Amy Richards

Amy is co-author of Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future, which she co-authored with Jennifer Baumgardner. They also collaborated on Grassroots: A Field Guide for Feminist Activism, and together they also created Soapbox Inc: Speakers Who Speak Out, a lecture agency.

Amy’s writings have appeared in The Nation, The LA Times, Bust, Ms. and numerous anthologies, including Listen Up: Voices from the Next Feminist Generation, New Expanded Edition, Body Outlaws: Rewriting the Rules of Beauty and Body Image and Catching a Wave: Reclaiming Feminism for the 21st Century. Since 1995 she has been the voice behind Ask Amy, an online advice column at feminist.com.

Amy is also very involved with the organizations on whose boards and advisory committees she serves like the Third Wave Foundation , Ms. Magazine, Choice USA, the Sadie Nash Leadership Program, feminist.com and Planned Parenthood of New York City.