Badass Ladies You Should Know

"Badass Ladies You Should Know" was a series in which talented women said to hell with false modesty. It profiled more than 60 amazing ladies over its three year run.

profiles

2017

Johnnie Jae: CEO/Journalist/Advocate/Podcaster

Rebecca Barrow: Author

Sarah Nicole Lemon: Author

Sajidah K. Ali: Author

Tanaya Winder: Poet, singer, Upward Bound director

Maurene Goo: Author

Gauthami Vemula and Renae Virata: Social entrepreneurs

Lilliam Rivera: Author and freelance writer

Vina Castillo, Natalie Noboa, & Holly Nikodem: Owners of The Queens Bookshop

Alice Driver: Photojournalist & PhD

Jen Baquial: President Sirens Women's Motorcycle Club of NYC

Rachel Speckan: Sommelier

Veronica Roth: NYT bestselling author

Jovanna Anzaldua: Reproductive health advocate

2016

Michelle Krys: NICU nurse and author

Julia Good Fox: University Dean

Dianne Bondy: Yoga instructor and activist

Erin Winick: Mechanical engineer and jewelry designer

Saba Sulaiman: Literary agent

Erika L. Sánchez: Poet and novelist

Amy Lukavics: Author

Amber McCrary: Zinestress and educator

Melanie Fey: Zinestress, writer, and activist

Lygia Day Peñaflor: Author and Hollywood teacher

Christa Desir: Author and advocate

Bea and Leah Koch: Owners of The Ripped Bodice bookstore

Taté Walker: Editor, activist, storyteller

Simini Blocker: Illustrator

Vilissa Thompson: LMSW and advocate

Geneva Barton: Digital artist

Kay Dupree: Fashion designer

Jessica Spotswood: Author and librarian

Melissa Scholten-Gutierrez: Social worker and rabbincal student

Ashlie Atkinson: Actress and derby queen

Natalie Parker: Author, grant administrator, and event coordinator

Heidi Heilig: Author and theater writer

Kaitlin Ward: Author and numismatist

Sharon Bishop-Baldwin and Mary Baldwin-Bishop: Marriage equality activists,

newspaper editors, & animal rehabbers

2015

Stephanie Kuehn: Author and psychology post-doc Fellow

Kelly Jensen: Editor, author, & former librarian

Samantha Mabry: Author, professor

Kate Spencer: Comedian, producer, on-air host, editor, and writer

Kelly Holmes: Founder of Native Max Magazine
Marieke Nijkamp: Author, activist
Kristen Dorsey: Chickasaw jewelry artist
Preeti Chhibber: Book buyer, blogger, podcaster

Michelle Schusterman: Author, musician, teacher
Jaclyn Roessel: Museum curator, podcaster, advocate
Meredith Melody: Photographer, mother
Fayette Mong: Prosecutor, runner, activist

Jennica Schwartzman: Actor, screenwriter, producer
Carol Hart: Nonprofit founder, executive director, artist
Hafsah Faizal: Designer, writer, reviewer
Sarah McCarry: Author, publisher, printer

Sarah Hannah Gómez: Librarian, activist, writer
Sabaa Tahir: NYT bestselling author, journalist
Kaye M.: Activist, author, creator of #yesallwomen and #notyourstockmuslim
Kirsten Hubbard: Author, artist, wandergirl

I. W. Gregorio: Surgeon, author, activist
Aisha Saeed: Author, activist
Courtney Summers: Author, creator of #tothegirls
Léonicka Valcius: Book seller, activist

Jessica Metcalfe: Boutique owner, academic, professor, poet
Maya Rock: Author, freelance editor, journalist
Ellen Oh: Author, attorney, activist
Sarah Enni: Author, journalist, podcaster