Megan Kearns is a feminist vegan blogger, freelance writer and activist.
Megan blogs at The Opinioness of the World, a site she founded and manages which focuses on gender equality and living cruelty-free. Often employing a critical theory approach, fused with sass and snark, she writes about feminism and pop culture, women and politics, sexism in the media, reproductive justice, LGBTQ rights, animal rights, vegan recipes and the intersection of gender and food.
A Bitch Flicks Contributor, Megan reviews films, television series, and media from a feminist perspective. Her work has also been published in or appeared at Arts & Opinion, Fem2pt0, Feministing’s Community Blog, Italianieuropei, Open Letters Monthly and A Safe World for Women. CBS News referenced Megan’s article on the American media’s initial inattention to feature stories and images of Egyptian women protesting in the Arab Spring.
In addition to writing, Megan possesses a diverse career background in gender, finance, politics and event planning. Most recently, she worked as the Administrative and Program Coordinator at the Women and Public Policy Program (WAPPP) at Harvard Kennedy School where she coordinated the non-partisan political training program From Harvard Square to the Oval Office. She has also worked at Bank of America, Southbridge Savings Bank and as an intern in the office of Representative Barbara L’Italien (D-Andover) at the Massachusetts State House.
Passionate about reproductive justice and women’s empowerment, Megan has volunteered with NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts, the Athena Film Festival, Martha Coakley for Senate and Casa Myrna Vazquez‘ domestic violence hotline.
A graduate of UMass Amherst, Megan earned her B.A. in Anthropology and Sociology (Double Major), with a focus on gender, culture and the intersectionality of race, class, and gender. She also earned a Graduate Certificate in Women and Politics and Public Policy from UMass Boston. She is a 2006 Commonwealth Legislative Seminar alumna and a 2011 Soapbox Feminist Winter Term alumna.
Megan currently lives in a tiny Boston apartment, surrounded by more books than she will probably ever read in her lifetime.
