Allison McCarthy is a writer with a focus on personal essays, intersectional feminism and social justice. Her work has been featured in publications such as The Washington Post, The Guardian (U.K.), AlterNet, Time.com, Bitch, make/shift, DAME, Ms. (blog), Global Comment, Role/Reboot, The Feminist Wire, and The Baltimore Review, as well as in several anthologies. Her writing can be found at http://allisonmccarthy.net