100 WOMEN WE LOVE 2016
BROADLY // "CLICKING THE BEAN: ThE HISTORY OF THE WORLD'S MOST POPULAR LESBIAN BLOG"
JEANNE MAGAZINE // "LE WEB LESBIEN MADE IN USA"
dating advice // "WELCOMING, FUN AND AFFORDABLE: HOW AUTOSTRADDLE'S A-CAMP BECAME THE GO-TO EVENT FOR QUEER WOMEN."
GLAAD (GAY AND LESBIAN ALLIANCE AGAINST DEFAMATION) AWARDS // WINNER, 2015 GLAAD AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING BLOG
GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) Awards // Nominee, 2014 GLAAD Award For Outstanding Blog
Queer Ink // Interview with Autostraddle CEO Riese
GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) Awards // Nominee, 2013 GLAAD Award For Outstanding Blog
Poynter. // Nine Ways Journalists Can Do Justice to Transgender People's Stories // Lauren Klinger
Loving The L Word: The Complete Series in Focus // Why "The Real L Word Matters: Community and Lesbian Sex, In the Flesh" // Tara Shea Burke
Indiegogo // Indiegogo's Top 12 Creative Campaigns:
"As this popular queer lady website became so popular that the site was breaking all the time, its founders decided to run an Indiegogo campaign to improve Autostraddle. By mobilizing their large fan base and offering them exclusive perks, they raised over $116,000 — almost triple their goal."
The Bloggies // 2012 Winner, 2012 Weblog Awards for Weblog of the Year, Group/Community Blog & Best Entertainment Blog
GO Magazine // Women We Love 2011
"Autostraddle.com, Riese Bernard’s phenomenally popular Web site, has enjoyed explosive growth in the past year. The site doubled its readership with lady-friendly advice columns, snarky cultural commentary and political news; launched a redesign and added social networking tools; coordinated a worldwide meetup for fans; and opened its online store. What’s the secret to Autostraddle’s success? “We employ a funny, conversational tone to make all that complicated DOMA and DADT stuff make sense and be fun to read, so everyone is informed and can fight properly with their parents at the dinner table,” Bernard laughs. “When readers tell us they've met other queers, come out to their friends and family, stopped hating themselves and decided life is worth living because of Autostraddle, that's not just the most rewarding part of my work—that's the most rewarding part of my life.”
Curve Magazine // Curve Lesbian Awards
Best Blogger Finalist: Riese Bernard
Best Web Series Finalist: Julie & Brandy in Your Box Office
Best Lesbian Website Finalist: Autostraddle.com
GO Magazine // Women We Love 2010:
Marie "Riese" Lyn Bernard founded Autostraddle.com in March 2009 after a long stint as a solo blogger. Bernard's writing has appeared in several books, in magazines like Curve and Marie Claire and on websites including Nerve.com and Suspect Thoughts. In just one year, Autostraddle has become a premier website for lesbians, winning a 2009 Lezzy Award for New Lesbian Blog from The Lesbian Lifestyle. Bernard hopes Autostraddle will bring more queer women together offline as well. "There are lots of lesbos out there who like books, hot girls, bad television, social activism and group therapy," she laughs. "We provide all of those in one website! Our goal is to create web 3.0, in which the connections we make online either directly translate into real-life friendships, or empower our community online to be a part of their local queer circles."
VUE Weekly // Interview, Part One and Part Two:
"The world of media geared towards queer women has been so small for so long, that I have to admit I stopped longing for any better.... then came Autostraddle.com... debuting last March, the site is the firey brainchild of New York based journalist & writer Marie "Riese" Lyn Bernard... she cites inspiration from sources as diverse as Sassy Magazine to Pump Up the Volume to Andy Warhol and the Factory. One of the things that makes Autostraddle so interesting is it's focus on community building... Autostraddle stories run the gamut from pop culture to social issues to politics. Articles about Lady Gaga sit alongside ones about queer families and gay marriage votes."
Sister's Talk Radio // Best Lesbian Website of 2009
The Lesbian Lifestyle // Best New Lesbian Blog 2009
Talk With Tim: The Digital Interview Talk Show // Interview with Riese
"What really caught my eye is that Autostraddle looked like a great site, it was launched in early 2009 and the quality of the work there is apparent at first glance. With their engaging and often humorous writing style, I deduced that any question I posed would get an equally fun-to-read response. (As you'll soon see, my deduction was correct)."
Urlesque.com // Hot Blogger Calendar 2009 Photos: An Urlesque Exclsuive
The Bloggies // Nominee, 2008 Webblog Awards, Best LGBT Blog
The Lesbian Lifestyle // Winner, 2008 Lezzie Awards, Best Personal Blog
International Hyperhidrosis Society // Winner, 2007 Best Media Coverage
Dirty Girls // Author Interview With Marie Lyn Bernard
Hottest Blogger Awards // Model, 2009 Hot Blogger Calendar
The Lesbian Lifestyle // Nominee, 2007 Lezzie Awards, Lesbian Blog of The Year
In The Flesh Reading Series // Marie Lyn Bernard Does New York
And by "does," I mean totally WOWS the entire packed crowd at In The Flesh last night with her absolutely brilliant and smoking hot story about sex with various cities in our lovely country. I want to hear that story again and again! I want to publish it, and hopefully someday I will. It was amazing.
Susie Bright // Interview "What Happened To That Girl?"