Amy Richards is most popularly known as the author of Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future.
Read MoreSian Reynolds has translated many books on French history, and is professor emeritus of French at the University of Stirling, Scotland.
Read MoreRebecca Hourwich Reyher (1897-1987) began a career as a writer in the 1920s, focusing her work on South African women.
Read MoreClaire Reed, writer and lifelong activist in community and world affairs, was a staff member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee during the 1960s civil rights struggle. Claire Reed continues to write fiction, poetry, and memoir today.
Read MoreChristine Redfern is an artist and writer living in Montreal.
Read MoreAudacia Ray is the founder and executive director of the Red Umbrella Project (RedUP). At RedUP, she has published the literary journal Prose & Lore: Memoir Stories About Sex Work. She has worked on countless anthologies and books, and was an executive editor for $pread.
Read MoreRochelle Ratner (1949–2008) was the author of the novels Bobby's Girl and The Lion's Share, as well as several volumes of poetry.and was also the executive editor of the American Book Review.
Read MoreIrene Rathbone (1892-1980) is an author.
Read MoreNobantu Rasebotsa is senior lecturer at the University of Botswana. Her research includes work on gender issues and HIV/AIDS in African literature.
Read MoreRuth Rosen is a historian of gender and society.
Read MoreMamphela Ramphele is a South African politician, a former activist against apartheid, a medical doctor, an academic and businesswoman. She is a former Vice-Chancellor at the University of Cape Town and a one-time Managing Director at the World Bank.
Read MoreEmma Ramadan is an educator and literary translator from French.
Read MoreMariam Rahmani is a writer and translator.
Read MorePussy Riot is a feminist punk performance collective based in Moscow. Founded in 2011, they perform public artistic responses to Russian politics.
Read MoreBrontez Purnell is an indie artist, musician, and dancer.
Read MoreMui Poopoksakul is a translator of contemporary Thai literature.
Read MoreLetty Cottin Pogrebin is an author, activist, national lecturer, and a founding editor and writer. She is a leading figure in Jewish and feminist activism.
Read MoreOlive Higgins Prouty (1882-1974) was born in 1882 into a wealthy Massachusetts family. Educated at Smith College, she wrote fiction aimed primarily at women readers that, unusually for her day, emphasized the importance of women’s independence and included feminist themes.
Read MorePaul B. Preciado has become one of the leading thinkers in the study of gender and sexuality. A professor of Political History of the Body, Gender Theory, and History of Performance at Paris VIII, he is also the author of many books.
Read MoreAmanda Powell, poet and translator, teaches Latin American and Spanish literature and literary translation at the University of Oregon. Powell has published essays on research 16th and 17th century writing.
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