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Ovaries! Editor Rivka Solomon writes and rabble-rouses on the East Coast. She specializes in first-person narratives focusing on women's and girls' issues. In addition to her upcoming book That Takes Ovaries! Bold Females and Their Brazen Acts, Solomon's work has appeared in newspapers, magazines and radio broadcasts, including all the right places, such as Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop Culture; Bust: The New Girl Order; Feminista!: The Online Journal of Feminist Construction; Lilith Magazine: The Independent Jewish Woman's Magazine; Maxi; Moxi: For the Woman Who Dares; Sojourner: The Women's Forum; and WBUR, Boston's National Public Radio news station (on-air essays). Essays were published in the following anthologies, Back Off: How to Confront and Stop Sexual Harassment and Harassers (Simon & Schuster, 1993); Out of the Ordinary: Essays on Growing up with Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Parents (St. Martins Press '00) (Booklist named this one of the Ten Best Gay & Lesbian Books of 2000; the book also received two Lambda Literary awards in 2001, including Best LGBT Nonfiction Anthology and Best Children's/Young Adult Book); Wild Child: Girlhoods in the Counterculture (Seal Press '00). Since darn near babyhood, Solomon has been an advocate/activist for women and girls. WOMEN
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