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 // Bonus material
Rebecca Barrow: Author // Bonus material
Sarah Nicole Lemon: Author // Bonus material
Sajidah K. Ali: Author // Bonus material
Tanaya Winder: Poet, singer, Upward Bound director // Bonus material
Maurene Goo: Author // Bonus material
Gauthami Vemula and Renae Virata: Social entrepreneurs // Bonus material
Lilliam Rivera: Author and freelance writer // Bonus material
Vina Castillo, Natalie Noboa, & Holly Nikodem: Owners of The Queens Bookshop // Bonus material
Alice Driver: Photojournalist & PhD // Bonus material
Jen Baquial: President Sirens Women's Motorcycle Club of NYT // Bonus material
Rachel Speckan: Sommelier // Bonus material
Veronica Roth: NYT bestselling author // Bonus material
Jovanna Anzaldua: Reproductive health advocate // Bonus material
2016
Michelle Krys: NICU nurse and author // Bonus material
Julia Good Fox: University Dean // Bonus material
Dianne Bondy: Yoga instructor and activist // Bonus material
Erin Winick: Mechanical engineer and jewelry designer // Bonus material
Saba Sulaiman: Literary agent // Bonus material
Erika L. Sánchez: Poet and novelist // Bonus material
Amy Lukavics: Author // Bonus material
Amber McCrary: Zinestress and educator // Bonus material
Melanie Fey: Zinestress, writer, and activist // Bonus material
Lygia Day Peñaflor: Author and Hollywood teacher // Bonus material
Christa Desir: Author and advocate // Bonus material
Bea and Leah Koch: Owners of The Ripped Bodice bookstore // Bonus material
Taté Walker: Editor, activist, storyteller // Bonus material
Simini Blocker: Illustrator // Bonus material
Vilissa Thompson: LMSW and advocate // Bonus material
Geneva Barton: Digital artist // Bonus material




Kay Dupree: Fashion designer // Bonus material
Jessica Spotswood: Author and librarian // Bonus material
Melissa Scholten-Gutierrez: Social worker and rabbincal student // Bonus material
Ashlie Atkinson: Actress and derby queen // Bonus material
Natalie Parker: Author, grant administrator, and event coordinator // Bonus material
Heidi Heilig: Author and theater writer // Bonus material
Kaitlin Ward: Author and numismatist // Bonus material
Sharon Bishop-Baldwin and Mary Baldwin-Bishop: Marriage equality activists,
newspaper editors, & animal rehabbers // Bonus materials
2015
Stephanie Kuehn: Author and psychology post-doc Fellow // Bonus material
Kelly Jensen: Editor, author, & former librarian // Bonus material
Samantha Mabry: Author, professor // Bonus material
Kate Spencer: Comedian, producer, on-air host, editor, and writer // Bonus material
Kelly Holmes: Founder of Native Max Magazine // Bonus material
Marieke Nijkamp: Author, activist // Bonus material
Kristen Dorsey: Chickasaw jewelry artist // Bonus material
Preeti Chhibber: Book buyer, blogger, podcaster // Bonus material
Marieke Nijkamp: Author, activist // Bonus material
Kristen Dorsey: Chickasaw jewelry artist // Bonus material
Preeti Chhibber: Book buyer, blogger, podcaster // Bonus material
Michelle Schusterman: Author, musician, teacher // Bonus material
Jaclyn Roessel: Museum curator, podcaster, advocate // Bonus material
Meredith Melody: Photographer, mother // Bonus material
Fayette Mong: Prosecutor, runner, activist // Bonus material
Jaclyn Roessel: Museum curator, podcaster, advocate // Bonus material
Meredith Melody: Photographer, mother // Bonus material
Fayette Mong: Prosecutor, runner, activist // Bonus material




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




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




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




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