Speakers on Feminism / Gender
Pragya Agarwal
knows the personal is always political.
Elif Batuman
is un-put-downable.
Alison Bechdel
is one to watch out for.
Thi Bui
explores the borders - national, personal, and familiar.
Gemma Cairney
is the force of generations.
Mona Chalabi
is taking the numb out of numbers.
Jessamine Chan
scrutinizes societal expectations.
Sandra Clark
sees every side of the story.
Tameka Cage Conley
bridges the gaps.
Sloane Crosley
is a cultural critic with a punch(line).
Rebecca Donner
is an archival sleuth.
Hope Edelman
is true to her name.
Camonghne Felix
is equally at home in poetry and politics.
Isaac Fitzgerald
is who we want to be when we grow up.
Stephanie Foo
is helping us heal.
Roxane Gay
is feminist AF.
Sarah Gerard
labors out of love.
Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah
is a brilliant tour guide to the most fascinating places.
Michelle Goldberg
calls it like it is.
Rhiana Gunn-Wright
knows that climate affects everything.
Mira Jacob
has the hard conversations.
Leslie Jamison
is required reading.
Ashley M. Jones
is a poet for the people.
Alexandra Kleeman
takes you through the looking glass.
R.O. Kwon
sets the page aflame.
Lyz Lenz
will get you fired up.
Lisa Lucas
is a reader and a leader.
Jacki Lyden
is a good person to have with you in a war zone.
Carmen Maria Machado
thinks misogyny is boring as hell (and genre, too).
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
understands the cost of war and the power of literature.
Sarah Thankam Mathews
builds community on and off the page.
Elizabeth McCracken
is a book lover's book lover.
Debbie Millman
knows why design matters.
Natalia Molina
makes sense of community.
Tonya Mosley
asks all the right questions.
Sarah Parcak
is saving our lost civilizations, and she’s doing it from outer space.
Morgan Parker
is a poetic provocateur.
Ann Patchett
is a champion of literary culture.
Bethanne Patrick
is breaking stigma.
Dolen Perkins-Valdez
is uncovering silences in the archives.
Junauda Petrus
meets the struggle with sweetness.
Liz Phair
is literally a rockstar.
Hilary Price
will make you laugh.
Liara Roux
is amplifying high-risk voices.
Sarah Ruhl
is pulling back the curtain.
Sandy Rustin
views the world as her stage.
Angela Saini
is rethinking things.
Carina del Valle Schorske
translates beautifully.
Lisa Scottoline
puts the best in bestselling.
Jennifer Senior
knows how you feel.
Sarah Smarsh
knows which way the wind is blowing.
Virginia Sole-Smith
feeds our minds, bodies, and souls.
Krish O’Mara Vignarajah
views the world with open arms.
Esmé Weijun Wang
is transforming limitations.
G. Willow Wilson
is a professional genre-bender and writes your favorite comic books.
Ilyon Woo
is breathing life into history.
Kao Kalia Yang
is a writer without a country.
