Amanda Marcotte

Who is Amanda Marcotte?

Amanda Marie Marcotte is an American blogger best known for her writing on feminism and politics. In 2004 she won a Koufax Award for her blog Mouse Words. Time magazine described her in 2007 as "an outspoken voice of the left," and said "there is a welcome wonkishness to Marcotte, who, unlike some star bloggers, is not afraid to parse policy with her readers." Time also described Marcotte's blogging as "provocative and profanity-laced."

Marcotte is the author of It's a Jungle Out There: The Feminist Survival Guide to Politically Inhospitable Environments and Get Opinionated.

Marcotte currently blogs at The Raw Story, contributes to Slate, The Guardian, and does a weekly podcast called RH Reality Cast.

Marcotte has given presentations at Skepticon, SXSWIII, Women In Secularism 2, and SkepchickCON. She is on the speakers bureau of the Secular Student Alliance