Julia Serano

Julia Serano is an Oakland, California-based writer, performer, biologist, and activist. She is the
author of five books, most notably Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the
Scapegoating of Femininity, which Ms. Magazine ranked #16 on their list of the 100 Best Non-
Fiction Books of All Time. Her other books include Sexed Up: How Society Sexualizes Us, and
How We Can Fight Back, Excluded: Making Feminist and Queer Movements More Inclusive,
and the bisexual-themed 99 Erics: a Kat Cataclysm faux novel, which won the Publishing
Triangle’s 2021 Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction. Julia’s other writings have appeared in
over twenty anthologies and in media outlets such as The New York Times, The Guardian,
TIME, Salon, The Daily Beast, AlterNet, Out and Ms.