I’m a writer, teacher, punk-enculturated queer femme anarchist, ex-academic, and forest witch living in Northeast Ohio. My writing focuses primarily on sex, gender, class, media, and social movements.

My memoir Rust Belt Femme (Belt, 2020) was the winner of the Independent Publisher Book Award in LGBTQ Nonfiction, an NPR Favorite Book of 2020, and a runner-up for the Heartland Bookseller’s Award.

My essays, criticism, and reporting have appeared in The Baffler, Bitch Magazine, In These Times, Autostraddle, Mask Magazine, Teen Vogue, Belt Magazine, among others. During an awarded residency stay at The Future Minneapolis, I co-wrote, edited, and printed The Prison Arcana Tarot Zine. The zine was created in collaboration with the incarcerated writer c.l. young and incarcerated artist Jamie Diaz.

I also write the newsletter, radical love letters, which has 9,000 subscribers and is #25 Rising in Culture on Substack.

I hold a PhD in Critical Media Studies from the University of Minnesota and an MA and BA in Culture and Communication from DePaul University. I have taught at universities across the country including Oberlin College, Tufts University, and Merrimack College. I’ve been an invited speaker at Harvard, the University of Kentucky, Whitman College, DePaul University, the University of Pittsburgh, University College Dublin, among many others.

I am available for speaking engagements and guest teaching on topics related to feminism, social movements, popular culture, and more. I also offer writing services including workshops and coaching.