By Jos Truitt • @jostruitt • 13 years ago

Happy Birthday Maya!

Maya shows us her claws
Maya attack!

It’s Maya’s birthday!

Maya’s a newish member of the blog team here, and I’m so freaking psyched we’ve got her voice on the site. She’s been an invaluable addition, from organizing us to bowl for abortion access (and being officially the best bowler on Team Feministing) to calling out conservative asshat-ery about scary polar bears and womens and black peoples on stamps and rejecting super offensive “human rights” campaigns to brilliant lists about better uses for taxpayer dollars than defending DOMA or different kinds of sex (for serious one of my favorite posts ever). Plus what’s not to love about her love of sexy charts?

I’m particularly grateful to Maya for bringing the much needed funny back into feminism. Cause seriously, what the hell’s the point of being part of a movement where we don’t get to laugh? Maya makes me laugh, like a lot.

Please join the entire Feministing crew in wishing Maya a very happy birthday!

Boston, MA

Jos Truitt is Executive Director of Development at Feministing. She joined the team in July 2009, became an Editor in August 2011, and Executive Director in September 2013. She writes about a range of topics including transgender issues, abortion access, and media representation. Jos first got involved with organizing when she led a walk out against the Iraq war at her high school, the Boston Arts Academy. She was introduced to the reproductive justice movement while at Hampshire College, where she organized the Civil Liberties and Public Policy Program’s annual reproductive justice conference. She has worked on the National Abortion Federation’s hotline, was a Field Organizer at Choice USA, and has volunteered as a Pro-Choice Clinic Escort. Jos has written for publications including The Guardian, Bilerico, RH Reality Check, Metro Weekly, and the Columbia Journalism Review. She has spoken and trained at numerous national conferences and college campuses about trans issues, reproductive justice, blogging, feminism, and grassroots organizing. Jos completed her MFA in Printmaking at the San Francisco Art Institute in Spring 2013. In her "spare time" she likes to bake and work on projects about mermaids.

Jos Truitt is an Executive Director of Feministing in charge of Development.

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