I’m a former aspiring literature professor who left academia to make a foray into the wilds of feminist journalism, and I couldn’t be happier. Before that I was a sex educator and trainer with Planned Parenthood for many years, and also worked as a doula and childbirth educator. When I’m not reading and writing about feminism I am a knitter, flâneuse, (mediocre but enthusiastic) singer, and mom.

What I'm Listening To: 

Podcasts. So. Many. Podcasts.
Also local radio stations OPB and XRAY.

What I'm Reading: 

I host a monthly intersectional feminist reading group, so I'm usually working through the book for that as well as a novel. Some recent reads include: Feminism is for Everybody by bell hooks, Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg, Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay, Citizen by Claudia Rankin, The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead.
Plus, you know, the internet.

Recent Articles

Women Do the Majority of the Family Care. Can We Get Some Paid Leave?
Baby Fever : “The Art of Waiting” Captures the Pain of Infertility
Risk/Reward: What if Sex-Ed Taught Teens About the Positive Parts of Sex, Too?
The Kids Are Not All Right: Ideas for How Our Next President Should Fix Our Screwed up Childcare System
A Binary is a Wonderful Thing to Break: New Study Rejects the Idea of "Male" and "Female" Brains
The Radical Idea of Providing Doulas for Abortions
The Politics of Framing Hillary Clinton as “The Best Mother in the World”
Newspapers Herald Hillary's Historic Nomination by Running Photos of Her Husband