Colleen Crinion

Colleen Crinion is a progressive activist focusing on women’s issues and labor. She earned her M.A. in Sociology from American University, focusing on gender, family, sexuality and the media. She has been published in the Virginian Pilot, Ms. Magazine, Fem 2pt0, and Talking Points Memo; and was a finalist in the Roe v. Wade blog contest for the National Council of Jewish Women in 2011. As a Board member of the DC Abortion Fund and former Planned Parenthood employee, she writes primarily about women’s issues and reproductive justice. Ms. Crinion also won a Democracy for America Scholarship to attend the Netroots Nation Conference in June 2012. Originally from Michigan, she currently resides in Washington, DC with her terribly adorable dog. Follower her on Twitter at @colleeneliza.