Author Bios

Carol Downer introduced the concept of vaginal self-examination in 1971 and co-founded the Feminist Women’s Health Center in 1972. She is the editor and/or co-author of several books, including A New …

Bella DePaulo, Ph.D., is the author of Singled Out: How Singles Are Stereotyped, Stigmatized, and Ignored, and Still Live Happily Ever After and writes the ‘Living Single’ blog for …

Rachel A. Buddeberg teaches workshops to empower singles to live happily ever after in whatever kinds of relationships they want to design, including friendships and nontraditional relationships. She blogs at www.yourlifeisagarden.com …

Thomas Matt is a student at SUNY Potsdam.  He is an activist who focuses on prisoners' rights, trans liberation, and local economic reform.  He writes for the Weave News …

Thomas J. Scott is a writer from Minneapolis who writes on international affairs, globalization and education issues.

Kelly Hayes is a Menominee author, organizer, movement educator and photographer. She is the host of Truthout's podcast Movement Memos, and the creator of Organizing My Thoughts, a weekly …

Lindsey Weedston is a Seattle-based feminist blogger with a creative writing degree that everyone told her would be useless. She spends her time writing about various human rights and …

Annie Pentilla has a BA and MFA in creative writing from the University of Colorado and San Francisco State University respectively. She co-edits Highway 101 Press and her work …