Contributors

elizabeth | lauren k. alleyne | kristy beckman | hanna blank | rhonda chittenden | nikki feuerstein | krista jacob | kristi johnson | margaret johnston | alia levine | emari dimagiba lavine | jackie litt | lisa michelle nelson | shelley oram | kathyrn sokolowski | kim springer | charlotte taft | dorrie williams-wheeler | lauri wollner

Elizabeth lives in the Midwest where she is finishing a graduate degree and preparing to begin her first tenure-track job teaching writing.

Lauren K. Alleyne is currently a graduate student in creative writing. She is originally from the twin island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and currently resides in the Midwest. Recently, her writing was selected for reading and publication in the Des Moines National Poetry Festival. Professionally, Ms. Alleyne is interested in literature and gender studies and, in her (very little) free time, is a dedicated watcher of the WB's Charmed.

Kristy Beckman is a Senior at Mills College in Oakland, CA working on an English/ Creative Writing and a Women’s Studies BA. She grew up in Madison, Wisconsin, where she began her endeavors as a devoted feminist activist. Kristy enjoys playing the piano, eating spaghetti, going to the movies, and above all else, seeing her poetry up on the internet.

Hanne Blank is a writer, editor, public speaker, and educator whose work in fields ranging from sexuality and body image to cultural history and opera has appeared to great acclaim in many print and online publications, anthologies and collections, as well as in book form. She and her work have been featured and reviewed in The Village Voice, OUT Magazine, First for Women Magazine, PRIDE, Libido, MODE, Northern Ohio Live, and many other periodicals, and she has been widely interviewed on radio and television in the US, UK, and Canada, including being featured on National Public Radio, and in documentaries aired on Canadian television and BBC4. She is the author/editor of the following books: Unruly Appetites (2003, Seal Press) Shameless: Women's Intimate Erotica (2002, Seal Press) Best Transgender Erotica (with Raven Kaldera, 2002, Circlet Press) Zaftig: Well Rounded Erotica (2001, Cleis Press) Big Big Love: A Sourcebook on Sex for People of Size and Those Who Love Them (2000, Greenery Press).

Rhonda Chittenden, MS, is a creative writer and a sexuality educator. She has organized feminist conferences, film festivals, and fundraisers with more in the mix. Because she loves the trees, landscapes, and wildlife of the Midwest, she currently makes her home there.

Nikki Feuerstein is a student in the lucrative fields of Women's Studies, Sociology and Political Science at Iowa State University. When not devising fun-filled ways of ridding the world of patriarchy she enjoys watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer and hiding from her vegan friends in the parking lot of Wendy's while downing Jr. Bacon Cheeseburgers. Her future goals are to become a professor, direct pornography that doesn't suck, and release an evil upon Max Hardcore unfathomable to humankind (please email me at nikkchem if you also despise Max Hardcore and would like to collaborate in plans of destruction).

Krista Jacob, MS, is editor-in-chief and founder of Sexing the Political: A journal of third wave feminists on sexuality. She has a long history of involvement in women’s issues, including domestic violence, sexual assault, reproductive freedom, and women’s health and sexuality. She presents at state and national conferences on issues related to violence against women, third wave feminism, motherhood, images of women in the media, abortion, and adolescent women's issues. At present, she is a writer and lecturer.

Ms. Jacob’s written work has appeared in Just Sex: Students Rewrite the Rules on Sex, Violence, Activism, and Equality, (Rowman & Littlefield), The Minnesota Women's Press, and numerous feminist journals. She is the editor of Our Choices, Our Lives: Unapologetic Writings on Abortion.

Recently, Ms. Jacob was given the Humanitarian Award for Outstanding Alumni from Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Kristi Johnson is a psychology student at Iowa State University. She only discovered the feminist side of herself two years ago. Even though she has yet to find her "calling in life" after college, she knows she will always be a feminist and an activist.

Margaret R. Johnston is the creator of the website www.pregnancyoptions.info and the pregnancy options workbooks found there. She is a contributor to Our Choices, Our Lives, Unapologetic Writings on Abortion, ed. Krista Jacob. She has been an abortion provider for over 20 years in upstate New York. Contact her at Info.

