 |
Molly Alarcon is a member of Princeton University’s class of 2010, majoring in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and minoring in African American Studies. Besides writing for Equal Writes, she is a member of Princeton Mock Trial and an opinion columnist for The Daily Princetonian. Molly is interested in 30 Rock, women in politics, and the intersection of race and gender issues. |
 |
Chloe Angyal co-founded Equal Writes late in the spring of 2008 under the guidance of Professor Kiki Jamieson (POL/WOM) and with Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux ‘11 as her right hand woman. After writing several feminist op-eds in the Daily Princetonian and observing the discussion of them on campus, she decided that Princeton was in dire need of a feminist publication. Her hope is that the conversations about gender that Equal Writes has inspired will continue, on campus and off, and also that one day, in her lifetime, feminists will take over the world and force women everywhere to stop shaving their legs. At Princeton, Chloe majored in Sociology and served as the President of Eating Concerns Advisors and Artistic Director of Expressions Dance Company. She now lives in New York and blogs at Feministing. Her writing has been published in the Huffington Post, the Christian Science Monitor and Skirt! Magazine. |
 |
Malavika Balachandran is a sophomore in the Operations Research and Financial Engineering department from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In addition to writing for Equal Writes, she holds executive positions with the Princeton Microfinance Organization and WPRB, Princeton’s radio station. She is particularly interested in economic development and finance and its relation to gender equality. |
 |
Molly Borowitz graduated from Princeton’s Comparative Literature department in June 2009 and is now undertaking a masters’ degree in European Literature and Culture at the University of Cambridge. When not working feverishly on Ph.D applications or burying her nose in dusty volumes of critical theory, Molly sings with the Selwyn College Chapel Choir, practices her British diction in the mirror, and tries to devise strategies for saving the world, the feminist way. |
 |
Lisa M. Conley is a doctoral student in Sociology at the University of Kentucky, Lexington. Her dissertation analyzes the affects of industrialized food production on home food production and preservation practices. Particularly, the affects upon food knowledge and food traditions commonly transmitted generationally through women. A fan of critical pedagogy, Lisa tries to connect her lived experience to the broader sociological intersections of social, environmental, and economic justice. She loves teaching, running, documentaries, Neko Case, being outdoors, and road trips with her partner Alejandro. Check out her personal food blog here. |
 |
Thomas Dollar ‘08 was a Woodrow Wilson School major. After graduating, he worked as public health intern for Africare in Freetown, Sierra Leone, through a Princeton in Africa fellowship. He can now be found roaming the Northern Forests of our continent, touring the major cities of the Eastern Seaboard, and offering freelance punditry (requested and un) to those who stop to chat with him. |
 |
Josh Franklin is a junior at Princeton University in the Department of Anthropology. Besides writing for Equal Writes, he is a SHARE Peer Advisor and a volunteer EMT for the Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad. Josh is interested in gender, sexuality, and public health. |
 |
Ayse Gursoy is a junior in the English department pursuing a certificate in Computer Science. In addition to writing for Equal Writes, she plays French Horn and is the captain of the Kendo Club. |
 |
Jillian Hewitt is a junior politics major from Columbus, Ohio. She started reading EqualWrites and almost immediately decided that it was something she could be passionate about; she has always considered herself a feminist and loves to write. She is also a member of SpeakOut and Circle of Women. |
 |
Brenda Jin is a senior in the Music Department at Princeton University pursuing certificates in German and Chinese Language and Culture. Her Junior Independent Work was entitled “The Process of Deflowering: Sympathy and Gender Ambiguity in Musical Settings of Goethe’s Heidenröslein”, and her academic interests lie at the intersection of Gender Studies and Musicology. In addition, Brenda is a classically trained coloratura/lyric soprano who currently studies with Claudia Catania and hopes to pursue a career in vocal performance. Check out her website! |
 |
Jordan Kisner graduated in 2009 with a degree in Religion and certificates in Women & Gender Studies and Theater & Dance. While at Princeton, Jordan served as the Communications Director for SpeakOut, Princeton’s sexual violence activist group, and spent her free time singing with the Katzenjammers and acting. Jordan now lives in New York City where she works for a feminist theater production company. |
 |
Alexis Morin is a sophomore at Princeton University. A couple things get her goat including sexism and the dire need for public education reform. She likes her BlackBerry and Kit Kats. |
 |
Chris Moses is a PhD candidate in the history department at Princeton. Chris’ dissertation focuses on English state finance in the 1690s, a decade that saw the founding of the Bank of England, the re-minting of every silver coin in the kingdom, and the first issuance of paper money in the western world—1691, in Massachusetts. This fits with a broader interest in early modern Europe, the colonial Americas, and global exploration. During the summer, Chris works at the Advanced Studies Program at St. Paul’s School as a college advisor and, more recently, as the master teacher for a course on ‘Forbidden Fictions.’ Other writing includes ‘Tis of Thee (New York: Crumpled Press), a reflection on love, gender and the Fourth of July; and an essay on college admission in the Caterwaul Quarterly. A graduate and student body president of Reed College, Chris grew up in New England. |
 |
Gracie Remington is a junior in the English department who is also pursuing a certificate in African American Studies. In addition to blogging sporadically for Equal Writes, she works as the music director for WPRB 103.3 FM while also serving as Princeton’s resident film archivist and mixtape master. She enjoys music, cooking, thrifting, and going to New York whenever possible. She also really loves this hat. Don’t you? |
 |
Kelly Roache is a sophomore at Princeton University planning to major in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs with a certificate in Near Eastern Studies. In particular, she has a passion for foreign languages, studying Arabic and Persian at Princeton. Hailing from the Jersey Shore, Kelly is active on campus in the International Relations Council, Undergraduate Student Government, Princeton Pro-Life, Garden State Equality, Gospel Ensemble, and Evangelical Fellowship. A devout Catholic and political conservative, she is pleased to have found her place in feminism’s big tent at Equal Writes. |
 |
Emily Sullivan is a junior in the Sociology Department. She descends from a long line of disorderly women, and is interested in the gender dynamics of counterculture. She is a bike mechanic, a swing dancer, and a traveler. Emily loves receiving things in the mail and having large dinners with friends and family. |
 |
Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux is a junior in the religion department, with a certificate (shockingly!) in women and gender studies. When she’s not tirelessly co-editing Equal Writes, she co-leads Let’s Talk Sex, Princeton’s sex-positive group, is the current president of Princeton Pro-Choice Vox, and blogs for www.Care2.com. Amelia enjoys vintage clothing, her (vintage) bike, as well as all the usual things: travel, tea, books, vegan pancakes, and her amazing friends and family. She is a passionate believer in the inclusive powers of activism, and strives to bring more and more people underneath the big feminist tent. |
 |
Shannon Togawa Mercer is a Politics major from Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. While her studies focus on the political workings of the Middle East she has always had an interest in international health issues: HIV/AIDS advocacy work, health care rights and sexual education. She’s on the Princeton Taekwondo team and spends the rest of her spare time belly dancing. She’s is currently experiencing an unprecedented amount of wanderlust. |
 |
Thúy-Lan Võ Lite is a sophomore at Princeton University interested in science, feminism, writing, and their various intersections. |
 |
Beth Zak-Cohen is a freshman at Princeton University. From NJ she is completely undecided as to a major, but is interested in exploring and learning more about feminism and women’s issues. |
