![]() My book of fiction, Rid of Me: A Story, was published in 2006 as part of the acclaimed 33 1/3 series. I still love Ramona Quimby, and I still don't eat meat. I've been reading, writing, and standing up for justice ever since. I still have it! I organized my first protest in 6th grade when I became a vegetarian and convinced my friends to stop eating Burger King because they were clear-cutting rainforests to graze cattle. I wrote my first book when I was in 2nd grade: it was called Little Sisters, and it was basically Ramona Quimby fan fiction. I learned to read in a clawfoot bathtub filled with pillows in a bookstore called Hicklebee's after that, I often got in trouble for reading at the dinner table (and now my daughter does the EXACT same thing). ![]() Kamau Bell, of Do the Work: An Antiracist Activity Book, as well as the author the New York Times bestselling "Rad Women" book series, which includes Rad American Women A-Z (City Lights Books), Rad Women Worldwide, Rad Girls Can, Rad American History A-Z, and the illustrated journal My Rad Life: A Journal (Ten Speed Press). ![]() I'm a queer feminist writer, educator, public speaker, and activist. ![]()
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