A staunch lesbian/feminist/antipodean, Alia Levine moved from Aotearoa/New Zealand to her family's native New York in 1997. A Women's Studies/English Literature graduate from Victoria University, NZ, Alia worked in New York in the fields of publishing, education, and women's human rights. In 2003, after five fabulous years living in Brooklyn, New York, Alia realized that it was time to go home. As of March 2004, you'll find her back in the Southern Hemisphere's peaceful, green gateway to the world, plotting her vegetable garden and figuring out how to get around without the New York City subway.

Emari Dimagiba Lavine is the result of 16 years of Catholic education. Raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, she is the youngest of four children in a Filipino family. With experience in radio broadcasting, rape prevention education and adolescent reproductive health advocacy, she has devoted her life to increasing interpersonal communication and social understanding about sexuality. She has been writing in a journal since age eight, and appreciates learning about new music. She lives with her husband and two cats in the Twin Cities.

Jackie Litt is Associate Professor of Sociology and Associate Director of Women's Studies at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. She enjoyed teaching these students in the class on feminist activism and learned a great deal about the gaps between academic feminism and the "real life" world of students who are trying to negotiate their way through an antifeminist intellectual environment. Mostly, she learned about the strength and thoughtfulness of her students. Her research examines the status of women faculty in academia. She is also conducting research on women's carework for children. Her book, Medicalized Motherhood: Perspectives from the Lives of African American and Jewish Women, was published by Rutgers University Press in 2000 and was awarded 'honorable mention for outstanding achievement in scholarship' from the American Sociological Association's Section on Race, Gender, and Class.

Lisa Michelle Nelson is a graduate student at Iowa State University, in Ames, majoring in political science and sociology. Her interest in women's issues as they relate to the American propaganda machine is a focus she is currently developing. She is also studying the relationship between racial classification and the criminal justice system. It is the goal of her work to bring about a REVOLUTION of the mind.

Shelley Oram is a Certified Hypnotherapist and has facilitated workshops nationwide in death and dying, grief and loss, dealing with AIDS, abortion counseling, conflict resolution, leadership and relationship work. She has a background in psychodrama, co-dependency work, neuroassociative conditioning, coaching, leadership training and transformational education. She has been counseling, consulting, coaching, and leading workshops for fifteen years.

Kathyrn Sokolowski, an undergraduate student, found the herstory of prostitution and the readings about matriarchies and the whore goddesses to be very interesting and somewhat enlightening. She was raised Catholic.

Kim Springer teaches American Studies at King's College in London. .

Charlotte Taft was director of the Routh Street Women's Clinic in Dallas for seventeen years. She holds a Master's Degree in Social Psychology; has seven years of training in psychodrama; and has done workshops with nationally recognized practitioners: Pia Mellody, Stephen Levine, Joan Halifax, Anthony Robbins, and others. She holds a National Certification in Hypnotherapy from the American Council of Hypnotist Examiners, and has twenty five years of experience in counseling.

Dorrie Williams-Wheeler spends too much time trying to do too many things. She is an author, educator and web designer. She completed her Masters of Science of Education degree from Southern Illinois University in 1999. She completed her Bachelors of Science degree from SIU also in 1999. She is the author of The Unplanned Pregnancy Handbook- Real Life Stories, Resources and Information To Help YOU! The Unplanned Pregnancy Handbook features a wealth of resources about pregnancy, abortion and adoption. Women of all walks of life also share their real life stories in The Unplanned Pregnancy Handbook. She is also the author of the fiction book Sparkledoll Always Into Something, and she writes for the Teen and Rap Music section of the popular women's site Bellaonline.com. Dorrie is a stay at home military spouse and the mother of two young boys. You can visit Dorrie on the web at www.dorrieinteractive.com

Lauri Wollner has become well educated in her 35 years. She lives in the Mid-West with her other half, four cats and a snake. She grew up Catholic and currently has a rosary with her at all times. You can call her religious if you want, or anything else for that matter. She has survived more labels than she can remember. "Daughter" and "sister" are about the only ones she will claim. She is a work in progress.

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