Tressie Mcmillan Cottom
Writer, sociologist, professor, Macarthur fellow, NYT opinions columnist, filmmaker
People Who Help Me See
An Incomplete + Always Expanding Catalogue of People Who Help Me See
Jesi Taylor
Archivist, Poet, Researcher Anti-Colonial Science + Ecology, Chaplain-in-Training
Éireann Lorsung
Poet, essayist, maker, assistant Professor of Creative Writing in the School of English, Drama and Film at University College Dublin
Mehrsa Baradan
UCI Professor of Law, Author of The Quiet Coup and The Color of Money
Gabrielle Blair
Creates accessible conversations around difficult topics, founder of Alt Summit, NYT bestselling author, mother of 6
Zito Madu
Writer, creative, philosopher, author of The Minotaur at Calle Lanza
Kaitlyn Greenidge
Author of We Love You, Charlie Freeman and Libertie, Essayist, Features Director at Harper's Bazaar
Ashley C. Ford
Writer, NYT & Indie bestselling memoir, Somebody's Daughter,
Women & Girls Reporter for Free Press Indiana
Yiyun Li
Professor of Creative Writing in the Lewis Center for the Arts, novelist, Pulitzer Prize winning memoirist.
Rainesford Stauffer
Writer, reporter, author of An Ordinary Age and All the Gold Stars, youth advocate
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
Philosopher, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University, fellow at the Climate and Community Institute, author of Elite Capture and
Rick Griffith
Graphic designer, master letterpress printmaker, writer, optimist futurist
Alexander Chee
Writer, editor, professor of English and Creative Writing at Dartmouth College, bestselling author
Lyn Slater PhD
Writer, social worker, former professor, reformed influencer, author of How to Be Old: Lessons in Living Boldly
Garrett Bucks
Writer, organizer, founder of The Barnraisers Project, author of The Right Kind of White
Saeed Jones
Author, poet, co-host of Vibe Check, artist-in-residence in the Media, Health and Medicine program at Harvard Medical
Min Jin Lee
Author, journalist, finalist for National Book Award
Barbara Kingsolver
Author, poet, essayist, founder of Higher Ground Women's Recovery Residence
Kelly Hayes
Menominee author, organizer, movement educator, photographer. Host of Truthout‘s podcast Movement Memos and the creator of Organizing My Thoughts
Sari Botton
Writer, editor, teacher, founder and editor-in-chief of Oldster Magazine
Chris La Tray
Métis storyteller, Montana Poet Laureate for 2023-2025, speaker,
Emily Wilson
Classicist, author, translator, first woman to translate Homer's Odyssey into English verse
Desirrae Thomas
Public health expert, reproductive rights advocate, mother
Katherine de Vos Devine
IP attorney, art historian, writer, teacher
Jasmin Malik Chua
Journalist, climate and labor editor at Sourcing Journal, breaking down the human and environmental cost of fashion.
Shauna Summers
VP Editor-in-Chief for Dell, Creator of Excellent Playlists
Elizabeth Sanchez
Artist, "As a Mexican woman working within and beyond classical traditions, she explores the body as a vessel capable
Cory Doctorow
Blogger, journalist, science fiction author, Creative Commons activist
Kit Ballenger
Washington, D.C. area youth services librarian, literary consultant, librarian in residence on SiriusXM Kids Place Live
Brandon Taylor
Writer, editor, essayist, shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize
Cornell Watson
Award winning photographer, artist behind the photo series, Tarred Healing, storyteller
Angus Johnston
CUNY professor, Historian of, and advocate for, student organizing
Maud Newton
Writer, critic, editor, speaker and teacher. Author of 'Ancestor Trouble,' a New Yorker 'Best Book of the
Aubrey Gordon
Author, activist, host of the podcast, 'Maintenance Phase'
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Author, mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation.
Dr. Janan Graham-Russell
Cultural researcher, creative director, mapping physical and digital worlds and the people who imagine them
Justina Blakeney
Multidisciplinary designer, artist, writer, and New York Times bestselling author
Angela Y. Davis
Political activist, professor, author and founder of Critical Resistance, an organization working to abolish the prison-industrial complex.
Rebecca Solnit
Writer, activist, author of over 25 books including Orwell's Roses
Anne Carson
Poet, essayist, professor of Classics, translator
Megan K. Stack
NYT opinion writer, foreign correspondent, National Book Award finalist
Soraya Mcdonald
Cultural critic, journalist, adjunct professor at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in criticism
Mona Fastvold
Director, Screenwriter, The World to Come, The Brutalist, The Testament of Ann Lee
Rhiannon Giddens
Two-time GRAMMY Award-winning singer and multi-instrumentalist, MacArthur “Genius” grant recipient, Pulitzer Prize winner, and composer of opera,
R.O. Kwon
Author, recipient of the Lambda Literary Prize, 2025-2026 Visiting Fellow at the American Library in Paris
Alida Sun
Digital artist, challenging tech art's isolation with a focus on accessibility and societal impact.
Margaret Prescod
Activist, author, journalist and radio host. Founder of Black Women for Wages for Housework.
Gillian Brockell
Multimedia journalist and essayist currently reporting on ICE flights.
Emily St. John Mandel
Novelist and Essayist. Author of Station Eleven, Sea of Tranquility, and other bestselling books
Lane Anderson
Writer, journalist, clinical associate professor at NYU, creator of Matriarchy Report
Kristen Richardson
Writer, author of 'The Season: A Social History of the Debutante,' A Smithsonian Best History Book of 2019
Cathy Chaplin
James Beard Award–nominated journalist, author of Food Lovers’ Guide to Los Angeles, editor
Adriene Nieves
Interdisciplinary artist, writer, speaker founder of Tessera Arts Collective
Erica Allen-Kim
Architectural History professor, author of Building Little Saigon: Refugee Urbanism in American Cities and Suburbs, excellent dresser
Jess Grose
NYT opinion writer, founding editor of Lenny, author of “Screaming on The Inside: The Unsustainability of American Motherhood”
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Theoretical physicist, associate professor of physics and astronomy and core faculty in women’s and gender studies at the University
Jalynne Geddes
First Nations artist and activist, Beardy’s & Okemasis Cree Nation,
specializing in beadwork and earrings
Nina de Freitas
Singer-songwriter currently based in Denver, Colorado. "A voice as dark as the sea and smooth as good espresso.
Pooja Lakshmin, MD
Board-certified psychiatrist, clinical assistant professor at George Washington University School of Medicine, and the author of the book Real
Mariame Kaba
Organizer, educator, archivist and curator. Founder and director of Project NIA, a grassroots organization with a vision to end youth
Sophie Blackall
Two-time Caldecott Medal winner, NYTimes Best-Selling illustrator & author; director of Milkwood, a creative retreat for the children&
Mindy Thomas
Host of Wow in the World, bestselling children's book author, co-founder of Tinkercast
Jesmyn Ward
Writer, Two time National Book Award Winner, Professor of English at Tulane University, where she holds the Andrew W. Mellon
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
NYT bestselling author, editor, speaker.
Joy Harjo
23rd Poet Laureate of the United States, author, musician.
Alissa Wilkinson
NYT movie critic, educator and author of “We Tell Ourselves Stories: Joan Didion and the American Dream Machine”
Joanna Ho
NYT bestselling children's book author, speaker, educator
Lily Gladstone
Actress, activist, narrator and executive producer of Bring Them Home
Maggie Smith
Poet, NYT bestselling author, host of The Slowdown
Maria Popova
Creator of The Marginalian, Writer, Maker of Bird Divinations
Camille Andros
Children's book author, public health activist, Brontë expert.