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| Byline | Expertise | Bio |
|---|---|---|
| Kaia M Arrow | Accessibility, Disability Rights, Feminism, Race, Disability | Kaia Arrow (she/her) is an artist, researcher, and advocate with a degree in social work. In her writing about the biopolitics of health and chronic illness, she brings together structural understandings of power with an anti-colonial, anti-capitalist, and body neutral approach. Kaia is a neurodivergent, sick & disabled, queer, Filipina settler. |
| Philippa Lee | Media, Books, Philosophy, Disability Culture, Accessibility, Disability Rights, History, Criticism, Feminism, Disability, Relationships, Technology, Travel, Lifestyle | Philippa is a freelance writer, editor, and researcher. An advocate for disability rights and rare disease: in particular hearing loss, and the rare neurological condition Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia, both of which she suffers from. She is an author of eight books, a journalist and blogger, specialising in non-fiction: personal essays, feature articles, op-eds, critique, personal profiles, history, health, interviews, and 'how-tos'. Her work has been featured in the Daily Mail (UK), The Square Magazine, Freemasonry Today. Philippa has worked in various aspects of the publishing industry for over two decades as a publishing manager, commissioning editor, copy-editor, proofreader, and picture researcher. |
| Suswati Basu | Media, Books, Film, Fiction, Music, Politics, Disability Culture, Accessibility, Disability Rights, Criticism, Feminism, Race, Disability, Technology, Travel | Suswati Basu is a multilingual disabled editor, founder of the five-time award-nominated How To Be Books site and its corresponding podcast. She has been shortlisted for the Guardian Mary Stott Prize and longlisted for the Guardian International Development Journalism Award. Suswati has also worked as deputy editor for NationalWorld news, and digital editor for Channel 4 News, and ITV News, as well as written for the Guardian and trained at the BBC. |
| Kate Horowitz | Media, Pop Culture, Sciences, Medicine, Books, Film, Poetry, Art, Disability | I’m a poet, essayist, and science writer in Maine. My work appears in national publications including The Atlantic, bitch magazine, Bright Wall/Dark Room, Rogue Agent, Doubleback Review, and many others. I like moss and dancing and thunderstorms and little bats with big ears. |
| David Cleofas Avila | Books, Poetry, Fiction, Art, Music, Ethics, Disability Culture, Disability | I am disabled creative, David Cleofas Avila. Diagnosed during my teen years with schizophrenia, I write and make art & music to better square away the sequelae of my life. I have earned a B.A. in Psychology and am a proud Paul Harris Fellow. Musically and professionally, I have worked with Scott Amendola, Doug Grean, and the late Gary Young, to name a few. Visually speaking, my first painting, Hope For Tomorrow, is in the Susan Flemming family collection, curated by Lee Marx. My book, Lightward: The Journey Of Startus Maximus, Book One, is available on Kindle. |
| John Winfield Hoppin | Media, Pop Culture, Books, Film, Poetry, Architecture, Art, Music, Politics, Ethics, Disability Culture, Accessibility, Disability Rights, Criticism, Americans with Disabilities Act, Food, Disability | Inside a triple collapse of neurological degeneration, societal upheaval and environmental degradation, John Hoppin is a San Leandro-based disabled poet, artist and life-actor, the creator of Hoppin Hot Sauce and host of the What's The Matter With Me? Podcast. he/him |
| Lushik Lotus-Lee | Media, Television, Accessibility, Disability Rights, History, Criticism, Education, Feminism, Race, LGBQT, Disability, Sexuality | Lushik Lotus-Lee is a podcast producer and editor who has produced for NPR’s Hidden Brain, MSNBC'S Into America, Stitcher's Reality with the King, LAist studios, KCRW, FreshEd, ASU and VPM’s Seizing Freedom. At 16 she earned a scholarship to study at the United World College in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She graduated from Bennington College with a concentration in Media and Social Justice. Lushik is passionate about producing podcasts and documentaries that focus on issues affecting marginalized populations around the world. |
| James Frew | Media, Sciences, Books, Music, Politics, Disability Culture, Technology, Travel | James is a freelance writer from London, UK. After obtaining a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, he subsequently became ill with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (PoTS). This chronic illness had a debilitating impact, but led to a new career in freelance writing. He primarily covers technology, especially the intersection between politics, society, and the internet. That said, he has a wide range of interests including mental health, music, mindfulness, politics, and science. |
| Joshua Encinias | Pop Culture, Books, Film, Television, Theatre, Art, Music, Politics, History, Criticism, Food, Religion, LGBQT, Sexuality | Joshua Encinias writes about entertainment and culture. His work appears in MovieMaker Magazine and Brooklyn Magazine. He's based in NYC and you can find him on X @joshencinias. |
| Scott Martin | Books, Sports, Disability Culture, Disability Rights, Criticism, Americans with Disabilities Act, Disability | Along with coaching soccer, author Scott Martin has returned to the classroom as a teacher in Wisconsin. Martin has become a known advocate for the disability community through his podcast, Life’s a Road Trip. Wanting to help the advancement of prosthetics and public awareness of amputee abilities, he has participated in research projects for the University of Washington and Johns Hopkins University. He holds an advanced national coaching license and has spent more than 30 years coaching soccer at select youth, high school, and college levels. He’s worked with prominent national coaches both here and abroad. Recently, another of Martin’s teams won a state championship. Also of note, Martin has been named a Global Advisor for the worldwide disability organization, Billion Strong. |