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Lea Rose Emery

Falling in love with a woman forced me to face my body image issues

Nico Lang is an essayist, movie critic, and reporter who specializes in the intersection of politics and LGBTQ issues. His work has been featured in Rolling Stone, The Guardian, The Los Angeles Times, Jezebel, Esquire, and BuzzFeed, among other notable publications.

Nico Lang

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Republican saved by lesbian cop is speaking at anti-LGBTQ conference

Kris Seavers was the senior IRL editor and training director for the Daily Dot. Her work has appeared in Central Texas publications, including Austin Monthly and San Antonio Magazine, and on NPR.

Kris Seavers

Country singer Eric Church gives tear-filled tribute to Las Vegas shooting victims

Amrita Khalid is a technology and politics reporter who specializes in breaking down complex issues into practical, useful terms. A former contributor to CQ, a Congressional news and analysis site, she&#8217;s currently a master&#8217;s candidate in international relations at the University of Leeds.

Amrita Khalid

10 surprising facts about Alex Jones, far-right conspiracy theorist

Tess Cagle is a reporter who focuses on politics, lifestyle, and streaming entertainment. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Texas Monthly, the Austin American-Statesman, Damn Joan, and Community Impact Newspaper. She’s also a portrait, events, and live music photographer in Central Texas.

Tess Cagle

Southwest Airlines apologizes after forcibly removing passenger from flight

Ana Valens is a reporter specializing in online queer communities, marginalized identities, and adult content creation. Her work has appeared at Vice, Vox, Truthout, Bitch Media, Kill Screen, Rolling Stone, and the Toast. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, and spends her free time developing queer adult games.

Ana Valens

Everything you never understood about being nonbinary

Samantha Grasso is a former IRL staff writer for the Daily Dot with a reporting emphasis on immigration. Her work has appeared on AJ+, Vox, Splinter, Los Angeles Magazine, and Austin Monthly.

Samantha Grasso

Men and women speaking at a desk in a workspace

Finally, there’s a perfect term for when a man repeats, then gets credit for, a woman’s idea

Brianna Stone was a contributing reporter to the Daily Dot. Her work has been published by the Dallas Morning News, Austin American-Statesman, and USA Today.

Brianna Stone

VA suicide report reveals shocking numbers for female veterans

Navy nurse making newborn baby "dance" to 50 Cent

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Navy nurses in hot water for flipping off newborn, forcing baby to dance to rap

Brian Patrick Byrne

Daily Stormer’s Andrew Anglin, still on the run, served lawsuit via Ohio newspaper

Barbara Sueko McGuire contributed features to the Daily Dot about women pursuing inspiring paths in life. She holds an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College in nonfiction writing and lives in Los Angeles, California, where she happily waits tables at Swingers Diner.

Barbara Sueko McGuire

Lenora Claire has been viciously stalked for 6 years—now she’s taking her fight to Congress

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Why ‘Take a Loved One to the Doctor Day’ is so important for minority communities

Tomi Lahren poses for selfie, gets told off instead

Andrew Couts is the former editor of Layer 8, a section dedicated to the intersection of the Internet and the state—and the gaps in between. Prior to the Daily Dot, Couts served as features editor and features writer for Digital Trends, associate editor of TheWeek.com, and associate editor at Maxim magazine. When he’s not working, Couts can be found hiking with his German shepherds or blasting around on motorcycles.

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