Wendy Kaminer

Wendy Kaminer, a lawyer and social critic, writes about law, liberty, feminism, religion, and popular culture. Her latest book is Free for All: Defending Liberty in America Today. A former Guggenheim fellow, she is the author of six previous books, including Sleeping with Extra-Terrestrials: The Rise of Irrationalism and Perils of Piety; True Love Waits: Essays and Criticism; It's All the Rage: Crime and Culture; I'm Dysfunctional, You’re Dysfunctional: The Recovery Movement &Other Self-Help Fashions; and A Fearful Freedom: Women’s Flight from Equality. Her articles and reviews have appeared in numerous publications including The New York Times, The Atlantic Monthly, The Boston Globe, The Wall Street Journal, The American Prospect, Slate, Dissent, The Nation, Newsweek, and Free Inquiry. She is currently working on a book about ethics for Beacon Press.